The Many

music - spoken word - soulful rituals

The Many is a creative collective making inclusive, truth-telling, empowering music and liturgically-grounded gatherings that help us experience God – however we name God – in a new way, without the lens of toxic religion. Their songs, spoken word and reinvented rituals invite us to embrace ourselves as we are, remember we are loved and we are enough, and take care of each other…and this whole aching world. You can see more about them and listen to their music here.

Featuring:

Lead Singers: Darren Calhoun & Christa Sangster Monroe
Musician/Songwriter: Gary Rand
Lyricist/Poet: Lenora Rand
Other Artists: Gabriel Mudd, Kate Hurley, & Liza Micelli

Erica Mason

SHE/HER

Erica Mason is an award winning hip hop and R&B artist/songwriter who is passionate about empowering people to find freedom through discovering who they are. She launched a mental health clothing brand focused on reminding people that they are not alone in their jouney. After scaling her company to a quarter of a million dollars in 1 year, she began to add fuel to the fire by making music for the soul. Erica released a series of songs that went viral on Instagram and Tik Tok. These include "Addicted To My Phone", "Unappreciated" and "Better". As Erica began to write about her personal healing journey, she grew over 1 half a million followers across her social media platforms in 90 days. Shortly after, this momentum landed her opportunities to perform on BET, Chart #1 on Amazon Music and Top 20 on iTunes.

Erica is passionate about building genuine connections with her listeners. As she began to remove her layers and become more transparent with her audience, she shared her personal experience of dealing with suicide, depression, and anxiety which opened the door for Erica to partner with not profit organizations offering hope to the masses. Currently, Erica travels nationally sharing her songwriting and music experience while speaking/hosting at international conferences and conventions focused on empowering individuals to find freedom by discovering who they are.

Kelvyn Koning

he/they

Kelvyn Koning (he/they) specializes in composing for choir and theatre and in performing as a countertenor and pianist. He completed his Master of Music in Composition from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and has been commissioned to write pieces for middle school, high school, college, church, and community choirs. In addition to writing several children’s musicals, he has written two award-winning full-length musicals, The Glassblower’s Daughter with Columbia Entertainment Co. and The Prince and the Painter with Moonbox Productions. He is currently the Minister of Music at St. Paul’s Natick and accompanies at the Boston Conservatory, Freelance Players, and Watertown Children’s Theatre. Kelvyn is a founding member of the Nightingale Vocal Ensemble and the West Michigan Choral Lab, and sings with Lilith Vocal Ensemble and the Seraphim Singers. He recently released his first queer Christian album, The Veil is Torn.

Samuel Ramsey

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Dr. Samuel Ramsey is a public speaker, vocalist, and endowed professor of Entomology at the BioFrontiers Institute at the University of Colorado Boulder. As a honey bee disease researcher, he's been quick to note that the healthiest bee populations are always the most diverse. He works to advocate for precisely that with the humans populations he speaks to regularly. His passion for translating complicated subjects into simple information has already won awards in his short career so far. As the son of two pastors, both of which have formerly supported initiatives to transition same-sex attracted people into heterosexuality via prayer and counseling, Ramsey is uniquely positioned to address the complicated intersection between sexuality and the Christian faith which he addresses through song and in his public talks.