Harmonium Course
November 2-4, 2012 — Harmonium Course with Swami Nirmalananda at DYMC
Learn how to play the harmonium for
your own enjoyment or to lead others in live kirtan
(call-and-response chanting). Enjoy a full weekend with Swami
Nirmalananda, with music and meditation woven throughout, while you
help to provide the music during the chants! This is a BYOH event —
Bring Your Own Harmonium.*
Swamiji begins with the divine nature of the chant and of the musical instrument itself, showing you how to do puja to your harmonium as a form of the Goddess Saraswati. She trains you in how to safely play your harmonium as well as proper storage and care. Even if you’ve never played a keyboard insturment before, she’ll have you playing and singing in no time!
Part of the training includes important information about handling the group dynamics in a chant. Swamiji has played for groups ranging in size from 2 to 1,000, plus she served as the head of the Music Department in several ashrams. She is delighted to offer you the training that will shortcut your process and make you a great chant leader!
One of your two textbooks** includes the words and musical notes for the chants that Swamiji has written as well as many of the traditional chants in yoga. Enroll early as registration is limited.
Course timings:
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Friday November 2 |
2:30-6:00 pm, Harmonium Class 6:00-8:00 pm, dinner and rest period 8:00-9:00 pm, optional chant and meditation |
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Saturday, November 3 |
6:30-8:00 am, optional Guru Gita and continental breakfast 9:00 am – noon, Harmonium Class Noon – 2:30 pm, lunch and rest period 2:30-6:00 pm, Harmonium Class 6:00-7:45 pm, dinner and rest period 7:45-9:15 pm, public chant led by harmonium students |
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Sunday, November 4 |
8:30-10:00 am, Guru Gita chant with students playing harmonium 10:00-10:30 am, chai break 10:30 am — 12:15 pm, Swami Satsang, including chant led by harmonium students |
Tuition: $208, plus you purchase your
textbooks separately
Please click here to enroll.
If you have any questions or need help registering, please contact your enrollment sevites at enroll@svaroopavidya.org or 610.644.7555.
*Harmonium — You can easily purchase your harmonium from Keshav Music in NYC or Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael CA, both of whom will ship your harmonium to you.
**Textbooks — you must purchase both textbooks, through the Ashram bookstore or other suppliers. You may want the books sent to you in advance or you may prefer to pick them up when you arrive for the course.
Harmonium Handbook by Kraig Brockschmidt
Svaroopa Vidya Chants by Swami Nirmalananda — available soon