The Gift of Resilience: A Musical Experience featuring Leslie Burrs & Mark Kramer
Leslie Burrs and Mark Kramer
December 21, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center invites you to an evening of reflection, light, and soulful music. Join us as we gather in community for a special seasonal celebration filled with warmth, remembrance, and connection.
This concert is performed by the award winning artist, Leslie Savoy Burrs (composer, flute, alto flute, bamboo flutes) and the international jazz artist Mark Kramer (piano). The music for this concert presentation consists of compositions by Burrs as well as jazz and folk standards. This program is designed to engage the audience spiritually through the music while encouraging a dialogue and reminiscence of love’s offerings through time. Together, we’ll find solace, hope, and peace through music and fellowship.
Evening Schedule:
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3:30–4:30 PM – Community Supper
Enjoy a warm meal with fellow guests in the Education & Conference Building Dining Room. - 
4:00–5:00 PM – Mill-Rae Historic House Tours
Discover the history of this special place. Meet in the first-floor lobby of the Education & Conference Building to begin. - 
4:00–5:00 PM – Holiday Craft Activity
Create a keepsake in our Art Room (located in the basement of the Administration Building, across from the Conference Building). - 
5:00–5:30 PM – Luminary Walk
Take part in our Luminary Fundraiser, honoring loved ones with glowing tributes that light the path to the historic house. Meet in the first-floor lobby to begin the walk. Limited luminaries will be available to purchase day of. Advanced purchased recommended. Please click here for more information regarding our luminary fundraiser. - 
6:00–7:00 PM – Concert with Leslie Burrs & Mark Kramer
Let your heart be lifted by the expressive, soul-stirring sounds of Leslie Burrs and Mark Kramer in the main conference room of the Education & Conference Building. - 
Gift Shop Open:
3:30–5:30 PM and 7:00–8:00 PM – Find meaningful gifts and seasonal items. 
This event is free and open to all. Donations are gratefully received.
Come, rest in the gifts of music, community, and the enduring strength we share.
About the Facilitators
                          Leslie Burrs
A Singular Vision. A Distinctly American Experience. A Unique Voice in Modern Music. Leslie Savoy Burrs has been acclaimed as an award-winning performer, composer and educator. Mr. Burrs was commissioned by NewCourtland Elder Services to write the opera TRANSITIONS: SUNG STORIES. An excerpted live performance of this opera was presented at the 2012 national OPERA […]
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                          Mark Kramer
Raised just a block down from John Coltrane's home, Mark Kramer enjoys a productive, colorful, and creative career as an improvising pianist (live performance - clubs and concerts - and recording), arranger-composer, producer/engineer, and occasional educator. Jazz Style is METAMODERN* Impossibly melodic + technically-adroit + oscillates between understated to fully-stated modernism and postmodernism - - - paying homage to […]
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