“Cymbal” featured in Music on the Porch
Two-year-old Levi Thompson and his dad, Greg, get in the act with "Cymbal."

 "Cymbal" performed to an enthuastic audience Aug. 17. While each member of the group has years of musical experience, the women joined together in order to stir listeners to consider new ways of thinking about the world. “Cymbal” has been making music together since 2001. The four members are Dr. Diane Johns, an editor, counselor, and fiber artist who embraces the arts, especially quilting, dancing, and music; Rev. Linda Slabon, a clinical social worker, gardener, and minister serving in DeKalb; Dr. Toni Tollerud, Director of Music at the Unitarian Universalist Church in DeKalb, and a professor at NIU; and Dr. Lynn Fisher McCanne, who has found a “second life” in music after living most of her adult life as a psychologist, and who enjoys creating a more beautiful world and being an active member and musician at the Unitarian Universalist congregation in Geneva.
(Photos by Kathy Vance Siebrasse)