Music as Dharma with Alex deVaron and Bill Moriarty

Photograph by Mark Likosky

Join us for this Mindful Gathering conversation and live musical demonstrations with Alexander deVaron about how music, sound, and contemplative practice reinforce each other. We'll join Alex at his home, with his piano in the room, to explore how even those of us who are convinced we can't sing can use our own voices to deepen our practice.

One of Alex's primary teachers, Khenchen Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, one of the great Kagyu masters of our time, was known for singing spontaneous songs of realization wherever he went as the natural expression of an awakened mind meeting the present moment.

About Alex: Alexander deVaron, a composer, music theorist, and longtime Buddhist teacher began teaching in Shambhala in 1986 and spent five years living at Karmê Chöling retreat center. He has developed courses on singing, chanting, and vocal exploration as contemplative practice, and has spent decades exploring the interplay of Buddhism and Western psychology. His primary teachers have been Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, and Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche.

As a musician, Alex studied composition with Peter Lieberson, Alvin Lucier, and other leading composers, and his work has been performed across North America, Europe, and Asia. He has also trained in musical traditions of India and Africa.

Time and Registration: Thursday, June 25, 7 to 8pm Eastern, on Zoom.

Free and open to all.