Silvia
Nakkach, M.A., MMT, is a pioneer in the field of voice
and transformation of consciousness, an award-winning
composer, a healing music recording artist, author, a
former a psychologist in Argentina, and an internationally
recognized singer. She holds Master Degrees in Psychology,
Music Therapy, and Music Composition. Silvia has studied
raga singing and classical Indian music with Maestro Ali
Akbar Khan since 1982. Throughout 30 years of sustained
commitment to the field of music and healing, Nakkach
have created an innovated repertoire of vocal therapeutic
techniques that have become landmarks in the field of
music therapy, sound healing, and voice coaching. She
is in the faculty at the California Institute of Integral
Studies in San Francisco where she have created and coordinates
a new Certificated Program on Sound, Voice and Music Healing
starting in 2006. According to Silvia, this program will
be the only curriculum of this kind offered by a major
academic institution.
Nakkach continues to meet an international demand for
master classes, curriculum development, and performances.
Her recent work includes training and post-graduate seminars
as a visiting faculty in many prestigious institutions
worldwide, such as New York University, Beth Israel Clinic
in NYC, Arizona State University, the University for Expressive
Arts in Barcelona, the Music Conservatory in Rio the Janeiro,
the Alumine University in Buenos Aires, Argentina, among
others. Since 2000, Silvia has been offering regular workshops
through Public Programs at the California Institute of
Integral Studies, in San Francisco, where in 2006 she
designed the curriculum and is the academic advisor for
the successful Certificate
on Sound, Voice, Music Healing.
She is the founding director of Vox
Mundi Project that started in 1988 in Italy, an organization
devoted to research, education, preservation, and performance
of sacred vocal arts, with many centers around the world.
Nakkach is worldwide renowned for her seminars, lectures,
and performances committed to the relationship between
chanting, shamanism and spirituality. She travels extensively
throughout the world facilitating seminars, training,
lectures, offering concerts, and leading study groups
in India, Europe, Hawaii, Argentina, and in Bahia, Brazil.
Her interest in indigenous music cosmology and spirituality
has led her to work with many traditional healers and
master teachers of Indian and South American indigenous
traditions.
She has been a long time collaborator of prominent artists
and professors such as Ralph Metzner, Claudio Naranjo,
Steve Goodman, Joan Beaulieu, Mayumi Oda, Tsultrim Allione,
Luisa Teish, and renowned composers such as Pauline Oliveros,
Anthony Braxton, Kit Walker, Paul MacCandless, Miguel
Frasconi, and David Darling.
She is the contributing author for various books, including
Music and the Human Process, Music in Human Adaptation,
and The Transpersonal Consciousness, and Music therapy
and the End of Life. In addition to published articles,
Silvia is currently working on her upcoming book on The
Yoga of the Voice.
MUSICIAN
Devotional Singing
Silvia
Nakkach is an award winning composer, multi-instrumentalist,
singer, author, and voice-culturist. She graduated from
the National Conservatory of Buenos Aires, Argentina in
piano and voice performance. She holds Masters Degrees
in Music Therapy and Psychology from the
National University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and in
Music Composition from Mills College, Oakland, California.
She has earned credentials in Psychodrama and Gestalt
Therapy. Since 1982 she has studied raga singing and North
Indian classical music with Maestro Ali Akbar Khan. Silvia
has collaborated with prominent musicians as Pauline Oliveros,
David Darling, John Beaulieu, Val Serrant, Anthony Braxton,
and Paul Mc Candless, to mention some.
As a singer and composer she has received many awards
and commissions worldwide. Her major work, the opera Amazonia
Insight has been performed in many countries. She has
created a music repertoire widely used in Palliative Care,
Hospices, and Healthcare Centers for substance abuse and
during pregnancy and delivery. She have released eight
albums, her CD album; Ah, The Healing Voice, is widely
played in healthcare centers to create a healing atmosphere
before and after surgical interventions. Her last album,
Invocation granted her an article in the UTNE READER Magazine
where she was selected among a group of 40 international
artists who will shake the art world.
Invocation
Silvia Nakkach opens a gateway into the world of sacred sound and musical mysticism. Combining words of power and divine utterances Silvia transforms an exhalation into spiritual longing, and connects us with the entire web of life and the divine. A transcendent cross-cultural adventure into boundless radiance, openness and love.
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Musical Massage: Inside
The Musical Massage Collection features soothing and sensual instrumental music created by artists of extraordinary sensitivity and depth, touching listeners with irresistible melodies and beautiful textures. Inspired by the mood of "gentle touch," these musical passages induce deep breathing and relaxation. The instrumentation exudes resonant timbres that harmonize you from the Inside Out. Acoustic grand piano, cello and string bass, tambouras, Turkish harp, duduk, Tibetan bells, and light ambient vocals trace melodic patterns that come and go freely. Artist Silvia Nakkach is an award-winning composer, teacher, author, psychologist, and internationally acclaimed singer. A pioneer in the field of using music to transform consciousness, she has contributed an extensive body of vocal practices that have become landmarks in the field of music therapy, sound healing, and community development through arts.
Unwind is a simple and deeply relaxing way to enhance your meditation and help you let go of the tensions of the day. Specially selected melodies and rhythms, based on years of research, carry you to a place of inner stillness and quiet joy.
The spiritual and healing power of song has been recognized by people of all cultures since the beginning of time. Whether the song is a prayerful call to spirit or a comforting nonverbal melody, the slow sounding of the voice helps to balance the human body, reduce stress, and stimulate a feeling of well being. Silvia Nakkach integrates insights from her cross-cultural investigations as a singer-composer, music therapist, and educator into a unique musical form that wanders through a combination of world instruments, cello, glass instruments, repetitive patterns, chants, and indigenous songs to create a soothing and uplifting sonic massage. As you immerse yourself in listening, you will experience sharpened focus, and heightened creativity. In addition to offering an exquisite listening experience, enclosed instructions can lead you into exploring your own voice as an instrument for self-healing. The results may include decreased muscle tension, lower blood pressure, slower pulse, and increased circulation. As the body is put at ease, more energy is available for enjoying life.
Silvia
Nakkach is an internationally accredited specialist in
cross-cultural music-therapy training, she has been involved
in research in the areas of singing and creative uses
of the voice in music therapy for twenty five years. She
has contributed with an extensive body of healing vocal
techniques which have become landmarks in the field of
sound healing and music therapy training in Argentina,
Brazil, Spain and in the USA.
EDUCATOR
Vox Mundi Project's Programs Worldwide
In
collaboration with an increasing number of trained professionals,
Silvia Nakkach continues to meet an international demand
for seminarsand keynote presentations.
Her recent work includes offering Vox Mundi training programs
and post-graduate seminars at the following institutions:
Beth Israel Medical Center for Music Therapy, NYC; Mills
College, Oakland, CA; Northern California Orff-Schulwerk
Association, San Francisco; American Orff-Schulwerk Association,
National Conference, Phoenix, AZ; San Francisco Exploratorium,
Interactive Sound and Science Studio Continuing Education
for Public Officials, Santa Barbara, CA; Nordorff-Robbins
Center for Music Therapy; New York University, NYC; Holographic
Repatterning Association, Albuquerque, NM and Mexico City;
ASSAM, Argentinean Association for Music Therapists, Buenos
Aires ALUMINE; University of Transpersonal Psychology,
Buenos Aires University of Expressive Arts, Barcelona;
SAT Institute, Dr. Claudio Naranjo Director, Spain, Italy,
USA.
Formerly, she was a Professor of Voice and Transpersonal
Music Therapy, at the Music Therapy Institute of Vitoria,
Spain.
Music without words means leaving behind the mind. And leaving behind the mind is meditation.
Meditation returns you to the source. And the source of all is sound. — Kabir
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