The Healing Power of Music
Across various cultures and times, music has been a source of solace and healing for many. Whether as a piece of art that is received or as a piece of work created, the processes of engaging with music are multidimensionally enriching and invigorating. Music is known to aid the body and mind in wellbeing and everyone, from infants to octogenarians have felt the power of music being a space for connection, for upliftment and growth. In this edition of The Journal, we explore the healing space that music creates, both as a tool for therapy as well as for being a therapeutic space. In a tete-a-tete with Celine Burlot, who is a teacher and music therapist at Lilanoor, we delve into the nitty gritties of Music Therapy.
Events Roundup
While our regular classes and modules have been ongoing, we've hosted and curated several events over the past few semesters - as a way to collaborate with other artists who we admire, and to engage with more diverse skills and audiences. These events have also given the faculty, the students and the entire Lilanoor family a platform to share, perform and learn more.
The Instrument and the Voice
Some love stories are eternal and among those, is the romance between the voice and the instrument, which have been intertwined for centuries, even millenia. Throughout the world, singers and instrumentalists are developing close relationships and collaborative research in duos, trios and larger ensembles. For this edition of the Lilanoor newsletter, we touch upon some of these connections, but delve deeper into Western classical music, which is in the spotlight this month at the LCVM. Through articles and interviews, we will discover the universe of a singer's favourite polyphonic instruments/instrumentalists, and how these special relationships have developed in the history of Western Classical Music. We will immerse ourselves in the dynamics between a singer and instrumentalists, the repertoires chosen, and the reason why these friendships, can sometimes last a whole career and a whole lifetime.
Singing in a Group – About Ensemble Music
One of our most beloved programmes at Lilanoor, The Vocal Circle, is a space of comfort and discovery where people get together one hour every week to explore sounds, work on songs from different cultural contexts, experiment with harmonies and explore the potential of creating new affinities and collectives through music and sound. The idea is to spend an hour every week, doing the one thing which has rightly been called one of the greatest joys there is - that of singing together! It brings people together and makes the heart smile, while simultaneously exploring complex musical ideas in a way that makes time fly. The love shown by students and artists towards these sessions made us want to delve a little deeper into ensemble singing and choir as a genre, how it began, what are the types and how it makes one feel.
Why We Must Incorporate Yoga and Breathing Into Our Lives
We spent a beautifully balmy afternoon chatting with Akash Gadamsetty, faculty of the Yoga and Breathing course at Lilanoor. He graciously offered us a glimpse into his intimate journey with yoga and breathing. For the course at Lilanoor, he has curated and handpicked small moments from this life-altering journey, to make it more accessible and tangible for us to learn from. This interview however goes far beyond the ambit of the course, and delves into how yoga can transform one’s spiritual, bodily, emotional and organisational self and what it truly means to be joyous.
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