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Harmonic Consciousness and the Music of the Spheres
David Hykes
(France)
Delhi’s
Mystical Musical Traditions
Dhruv Sangari & Suboor Bakht
(Delhi)
What Makes Sound
Sacred?
Punita
Singh
(Delhi)
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“Harmonic Consciousness and the Music of the Spheres” -
David Hykes
Composer-singer and contemplative awareness teacher David Hykes,
founder of Harmonic Chant and the Harmonic Presence work, will
share highlights of his 35-year creative career, and his
immersions in sacred sound and spiritual traditions from Native
America, India, Tibet, Nepal, Tuva and Mongolia.
David Hykes is a cultural visionary, an award winning
composer-singer, teacher and a pioneer in contemporary sacred
music. He collaborates with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the
Gyuto monks to present his work to neuroscientists of the Mind &
Life Institute. His recordings include ‘Hearing Solar Winds’,
‘Harmonic Worlds’ and the recent ‘Harmonic Meeting Concert DVD’
“Delhi’s Mystical Music Traditions”
Dhruv Sangari & Suboor Bakht (Ektara
India)
The relationship between Sufi mystics and musicians is
well-established. In Delhi, the Qawwalbachche (literally
‘children of Qawwals’) have kept alive the timeless verses of
the Sufi masters through their compositions and renditions.
Today, this Gharana of legends, such as Sadarang Adarang, Tanras
Khan, Mian Achpal and Ustad Umrao Khan, is preserving the sacred
rituals of Sufi Sama. This presentation celebrates the spiritual
heritage of devotional Sufi music.
“Sacred Moves: The Human Body As An Instrument” Rama
Vaidyanathan
Music and dance are inextricably related. In Bharata Natyam,
dancers’ movements are governed by an amalgamation of
literature, music and dance – all of which are considered
sacred, but could equally be traditional, ancient or even
contemporary. The human body can thus be transformed into an
instrument of homage to the divine. This presentation will
highlight the interplay between dance and music as forms of
sacred art.
Rama Vaidyanathan is one of India's outstanding Bharata Natyam
dancers. She has trained intensively under the legendry dancer
Yamini Krishnamurty and under the guidance of the eminent Guru
Saroja Vaidyanathan.
While being deeply rooted in the traditional form she has
evolved her own individual style and is a thinking dancer
willing to attempt newer themes and to talk about them.
“What Makes Sound Sacred?”
Punita Singh
The use of music in worship in most cultures suggests that there
are identifiable acoustical universals that impart a sacred
quality to sound. Perhaps particular melodic, rhythmic, harmonic
patterns or timbres or textures or reverberation evoke the mood
of devotion and worship. However, the great diversity of sounds
employed belies the idea of universality, suggesting that the
cultural content, context and conditioning of practitioners and
listeners are paramount. Sound can also be used as a medium to
experience the divine without necessarily referring to any
particular culture or liturgical text. What then makes music
sacred? This presentation will focus on the intersection of
science, art and spiritual practices in search of possible
answers to this question.
Punita is a musicologist, linguist, psychoacoustician, editor
and educator based in New Delhi. Special areas of interest and
expertise include Christian sacred music, music of the
Renaissance, twentieth-century music, Flamenco, and contrastive
aspects of Indian and Western classical music.
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