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Cori, with
WombBOOM

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or just listen for a bit from each CD by just clicking  below

Our First CD
with WombBOOM
Walk Me To The Edge

or our 2nd CD
IF I Told You

CORI SANDLER
A singer with many voices and many things to say

It began as a call to weave music and message together. I wanted to have a voice for my activism that although is often about struggle, is also about joy, about celebrating our victories, and our lives as women, and citizens, as feminists, as grandmothers, mothers, and daughters.

What began as an outlet for music, rhythm, and dance, has fast become a forum for all women who wish to be empowered by the strength of many, of our shared stories and our varied lives.

I wanted to build community, to share what we have and what we know and learn what we don't. I wanted to be exposed to ideas that were knew to me and to encourage other women to step up in their rightful place and be as BIG as you want.

In our world, where women are still sometimes taught to be NICE, be gentle, be patient, be courteous, and all the words of oppression that we have all heard, JOYFUL RESISTANCE - a former band of Cori's was about standing up and singing out, ... That's ENOUGH of That!

My hope is to join women in song and rhythm, bringing our drumming and our music to you, via concerts, fundraisers, workshops, & more. Music is a right, and we are all born with rhythm around us - and in us. Cori's music will remind us all of that part of us which has been quieted by patriarchy, by this too fast paced world we live in, and sometimes, even by our foremothers.

She bring a spirit to our playing. Each time she pack up from a performance, inevitably a woman will come up and say, Thank you SO MUCH - for saying what is in my heart. For speaking to my soul, and for taking me with you on this journey. You made me dance, and you made my cry and I need more JOYFUL RESISTANCE in my life!

I am evolving, daily. What it is today, is hopeful, ...
What it will be tomorrow, is unknown.

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Cori Sandler's music is moving, haunting, and full of vim and vigor. There is such a deep moving in the belly, when she plays. Women dance, as old ancient places are tapped into, and are given new birth. Her enthusiasm is contagious.

Cori Sandler's message is empowerment. Living Life Large. And being heard - whether in "a quiet meditative vocal trance with a Tibetan healing bowl, or a "fill the room with those drums" kind of song!
She is not afraid to speak to the difficult issues we face daily;
Abuse, Discrimination, Classism, Racism, Homophobia, Gender inequality, Anti - war, Human Rights, our Environment, and more.

Cori Sandler is a singer/songwriter/drummer/instrumentalist. Her interpretation of the unguarded ballad, her liquid, somewhere between gut wrenching blues and soaring tantaric vocalizing leave you on the edge of your seat wanting more. It's all about the movement; the movement of voice, of body and of energy. Collective music, bringing her audiences in to join in song is at the heart ... of her heart. She recently was commissioned to write an accapella score for the 1st ever National Post's Online Women's Issue.

Cori will take you on a journey that is so sweet. The kind of journey that makes you hear the wind through the trees, the kind of journey that makes you know you are part of a village who takes care of each other, who holds each other and who through music, laughs and cries together. Her music is both hip swaying, arm raising, west African drumming and soulful, heart wrenching, torch singing ballads.

Cori writes haunting melodies such as found in "We Are Looking For The Women" - a song about violence against women and children. Rhythm is what we all know. We walk in rhythm, we breathe in rhythm, we chew in rhythm, and we make love in rhythm... Drumming is primal, it is a mother's heartbeat, it is a protesters marching, and it is what we all know.When Cori brings drumming into her music she travels on a blanket of intercultural sound weavings, blending improvised melodic vocals, and spirit moving rhythm.

She'll take you on a silky, organic, intoxicating journey of sensual and tender melodies woven through a rhythmic palette. Cori Sandler's music is truly a mix for the spirit. Not just one kind of music, not just one kind of listening, but a holistic journey into sound!

They say: "We are women - Our Drum, Our Voice, Our Heartbeat!
& This ain't background music! We erupt.
The floor starts to shake. You can't sit still any longer.
The spirit dances & she takes your body & leads you to the floor.
Her arms enfold you & she moves you to the dance.
She is the drum...She is home... for every human"

If you want Cori to come to your area, call your local clubs, email them, and tell your local music venue that you want to see CORI SANDLER perform.

Call CORI in to action at your next rally or event or conference or gathering - She will perform in concert or provide workshops (incorporating mindfulness drumming, voice as a healer, and improvisational vocal play)

Cori was also founding members of the women's drumming ensemble WombBOOM with whom they've released 2 cds: Walk Me to the Edge, and If I Told You.

Both are available here today.                                                                  back to top

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CORI SANDLER folds rhythm, consciousness, improvisation and joy together in performance and workshops.
She brings music, joy and revolutionary rhythms to social justice groups, organizations, workplaces and concert stages. She uses music to tell our collective stories and struggles, & to celebrate our collective achievements.
Weaving improvised voice and spirit moving rhythm with jembes and other percussion instruments, Cori will take you on a sonic journey that is organic, intoxicating and empowering. She often invites her audiences to experience the joy of creativity, connection and community, by joining her in song - creating songs and harmonies for teh audience in the moment.

Cori's voice is an intense palette of tones and textures, matched by an equally intense purity of emotion.
- The National Post commissioned Cori to write and perform the THE VIEW FROM A WOMAN'S EYE to a photo montage of the day in the life of a Canadian Woman.

You may have seen her perform with JOYFUL RESISTANCE OR WOMBBOOM across Ontario at events such as the Ottawa Friends of Tibet, preceding the arrival of the Dalai Lama’s Ottawa visit in 2007, or at OXFAM’s Powerful Voices Concert, celebrating the courage and creativity of women around the globe at the National Gallery in Ottawa, the Public Service Alliance of Canada in London’s Human Rights Conference, International Women's Day in Toronto and Brampton, Pride Toronto or the Ottawa Women's Music Festival, to highlight just a few.

CD’s available

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EMAIL CORI

We are women

Our Drum, Our Voice,
Our Heartbeat!

& this ain't background music!

We erupt.

The floor starts to shake.

You can't sit still any longer.

The spirit dances.
She takes your body
& leads you to the floor.

Her arms enfold you & she moves you to the dance.

She is the drum...

She is home...

For
Every Human