Sarah Weaver will begin the Deep Listening Apprenticeship in Fall 2007, pending completion of her Certificate this summer. Weaver is a composer/improviser/performer based in New York. She is Artistic Director of multidisciplinary performance group Weave and Executive Director of the International Society for Improvised Music. Weaver plays trombone, didjeridu, and conch shell, and has performed at major venues throughout the United States. She has played with legendary performers Pauline Oliveros, Marilyn Crispell, Karl Berger, David Liebman, Walter Thompson, and Francois Jeanneau, among others. Weaver also teaches and advocates creative music education programs, making conference presentations and teaching programs on authentic creativity through listening.