Saturday, June 26 at 10:30 am

Sound Meditation as a Way for Knowing Peace

Meditations to live music from the mystics of the Abrahamic faiths
A Workshop with Yuval Ron

Understand the intimacy of Sound..... Experience the expansion of the mind to embrace all Sound..... Experience the way and nature of Peace by surrendering to Sound.

Location:
Meditation Mount - 10340 Reeves Rd.
Ojai, California 93023.

Admission:
$10 advance, $15 at the door

For More Information: 805.646.5508

 

Saturday, June 26 at 7:30 pm

The Yuval Ron Ensemble performing Mystical Music of the Middle East

An inspirational celebration of Sacred Hebrew, Sufi and Armenian devotional music, poetry and story telling. Featuring:

The soulful Yemenite singer
Maya Haddi

Armenian woodwind master Norik Manoukian

percussion Jamie Papish
Oud and musical director Yuval Ron

Location:
Meditation Mount - 10340 Reeves Rd.
Ojai, California 93023.

Admission:
$20 advance, $25 at the door

For More Information: 805.646.5508

 

Sunday July 11, 4:00 PM

Celebrate the Solar Eclipse
Dancing outdoors at a Malibu estate,
to the Mystical and Folklore music of the Middle East,
and witness the Whirling dervishes from the Persian Sufi tradition!

The Yuval Ron Ensemble
performing
Mystical and Folklore Music of the Middle East
With
International Award winning composer, world music producer and Oud player
Yuval Ron

Armenian Woodwind master Norik Manoukian, Soulful Yemenite singer Maya Haddi, Percussion Jamie Papish

with a special appearance of
Whirling master from the Persian Sufi tradition:
Mr. Javad Teharanian and his Dervishes.

Location:
Olandar, Home of Carla and Leigh McCloskey, Malibu, CA 90265

Admission:
$25.00

For exact address, more information and RSVP:
Please call, 310-457-5398
In addition to the concert, the audience is invited to tour Leigh McCloskey's studio,
Hieroglyph of the Human Soul (www.leighmccloskey.com)

Sunday July 25, 6-8:30 PM

Tu B'Av; Full Moon of Love

Tu B'Av; literally the 15th of Av, is a festive and joyous holiday that is not so widely known. It immediately follows the saddest days on the Jewish calendar. Tu B'Av is a holy day in which the sadness of the earlier season is transformed into the purest juiciest potential. Tu B'Av is connected to the earliest stages of Tshuvah; return to Source in preparation for the High Holy Days that come a month and a half later.

In the days of the Temple in Jerusalem: unmarried women would dress in simple white clothing (so that the rich could not be distinguished from poor) and go out to sing and circle dance in the vineyards surrounding Jerusalem. The men who had not yet married, would go watch the song and circle dances to find their beloved among them.

Women could invite courtship with a wink of her eye.
This is a time to find love.

with
Yuval Ron and Rabbi T'mimah Ickovits

Join us for music, mediation, sounding, sacred movement, play and discovery. Yuval will enchant us with music of the ancient Oud. Its roots are said to date back to Biblical times. Rabbi T'mimah will offer teachings on love, union and healing reflecting the specialness this day.
All are invited to wear white comfortable clothing, if you wish.

Location:
Hill Street Center
237 Hill Street
Santa Monica, CA 90405

Admission:
$25.00

Light Snacks provided following Ritual

The Hill Street Center is a Shoe - Free Facility. You will be asked to remove your shoes.

For reservations or more information:
log on to www.KabbalahTmimah.org
You may also call or email: RebbeT@kabbalahtmimah.org; tel: 310-450-8808

Sunday, August 8, 2010 at 7:30 PM

"Cinema Judaica"

Open air symphonic concert of Hollywood's
Jewish Film Composers

Jerry Goldsmith, Elmer Bernstein, Charles Fox, Danny Pelfrey and Yuval Ron

Musical selections from the scores of:

The Ten Commandments
Thoroughly Modern Millie
The Chosen
QB VII
Masada
Victory at Entebbe
Joseph: King of Dreams
The Prince of Egypt
West Bank Story

Performed by The LA Jewish Symphony conductor Noreen Green
with soloists:
Andy Feldbau - piano
Yuval Ron - oud
Jamie Papish - percussion

Location:
Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood, CA

Admission:
www.FordTheatres.org
or tel: 323.461.3673

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August 15-22, 2010

Middle Eastern Music and Dance Retreat

in Mendocino, CA

Music and dance around the clock in a most beautiful Red Wood trees of Northern California - Heaven on Earth!

with

Yuval Ron
Omar Faruk Tekbilek
RACHID HALIHAL
SOUHAIL KASPAR
MAMAK KHADEM
GEORGES LAMMAM
SCOTT MARCUS
Dror Sinai
and more...

Sunday, August 22, 1:00 PM

Silk Road House presents:

Spiritual Music Traditions of the Middle East

A lecture-demonstration of the sacred music of Sufism (Islam), Judaism, and early Christianity. Demonstrating with the Oud (Middle Eastern Lute) award winning composer, educator and World Music Artist Yuval Ron presents some of the most ancient prayers of the three Abrahamic traditions of the Middle East and discusses how these were constructed, the inter-relationship and mutual influences they share, and the message of unity and peace which his research brings forth.

Location:
The Silk Road House
1944 University Avenue, # 107
Berkeley, CA 94705

Admission:
Suggested donation: $10 - $15

For more information:
510.981.0700
E-mail: info@silkroadhouse.org
Website: silkroadhouse.org

August 22 - 27, 2010

Music, Spirituality, and Your Brain

A 5 day workshop retreat at Esalen Institute on the Big Sur Coast

with
Yuval Ron
Award-Winning Musician, Composer, Lecturer, and Peace Activist
and
Mark Robert Waldman
Associate Fellow, Center for Spirituality and the Mind, University of Pennsylvania
Adjunct Faculty, Executive MBA Program, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles

Join us for a truly unique experiential week, choreographed to take you deeply into the sacred music and spiritual practices of world: meditations and melodies that have been shown to alter the structure and function of your brain in ways that enhance memory, cognition, social awareness, and cognition while simultaneously suppressing the neural mechanisms that generate stress, anxiety, depression, and anger.

Each day will focus on a different tradition - Judaism, Islamic Sufism, mystical Christianity, and Buddhist/Hindu spirituality - experiencing ancient and modern meditations and sacred songs (with Yuval playing the Oud, a precursor of the lute)-practices that demonstrate the deep commonality and love for life reflected in the religious traditions of the world.

The program includes a video presentation of contemporary neuroscience research on the effects of meditation and prayer, and an original theatrical performance integrating sacred poetry, live music composed between 200 BCE and 1600 CE from the Abrahamic traditions of the Middle East. Unique "mindful eating" meditations will be used during meals.

Also:

Unique movement meditations
Echad and Nigun meditation
Sound Meditation
Dialogue meditation
Inner Values meditation

To register and enroll: Esalen.org

Tuesday, August 31st, 8:00 PM

Seeker of the Truth

The Yuval Ron Ensemble

The Yuval Ron Ensemble performs the ecstatic music of the mystical Sufi and Hebrew traditions of Middle East and Pakistan with the Whirling Dervish Aziz and the sacred dance artist Maya Karasso.

The concert features the soulful vocals of Maya Haddi and special guest Sukhawat Ali Khan, a master Qawwali (devotional) singer from Pakistan. A pioneering endeavor in bringing together the Middle Eastern and South Asian vocal and musical traditions into a new exhilarating trance-induced accord.

Location:
Morgan-Wixson Theatre
2627 Pico Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90405-1915

Admission:
$20.00 advance tickets at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/119094
or $25 at the door.

For more information:
818 505-1355
Website: http://www.yuvalronmusic.com
E-mail: info@yuvalronmusic.com

Thursday, September 9 2010, 8:00 pm

Seeker of Truth

An Intimate Concert in an inspiring space, the home of Diane & David WS, in Berkeley, CA

A special evening of sacred music bringing
together Hebrew and Sufi (Qawwali) musical
traditions in an enchanting and trance -inducing performance.

Yuval Ron - Oud, musical director
Sukhawat Ali Khan - voice and harmonium
Jamie Papish - percussion
with appearance of the Whirling Dervish Aziz of the Mevlavi Sufi Order

Award winning Israeli composer, world music artist (Oud), educator and peace activist Yuval Ron come together with Qawwali master Sukhawat Ali Khan of Pakistan to perform the ecstatic music of the mystical Sufi traditions, the sacred music of the Iraqi jews, and the Hassidic Jewish tradition. Sukhawat Ali Khan is a master Qawwali singer who represents the family lineage of the 600 year old Sham Chorasi traditional school of music, which was established during the reign of Emperor Akbar of India. Joining the two is Jamie Papish lead percussionist of the Yuval Ron Ensemble and Dervish Aziz of the Mevlavi Sufi Order.

Sunday, October 24 2010 at 4:00 P.M

Temple Sholom presents:
A 50th Anniversary Celebration of Temple Sholom of Ontario!

"Voices for Peace" Concert
Music of the Jewish people from 4 corners of the Earth!
with the internationally renowned

Yuval Ron Ensemble

featuring
the soulful Israeli singer
Maya Haddi
and the stunning Israeli dancer
Maya Karasso

Location:
Lewis Family Playhouse
Victoria Gardens, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, 91739

12502 Cultural Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91739

For more information or RSVP:
templesholomofontario@netzero.net, or call 909-983-9661