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David Hykes
- 57, Male
- Autainville
- France
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September 11, 2010 from 7:30pm to 9pm – Yenidze
David Hykes & Harmonic Presence Foundation
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Extrait de l'oeuvre "Le souffle du Seigneur" de David Hykes et Le Choeur Harmonique, sur les poèmes soufis sur le souffle divin de Yeshua (le Christ).
Excerpt of the work "The Lord's Breathing," by David Hykes and The Harmonic Choir, Sufi poems abo…
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- About me:
- Greetings, everyone,
I direct the Harmonic Presence Foundation, a transdisciplinary organization supporting harmonic knowledge and research integrating sacred music, cosmology and neuroscience, and contemplative practice. I'm a composer-singer, contemplative awareness teacher, and founder of Harmonic Chant (harmonic singing), a comprehensive system of contemplative music, which I began in New York in 1975, the same year I founded the oldest-existing western overtone ensemble, The Harmonic Choir (New York, 1975), now in its 33rd year.
I often offer my music on behalf of the Dharma and the Tibetan cause. I have co-hosted events with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and the Gyuto and Gyume Monks. I've offered my music to such "sacred cinema" Dharma films as "Travellers and Magicians" by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoché and "Journey Into Buddhism" by John Bush, in addition to other films such as "Meetings with Remarkable Men" by Peter Brook, about the early life of the master G.I. Gurdjieff; "Baraka"; "Asanasazi" The Lost Ones", and many others.
Our Foundation collaborated in the summer of 2008 with the Mind and Life Institute, a world-wide group of neuroscientists and contemplative practitioners sponsored by the Dalai Lama, which explores the benefits of contemplative practice on the brain, mind, and life. I gave the closing evening concert and presentation, including a concert with The Harmonic Choir, celbrating the 25th anniversary of my first album with the group, "Hearing Solar Winds."
Harmonic Chant is a highly-developed contemplative approach to the recognition and activation of the harmonic presence universally found in music and listening consciousness. I also teach the Harmonic Presence work, an integrated system of contemplative awareness practice based on relationships between mind, music, meditation and healing harmonization.
This work has provided inspiration for countless harmonic practitioners around the world. Certain senior practitioners of authentic Harmonic Chant have now completed more than 10,000 hours of contemplative and musical practice, over the past 30 years.
Through the Harmonic Presence Foundation, founded at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on September 11, 1981, the Harmonic Presence work, including Harmonic Chant, offers a comprehensive approach to harmonic awareness, combining exploration of the nature of musical sound, a highly-developed body of music and techniques, contemplative awareness teachings linking silence, sensation and listening, and a deep sensitivity to the realms of harmonic healing.
Our work provides special opportunities for students who are interested to go deeper into harmonic realms of consciousness and music, so that music becomes authentic contemplative practice. There, attunement and deep listening work together, and authentic sound healing can take place (as our work with a number of gravely ill patients seems to suggest is possible).
Students wishing to study our music and work, at the Foundation's center in France or in the USA and other countries, can email us at harmonicworld@gmail.com; students are accepted for the general teachings and for possible specializations in one of the following 3 categories: music, meditation, and healing harmonization.
You can also inquire about Chant Room, the Harmonic Presence Online Study Program.
The Foundation has initiated the Harmonic Presence/Harmonic Chant Teacher-Training program, so that authentic Harmonic Chant (harmonic singing) practitioners can be accredited internationally. For more information about any of these topics, please email the Foundation office or visit the website http://www.harmonicpresence.org.
Homepage: http://www.harmonicpresence.org
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/davidhykes
Other pages in the web: http://www.overtone-network.org/profile/David_Hykes_Harmonic...
- As a band we are:
- David Hykes, founder of Harmonic Chant (harmonic singing), The Harmonic Presence Foundation, and many collaborators from the fields of music, spirituality, medicine and science. Harmonic Choir core members include Timothy Hill, Seth Markel, Evry Mann, Joel Bluestein, Stéphane Gallet and Bruno Caillat.
- Instruments:
- David Hykes's music is quintessentiallly 'a cappella' Harmonic Chant; sometimes his works include accompanying instruments like the Sufi flute (Ney) and bowed Tanbur, Tanpura, Svarmangalam, and percussion instruments such as Daff, Zarb, and Tabla. He has also composed works for breath, harmonic piano, saz, Prophet-5 synthesizer, bells, gongs, wind harp, frogs, hawks, jews harp, fretless guitar, santur, hammered dulcimer, wind, electric fretless guitar, harmonium, organ, and many other instruments.
- Influences:
- Spiritual training (in chronological order): hisTaos Pueblo godmother, Lucy; the Gurdjieff Work: Lord Pentland, Dr. Michel de Salzmann, Mme. Jeanne de Salazmann, Henri Tracol, James George; the Aurobindo tradition; Advaita Vedanta: Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj and other Advaita practitioners including Dennis Lewis; and now Tibetan Buddhism: Tsoknyi Rinpoché (my root guru), Chokyi Nyima Rinpoché, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Thuksey Rinpoché and the Gyalwang Drukpa, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoché.
Musical Influences: Taos Pueblo (»we gave you the privilege to sing«); Raga singer Sheila Dhar, my music guru from 1982 until her death in 2003; Chagdud Tulku Rinpoché; shortwave global radio, 1957-63; rock and roll (1965-1970); free jazz (1970-73); world music (India, Iran, Turkey, Bali) since 1970; Mongolian and Tuvan music (1973-1993); Tibetan sacred chant (since 1973).
- Homepage:
- http://www.harmonicpresence.org
- 2nd Website:
- http://myspace.com/davidhykes
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I don't have internet these days on my computer and couldn't find your email address, so I'll just post the message here.
Best wishes!
Ming
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Dear friends,
the DVD is FINALLY! finished and will be delivered next week. The publisher will then send examples to you (I think it was 5). And further DVD can be ordered for wholesalers price for selling.
You all know that to realize this project was a long journey for me. I have learned so much during this time and I feel enriched to have met you all and your music.
But now I am really happy that this project is finished :)
I have posted the trailers and a teaser on youtube in German and in English. You are welcome to use them and link them to your webpages or whereever.
German:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mihakx7Lla8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiNeoEu0ttw
English
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwtUqshLjmQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO-OkbplDEI
On the 4th of December the Film will be screened for the first time at an small overtone-event in Munich together with a Concert with Wolfgang Saus and Wolfgang Deinert. The organizer is Staphnie Erkens with her festival-project called Klang der Stille = Sound of Silence. www.klangderstille.com
Ok, so you all know how to reach me for any purposes.
Hope to hear from you and best wishes to you all!
Ming
I'd like to invite you to be highlighted in the outstanding artists section to be featured in my harmonics DVD, to accompany my new book on overtone singing. The DVD will be a compilation of many contributors and will be free with the book. I do hope you can be in it.
Best,
Dean Frenkel
We wish you & your family a happy, healthy, fruit- & successful
New year of the Earth Cow!!
May all your wishes & plans come true in the year of butter & cream!!
Shagaa Bile!!
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Thank you for adding me as a friend and introducing me to your page. You have a remarkable history with overtones! I live outside of Philadelphia, and perhaps I may be able to drive up to East Hampton and listen to harmonic chants in person.
If it would be of interest to you, I invite you to add your foundation's music along the lines of the single on World 7 you posted here to Holistic Life Designs' new internet radio station, World Radio 365, with descriptors/commentaries to accompany each piece making the listeners become more aware of the piece's genesis.
I appreciate the spiritual nature of your harmonic chants and their intentional healing. You can readily reach me at Friends of Holistic Life Designs.
Blessings,
Gina
Since we happen to be on the same OMN page, silly not to say hello...
Haven't forgotten the wonderful 5-day workshop in Denmark - the beauty of Rodvig, the sea, the peace, the harmonics... with heartfelt thanks for the lovely memories.
Keep in touch and stay well!
Mucho mucho blessings to you,
Theresa :)
Bonjour, tout le monde! Je donne un concert de Chant Harmonique authentique à Prague le 13 septembre et des enseignements Présence Harmonique le dimanche 14 septembre. J'espère que vous pouvez venir!
Then we have a Harmonic Presence retreat at Pommereau, our main center, near Paris, on the weekend of September 20 and 21, with an optional extra day or days September 19 and 22.
Après nous avons une retraite Présence Harmonique à notre centre en France le 20 et 21 septembre, avec l'option d'un ou deux jours de plus (le 19/9 et/ou le 22/9).
Voici les infos en français..
The information is on the Harmonic Presence Foundation website and the brochure in English is here in English.
Thank you!
Valentina
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