[Bazantar] Blue Moon Sacred Music Concert - Saturday - July 31st - 2004

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Association for Transpersonal Psychology
presents
The Inaugural Concert of the
ATP Sacred Music Series
"An Evening of Absolute Devotion -
New Flowerings from Ancient Seeds"

Saturday - July 31st - 2004
at Saint Aidan's Church
101 Gold Mine Drive - at Diamond Heights Blvd - SF
20.00 at the Door - 15.00 Seniors/Students
Doors open at 8:00pm

Join us for this very special evening under the light of the rare Blue
Moon, the second full moon this month, as we journey to the deeply
contemplative and rapturous states Within.  This event will feature
three stunning performances by masters of Sacred Music, embodying
pure centuries-old practices with new flowerings from ancient seeds.


Robert Rich -
Solo Piano pieces from his new work "Open Window"

Mark Deutsch -
Sitar and the one-of-a-kind "Bazantar"

Sukhawat Ali Khan & Riffat Sultana
Ecstatic Qawwali Sufi Singing Duet with Percussion

with
Immersive Mythic Media
by
Synapse Productions

and...!

Delicious Vegan Live Food & Beverages by Lydia's Organics
Chai with Coconut Milk, Vegan Sushi, Salad, Fruit Drinks,
Tropical Mango Pie
.http://www.lydiasorganics.com



Robert Rich - Improvisational Solo Piano -
Robert has helped define the genres of ambient, world and
electronic music for over two decades.   At this current moment
in his journey, he has returned to the foundation of his inspiration,
improvisational acoustic piano.  His new work delves the Great
Mystery of the "ambiguous center" -  musically exploring the point
of tension and duality from which flows all distance and all closeness,
all action and all stillness, all detachment and all connection.
http://www.robertrich.com

Mark Deutsch - Sitar and the custom-made Bazantar -
Mark's ambient explorations invoke the ancient traditions of trance
ritual and embody a sacred musicality rarely heard in contemporary
cultures.  A synergistic convergence of East and West, the Bazantar
is an instrument of his own design; a five-string acoustic Bass with
the addition of four drone strings and twenty-nine sympathetic strings,
giving it an unprecedented range that produces protean tones of
innovation and intensity that seem to resonate from within the very
nexus of primordial sound.
http://www.bazantar.com

Sukhawat Ali Khan & Riffat Sultana - Qawwali Sufi Singing -
Sukhawatji and his sister Riffat are the children of the famous Classical
Pakistani singer Ustad Salamat Ali Khan, and they are the current living
embodiment of an incredible lineage of music that can be traced back
to 16th Century India, where their forefathers established Sham Chorasi
School of Music in the court of Akbar the Great.   Renowned for their
technique and passion, their harmony burns with the Qawwali Sufi tradition
as their pure, rich voices blend in heart melting duet, accompanied by
Indian Percussion.
http://ektaonline.org/~shabazmu/music/   http://www.riffatsultana.com/


IMMERSIVE MEDIA by SYNAPSE PRODUCTIONS -
Will Cloughley and Sondra Slade, the collaborative partners of Synapse
Productions, are Multi Media Artists who create unforgettable theatrical
and live event experiences. Their original images, created over the course
of many years, are an alphabet of symbolism.    When woven together, they
bespeak a visual Language of the Archetypal, building an evocative
environment that is timeless yet always in the moment, visually stunning and
emotionally engaging.  Their Immersive Media installations merge the energy
signatures of Sound and Light into the resonant relationship of Mantra and
Yantra.
http://pweb.jps.net/~synapseprod


TO PURCHASE ADVANCE TICKETS:
Make check out to "ATP" for $20.00 per Ticket
and mail to:
Dr. Stuart Sovatsky
6225 Doremus Ave.
Richmond,CA  94805
Self Addressed Return Envelope Appreciated

ATP's Online Information:
http://www.atpweb.org/conferences.html
atpweb at mindspring.com

St. Aidan's Episcopal Church is at 101 Gold Mine Drive
right off of Diamond Heights Blvd, very close to the
Diamond Heights Shopping Center.
It is easy to get to & there is ample Street Parking!
FULL ALL POINTS DIRECTIONS & PUBLIC TRANSIT INFO
TO SAINT AIDANS CHURCH:
http://www.saintaidan.org/contact.html

This event is proudly endorsed by AXIS MUNDI Sacred Sonic Trance Chant
who will have the next event in the Sacred Music Series for the 2nd Annual
   Axis Mundi & Spirit Tribe Collective Celebration on Nov. 6th, 2004
   http://www.soundclick.com/axismundi

World Music Event Production by S. Slade
axismundi at jps.net  http://pweb.jps.net/~axismundi

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