Shapes of the Inner Fire with Federico Parra and Timothy Hill
Sat. December 17, ‘11
7:00-9:00pm
Cost:
$25
Songs & Chants of Human Experience with Federico Parra and Timothy Hill
Join us for an evening of sacred and contemplative songs and chanting with Samadhi's own, Federico Parra lending his voice as well as playing Armenian Duduk, frame drum, and guitar. Renowned singer and composer, Timothy Hill will join him vocals, frame drum and guitar. Click here to experience this extraordinary duo http://samadhiintegral.com/index.php/events/media/
Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Federico has been a Musician for more than 15 years and a devoted contemplative musician for the last 10. He studied, practiced and performed Chanting, piano, percussion, composition and free improvisation, sound and electronic music, and Harmonic and Tibetan Chant with renowned teachers and musicians in Argentina and France.
Fede worked as a chanting teacher in the heart of the Amazonian jungle where he performed Chanting for the community (including shamans) and arranged/directed a vocal choir for addiction patients in rehabilitation. He was a close disciple of and collaborated live with the Venerable Lama Gyurme, Oumze music and Chanting Master, in the Kagyu Tibetan tradition, living with him in his center in Normandy, France.
He has been an official member of David Hykes renowned Harmonic Choir, playing in the last edition of the International Festival of Sacred Arts in India and in several concerts in Europe. He has been a passionate student of Hykes, undergoing some 10 intensive retreats at his center in Orleans, France, and presenting the teachings himself in Karmaling monastery in the Alps mountains in 2010. Federico lives now in Newton, MA, where he dedicates most of his time to Mahamudra/Dzogchen studies with Dr. Daniel Brown and psychology studies. He also performs and teaches regularly at Samadhi. Visit http://www.federicoparra.com for more information.
Timothy Hill is a singer and composer whose musical explorations have spanned genres including folk, jazz, world, contemporary classical and improvised music. As a member of David Hykes' Harmonic Choir, he has been a pioneer in the art of harmonic singing. Writing in The New York Times, critic Robert Palmer called Hill "a virtuoso of the Tibetan chanting technique." Hill appears on eight of the Choir's recordings, including their seminal work, Hearing Solar Winds. His wish to deepen his understanding of music brought him to the study of Indian Classical music with Sheila Dhar and Pandit Vijay Kichlu; music in the teaching of Gurdjieff with John Pentland and others; and several rare intensive workshops with pianist Keith Jarrett. Hill has produced three recordings of original songs, This Bright World, The Human Place, and Spirit's Body, and appears on recordings by artists such as alternative rock singer- songwriter Katell Keineg, klezmer clarinetist Giora Feidman, composer-cellist Robert Een and Irish traditional singer and flautist Cathal McConnell. Hill leads or co-leads several ensembles devoted to performing original music, such as Wayfarer, with Brandon Ross, Jeff Haynes and Doug Weiss, and Weave Vocal Research Group. He has performed onstage with Bill Frisell, Jeff Buckley, Allen Ginsberg, Odetta and Pete Seeger, and has participated in premier performances under the direction of composers John Cage, Joe Maneri, Butch Morris and Carter Burwell. Hill teaches singing and has been a visiting lecturer at the Bard College Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program under artistic director Dawn Upshaw since its inception.