Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Has held the World Wisdom Seat at Naropa University and is Professor Emeritus at Temple University. He is a major figure in the Jewish spiritual renewal movement, presenting the central teachings of Hassidism and Kabbalah in a contemporary and heartfelt manner. Born in Poland in 1924 and raised in Vienna, he fled the Nazi advance by coming to the United States in 1941. He was ordained in 1947 and received a Ph.D. in 1968 from Hebrew Union College. www.wie.org/j13/zalman.asp
Ani Williams
Is one of the most celebrated harpists and singers of her generation, with dozens of recording credits to her acclaim. A pioneer in the field of women's sacred music, she delights in performing her original instrumentals and songs at sacred sites all over the world. www.aniwilliams.com
Jeffrey Thompson
Dr. Thompson has been experimenting with sound since 1980. He first started in his Holistic Health Center in Virginia which grew to be the largest Center of its kind in Virginia at that time. His experiments were in using exact sound frequencies to make Chiropractic spinal adjustments, cranial adjustments, stimulate and normalize organ function and balance Acupuncture Meridians. www.neuroacoustic.org
Sophia Roberts
Since 1978, Sophia has produced ten luscious, inspiring recordings for healing, meditation, massage, love/tantric ecstacy, life transitions and rituals. Her latest, Chakra Healing Chants, invokes the Goddess in her many glorious forms. www.songhealer.net
Michael Stillwater
Is a multi-talented artist and inspirational educator using music for healing. A recording artist of over a dozen albums, his songs reflect universal spiritual principles through the eyes of his human journey, and his chants are known worldwide for opening the heart to a peaceful place of love and harmony (see ChantWave and Recordings). He is founder of Inner Harmony/Medicine Music and MusicHeals.Net, offering musical services and healing arts. www.innerharmony.com
Dallas Smith
Born in Columbus, Georgia, Dallas attended Florida State University and then went on to study in Germany, India, and Sweden. Following schooling, he performed in the San Francisco Bay area, India, Japan, and Europe. From 1987-1992, he was the chairman of the Department of Recording Studies at Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village, Nevada. Dallas has taught CEU and CME courses for nurses and physicians since 1989. www.healinghealth.com
Józef Skrzek
Was born into a miner’s family in the town of Michalkowice in the Upper Silesia. He has played and sung since he was child as he was inspired by the spirit of the arts: playing music, making art, and dancing. He also enjoyed sports. Józef obtained a degree in the piano class from the famous Karlowicz School in Katowice. Next he started studying in the Music Academy located also in Katowice. His father’s death in 1970 was such a difficult event that Skrzek interrupted his education and went to the professional stage to support his family. www.skrzek.com
Richard Shulman
Is a gifted pianist/composer with a distinctive goal: creating music that's joyful to the ear and uplifting to the spirit. Both sophisticated and accessible, his work has the harmonic sense of Keith Jarrett and Bill Evans and is designed to inspire and soothe, even when it swings. Other influences include Beethoven, Schumann, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Chick Corea, and Miles Davis. Trained early in classical piano, Shulman learned jazz improvisation from Marian McParland and Chuck Mangione at the Eastman School of Music and later studied with Frank Foster. www.richheartmusic.com
Legendary bansuri (Indian flute) master Sachdev accompanied on tabla (drum) by the equally acclaimed Swapen Chaudhuri performs the classical music of India. The bansuri, one of the oldest instruments in existence, is a bass flute made of bamboo capable of infinite pitch nuances. Each note stands alone, so special care is given to the purity of intonation. Its seductive vocal beauty lies in a sound that is an interplay between the flute and the tabla. http://bansuri.net/gssachdev
Howard Richman
Is a pianist, composer, teacher and author. He writes pop, musical theatre, jazz and new age music and film music. Since 1982 he has pioneered a transformational approach to music relaxation which sensitized him to the connection between to the mind and the body.
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Onye Onyemaechi
MBA is the founding director of Village Rhythms. Onye’s drumming and dance artistry has electrified audiences in the United States and abroad for over thirty years. His training and consulting have improved hundreds of lives and organizations. www.villagerhythms.com
Harald Nehmert
He is a percussionist, playing also many other instruments and various music for different people. He has Bern building Therapy - Instruments since 1993. He uses them in shamanic – healing ceremonies. He gives percussion lessons and works with sound as teacher – therapist in several schools and homes for disabled people. www.artemoris.minihub.org/index.htm
Susan Mazer
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Susan Mazer graduated from Wayne State University and was awarded a graduate fellowship to Stanford University, where she completed her Master of Arts degree. Following graduate school, she performed professionally in the San Francisco, California, Lake Tahoe, and Reno, Nevada, areas. Her work in healthcare began in 1980, when she developed the workshop, "Music: A Life-Altering Decision," at the request of the Center for Health Awareness in San Jose, California. www.healinghealth.com
Gerald Jay Markoe
Is one of the most popular composers of relaxation music. His "Music of the Angels" and "Music from the Pleiades" were # 1 and # 2 on the charts and are considered classics. He studied at the Juilliard and Manhattan schools of music where he received Bachelor and Masters degrees. He has practited meditation and natural healing since 1961, and is a certified Yoga teacher. www.astromusic.com
Fabien Maman
Is a musician, composer, acupuncturist, bioenergetician and martial artist. As a musician/composer, he performed his original compositions with his quintet in the great concert halls of the world including Carnegie Hall, the Tokyo Opera, the Paris Olympia and the Berlin Philharmonic. He was the recipient in 1980 of the Grande Prix de Composition Francais (Grand prize of French compotision). When Fabien Maman was thirty years old he was a successful jazz musician touring the world with his band. In Tokyo he decided to treat his stressed-out musicians with a massage before the concert. http://tama-do.com
Jacek Łuczak
Professor Jacek Łuczak, MD, FRCP - Medical Director of Hospice Palium Head of Chair and Department of Palliative Medicine Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences in Poznań. Poland Professor in Palliative medicine since 1991. Specialization: internal medicine, anaesthesiology, cardiology, palliative medicine, hopsice physician since 1987. Polish Hospices Fund, UK (vice – Chairman). Founder and honorary president of Polish Assocciation of Palliative Care, Chairmen of ECEPT (Eastern and Central Europe Palliative Care Task Force. www.oncology.am.poznan.pl/ecept/task.php
Brent Lewis
Brent's life is his music, and the study of tribal rhythms. His education has been intense and in-depth studying with drum masters in different parts of the world. His experience studying with the master professor Mr. Kwasi Badu of Ghana, Africa, was profound and very meaningful. Brent has traveled throughout Africa to study the roots of African music, tribal ceremonies and rhythms. www.brentlewis.com
Swami Kryiananda
(J. Donald Walters) is a direct disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda and the founder of Ananda. Ananda is recognized as the most successful intentional community in the world. Today, over 800 people reside in six Ananda communities throughout the U.S. (Seattle, Palo Alto, Portland, Sacramento and Dallas) and in Europe. www.ananda.org/ananda/kriyananda
Nestor Kornblum
Since 1995, Nestor has explored and practised the ancient art of overtone singing, also referred to as vocal harmonics, with particular attention to its therapeutic and meditational uses. An experienced teacher, he has now taught thousands of people the techniques of overtone singing and Sound Healing in Spain, UK, Sweden, Finland, Italy, South Africa, Belgium, Holland, Norway, Canada and France. He is one of a handful of Westerners to master the “Deep Voice” overtone chanting employed by Tibetan monks and Tuvan (Mongolian) singers, which enables him to sing up to four simultaneous notes, with a range of 5 octaves. www.harmonicsounds.com
Kitaro
Long recognized as one of the most acclaimed recording artist in the Orient and America, Kitaro has always taken his music far beyond the borders of his native Japan. As a composer and multi- instrumentalist, he has reached millions of people on every continent with his stellar recordings. For many years, a small and devoted audience in America, through albums imported from Japan and Europe, knew Kitaro. By 1985, that audience widened considerably when Geffen Records simultaneously released a number of Kitaro compliations. www.domo.com
Karin Huttary
Jonathan Goldman
Is a writer, musician and teacher. He is an authority on sound healingand a pioneer in the field of harmonics. Jonathan is the author of HEALING SOUNDS: THE POWER OF HARMONICS (Element Books), Shifting Frequencies (Light Technology) and THE LOST CHORD (Spirit Music). He has studied with masters of sound from both the scientific and spiritual traditions, including the Dalai Lama’s Chanting Gyuto and Gyume Monks and has been empowered by the Chant Master of the Drepung Loseling Monastery to teach Tibetan Overtone Chanting. www.healingsounds.com
Iasos
(pronounced ya' sos) was born in Greece in 1947, and his family moved to America when he was four. He began studying piano at age 8 and flute at age 10. Formal music education lasted until the end of high-school, after which he became self-taught, studying the music from around the world, especially the classical composers. http://iasos.com
Barbara Gołaska
Began Her musical career in her hometown - Toruń, where she won the first prize in ALL-Polish Youth song Festival. She is a laureateof many song festivals among which are Opole. Zielona Góra, Kołobrzeg, Gorzów, Ciechocinek, Johannesburg, Maastricht. She delights and fascinates audiences with her singing in Europe, America, South Africa and Japan. Barbara has recorded programmers for radio and TV. www.barbaragolaska.republika.pl
Robert Gass
Has been known for leading edge work in human consciousness for over twenty - five years. Holding a doctorate in Clinical Psychology and Public Practice from Harvard, he synthesizes an unusually diverse background in humanistic psychology, music, business, political activism and spiritual studies. Co-creator (with his wife Judith) of the Opening the Heart workshops. http://sacredunion.com/site/?page_id=2
Dudley Evenson
Co-founded Soundings of the Planet in 1979 with her husband Dean. Together, they have produced over 35 albums and she has been the art director and copy writer for all of the Soundings releases.. www.soundings.com
Dean Evenson
Is one of the true visionaries of the Ambient/New Age musical genre-a prolific musician and composer, an entrepreneur, media pioneer and the co-founder of Billboard - charting independent music label, Soundings of the Planet. At every turn, Evenson's life has taken bold steps in new and exciting directions. The success and pioneering nature of his creative work attest to a dynamic personality and a life-long commitment to the positive evolution of life on this planet in relationship. world. www.soundings.com
Sharry Edwards
Is the Director of a non-profit, educational research institute, Sound Health Alternative & Resource Center International, Inc., dedicated to the pioneering and emerging field of Human BioAcoustics. Through the concept of vocal coherence, Edwards has been able to demonstrate that the human voice is a unique frequency representation of the structural and biochemical aspects of the body. www.healingmusic.org/ISS/sharry_edwards.htm
Anuradha Devi Dasi
Is an initiated disciple of Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Swami and follows the ancient path of Bhakti, or self realization through the development of divine love. She gave workshops at Bihar Gandhi's ashram in India and, over the years, gave numerous workshops in Canada. Anuradha is regularly appearing in Patrick Bernard's performances and concerts. (Previously know as Patrick Bernhardt - Atlantis Angelis.) www.patrickbernard.com
Constance Demby
As a recording artist and pioneer in her field, Constance Demby is an internationally acclaimed innovator of sound creations; sounds you'd swear you never heard before. Yet, somewhere in some dim memory, there is a faint memory echo - rich and compelling - calling up archetypal experiences which access the deeper, more profound levels of the mind-body-spirit. www.constancedemby.com
Wolfgang Deinert
WOLFGANG DEINERT LORLER, born in Germany, is a musician, artist and creator of sound-sculptures and therapeutic music instruments which are used all over the world and featured at the Tama-Do Academy in Courmettes, France, as well as the Tama-Do Sound Garden in Mysty Haven, Malibu, California. www.wolfklang.com
Amrita Cottrell
Is a classically trained vocal musician, and has been involved in the areas of mind, body, and spirituality for over twenty years after suffering a severe spinal chord injury from which she recovered fully. Amrita studied theology and music at seminary twenty-five years ago. She plays the singing crystal bowls with impressive skill, her voice becomes transparent, the music that comes from it is like a sonic universal mandala. www.healingmusic.org
Emanuel Comte
Emmanuel Comte, Sonologist, is director of MedSon Center in Valcourt, QC, Canada. He is a researcher and teacher. Born in Paris (France) in 1959, studied recorder since the age of seven. After a cancer diagnosis on June 1977, Emmanuel Comte uses sounds to recover his health. Afterwards, he starts to search the harmonizing and healing power of sound. He composes healing music and gives workshops to make people sensitive to the power of sound. He also trains professional and therapists. www.medson.net
Neshama Carlebach
From the moment I was old enough to know I was alive, I knew I wanted to perform. trained as a singer and actor from when I was five years old, and began singing with my father, Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, of blessed memory, when I was fifteen. Never in my lifetime did I imagine that I was developing the strength, knowledge and skill to follow in his footsteps. www.neshamacarlebach.com
Don Campbell
Is the world's most renowned authority on the transformative power of music, listening, and The Mozart Effect®. In Campbell's unique view, music is not only a rich and rewarding aesthetic experience but a bridge to a more creative, intelligent, healthy and joy-filled life. His singular mission is to help return music to its central place in the modern world as a resourc for growth, development, health and celebration. www.mozarteffect.com
Ołena Bożemska
The President of the Social – Charitable Foundation “Help for Family and Land”, the manager of a hospice for children “NADZIEJA” (HOPE), She has been doing a heroic work for creating a second home for incuralby ill children, afflicted by serious brain damages, suffering from different kinds of cancer. Our Foundation cooperates with the hospice by doing workshops for children and their parents, delivering CDs with music published by ANANDA MUSIC. We also take part in conferences. www.expo-andre.pl/hospicjum/witamy.html
Zacciah Blackurn
Is a sound healer trained in classical healing and shamanic traditions, and sacred sound cultures, and is practicing in Ascutney, VT, USA. Zacciah is Director of Education for the New England Sound Healing Research Institute, a world wide community of healing practitioners broadening the awareness of sound healing through networking, education, and scientific research. www.thecenteroflight.net
Patrick Bernard
Long before contemporary chant was trendy, Bernard was inspiring audiences with his powerful devotional compositions based on sacred Sanskrit, Latin and Hebrew writings. Mr.Bernard's recordings of "well being" music have consistently achieved high status, winning awards, achieving Gold status and ven landing him on the Billboard charts (he was the first Canadian to climb Billboard's New Age chart). www.patrickbernard.com
Erik Berglund
Is a unique recording artist who like the troubadours of yore, combines his extraordinary musical talents with the Spirit and power of God's healing gifts. Erik sings like an angel with a refined tenor voice accompanied by the crystalline sounds of his Irish harp. He tours the world facilitating group energy in concerts, workshops, and thousands of private healing sessions. www.erikberglund.com
Jim Berenholtz
is a composer of music for theatre, dance, film and the concert stage. He is best known for his work bridging the classical and contemporary musical styles of the Western world with the indigenous sounds of ancient and native cultures. Among his many compositions are “Buffalo Nation”, a Native American -themed opera, “Luna”, an astrological ballet, and “Songs of Forgotten Relatives”, a musical play about the disappearing diversity of cult ures and lifeforms. www.jimberenholtz.com
Joel Andrews
Is a harpist, composer, author, and he was the pioneer music healer in America. He tours and presents concerts and workshops worldwide. Captivating international audiences with his exquisite music for over 30 years, he has produced 33 recordings, including collaborations with Paul Horn and the Paul Winter Consort. He was presented in Town Hall, New York, with critical acclaim and has soloed with the San Francisco Symphony under Arthur Fiedler. www.harpofgold.com
Michele Averard
Co-director and co-founder of both the Association of Sound Therapy and Harmonic Studies and the International Ass. Of Sound Therapy, she is an internationally recognised Sound Therapist and singer/songwriter. Born in London, England. Her father was an actor and her mother a singer/actress. She was encouraged from an early age to develop her talents in the performing arts and so attended. www.harmonicsounds.com
David Ault
Is highly regarded as one of the finest visionary vocalists and motivational speakers within the New Thought/transformational movement. His focus on remembering the Divine within and reclaiming that connection has empowered hundreds of thousands on their spiritual journey. The union of David's charismatic message and heartfelt singing has elevated him to guest speaker of choice in many nationwide churches and global organizations.
