Lorrie Sarafin
Lorrie Sarafin’s debut CD “SECOND WIND” has been described by various reviewers as “brilliant”, “powerful and deeply healing”, “a sensory experience not to be missed”, “a must have CD”, and “captivating and hauntingly delicious”. New Age Reporter.com’s Bill Binkelman gave it an excellent review and called it “...one of the best efforts in capturing musical desert ambience.” Inspired by the Sonoran Desert, “SECOND WIND”is 60 minutes of soothing ambient soundscapes perfect for yoga, meditation, or just kicking back and relaxing.
Lorrie Sarafin first heard the haunting sound of the Native American Flute in 1993 and was instantly captivated by its beauty. She bought her first flute in 1996 and took it out into the desert to learn how to play it. An avid hiker, Sarafin is fond of saying that it is the desert that taught her how to play; her teachers being the wind and all things in nature.
Sarafin has performed throughout the Phoenix, Arizona metro area, including the Arizona Mills Mall at Virgin Records (1999), the Chandler Center for the Arts (as part of the Intel 2000 and 2001 Benefit Talent Shows), Camelback Inn (as part of the 47th Annual NCCJ Humanitarian Awards Dinner - 2001), 2001 Great Human Race (an event to raise money for Valley non-profits), South Mountain Park (Annual Holiday Hikes for the years 2000 through 2003), Barnes and Noble Cafe (Chandler 2002), 2003 National Public Lands Day at South Mountain Park, 2003 Old Town Scottsdale Artwalk , 2003 Scottsdale Arts Festival (where she appeared on three different stages during the course of the three day festival), Doubletree Paradise Valley Resort, and various outdoor weddings (South Mountain Park, Sedona’s Red Rock Crossing, and the Buttes in Tempe).
Sarafin has also volunteered her time to play for Bereavement Camps and Interfaith Memorial Services hosted by Banner Hospice, and has played for patients at Scottsdale Healthcare’s Osborn campus in an effort to promote healing.
Nature is what inspires Sarafin. "Being outside is like a balm for my soul. When I am in the desert and I can hear the quail, the doves, the cactus wrens, the coyotes, the hummingbirds and see javelina, jackrabbits, roadrunners, hawks, and all the various life forms which eek out their survival in this environment - I can feel the whole web of life and it's interconnectedness. What is reality? Is it the desert and nature? Or is it our daily working lives in the culture that has evolved around us? Do we all have a place and a path which will yet be revealed to us? Should we just blindly go through life not seeking out the mystery? Or do we take the chance and delve into the mystery? And what will happen if we do? What will happen if we don't?"
"Life is a Great Mystery. Sometimes the veil parts a little and I think I can see and understand some. But then the veil closes and I feel like what I thought I understood wasn't at all something that I understood and then I'm more confused than ever. I do believe that we are all greater than we think we are. That each of us has a part to play in this reality. That finding the balance is crucial to our survival and the planet's survival. Then again, maybe all that is just wishful thinking and we are no more than a few carbon based units occupying a world which will go on with or without us. I don't know. But I do know that on a clear night, away from the lights of civilization - I stare at the same stars which were viewed by my ancestors long ago and find myself pondering the Great Mystery and thinking about the reality of a small blue planet on the edge of a galaxy in an infinite universe..."