Centered City Yoga Presents:
A Weekend of Kirtan (Sacred Chanting) with Shantala (Benjy and Heather Wertheimer) and Special Guests Jacqeline Westhead and Salt Lake's own Leraine Horstmanshoff
Friday, May 2, Kirtan at 8:30 PM
Saturday, May 3 Workshop 12:30 - 3:30 PM
Centered City Yoga, 918 E. 900 South, Salt Lake City, UT
Kirtan $15 in advance, $18 day of show
Workshop $40 in advance, $45 day of workshop
For info and tickets contact:
801.521.YOGA, dana@baptiste.com
Websites: www.shantalamusic.com, www.benjymusic.com
About The Event...
Sacred chanting (kirtan) has its roots in the sacred music of ancient India. It is growing rapidly in popularity in the West along with the rise of yoga in American culture. Chanting events involve active audience participation and are open to people of all religious backgrounds. The music carries the audience through a journey of etheric beauty, ecstatic percussion, and singing with the devotion of the heart. It is a celebration of life, love, and the beauty of the human spirit.
The workshop, The Path of Kirtan: Open Your Voice, Open Your Heart explores the ancient sacred arts of singing, devotional chant, and rhythm. Participants will learn to open their voices more fully through special Eastern and Western vocal techniques. They will deepen their experience of chanting (kirtan) and playfully explore the body as a vehicle for rhythm, creating a joyful experience of music in community with others.
 About The Artists...
Award-winning international artists Heather & Benjy Wertheimer as Shantala open hearts around the world with their passionate music. Shantala creates a sublime soundscape of musical harmony between East and West with soul-stirring vocals, sacred lyrics, and exotic instrumentation. Call and response chanting with Shantala is fun, uplifting, and inspiring.
 Benjy Wertheimer is an acclaimed multi-instrumentalist (playing tabla, congas, percussion, esraj, guitar, and keyboards) and vocalist specializing in Indian classical music. He has played with a diverse range of musicians, including Carlos Santana, Paul Winter, and Narada Michael Walden. Heather Wertheimer is a nationally award-winning singer-songwriter and guitarist.
As Shantala, Benjy and Heather tour throughout the U.S. and abroad. In addition to sharing the stage and recording studio with sacred music luminaries such as Krishna Das, Deva Premal, and Jai Uttal, they have released a number of critically acclaimed CDs, including their newest kirtan release Sri (pronounced shree). Other recordings include the popular chanting CD The Love Window and world dance CD Circle of Fire, which reached #1 on the international New Age radio charts in November 2002.
Heather's CD Church of Sky was named one of the ten best CDs of 2004 by New Age Retailer Magazine. |
