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Remembering our Roots as a Spiritualist Church
John Schneider
Lifelines collide – brought together by friends, an open mic night & a shooting star, Bel Canto Duo was
founded in 2016 by looping artist & cellist, David Downing, and multi-instrumentalist, Darci Gamerl. Bel
Canto’s mission is to create meaningful connection and community by creating world-class music that is
accessible to audiences of all ages. Their compositions combine lyrical, poignant lines with a rich, orchestral
sound.
Offering immersive live music paired with evocative imagery, reviewers have described Darci & David’s
performances as ‘magical’, ‘music that speaks to my soul’, with a ‘unique and emotive sound’.
Bel Canto Duo has grown organically, focusing on the science of healing music modalities, community
building and accessible live music. Darci & David’s work has shifted into the preservation and highlighting of
American culture & heritage with new original music for the films, Nebraska Flatwater, Willa Cather:
Breaking The Mold & an upcoming residency highlighting the work of American sculptor, Daniel Chester
French.
As members of the Nebraska Arts Council Touring Artist Roster, the pair received the Outstanding New Artist
(2023) award by Omaha Entertainment Awards, Best Wedding Music by Nebraska Wedding Day
(2023, 2024) & the finalist award for the American Prize in composition & the Ernst Bacon Prize for the
performance of American music (2023).
In 1995, as part of the transformation of his life and his chiropractic practice,
Chuck Crom began his exploration of spiritual and metaphysical ideas, concepts
and practices.
In the last three decades, that exploration and journey has taken many forms.
There was a deep immersion in a variety of channeled sources of information
such as Neal Donald Walsh, Ron Scholastico & The Guides, Jane Roberts & Seth,
Mary Ennis & Elias, Serge Grandbois & Kris, the Course in Miracles and many
others.
There were many types of healing modalities that were explored and extensively
utilized, which also became the source of a great deal of understanding regarding
how the body and consciousness moved as one.
Many spiritual philosophies were explored, including Druidic, East Indian,
American Indian and South American Shamanism, mystic Christianity, Buddhism,
Gnosticism and others.
Information contained in the offerings of the Kabbalah, Sacred Geometry and
Sufism, were also explored. As were many other sources of deep wisdom
traditions.
All of this was set against a background of continually moving toward a deeper
connection or awareness, with those aspects of himself that experienced
themselves as eternal.
This was experienced in many forms, including automatic writing about five years
ago, as he would share information in blog form on various platforms.
Voice channeling began in January of 2022, in association with the publication of
an audio podcast series. This was followed by the recognition of another presence
in his awareness, as he began voice channeling for a small group of friends on
Sunday mornings, in the late spring of 2023.
Long time member, healer, facilitator, vagabond wanderer and skipping stone —
Lisa Cerri with her talk titled:
Topic: Becoming a Bridge and Not a Wall; Unlocking the Grudges that Keep us Trapped.