Saturday, October 15, 2022
10 - 7 PM
Before human language developed, there were sounds, rhythms, music. Throughout the ages and throughout the world, every culture has used sound to communicate, to rouse, to soothe. Parents calm a baby to sleep with a lullaby, surgeons improve their concentration with music, sportspeople use it to improve focus, sports fans use it to motivate their team, film makers create fear, suspense and joy using music – the list goes on.
Ancient cultures used music as medicine. Modern medicine uses sound frequency machines to break down kidney and gall stones; ultrasound machines are used to heal injuries and accelerate the repair of muscle and fracture damage.
Hundreds of research studies have found that music has both physical and mental benefits, but how does it work and where does the sound and experience of the gong fit?
Why would you be interested in learning how to play the gong? The gong is one of the oldest man made sounds, dating back over 5,000 years, playing an important role in ceremonies, ceremony and healing, in cultures including China, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Greece, India, South America and Africa. The gong sounds and vibrations have a quick effect in the brain and the body. They move us from our awake (Beta) state to a more relaxed and calm (Alpha) state, then on to a restful (Theta) state and finally to a deeply relaxing meditative (Delta) state.
They cause the brain, heart and respiratory rates to slow down and increase the release of melatonin, endorphin and dopamine chemicals that are linked to feelings of expanded mental clarity.
Join Mike Tamburo for a fun and experiential day of gong playing. Explore different playing strokes and techniques, rhythm exercises, listening, musical games and powerful improvisations as a group. Perfect for anyone interesting in or already in love with the gong.
Investment: Early Bird $125 till 10/8, After $150.
Meet Mike
Over the past 20+ years Mike Tamburo has become well known as a multi-instrumentalist, music educator, interdisciplinary sound artist, video artist, sound therapist, writer, meditation teacher and avid traveler; sharing over 2000 public and private performances and recording more than 65 albums of ecstatic and transcendental music as well as folk, drone, ambient and sometimes unclassifiable sounds. Early in Tamburo's career he gained notoriety for his string playing (hammered dulcimer, guitar and shahi baaja). In many of his early performances he began to enter into altered states of consciousness and have out of body experiences while performing. In order to understand these experiences he went into years of self study; exploring Kundalini Yoga, energy work, the therapeutic use of sound and how sound impacts consciousness, human perception and self healing. His love for long sustained drones, overtones and psychoacoustics led him to working with multiple gongs and other tuned metal instruments (bells, sound plates, singing bowls) as well as exploring the healing power of mantra and toning.
