is a composer, a freelance improvisational musician, and a certified music practitioner. Her work continues to be informed by 27 years as a licensed professional counselor. Currently she is an MFA candidate in Music Composition at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her passion is celebrating life by composing music to uplift and hold us, and creating original cello music in-the-moment, across varying settings. Whether composing, recording or supporting musicians in concert, playing in hospitals and nursing homes, leading a soulful retreat, or enhancing a yoga class or gallery event---Dirje’s lush, multi-layer soundscapes and evocative solo cello touch our own heartstrings and breathe calm into any

space.