World Meditation Ensemble Presents
Workshop and Performance in the
15th Annual World Rhythm Festival

Sponsored by the Seattle World Percussion Society, the 15th Annual World Rhythm Festival took place at Seattle Center the weekend of April 25-27, 2008.  An amazing array of vendors, workshops in percussion and music from around the world, dance performances and concerts drew crowds in the thousands, on an unusually beautiful, sunny weekend in Seattle. 

Richard Vanceunebrouck-Werth (RVW) and members of the World Meditation Ensemble presented Sacred World Music Rhythms, an hour-long program and inter-active workshop of rhythms, vocal parts and percussive instrumentation that are part of sacred music traditions around the planet. Many attendees of the workshop brought their own drums and joined enthusiastically in learning new rhythms and chants.

RVW and the WME demonstrated music from Middle Eastern, Hindu, Native American, South American, and African origins. Participants chanted, sang, played, or simply meditated during the hour of eclectic and inspiring music, which featured selections from the WME's Sacred Fusion and Sacred Sojourn CDs.

This yearly festival showcases performers and teachers from many different countries and musical traditions. For more information on this year's and future festivals, please go to:

Seattle World Percussion Society website: http://swps.org

World Meditation Ensemble Achieves New Rankings!

We're proud to announce that in April, Richard Vanceunebrouck-Werth's World Meditation Ensemble attained the ranking of #17 Artist on Rhapsody's list of World Fusion Artists, which includes all international artists. World Meditation Ensemble's Sacred Fusion  CD is currently #15 on Rhapsody, which puts it ahead of Alex De Grassi, #16, and Strunz & Farah, at #17.

Please visit the Website of the World Meditation Ensemble
at www.worldmeditationensemble.com and http://whatsnewmay.worldmeditationensemble.com

for more information on the WME's accomplishments.