NYC, 11/20/2002 David Hykes and the Harmonic Choir

Dear friends,

We wanted to share with you the news about
a very special Harmonic Choir evening concert this coming Wednesday,
November 20th in New York city, right next to Ground Zero. Please forward
this announcement to any friends, people, listings that you think may want
to know. The concert will conclude with a Harmonic Chant for Peace with the
whole audience...

Thanks and blessings,

Mickey Gibson and the Harmonique Centre team

WNYC-fm and the World Financial Center present
New Sounds Live at the Winter Garden

John Schaefer hosts a very special concert by DAVID HYKES AND THE HARMONIC
CHOIR, presenting the world premier of "The Silent Ground", on November 20th
at 6:30 pm.

New Sounds Live, hosted and curated by WNYC's John Schaefer, joins in
celebrating the re-opening of the World Financial Center Winter Garden for
this very special concert evening. The concert, which will be taped for
future broadcast on WNYC, constitutes part of the recently revived arts
series at the Winter Garden, the glass-encased centerpiece of the
World Financial Center at 220 Vesey Street.

The center, which was damaged on September 11, is celebrating its reopening
with a broad range of outstanding cultural events. The New Sounds Live events
represent the first live music performances to take place since the
reopening. "We are bringing some remarkable music, some from other
parts of the world and some perhaps from other worlds entirely, to
the Winter Garden," says John Schaefer. "It is
quite simply one of the most special places in New York, and to hear this
beautiful atrium resonating with music is an extraordinary experience."

David Hykes and the Harmonic Choir
Wednesday, November 20 at 6:30pm
World Financial Center Winter Garden
David Hykes has created a new form of ancient/contemporary sacred music, the
Harmonic Chant, similar to chanting techniques developed by Tibetan monks
and
Mongolian and Tuvan nomads that allow them to sing low and high notes
simultaneously. Joined by his groundbreaking ensemble, The Harmonic Choir,
he uses the new resources of Harmonic Chant to create otherworldly
compositions that explore the normally untapped resonances of the human
voice. The one-time New York-based ensemble, now residing in France, brings
together the West and the East in the exploration of natural harmonics, the
"DNA of all musical sounds". The choir is celebrating the 20th anniversary
of their landmark recording Hearing Solar Winds, which brought the world of
"harmonic music" to many Western listeners for the first time. They will
present the world premiere of "The Silent Ground".

Admission is free. For information, call (212) 945-0505 or visit the World
Financial Center Web site.

--- In tuning@y..., David Beardsley <davidbeardsley@b...> wrote:

> The choir is celebrating the 20th anniversary of their landmark
> recording Hearing Solar Winds, which brought the world of
> "harmonic music" to many Western listeners for the first time.

...Indeed a fine recording to celebrate!! "Hearing Solar Winds" got
me listening in a whole new way and altered the course of my life
these past 11+ years since I first heard it in '91.

Wish I could be there this eve' David - hope it's a wonderful time...

~Jim
http://www.spectralvoices.com