Wellness in the City: live music + well-being experience

Join Harlem Wellness Center at Plowshares Coffee Harlem for an intimate evening celebrating the power of music to heal. Experience soulful piano by Jarrett Cherner, world music vocals by Sarah Elizabeth Charles, and restorative soundscapes featuring gongs and singing bowls, all in a gracious and serene setting. The evening closes with social time, light bites, beverages, and community connection. Proceeds from the event will benefit the 501C3 nonprofit Harlem Wellness Center community programs: https://harlemwellness.org/

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6:00 pm Door Opens

6:30 Program Start

Jarret Cherner Grounding Piano

Welcoming Remarks

Soulful world music vocals by Sarah Elizabeth Charles and Jarret Cherner

Restorative soundscapes by Devatman Daniel Marcellus Givens with traditional healing sound instruments and singing bowls .

Breath and relaxation

Pause and Listen Inwardly - reset body, mind and spirit

Closing Reflections

Social Time - Light Bites and Beverages

Sarah Elizabeth Charles

Sarah Elizabeth Charles is a vocalist/composer based in New York City. She has worked with numerous artists, has led her band, SCOPE, for thirteen years and has recorded four critically acclaimed studio albums under her own name. Charles' musical output has been described as a “genre of one” by DownBeat Magazine, “soulfully articulate” by the NY Times and “an unmatched sound” by Jay Z’s Life+Times. In addition to her performances, Charles is also an active educator. She currently works as a lead teaching artist with Carnegie Hall at Sing Sing Correctional Facility and co-teaches two self-designed courses (with Caroline Davis) called Jazz and Gender and New Narratives: Creating Space for Equity in Music at The New School. In 2019, she was one of five recipients of the Yale School of Music's Distinguished Teaching Artist Award. In 2020, she became a selected member of the Joe’s Pub Working Group, a recipient of the NYC Women’s Fund grant for her band’s fourth album, Blank Canvas, and a recipient of Chamber Music America’s New Jazz Works grant. In 2023, she was selected by Joe’s Pub to receive the New York Voices Commission for her song cycle set to Maya Angelou’s poetry and debuted her fifth album project Dawn (released in October 2025 and inspired by her journey through miscarriage/birth/motherhood) in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Room. One can only look to the future for more boundary pushing music and initiatives from this unique artist. More info at www.sarahelizabethcharles.com

Jarrett Cherner

Hailed as “an impressive soloist and an immaculate accompanist” who is "particularly inventive”, Brooklyn-based pianist, composer and bandleader Jarrett Cherner has captivated listeners with his lyricism, technical facility and consistently evolving musical vision. He debuted on his own BaldHill Music label with the compelling trio release Burgeoning, which earned recognition from the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Awards. As a driving force behind the collective jazz quintet Sketches (sketchesmusic.com), Cherner released two albums, both critically acclaimed: Sketches Volume One and Volume Two. Cherner’s 2016 trio release Expanding Heart features bassist Jorge Roeder and drummer Jason Burger in a set that reflects personal growth, combining original material with covers of wildly disparate songs by Vincent Rose, Otis Redding, and Ornette Coleman. Cherner united with vocalist Sarah Elizabeth Charles for their 2020 release Tone, an album that features eight original songs — finely wrought, emotive, and richly melodic. He has since toured throughout the U.S., as well as in South America, Canada, Mexico, and Europe. A passionate educator as well, he has worked as a teaching artist with Carnegie Hall, taught for years at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA, and maintains a private studio in Brooklyn, NY. More info at www.jarrettcherner.com.

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