In-Person
For this Spring Equinox Retreat, Montrealers Kathy Kennedy and Ayelet Rose Gottlieb are excited to be joined by New Yorker Katie Down – a sound artist, flutist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, sound practitioner and music psychotherapist.
This three day workshop will be offered online and in-person (Naada Yoga, Montreal) and will serve as an opportunity to begin the transition of winter to spring by using our voices and bodies with Deep Listening practices inspired by the works of composer Pauline Oliveros.
We will start the retreat online, Friday March 21st, in an intention setting gathering.
Then, on the mornings of Saturday March 22 and Sunday March 23, we will gather in person at Naada Studio for sounding, Deep Listening, guided meditation and Free-writing.
On Saturday evening, Kathy, Katie and Ayelet will give a concert at Naada Studio, followed by a reception and talk with the artists.
Please note: You are welcome to join us for any or all of these events. This event is open to all genders.
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Full ride: $120
Friday (Online Session), March 21, 7-9pm: $20
Saturday (Workshop) March 22, 1 – 4pm: $40
Saturday (Concert & Reception) March 22, 6-7:30: $20 Suggested Donation NOTAFLOF
Sunday (Workshop) March 23, 1-4: $40
30 people maximum
To register, please contact Naada Yoga: https://www.naada.ca/
YOUR FACILITATORS
KATIE DOWN is a sound artist, flutist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, sound practitioner and music psychotherapist, and Deep Listening facilitator based in New York. Katie’s music intersects the realms of sound art, free improvisation, folk, Jazz, and “world” music. Including flute, she performs on homemade and found object instruments including glass percussion and steel cello and has created numerous sound scores for theatre, dance, and independent films. Her sound designs for theatre and dance have garnered her Drama Desk nominations and the award for best sound design from The Connecticut Critic’s Circle for her work at Long Wharf Theatre. She is the recipient of several grants, artist residencies, and composer commissions including the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, The Jerome Foundation, BAM, Watermill, Chashama, Music Omi, and Meet the Composer. Katie has taught at the State University of New York as part of the music therapy faculty and is a frequent guest lecturer at NYU, Vassar, and the School of Visual Arts in Deep Listening practices and sound work.
KATHY KENNEDY is a sound artist with formal training in visual art as well as classical singing. Her art practice generally involves the voice and issues of interface with technology, often using telephony or radio transmission. Her work engages with public space and physical space through voice. She is also involved in community art, and is a founder of the feminist digital media center in, Studio XX (now Ada-X), as well as the innovative choral group for women, Choeur Maha. Her large-scale sonic installation/performances for many singers and radio, called “sonic choreographies,” as well as the HMMM series have been performed internationally. Ms. Kennedy currently teaches music at Concordia University in Montreal.
She frequently gives lectures and workshops on listening skills, acoustic ecology and vocal improvisation. Her solo performances include a high level of improvisation over lush soundtracks of painstakingly mixed vocals and other sounds to create an immersive world of different voices.
“Gottlieb is one of those singers, like Rokia Traore or Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, whose voice can convey great power and soul, even when singing in a language unfamiliar to listeners” (Jazziz Magazine)
Jerusalem-born, Montreal-based vocalist AYELET ROSE GOTTLIEB is an international performer, an explorer of sound and a seeker of musical adventures. She creates in sophisticated simplicity blending jazz, middle-eastern & Jewish music with contemporary composition and conceptual improvisation. Her unique approach has led her to exciting collaborations including: composer John Zorn, string quartet ETHEL, dream master and deep listener IONE and Palestinian poet Naomi Shihab Nye. Her most recent recording, “13 Lunar Meditations: Summoning the Witches” features master vocalist and Jazz artist, Jay Clayton
In MAY – JUNE, Ayelet will be joined by Vocalist and Yoga instructor – Kim Zombik – to co-facilitate our second three-day Sound and Silence Retreat!
This retreat is an opportunity to transition through spring into summer using our voices and deep listening.
The event will be hybrid, and so come join us over a three-day period where we will explore beingness through the polarity of playful vocal expressions to resting in the nest of silence.
We will start the retreat online, Monday, May 26th , under the New Moon, in a dream-inspired, intention setting gathering.
Then, on the evening of Saturday MAY 31st and again in the late Sunday morning of JUNE 1st, we will gather in person at Yoga Bhavana Studio in the Villeray neighborhood of Montreal, for movement, Deep Listening, vocalizing, guided meditation and Free-writing.
Please note: You are welcome to join us for any or all of these events. This event is open to all genders.
If you would like to attend the on-line Monday evening gathering only, the cost is $20.
To register for Saturday and/or Sunday’s practices, they are $50 each day, and you can attend the initial Monday on-line gathering for free if you come to both!
The early price is $40 per Saturday and Sunday, until May 15th.
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Since September 2022, we have been gathering in person in Montréal, for our Orchard Soirées. These gatherings, open to all, are an opportunity for our members to bring their materials to a friendly, supportive stage, and see them come to life, accompanied by some of Montréal’s finest Jazz musicians, including Adrian Vedady (bass) and Kate Wyatt (piano)
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We have been collaborating with Suoni Per Il Popolo festival to annually bring master musicians to Montréal to teach and perform. In 2022 we brought Jay Clayton, in 2023 – IONE and in 2024 – Pyeng Threadgill!
Here are our upcoming in-person events: