Kirtan with Tanya
North Indian vocalist Tanya was born in Pakistan and grew up in the Middle East and Canada. After achieving an Honours Bachelor of Music at Boston’s prestigious New England Conservatory, she won a Canada Council for the Arts grant to study North Indian Classical Music in Kolkata, India.
Current projects include Kirtan composition and performance, setting English Ghazal to Indian music, free jazz collaborations with artists in New York City, and composing lyrics and melodies for Canadian and international dub/electronic artists. An acclaimed artist at the Belize International Music Festival, Tanya and her music have been featured in The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, New York City’s The Village Voice, The Times of India, and on BBC radio.
Tanya has just returned from Pune, India where she studied with world-renowned performer Smt. Padma Talwalkar with the support of a Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute Fellowship Award. Listen to her music online: www.myspace.com/tanyamjacobs
Current projects include Kirtan composition and performance, setting English Ghazal to Indian music, free jazz collaborations with artists in New York City, and composing lyrics and melodies for Canadian and international dub/electronic artists. An acclaimed artist at the Belize International Music Festival, Tanya and her music have been featured in The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, New York City’s The Village Voice, The Times of India, and on BBC radio.
Tanya has just returned from Pune, India where she studied with world-renowned performer Smt. Padma Talwalkar with the support of a Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute Fellowship Award. Listen to her music online: www.myspace.com/tanyamjacobs
What is Kirtan?
Kirtan is call and response chanting from India which uses ancient Sanskrit mantras to access spirit, open the heart and bring us back to our centre. It is often used as an alternative to meditation as the chanting of repeated mantra quiets the mind. Kirtan is a form of Bhakti yoga - the yoga of devotion - it is the way to experience the divine through pure spiritual love.
Upcoming Kirtan Events
Kirtan with Tanya
Saturday 23 April 2011
7.30 pm - 9.00 pm
The Yoga Sanctuary on College
For more information, please see:
Yoga + Kirtan
Saturday 23 April 2011
7.30 pm - 9.00 pm
The Yoga Sanctuary on College
For more information, please see:
Yoga + Kirtan