The Whole Music Experience

The Sound of Music DVD 20th Century Fox The Sound of Music The Original Soundtrack RCA BMG If it's not already in every sound healer and musician's library, the 1965 movie production of The Sound of Music , either on DVD or CD should be. First of all, The Von Trapp family in which the original story represented a musical family from an Austrian city steeped in musical traditions, both classical and sacred. I had not watched the movie in years and last time I watched it, I was not on the music awareness path. Then a few years ago I read Ted Andrews' book Sacred Sounds in which he mentioned both the Austrian meistersingers, musical initiates who used music with intention and he mentioned music from The Sound of Music , even going as far as using the Do-Re-Mi song to clear chakras. Andrews book planted seeds in my mind and heart. Recently I agreed to teach a music awareness class to theatre youth and I decided to focus on musical theatre from the inside out, wit...

A visitor to this blog forwarded this article to me . I was surprised to find this on a mainstream news site. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30990170/

Rim Banna April Blossoms Kirkelig Kulturverksted Helping children laugh and sing during an era of crisis is a precious commodity. More and more musicians have been doing just that, bringing the power of music, joy and up-liftment to children that have lost their innocence because of war, privation and other human frailties. Palestinian vocalist and songwriter Rim Banna has sent out a powerful message with her latest children's music CD, April Blossoms . Even with the success of Banna's previous internationally-acclaimed recordings, I was unaware that the singer was a Palestinian star of children's music. Joining such women musicians as Navajo-Dine Radmilla Cody ( Precious Friends on Canyon Records) and Sweet Honey in the Rock ( Experience 101 on Appleseed Records), Banna has recorded a sophisticated collection of children's songs that could also appeal to adults. She doesn't talk down to the children, but instead helps them to reclaim their innocenc...