The Vancouver Folk Music Festival always has remarkable musical discoveries and experiences! Last July at the Festival we were fortunate to see an amazing Tibetan Singer & Musician, and what an experience it was! Both Lucy and I were transported by his voice and music to the crisp cold air of the Tibetan mountains, feeling the wind blowing and the eagle speaking.
As we were volunteers at the Festival and worked on traffic neighborhood security we lucked out when Jamyang and his manager Karen McDiarmid from Banff entered through our gate. We were so thrilled to be able to thank him for the gift of his music and his spirit. To our delight we discovered that after his escape from Tibet his journey brought him to live in Duncan B.C. on Vancouver Island. Duncan is only 45 minutes away from our home in Nanaimo and we have formed a friendship with Jamyang. Selfishly we want to hear him sing again, so we have arranged with Sandra at the Island Yoga Vista studio to have Janyang perform there on December 5th, 2009.
If you want to be entertained, inspired and transported by music, I am sure you will not be disappointed. Jamyang will tell his story of his escape from Tibet leaving his family and his home and his musical journey which has brought him to Vancouver Island today. His incredible story is only surpassed by his shining Spirit and his gifted music.
Mediation takes many forms and different days offer very different opportunities to open and explore….. Music is a remarkable meditation journey!
The information on Jamyang Yeshi’s performance on December 5th (Saturday) is on the poster below, hope to see you there.
Island Yoga Vista & Steppingstones Workshops Presents a Performance by:
JAMYANG YESHI ~ Tibetan Singer & Musician
Jamyang Yeshi, from a nomadic Tibetan family, escaped across the Himalayas in 1998 to Dharmsala. He performed at the first Tibetan Music Festival in India, for his Holiness the Dalai Lama and Prince Charles, and in Moscow for Richard Gere and Robert Thurman at a major Tibetan Buddhist Cultural Festival. In 2005 he performed at opening night for the “Cultures at Risk” Summit at the Banff Centre. This year he was invited to perform at both the Vancouver and the Islands Folk Festivals. Jamyang also opened for at the ‘listenNOW’ concert which was part of the Dalai Lama’s visit to Calgary.
Jamyang’s latest CD, “Shining Spirit: A Tibetan Family’s Reunion through Music” has been followed by a documentary film, “Shining Spirit: The Musical Journey of Jamyang Yeshi,”.
December 5th, 7-9pm
Island Yoga Vista Studio
1330 Discovery Ave., Nanaimo
Tickets: $20.00
Tickets Available in Advance ~ Limited Seating
Island Yoga Vista (250) 755-6779
Steppingstones (250) 591-8020
www.steppingstonesworkshops.com
Jamyang Yeshi ~ Tibetan Singer & Musician
Jamyang Yeshi - Tibetan Singer & Musician
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