Community Gathering Place
Sun, Aug 11
|Trinidad Heart Center
Kirtan Devotional Singing
Kirtan is a heart opening sacred musical experience. Join Seabury Gould and Colby Beers.
Time & Location
Aug 11, 2024, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Trinidad Heart Center, 426 Trinity St, Trinidad, CA 95570, USA
About the event
- Kirtan is a part of Bhakti Yoga, the Yoga of Devotion. Kirtan is a heart-opening musical experience with irresistibly sanctifying power.
- Seabury's kirtans are easy to follow, traditional Hindu devotional chants in classic call & response patterns.
Multi-instrumentalist Seabury is a life-long student of music. He spent 2 years in India studying classical Hindustani & Karnatic music.
He studied Indian ragas with master teachers such as Ali Akbar Khan, GS Sachdev & Dr. K. Subramaniam. He sings & plays guitar & bansuri bamboo flute. Seabury is a music teacher for both adults & children.
Drummer Colby has been a devoted disciple of tabla master Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri for a decade & has been studying percussion since 1997. Colby is a music teacher of tabla & other percussion.
Seating: folding chairs, floor seating (bring cusion).
Sliding scale: $10-$20 to support the musicians.
In order to facilitate better singing, Seabury & Colby respectfully request no masks.
By singing these ancient Sanskrit prayers, we join a stream of consciousness & devotion that's been flowing for centuries.
By singing together in this way, we appreciate Nada Brahma: Sound is God.