Cynth has traveled the many roads of music, first as a student of the classics, then a devotee of jazz and later
the difficult maze of pop artist, to find her true home as a maker of flutes and composer of inspirational music.

Daughter of a jazzman and classically trained, (she studied with the 1st chair flute of the LA Philharmonic) Cynth signed her first recording contract with Warner Bros/Seven Arts at the age of 19, and released an album "The Holy Mackerel" with hall of fame singer/songwriter Paul Williams and award winning producer Richard Perry.
Cynth as "Pierrot"

She continued to work as a studio musician in Los Angeles before journeying to San Francisco to play and compose music for the San Francisco Mime Troupe. From there, Cynth went on to play flute, sax and percussion with numerous pop bands. Her Los Angeles based group High Risk was the first release for the groundbreaking woman's recording company Olivia Records. You can also hear Cynth on "Flowers in the Desert" by Manuel Iman, (Eversound) and on Christine Stevens '"The Art and Heart of Drum Circles" (Hal Leonard).

Cynth has been practicing meditation for over thirty years and began making her own bamboo flutes and exploring the powers of what she calls "organic music."

When a close friend was in a coma, Cynth came to the hospital to play her flute. To the amazement of Cynth and the ICU nurses, there was a dramatic improvement in heart rate on the bedside scopes. After this experience of the power of music, Cynth committed herself to bringing a new awareness and approach to healing through music.

Roger Nichols, Cynth, and Manuel Iman
recording "Flowers in the Desert"


In an urban environment, Cynth finds and culls her own bamboo, then crafts her instruments in the same way indigenous peoples have for millenniums. She explores each unique instrument to find its restorative and hypnotic song.

Cynth believes the power of music made from bamboo and the human breath is a sacred world we are still discovering. If you are open to it…

“The results will be yours to feel, know and understand. It is science, it is love in action, it is part of the beauty and depth of human existence.”

Cynth has dedicated a life-long practice of meditation, brilliant musicality and her expanded and compassionate heart, to guiding people back to the original message that lies within: happiness, peace and well-being. We are spiritually and physically renewed each time we listen. Cynth is a true artist of “urban renewal.”

 
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