Paula Hanke brings to Current Invention her startling talent, infectious dynamism and a twenty-five year professional singing background.  She has sung in theaters, clubs, and lounges throughout the U.S. (Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe, Atlantic City...) and performed high profile dates in Japan, Germany, Saudi Arabia, and the Caribbean.  And she has contributed to countless television and recording productions, shared the stage with Willie Nelson and James Taylor, and sung for audiences that included Lou Rawls,Al Hirt, Joan Rivers, Jerry Seinfeld, and Chris Cooper.

River Guerguerian (Multipercussionist/Composer/ Educator) was born in 1967 in Montreal, Canada to Armenian-Egyptian parents and received his Bachelor of Music from the Manhattan School of Music Conservatory in 1989.  For over 25 years, he has been performing internationally with such groups
as the BBC Concert Orchestra, New Music Consort, Grammy and Oscar winning composer Tan Dun, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Tibetan Singing Bowl Ensemble, Talujon Percussion Quartet, Chuck Berry, and Ziggy Marley/Gipsy Kings project. His compositions have been commissioned and performed by chamber ensembles, universities, modern dance companies, and new music festivals throughout the U.S. Guerguerian has performed in concert halls in New York, Berlin, Moscow, Edinburgh, Rome, Sydney, Hong Kong, Barcelona, Athens, Istanbul, London, and
has recorded on over 100 albums and film soundtracks. In 1994, River sold all possessions, left civilization, and lived in a wildlife sanctuary in the Himalaya Mountains. River conducts rhythm and sound exploration workshops throughout the country. Visit him at www.ShareTheDrum.com.

James VandenBerg picked up the guitar at age 15, having been inspired by singer/songwriters such as Paul Simon and James Taylor, and also by the electric guitar sounds of the classic progressive rock of the seventies.  As James developed his proficiency on the guitar, he became drawn to the various jazz sounds of Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Al DiMeola and Alan Holdsworth.  While still a teen, James played regularly as a liturgical musician at Catholic churches in and around Detroit.  At the same time, he also played electric guitar in a variety of rock, jazz and fusion bands.  James' eclectic style grew to encompass bluegrass and classical guitar, and his versatility, proficiency and clear tenor voiceled to high demand in the wedding band circuit around Detroit. Upon moving to the Asheville area in 1998, James discovered the Jubilee! community, where he plays regularly with the Jubilee! World Beat Band with Daniel and Sherman.  James continues to play a wide variety of styles, with both Current Invention, and with his own rock/fusion group Atomic Sauce.

Sherman Hoover started playing electric bass at the age of 13, played and sang in his first rock band in high school and went on to study jazz and classical music at UNC-Chapel Hill. Since then, he has played in several bands developing his improvisational skills and exploring a variety of styles of jazz, rock, pop, and world beat music. His favorite style is “progressive rock,” an experimental fusion of jazz, rock and classical. He has been the regular bass player for Sunday morning services at Jubilee Community since 1997 and has also played in several college and community productions of Broadway musicals. He continues to explore and expand his experience of musical expression through live performances and recording projects.

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