"We're All Creative Originals, no two alike. A uniqueness to you, a uniqueness to me."
-from "We All Are One" by Liz Fanora
With 30+ years of musical experience, 20+ years of
teaching experience & over 60,000 collected channel
views on her YouTube channel, pop rock funpowerment
singer/songwriter & music educator Liz Fanora Jones
is inspired to work towards a world full of joy, creativity & inclusivity.
She feels that through teaching and making music, she is able to
successfully carry out her life purpose: to use her unique
optimism and imagination to teach people of all ages,
write & share original empowerment music, and to make people smile
and laugh in order to make the world a better place.
She is currently performing often with various groups (check out her Shows Tab) in addition to sharing new music, exclusive content & behind the scenes info to her patrons at her Patreon Page (link below)! Come join the fun the for as little as $1/month to support enriching the world through creativity & new empowerment music!
SHOWS
Liz Performs with Chris of Mood Jungle: iron ox 10 year anniversary party | Saturday 4/26/25 |
Liz is thrilled to be performing alongside the incredibly talented Chris Newton of local signed DFM Records band Mood Jungle at Santa Rosa BreweLiz Fanora featured at Edgy Variety Show at Iron Ox Brewery in Santa Rosa, CA: Friday June 21st, 2024 ry Iron Ox’s 10 year anniversary party this Saturday! Liz and Chris are excited to share the stage with other talented acts such as The Sea Shells & Faithora! Music begins at 5:00PM. Cheers to 10 years!
Liz & Chris perform at Hank’s pizza downtown Petaluma, ca | Sat may 17th, 2025 | 9:00pm-11:30pm|
Liz & Chris are excited to have been invited back to perform at Hank’s Pizza in Petaluma, CA for a late-night jam session. This will be their second performance at Hank’s and they are so excited to be back! See you there!
Liz Fanora featured at Edgy open mic | Iron Ox Brewery in Santa Rosa, CA | Thursday 6/12/25 |8PM|
Liz is super stoked to have been invited back to featured at Edgy Open Mic on June 12th, 2025! This is a very special show because for the first time, she will be debuting some freshly recorded songs that are coming out on her debut solo funpowerment album this fall! Don’t miss this exciting event! Liz performs at 8PM, but being an open mic, anyone can come share their creative talents before or after her set. See you all there!
Stay tuned for More gigs tBA soon!
Please email LizFanoraJones [@] gmail.com for Bookings, Tickets & Inquiries.
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Past shows
Cinderella: A Holiday Family Pantomime at The Raven Theatre in Healdsburg, CA: November 2024-Dec 1st, 2024
Liz Fanora featured at Edgy Variety Show at Iron Ox Brewery in Santa Rosa, CA: Friday June 21st, 2024
Sister Robert Anne’s Cabaret Class at Cloverdale Performing Arts Center: March 1st-10th, 2024
Liz Fanora at Penngrove Pub Nov 29th, 2023
Mood Jungle EP release party with Liz Fanora Jones, SourFlower, Mr. Lee the Crusader & Mooonshiiines, Friday April 8th, 2022 @ The Block in Petaluma, CA
Amity Janes with special guest Liz Fanora Jones, Friday April 16th, 2022 @ The Whiskey Tip in Santa Rosa, CA
Empowerment Songwriting at The Creative Spark’s Embody Your Vision Workshop Saturday July 30th, 2022 @ Lauren D Dance Studios in Sonoma, CA
Liz Fanora performs at Sonoma Sessions Presents Golden City Music & Arts Festival on September 10th, 2022 @ Stony Glen Ln in Cotati, CA
Lessons
Liz's passion is teaching and she absolutely loves every moment of it! Liz believes in using breathwork, meditation, technique, positivity and fun to encourage her students to hone their best possible musical potentials. With 20 years of one-on-one teaching experience, as well as 6 years of teaching groups in schools, theaters, camps, & after-school programs, Liz has taught lessons & classes to oodles of students across all ages & levels. Liz uses a combination of optimism, breathwork & meditation, and theory & technique in her teaching & finds it incredibly rewarding. She believes that learning music should be fun & rewarding and helps students to gain focus by practicing meditation & breathing techniques, as well as music theory & metronome work as well as practice incentives. She loves to provide a well-rounded musical education, working with students to share an understanding of music theory, sheet music & lead-sheet reading, as well as to offer learning resources & practices such as music materials, instrument rentals, grounding & performance techniques, reading music & learning by ear & by consistent practice techniques.
She also is an avid theater lover, a musical director and all-around musical theater nerd. As such, she loves to teach dramatic & comedic acting, with 16+ years of acting & theater experience.
RATES*
$70 for 30 min
$80 for 45 min
$100 for 60 min
Rates are subject to change at any time, and may include a travel fee for house calls.
Beginning Lessons in
Voice, Piano, Flute, Recorder, Guitar, Ukulele, Mandolin, Songwriting,
Music Theory, Acting, & Meditation.
Intermediate LESSONS in
Voice, Piano, Flute, Recorder, Guitar, Ukulele, Songwriting,
Music Theory, Acting & Meditation.
Advanced Lessons in
Voice, Piano, Flute, Ukulele, Songwriting, Music Theory, Acting & Meditation.
News & Updates
Liz’s Tiny desk 2025 Entry
Liz is stoked to have thrown her song in the mix for the annual NPR Tiny Desk Contest. This is the first time she has ever had an entry and is very excited to share her original song, “You Are Enough” coming soon on her debut album this fall! We hope you enjoy her entry, watch & share here: Watch 2025 TINY DESK ENTRY, “YOU ARE ENOUGH” by Liz Fanora
https://youtu.be/ABy-OkEncjk?feature=shared
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Liz also released a bunch of EXCLUSIVE AND PUBLIC posts on her —> Patreon page! <— Click here to check out the fun! Anyone can pledge as little as $1/month to her patreon page to support new funpowerment pop/rock music! Would love to have you join our Patreon family! Patreon.com/LizFanoraJones
🐯Happy Chinese New Year! New Music!!
To celebrate, Liz posted a new exclusive cover for her Patreon patrons. To listen to “Song of Good Hope”, you can join her Patreon community for as little as $1/month at Patreon.com/LizFanoraJones. Liz invites you to join her community to help her create more new empowerment music in this new year. We need community & empowerment more than ever, and we hope you join our tight-knit Patreon community to be a part of it. Liz is looking forward to seeing you on Patreon!
Album Drop! “Toes in the Sand” with OSM
Fairfield-based Reggae-Rock band One Sharp Mind just released their newest EP album, “Toes In The Sand.”
Liz toured with OSM on keyboard & vocals from 2018-2019, and loved that her songwriting talents were featured on verse 3 of the EP’s title tune. Last October, she was blessed to get to open for her favorite reggae band of all time: The Wailers! Check out this short video from the show!
Stream & share here —> https://tinyurl.com/yb58pwc3
Liz toured & recorded with reggae rock band One Sharp Mind from September 2018-February 2020.
Follow @OneSharpMind on all your favorite social media sites to stay updated with these great reggae guys!
Fire Relief Tees & Music Video Release!
Liz is excited to be raising funds for United Way Bay Area, a local non-profit organization that addresses specific needs and provides aid like fire relief to local Bay Area residents & families. She is doing so by selling her #SonomaStrong t-shirts for $25, now available in our ONLINE STORE! More Merch is coming soon! She gives all the details in this new SNEAK PEEK of her upcoming music video release of “What Life Is,” a tune off of her “SIP” album, which will be released first to her patrons on Friday: CLICK TO VIEW SNEAK PEEK!
Full moon Abundance Ritual on Patreon
Liz recently uploaded an in-depth look into her personal monthly Full Moon Abundance Ritual practice for her Patreon Patrons. Complete with a step-by-step guide on how to make your own Full Moon / Abundance Ritual, she enjoyed creating the patron-supported content and showing and little bit about what makes her tick. For this and more exclusive, behind-the-scenes content, visit patreon.com/lizfanorajones to find out how you can support new creative empowerment art!
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New Original Music on Patreon
I've recently been active in releasing new original music on Patreon! I love Patreon as it's providing me a platform to create and to help raise money for charities that I'm passionate about! I've raised money for 4Ocean, Reuniting Immigrants and am currently working on raising money for Gun Safety in American schools. If you share my passions and are also passionate about new original empowerment music, please consider joining my Patreon Community Clubs to help! Every contribution, whether is $1 or $10, helps me raise money for charities and keeps me going with creating! Thank you for your support!
Check out my different support tiers to find out how YOU can help here!
Brand new track “Toes In The Sand!”
<—CLICK HERE!
Liz & One Sharp Mind just released a brand new track,
“Toes in the Sand,” co-written by everyone in the band! Click the image to the left to re-direct to Spotify, and be transformed to a tropical beach with ocean vibes!🌊🌊🌊
One Sharp Mind opened for the wailers 10/29/19 in Sacramento, ca!
We’re unbelievably thrilled to get to open up for our inspiration, The Wailers (As in Bob Marley & The Wailers!!). Join us October 29th, 2019 at Ace of Spades (an all ages venue!) in Sacramneto. Show starts at 7:30! Click image above for tickets!
Fanora Jams 2019 spring student showcase|Reel & Brand|
Fanora Jams Arts School students invite YOU to attend this year’s annual spring showcase to support music & theater education! This fun kid-friendly event will showcase kids’ original and cover & dramatical works. Plus, there will be exciting & educational trivia! What prizes might you win!? Tickets are $10 per person at the door. Proceeds go to Fanora Jams School for rentals, events & scholarships.
"Here Comes The Sun" Beatles Cover | Liz fanora on YT |
“The Ultimate Perfection” original song by liz fanora
Check out Liz Fanora’s original music on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/lizfanorajones
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