Two CD's Nominated at the 2006 Indian Summer Music Awards: "ONE LOVE" & "...BUT I GOT A JOB!"
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Two CD's Nominated at the 2006 Indian Summer Music Awards: "ONE LOVE" & "...BUT I GOT A JOB!"
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Artist's Statement...
My music is a development of traditional themes within a contemporary format. I do not write songs. They are given to me as a gift from the Great Spirit, a Higher Power, The Universe. Music is a means for me to convey ideas of my spirituality, which has its basis in both traditional and Christian ideologies. My songs have been created in so many different ways. At times it just takes a moment. At other times it has taken years to develop a theme. My songs are usually written around certain aspects of Navajo spirituality such as the Four Sacred Mountains, The Wind Spirit and the elements that create our environment. Some of my songs also address the repression and oppression of Native Peoples. Music started for me very early in life. The technical aspects of the music came through learning at school. I played the trumpet at the age of eight and then progressed to other wind instruments and percussive instruments. By the time I had completed my secondary education I was fairly well versed in reading, writing and transposing music as well. There are healing aspects in my music. The universe, as I understand it, is balanced and this balance strives to exist in each one of us. Often times the upsetting of this balance creates conflict internally and is reflected externally through our actions. It is my hope that my music will soothe the confused soul and create new enlightenment for those who seek it.
Now Performing...
Williams & Grand Canyon, Arizona Clarence is one of the musicians performing on the Grand Canyon Railway entertaining the passengers as they travel between Williams and the Grand Canyon. He also performs at various locations in the Flagstaff area, Northern Arizona and all over the country. Send us an email and we can let you know of other upcoming performances.
Phoenix, Heard Museum North
Heard Museum
North Navajo Folk Art Festival February 11, 2006, through February 12,
2006 Don’t miss the change to view and purchase artwork by noted
Navajo folk artists at this annual gathering at Heard Museum North in Scottsdale
at el Pedregal Festival Marketplace. More than 30 top Navajo folk artists –
including Delbert Buck, Mamie Deschillie, Travis Emerson and Dennis Pioche –
will be showing and selling innovative artwork including pottery, woodcarvings,
mud toys and much more. Music and fry bread will be available as part of the
weekend festivities. Free admission. Heard Museum North location only.
Heard Museum North - 34505 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85262 (southeast
corner of Scottsdale Road and Carefree Highway), Phone: 480-488-9817 Mexico Private grant money has been awarded for Clarence to participate in the Seri Arts & Conservation project headed by Dr. Laura Monti of Northern Arizona University's Center for Sustainable Environments. The Seri tribe resides in Sonora, Mexico near Hermasillo along the Sea of Cortez. These indigenous peoples have many oral traditions including ocean navigation songs, sea, boat, and fishing songs and stories that would soon be lost if not captured and recorded before the elders who remember these traditions are gone. In 2002 Clarence went to visit the Seri people with Laura Monti and others and assisted in producing and recording a traditional cave meditation song with modern instrumentation, released on Clarence's CD, "Indio's Song." This ensuing grant project will now have Clarence making 2 more trips to Seri, the first in June of 2005 and the second in Oct. 2005. Clarence's participation will result in a professional quality recording of a number of these traditional Seri songs with modern instrumentation, and will be accompanied by a model for completing future recording projects of the same nature. This is a very important cultural endeavor and one to which Clarence is particularly well suited as his own music is traditional Navajo ceremonial songs presented in a modern rhythmic and instrumental format.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin - 2006 Indian Summer Music Awards September 8th, 9th and 10th, 2006
To find out about Clarence's upcoming appearances, be sure to visit the Calendar page!
All of the Clarence Clearwater CD's now available on-line! Please visit the Current CD's page to order your CD's directly through our secure website using your credit card or PayPal account.
Contact Information
US Mail: Clarence Clearwater PO Box 831 Williams AZ 86046-0831 Email:
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