Jen Maurer
Video Co-Producer / Grantee / Songwriter
Jen Maurer has been a Northeast Ohio musical standout for over 30 years. She is a vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and singer-songwriter.
Jen came from a musical household where both her mother and step-father played, as did most of their friends. That made her a lover and connoisseur of all the Roots Music styles. Her genre defying sound has elements of Folk, Country, Americana, old-school Blues, and Indie Rock, with an emphasis on lyrical storytelling. Her songs cover love and heartbreak, but also stories about America’s history and its people. In 2024 she received an Ohio Arts Council “Individual Excellent Award” in musical composition.
Jen loves engaging with people of all ages. She served as a U.S. Musical Ambassador to 9 countries via the U.S. State Department with the Zydeco-based band, Mo’ Mojo. She was a teaching artist in the Cleveland Public Schools for 11 years, helping students learn curriculum (especially for standardized testing) through song-writing. And she was a Zydeco/Cajun specialty music programmer on the Summit FM, a radio station based out of Akron, OH for 16 years.
She is most known in the area for her solo or duo work, or for playing with Mo’ Mojo or The Rhondas.
The Band for the Video
(Pictured left to right) Jen Maurer, Lovest Watson, Erik Diaz, Tyler Ray, Leigh Ann Wise
These are the band members that will be on-site everyday, performing (playback to the song Lift Me), acting, and dancing right along with you.
Jen will be on guitar and lead vocals, Lovest on electric bass, Erik on drums and harmony vocals, Tyler on electric guitar, and Leigh Ann on harmony vocals and keyboard.
Emanuel Fipps
Video Co-Producer / Director of Photography
Emanuel is actively involved in lifting people.
He is a librarian & participating researcher of a 20 university consortium (team) studying the effects and benefits of sound and light waves in multiple fields of science, with focus on human medicine, nutrition and longevity.
He is currently involved in a three year research project at UCLA, researching neuroplasticity, and the healing and pain management properties of sound in preparing high risk patients for emergency FDA authorized nuclear treatments.
He is the co-founder of a communications management software for educational institutions called “Live to Teach.
In January 2022, Emanuel moved from LA back to Ohio to be closer to his kids and family, and to work specifically on his personal legacy: ICE, Ltd. and LegacyWorks. These projects benefit community development and childhood development. Yet he continues his work in both Ohio and LA, visiting the later regularly.
He is a special technology consultant to the Peninsula (Ohio) Arts Academy. And is re-designing and automating the data and IT functions and work flow systems for a twenty office law firm spread across major cities in the USA.
In 2024, Emanuel produced a music video for Mo’ Mojo (a band project of Jen’s), called You Ain’t No Little Boy. That was the first of Emanuel’s and Jen’s collaborative work. The Lift Me Project will be the second.