School of Sound Canada ~ Core Content
The Mystical Gong
Course Description
Journey into the enchanting world of the gong with this immersive class, "The Mystical Gong." Students will be introduced to the diverse styles of gongs, the cultures they originate from, and the regions where they are crafted. You will learn several gong-playing techniques, each designed to evoke elemental energies, emotions, and healing vibrations. Whether you're new to gong playing or looking to deepen your practice, this class will provide you with the skills to harness the mystical power of the gong for both personal and collective healing.
Course Objectives
- Explore the history, cultural origins, and styles of gongs from different parts of the world.
- Learn various gong strokes and techniques, each capable of invoking different elements and emotional states.
- Understand the therapeutic and energetic effects of gong playing on the body and mind.
- Develop your ability to use the gong as a tool for healing and transformation, aligning with both personal intentions and universal energies.
meet your instructor
Mike Tamburo
Mike Tamburo is a world-renowned musician, composer, artist and educator. He is known and loved for his transformational live concerts performed on his personally curated set of gongs, bells and other metal instruments. A lifelong multi-instrumentalist, Tamburo has focused his talents on metal percussion instruments, string instruments (hammered dulcimer, guitar, zither, shahi baaja), as well as electronic instruments (synths, looping). Since 1994, Tamburo has shared more than 2,000 concerts and workshops. He has recorded over 70 albums, both solo and in collaboration with Crown of Eternity, Meisha, Arco Flute Foundation, Psychic Frost, Brother Ong and more, ranging from epic gong music to ecstatic and transcendental string music, as well as folk, drone, space rock, ambient, mantra music and sometimes unclassifiable sounds. This man loves music in all its forms! He teaches gong music, both in person and online with School of Gong. He is also a part of the far-reaching ethnomusicology trio, Dig Deeper, with Mitch Nur and Thomas Orr Anderson. Their online classes have explored countless musical concepts with a focus on the cultural and personal uses of sound for healing, meditation, trance, ecstatic states, relaxation, self transformation, perception, psycho-acoustics, scientific discovery, time and community. An early adoptee of meditation, Tamburo’s music offers space for journeying, self-exploration and deep introspection. During many of his early performances, he experienced altered states of consciousness and out of body experiences. To understand these experiences, he explored kundalini yoga, energy work, the therapeutic use of sound and how sound impacts consciousness, human perception and self healing. His love for long sustained drones, overtones and psychoacoustics continues to inspire him to explore music in further directions. Tamburo is also an interdisciplinary sound artist, instrument builder, video artist, sound therapist, writer and meditation teacher.
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