Susan Windle, founder of the ensemble Voices of a Different Dream, is a performing and a teaching poet. A rostered artist with the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, she teaches poetry to all ages through residency programs in the Philadelphia public and private schools and leads writing circles in her neighborhood. Author of several solo volumes of poetry and co-author of Already Near You: Poetry in Concert with poet Ellen Ford Mason, Susan is co-creator of two recordings integrating words spoken and sung. An avid collaborator, Susan has performed with jazz artists Warren Oree and Sherry Wilson Butler and has created fine art poem-prints with visual artists Sara Steele and Alana Lea. www.susanwindle.com www.voiceofadifferentdream.com