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Feng Shui Master Certification 6 Day Training
2026-04-28 17:13 | NY
Feng Shui Certification with Nicole Seidlitz
of the International Feng Shui School
One of the world`s top Feng Shui Schools at Gold Level through the International Feng Shui Guild
Start a new rewarding career you love earning up to $250 an hour!
This Certification Training will be held 6 consecutive days from September 6 – September 11, 2018. During this time you will learn how to become a professional Feng Shui consultant.
The training includes the Feng Shui manual, compass, 4 laminated charts and on completion becoming a certified Feng Shui Consultant at a Gold Level standard through the International Feng Shui School.
Learn:

Classical Feng Shui
Architecture & Floor Plans
Color, Art Theory, Clutter Clearing Space Clearing & Home Blessings
Create & Market your Feng Shui Business

Register online!
https://internationalfengshuischool.com/certifications/
Price:
$2,095 USD
Early Bird:
$1,795 USD through Aug 6
The potential market for Feng Shui services is massive and growing. Feng Shui is unique in that every residence and business can benefit from it. Now more than ever, people are seeking the ancient art of Feng Shui to bring abundance, growth and to give them that competitive edge.
This training builds a solid foundation for a Feng Shui practitioner by revealing its underlying theories. You will develop the profound ability to analyze the unique “energy blueprint” of a business or home to reveal its past, present and future potential.
What you gain from attending the Feng Shui Master Training:
This class is a wonderful investment in that it costs much less than hiring a feng shui consultant, whether for your present home or when moving, remodeling, building or helping family members.
You will be part of the International Feng Shui School alumni/family with continuing education classes and on-line support, with all the previous graduates sharing there knowledge and experience.
Upon certification, you will receive a free listing on the International Feng Shui School web site.
You will receive all the resources from from A- Z on how to start your own business, including web designers, business coaches, how to register your domain name, how to write a proposal, how to market your business, and much more.
This class will be fun, empowering and will allow you to meet amazing people and create lifelong friendships.
You will receive a certificate of completion from the International Feng Shui School upon completing three case studies and on completion of the training, you will have the level of confidence needed to go out into the world and help improve people’s lives while earning a fantastic living.
Learn more…
About Instructor Nicole Seidlitz
Nicole’s love and passion for feng shui started before she even knew about it. From an early age she enjoyed decorating and rearranging rooms in the house because, as her family notes, “she always paid attention to details in a room to ensure the space ‘felt good.’” As a deeply intuitive person, she has been called to practice different types of healing modalities throughout her life. Completing her yoga teacher training accelerated things and guided her to formally learn feng shui. It was divine timing and she immediately recognized it was one of her deepest passions. Her life had major shifts after implementing only a few of the things she learned during the first days of training. This turned her awareness, sharper than ever, to the impact our living environment has on our lives and well-being. Inspired to help create more harmony in the world, she is honored to now share the feng shui knowledge and help people all around the world live happier, loving and joy-filled lives. Born in Ecuador and raised in Chile, Nicole now resides in California and loves traveling the world teaching feng shui in Spanish and English.
Website:
http://TreeOfLifeFengShui.com
International Feng Shui School
The International Feng Shui School, a certification program, was founded by Amanda Collins. The school has a team of Angels that share the incredible knowledge and wisdom of Feng Shui. All teachers for our school are personally chosen and trained by Amanda and are held to rigorous standards, going first through an apprenticeship period and then a teaching period where they are observed by Amanda before being allowed to teach on their own. In addition, each of the teachers was chosen not only for their ability to understand and explain the concepts of classical Feng Shui as taught by our school, but also for their unique personal qualities and skills which led them to this path. All of our teachers understand and excel in working with energy and strive to live in harmony with nature. The list of their additional career skills include interior design, reiki, teaching yoga, and peer mentoring.
Most importantly, Amanda and all of the teachers at the International Feng Shui School are dedicated to sharing their light with others by not only imparting their knowledge of Feng Shui and how to become a successful consultant, but by truly supporting each student to become their own best self. Watching students blossom as they go through the training is a privilege and honor for which Amanda and all of the teachers are grateful.
https://internationalfengshuischool.com

POSTPONED: Crossing Boundaries Vol. 16: FOCUSING ON HER (Benefit for Survivors of the 3.11 East Japan Earthquake)
2022-03-12 19:00 - 20:30 | Tenri Cultural Institute, 43A W 13th St, New York, 10011
Due to an outbreak of COVID, Crossing Boundaries Concert Series Vol. 16: FOCUSING ON HER, which was scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 12, 2022 at 7 pm at Tenri Cultural Institute, has been postponed. We will announce the new date soon.
Curated by multi-Instrumentalist gamin, this fifth season of Crossing Boundaries consists of three concerts exploring the theme of WOMEN IN MUSIC performed by female and female-identifying musicians. Following the performance there will be a conversation with the audience about the concert and the theme of gender liberation in the music industry.
FOCUSING ON HER features three female musicians — Amirtha Kidambi (Indian-American, voice/saxophone), Yoko Reikano Kimura (Japan, shamisen), and gamin (Korea, saenghwang) — improvising and performing music by female composers: Amirtha Kidambi (Indian-American), Yoko Sato (Japan), and Yoon-Ji Lee (Korea), with visual projection designed by Bang Geul Han (Korea). Each of the compositions is a prayer or elegy for those who endure or have endured trauma.
Crossing Boundaries Vol. 17: EYES FROM HER will take place on June 24 at CRS. Crossing Boundaries Vol. 18: FREEDOM will be held on July 16 in Marc A. Scorca Hall at the National Opera Center.Tickets are available on eventbrite.com for $10 – $50 or for cash at the door. This concert is also a remembrance of the 11th anniversary of the March 11, 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and ongoing nuclear disaster that struck eastern Japan, and all proceeds from the concert will be donated to the Sendai Chamber Ensemble, which provides volunteer musicans to uplift the spirits of the survivors in the region. Donations may also be made on eventbrite.com.
The Key to NYC program requires that all patrons 5 years of age and older must show photo ID and proof they have received two vaccine doses (except for those who have received the one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine) to be admitted, no exceptions. In addition, masks should be worn while inside Tenri.
THE PROGRAM
“Untitled after Kim Myung Soon”composed by Yoon Ji Lee 이윤지 in 2019performed by gamin 가민 / saenghwang solovisual art by Bang Geul Han 한방글
“The Road”composed by Yoko Sato 佐藤容子 in 2007performed by Yoko Reikano Kimura 木村伶香能 / shamisen solo
“Swim Fast (2021) for Ellen O”composed by Amirtha Kidambi in 2021performed by Amirtha Kidambi / vocal & saxophone
Improvisationperformed by gamin, Yoko Reikano Kimura, and Amirtha Kidambi
ABOUT CROSSING BOUNDARIES CONCERT SERIES
CROSSING BOUNDARIES is a concert series devoted to dissolving boundaries between performers and audiences, the traditional and contemporary, classical and experimental, and the culturally specific and the global. Series curators are given the opportunity to create unique performance events in collaboration with musical, visual, and/or movement artists of their choosing.
Crossing Boundaries is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and administered by LMCC. LMCC empowers artists by providing them with networks, resources, and support, to create vibrant, sustainable communities in Manhattan and beyond.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS
AMIRTHA KIDAMBI is invested in the creation and performance of subversive music, from free improvisation and avant-jazz, to experimental bands and new music. She is an educator, activist and organizer, informed by anti-racism, decolonization and anti-capitalism. As a bandleader, she is the creative force behind Elder Ones and Lines of Light vocal ensemble and has received critical praise from the New York Times, Pitchfork, Downbeat and WIRE magazine. Kidambi is a key collaborator in Mary Halvorson’s latest sextet Code Girl, the duo Angels & Demons with Darius Jones, a new project with Luke Stewart and in various collaborations with William Parker. She also had the honor of working with the late composers Muhal Richard Abrams and Robert Ashley. Amirtha is the co-founder of South Asian Artists in Diaspora collective and co-organizer of Musicians Against Police Brutality with Matana Roberts. http://www.amirthakidambi.com/audiovisual
Amirtha Kidambi, Elder Ones “Eat the Rich” from Amirtha Kidambi on Vimeo.
BANG GEUL HAN is an interdisciplinary artist working across video, performance, text, and code. Born and raised in Seoul, Korea and based in the US since 2003, her work has been shown in venues including The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Queens Museum, DOOSAN Gallery New York, NURTUREart, A.I.R. Gallery, Cuchifritos Gallery in New York City, Galerie Les Territories and Projét Pangée in Montreal, and Centro Internazionale per l’Arte Contemporanea in Rome. Her work has been reviewed in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Brooklyn Rail, and Art Papers. She lives in Brooklyn, NY. http://whatbunny.org/web/
GAMIN is a Korean-born NYC-based multi-instrumentalist specializing in traditional Korean wind instruments. She tours the world performing both traditional Korean music and cross-disciplinary collaborations. She is a scholar and designated Yisuja, official holder of Korea’s Important Intangible Cultural Asset No. 46. From 2000 to 2010, gamin was the principal player at the National Gugak Orchestra. gamin has received several cultural exchange program grants, including Artist-in-Residence at the Asian Cultural Council, and has collaborated in cross-cultural improvisation with world-acclaimed musicians, presenting premieres at Roulette Theater, New School, and Metropolitan Museum. gamin was featured artist at the Silkroad concert, Seoul, 2018, performing on-stage with the founder, Yo-Yo Ma. For 2020, gamin was selected as artist-in-residency at the HERE Arts Center, NYC, and her album “Nong” was released by Innova Records. gamin’s Carnegie Hall solo début, accompanied by Nangye Gugak Orchestra, scheduled for March 2020, was postponed by Covid 19. http://gaminmusic.com
Padong by Yoon-Ji Lee
Based in Tokyo, composer YOKO SATO’s creative activities are focused on exploring intercultural musical elements and aesthetics while expanding the repertoire of contemporary music for traditional Japanese instruments. She has collaborated with many of Japan’s most prominent hōgaku (Japanese traditional music) musicians and ensembles and maintains an active career with a steady stream of commissions and performances from an extensive network of colleagues located throughout the globe. A prolific composer of music for the theater, she has composed several operettas commissioned by regional governments to promote musical activities for local Japanese communities. She received her Ph.D. in Music with an emphasis in composition from the University of Hawai‘i, Manoa in 2014, where she was the recipient of the East-West Center Graduate Degree Fellowship. She is currently working for the Lifelong Learning Division of Fujisawa City Hall to promote educational and cultural activities in the community. https://yokosatomusic.com
YOKO REIKANO KIMURA is one of the most captivating artistic voices of Japanese koto and shamisen consistently praised by critics for her musical elegance and versatile repertoire. Based in New York and Japan, Kimura has concertized around the world including prestigious venues such as the Warsaw Autumn Festival, Israel Festival, The University of Cambridge, John F. Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Metropolitan Museum, Kabuki-za and various World Heritage Sites. Kimura has also performed Daron Hagen’s Koto Concerto: Genji with the Wintergreen Music Festival Orchestra conducted by Mei-Ann Chen and worked with renowned artists and organizations such as Heiner Goebbels, Wiener Solisten Trio, American Symphony Orchestra, and Basil Twist. Her awards include the First prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition, the Kyoto Aoyama Barocksaal Award, and a scholarship from the Agency of Cultural Affairs of Japan. Kimura is a founder of Duo YUMENO, with cellist Hikaru Tamaki. http://yokoreikanokimura.com

YOON-JI LEE is a Korean composer based in Boston and New York. She has been creating music based on non-linear structure with a powerful focus on quickly juxtaposing disparate elements through the rapid transformation in both acoustic and electroacoustic mediums. Her works have been engaged with visual arts, dance, literature and intercultural influences. Lee’s chamber and electronic music have been performed in Korea and around the U.S., by ensembles including JACK Quartet, MIVOS Quartet, Argento Ensemble, International Contemporary Ensemble, Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin, Talea Ensemble, ensemble mise-en, and many others. Lee received Mass Cultural Council’s Artist Fellowship, the Jane Geuting Camp Fellowship from Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Patsy Lu Award from International Alliance of Women in Music, and the Henry M. MacCracken Fellowship from NYU. Lee has participated in artist residencies at National Sawdust, Atlantic Center for the Arts, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts. Lee earned her PhD at NYU and did her Masters/GD at New England Conservatory. Lee is Currently Assistant Professor at Berklee College of Music. http://www.yoonjilee.org
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS
CRS (CENTER FOR REMEMBERING & SHARING) is a spiritual healing and art center founded in 2004 by the writer/lecturer/spiritual counselor Yasuko Kasaki and artist Christopher Pelham. Our mission is guided by A Course in Miracles (ACIM). ACIM says that recognizing that you and your brother are actually one is the only way to experience peace. The mission of CRS is to promote the awareness that limitless creativity lives within each of us. We train minds to recognize the light in themselves and others and provide them opportunities to share their inner vision through the healing and creative arts. Since its founding CRS has provided numerous residencies and performance and exhibition opportunities to artists from all over the world. Currently, CRS is a lead sponsor of M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians), a platform created to empower, elevate, normalize and give visibility to women, non-binary musicians and those of other historically underrepresented gender identities in intersection with race, sexuality, or ability across generations in the US and worldwide, through a radical model of mentorship and musical collaborative commissions. https://crsny.org
TENRI CULTURAL INSTITUTE is a non-profit organization with a mission to promote the study of Japanese language and the appreciation of international art forms. The Institute hosts a variety of traditional and contemporary cultural programs in our modern, spacious educational facility, performing arts and exhibition space. Conveniently located in the heart of Greenwich Village, the center of New York City’s educational and artistic communities, Tenri Cultural Institute is a beautiful cultural oasis amidst the hustle and bustle that is New York City. Tenri Cultural Institute has a 30-year history in the celebration of Japanese and Western culture. By providing our audience with a traditional and unique point of view to the understanding of culture and the arts, we fulfill our mission: To foster cultural understanding, harmony and community.https://tenri.org

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3rd International M³ Festival of Music Online
2022-03-19 14:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
CRS is proud to be a sponsor of the 3rd International M³ Festival featuring 6 Duo World Premieres by the incredible M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians) Summer Solstice 2021 Cohort. Please join us online on March 19 and 20 at 2pm to experience their groundbreaking music!
The 3rd International M³ Festival is presented by the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, hosted by Kyla Marshell.
This event takes place on ZOOM. You must RSVP to receive ZOOM link. Link will be emailed to you after registration.
Part One: Saturday, March 19 at 2:00 p.m.ET: https://tinyurl.com/m3festival3pt1
Part Two: Sunday, March 20 at 2:00 p.m. ET: https://tinyurl.com/m3festival3pt2
Join us in experiencing the 3rd Cohort’s six world premieres born from the new initiative Mutual Mentorship for Musicians (M³), a revolutionary model of mentorship launched in June 2020 at the height of the pandemic. Each premiere will be followed by a Q&A with the audience about its creative process.
Created by co-founders Jen Shyu and Sara Serpa, M³ is a think tank for new ways to connect, collaborate, support, create, and empower women and non-binary musicians and those of other historically underrepresented gender identities in intersection with race, sexuality, or ability across generations in the US and worldwide. More information: https://mutualmentorshipformusicians.org/
Saturday, March 19 at 2:00 p.m. ET: Part One:
–Layale Chaker (violin) & Milena Casado (flugelhorn, trumpet, voice): ‘First Movement’ Nature Mort & ‘Second Movement’ Preguntas
—Diane Monroe (violin) & Rebekah Heller (bassoon, voice): Hope Is the Thing with Feathers
—Ria Modak (guitar) & Barbara Togander (voice, turntable, electronics): People of Many Lands
Sunday, March 20 at 2:00 p.m. ET: Part Two:
—Song Yi Jeon (voice) & Eli Maliwan aka Saxreligious (saxophones, woodwinds, EWI): Intervallic Experimentasian
—Rani Jambak (electronic, soundscape, vocals) & Sheila Maurice-Grey (trumpet, vocals, visual artist): Petals of the Rising Sun
—Francesca Tanksley (Piano) & Thandi Ntuli (Piano/Vocals): Change of Heart
Co-commissioned by Mutual Mentorship for Musicians (M³), Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Arlene and Larry Dunn, and New Music USA, made possible by annual program support and/or endowment gifts from Helen F. Whitaker Fund, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc., The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts, Fidelity Foundation, The Rodgers & Hammerstein Foundation, Anonymous.
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Guided Meditation with Chris in English (on Zoom)
2022-04-04 14:30 - 15:30 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
Please join me in surrendering into an experience of Oneness. Here, your mind can come to rest and you can remember true peace. No experience with meditation is required, and everyone is welcome. I ask only that you make it your intention to sit still, quiet in body and mind, and to listen to, receive, and follow my instruction to the best of your ability. You will learn to meditate as you practice.
There will be time after to share your experience and ask questions about how to apply the experience and principles of A Course in Miracles to your daily life.
Zoom Meeting Link:
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Meeting ID: 815 4116 0040
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Four Seasons in NY: Gems of Japanese Music Vol. 23
2022-04-17 16:00 - 17:00 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
We invite you to celebrate the spring season with us at Four Seasons in New York: Gems of Japanese Music Vol. 23 by the acclaimed vocalist and koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura with special guest Ralph Samuelson (shakuhachi). Following the concert, we’ll serve delicious seasonal Japanese wagashi (sweets) prepared by MochiRin. This concert is presented by CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) and Yoko Reikano Kimura and is supported by Hogaku Journal and Mar Creation, Inc.
“…Yoko Reikano Kimura, playing the shamisen and singing, is superb….” — New York Times
“…Kimura’s voice was rich and full-bodied ….” — KC METROPLIS
[𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦】
Haru no Uta – Song of Spring (composed by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima)
Yuya (composed by Yamada-kengyo)
[𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬】
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About Four Seasons in New York – Gems of Japanese Music
New York’s music scene reflects the diverse and vibrant culture of the city. Kimura, together with CRS (Center for Remembering and Sharing), began this concert series in the fall of 2015. As a Japanese instrumentalist, she hopes to introduce the brilliance of traditional Japanese music, which is still being passed on to future generations after many centuries. Starting with the 2018-19 season, the series has featured contemporary pieces composed by living composers as well. Since the first concert, about 50 works from the classical repertoire have been introduced in the concert series. Please come and experience the sounds of koto and shamisen and enjoy the taste of the four seasons here in New York!
About past performances: https://www.yokoreikanokimura.com/projects/fourseasons/
About the Artists
YOKO REIKANO KIMURA is a distinguished virtuoso of Japanese koto, shamisen performer and singer in both traditional and contemporary music. Kimura has concertized in about 20 countries around the world based in New York and Japan. Following her studies at the Tokyo University of the Arts, she studied at Institute of Traditional Japanese Music, an affiliate of Senzoku Gakuen College of Music in Japan. Kimura was awarded a scholarship from the Agency of Cultural Affairs of Japan. Her teachers include Kono Kameyama, Akiko Nishigata and Senko Yamabiko, a Living National Treasure. Awards include the First prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition and the First prize at the 4th Great Wall International Music Competition. Kimura performed at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo, accompanying Danjuro Ichikawa XII. Her performances have been broadcasted on NHK-FM’s Hogaku no Hitotoki, NPR’s Performance Today and WKCR. As a koto soloist, Kimura has performed Daron Hagen’s Koto Concerto: Genji with the Wintergreen Music Festival Orchestra conducted by Mei-Ann Chen and several string quartets. As a shamisen soloist, she performed Kin’ichi Nakanoshima’s Shamisen Concerto at the National Olympic Memorial Youth Center.
Her performances have been featured at many opera and theater works, such as Michi Wiancko’s Murasaki’s Moon at Metropolitan Museum, Piestro Mascagni’s Iris by American Symphony Orchestra, Basil Twist’s Dogugaeshi, Yasuko Yokoshi’s Bell and many others.
Kimura is a founder of Duo YUMENO, with cellist Hikaru Tamaki. The duo received the Kyoto Aoyama Barock Saal Award in 2015, and featured at Chamber Music America’s 2016 National Conference, and performed at the John F. Kennedy Center in 2017. In 2019, the duo had its ten-year anniversary recital at Carnegie Hall.
yokoreikanokimura.com | duoyumeno.com
RALPH SAMUELSON is a performer and teacher of the Japanese bamboo flute, shakuhachi. He was trained in the classical tradition of the Kinko School of shakuhachi by the late Living National Treasure Goro Yamaguchi as well as by Shudo Yamato and Kodo Araki V, both in Japan and in the graduate world music program at Wesleyan University. He performs traditional and contemporary music throughout North America, Asia, and Europe, and has recorded for CBS Masterworks, Lyrichord, Music of the World, Tzadik, XI Records, Pogus, and other labels. He was the shakuhachi soloist in the New York City Ballet production of Jerome Robbins’ “Watermill” with music by Teiji Ito, and his “Flutes of Hope” ensemble commemorating the victims of the earthquake/tsunami in Japan is presented annually in New York at venues such as Carnegie Hall and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. In 2011 and 2013 he was artist in residence at the Lou Harrison House in Joshua Tree, California. He is an international advisor for the Seoul Institute of the Arts in Korea and is senior advisor and former director of the Asian Cultural Council.
https://www.komuso.com/people/people.pl?person=59
MOCHI RIN creates a new type of mochi that doesn’t quite exist in Japan, by infusing New York’s locally-sourced ingredients into Japan’s popular traditional dessert — the stuffed mochi rounds, such as daifuku and sakura-mochi — and mixing in rin, the element of restrained grace.
www.rin-nyc.com

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Guided Meditation with Yasuko Kasaki in English (on Zoom)
2022-05-10 18:30 - 19:00 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
Tuesdays from 6:30 – 7 pm from May 10 – June 21, 2022
Followed by ACIM Class from 7 – 8 pm (same Zoom link)
Zoom Meeting Link:
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Meeting ID: 815 4116 0040
One tap mobile: 1-929-436-2866
Please join me in the sharing of miracles. Here, your mind can come to rest and you can remember true peace. No experience with meditation is required, and everyone is welcome. I ask only that you make it your intention to sit still, quiet in body and mind, and to listen to, receive, and follow my instruction to the best of your ability. You will learn to meditate as you practice.
Each week I will share with you a different inspirational message from Holy Spirit. This may take the form of creative visualization exercises, or instruction about the nature and purpose of meditation, or about our true nature and relationship to ourselves, to one another, and to the world. In a sense, this is both a meditation practice and a meditation class. At the end of the meditation you will have a chance to respond briefly if you like.
Some students have been practicing regularly for a number of years. Others drop in and out as they have time or need. Some come to learn and grow, others more so simply to calm down, to take time out from the frenetic pace of their busy lives. If you are new and feeling uncertain or shaky, do not hesitate to introduce yourself to some of the other students, to ask questions before or after. Try to observe and emulate the stillness and concentration of others around you whom you sense are most grounded. Soon, you, in turn, may provide inspiration and guidance for others.
While the principles are based on A Course in Miracles (ACIM), it does not matter if you are unfamiliar with ACIM or are not prepared to study it outside of this meditation. You can still take from this practice some very practical, effective lessons, tools, and experiences that can enable you to lead a more peaceful, purposeful, fulfilling and loving life.
ABOUT YASUKO KASAKI
Yasuko Kasaki is an internationally beloved spiritual writer, counselor, healer, lecturer and translator from Tokyo. She is widely recognized as the person most responsible for the spread of A Course in Miraclesthroughout Japan. In 2004 she founded CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), the first and only spiritual center devoted to the teaching and practice of A Course in Miracles in New York City. She has taught and worked with thousands of people from around the world to help resolve their mental and physical issues and witness miracles. She presents at the CMC’s annual ACIM Conferences in the U.S., and several times a year she gives large seminars throughout Japan. She has also been presented internationally at ACIM conferences and workshops in the U.K., Spain, Germany, and Israel.
Yasuko is the author of The Scales Fell from My Eyes: An Illustrated Course in Miracles and 17 books in Japanese about the Course, as well as numerous novels, short stories, essays and collections of photographs. Her translations of the ACIM Workbook and of books by Course teachers Jon Mundy, Gabrielle Bernstein and David Hoffmeister have also been published in Japan. Yasuko’s spiritual writing and lectures are celebrated for their clearly stated explanations of complex concepts illustrated by captivating personal stories of struggle and triumph, drawn from her long career as a writer, motorcyclist, and spiritual counselor. Meditation and communication with Holy Spirit form the foundation of her practice.

A Course in Miracles Class with Yasuko Kasaki (on Zoom)
2022-05-10 19:00 - 20:00 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
Tuesdays from 7 – 8 pm from May 10 – June 21, 2022
Preceded by Guided Meditation from 6:30 – 7 pm (same Zoom link)
Together, let’s come to rest and remember true peace. Each class usually contains some lecture on concepts from A Course in Miracles, some discussion and Q&A, and a meditation, creative visualization and/or spiritual reading practice in order to experience mind change.
Our primary goal in these classes is for each student to learn to listen to the guidance of Holy Spirit and live his/her life with certainty and peace. Slowly, you will re-train your eyes to see the world around you without judgment. You will learn to communicate with your holy spirit. Students of all experience levels and backgrounds are welcome!
Zoom Meeting Link:
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Meeting ID: 815 4116 0040
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Suggested donation $20 via PayPal to https://www.paypal.me/crsny
(no one turned away due to lack of funds)
You can find the text of A Course in Miracles (ACIM) online here (http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Course_in_Miracles), among other places.
Yasuko Kasaki is an internationally beloved spiritual writer, counselor, healer, lecturer and translator from Tokyo. She is widely recognized as the person most responsible for the spread of A Course in Miraclesthroughout Japan. In 2004 she founded CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), the first and only spiritual center devoted to the teaching and practice of A Course in Miracles in New York City. She has taught and worked with thousands of people from around the world to help resolve their mental and physical issues and witness miracles. She presents at the CMC’s annual ACIM Conferences in the U.S., and several times a year she gives large seminars throughout Japan. She has also been presented internationally at ACIM conferences and workshops in the U.K., Spain, Germany, and Israel.
Yasuko is the author of The Scales Fell from My Eyes: An Illustrated Course in Miracles and 17 books in Japanese about the Course, as well as numerous novels, short stories, essays and collections of photographs. Her translations of the ACIM Workbook and of books by Course teachers Jon Mundy, Gabrielle Bernstein and David Hoffmeister have also been published in Japan. Yasuko’s spiritual writing and lectures are celebrated for their clearly stated explanations of complex concepts illustrated by captivating personal stories of struggle and triumph, drawn from her long career as a writer, motorcyclist, and spiritual counselor. Meditation and communication with Holy Spirit form the foundation of her practice.
You can listen to a sampling of Yasuko’s recent guided meditations here:
http://crsny.podbean.com

“I am a messenger of God” online ACIM talk by Yasuko Kasaki
2022-05-13 11:00 - 12:00 | online
On Fri, 5/13 at 11am NYC time, CRS Founder Yasuko Kasaki will give an online talk in English (with Spanish translation) on the topic “I am a messenger of God” with the UCDM Universal A Course in Miracles community. Visit ucdmuniversal.org to access it or watch the replay later on their Youtube channel here.

Sufi Dance Class with Paola García
2022-06-11 13:00 - 15:00 | Anahid Sofian Studio, 29 W 15th St FL6, New York, NY, 10011, United States
Learn the ancient practice of meditative whirling known as Sufi dance or Sema (Sama in Iranian). You will learn the techniques of whirling, but Sema is not about reproducing a certain form or aesthetic. Rather, the technique serves as a vehicle for inner journeying. Sema means spiritual listening. Together we’ll create a sacred space in which we can safely listen to and share our true selves and experience oneness with the Divine.
Each class consists of some explanation of the theory and technique, exercises, practice whirling, and sharing and discussion of what you experienced and felt.
Each class is $30.
To register, please contact paolasufidance@gmail.com
Please remember to wear comfortable clothing like yoga pants or leggings and T shirts (no tube tops or short pants/skirts, solid colors are recommended, avoiding prints and shiny material which might distract the eye while whirling) and wear socks or soft soled shoes. If you have a whirling skirt, please feel free to bring it.
Please avoid eating a large meal for two hours before class.
Whirling commonly induces dizziness or nausea. Over time, through whirling, we learn to trust ourselves to go off balance, to be dizzy, to surrender control. We empty our minds of all thoughts of the individual self as we give ourselves over to prayer and connect with a greater power, the still center within, around which we turn. Into this emptiness floods a divine fullness, which sometimes gives rise to a state known as “mystical intoxication,” a reflection of knowing and experiencing that you and I and the Divine are One.
PAOLA GARCÍA teaches Sufi dance and performs with the CRS Sufi dance community and elsewhere. She has studied extensively with Sufi dance artist Rana Gorgani in NYC and in Europe and was awarded the International Sufi Dance Certification Of Cid UNESCO by her, granting Paola authority to teach Gorgani’s method of Sufi dance training. She has performed in multiple venues including Mana Contemporary, Alwan Center for the Arts, The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, From the Horse’s Mouth, The Outlet Dance Project, Dixon Place, MODArts Dance Collective, Queens Library, and Jamaica Center for the Arts among others. Paola holds a Master’s Degree in Islamic Studies from Columbia University and a J.D. from Columbia Law School. She is a writer, Middle Eastern Studies researcher, lawyer, translator and student of Sufism.

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Wanderlust: An Evening of Poetry, Movement & Visuals by Azerbaijani Artist Elya Osmanova
2022-06-12 19:00 - 20:00 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents Wanderlust, an evening with Azerbaijani Artist Elya Osmanova in the award-winning White Room at CRS on June 12 at 7pm. Using multidisciplinary art forms such as poetry, movement & visuals, this traveling artist leads us through a journey to uncover the meanings we give to home & belonging.
What is home? What’s belonging?! Do we belong to the language that we speak or the language that we think?! While exploring all of these concepts, Wanderlust gives the space to the audience to be part of process of exploration and sharing as a community, as part of her ongoing project.
Tickets are $20 and are available online through Eventbrite and at the door (cash only) if not sold out. Proof of full vaccination is required to enter, no exceptions. Masks must be worn throughout. Seating is limited and includes seating on the floor.
Elya previously performed at CRS in the Dec 11, 2021 Paradise Laboratory concert by musicians Galen Passen (sitar) & gamin (piri & saenghwang), where she read text by playwright Mia Chung.
Elya Osmanova is an Azerbaijani dancer, model, actor based in New York.
As a dancer she has worked with artists such as Najla Gilliam, Sun Kim, J9 Dance, Chun Yun Chun, Elsa Nilsson and many others.
Elya was a selected dancer at Jazz Foundation of America in 2019. She was also a guest performer in the musical Gunfighter Meets His Match at Joe’s Pub, which was one of the musicals selected for the New York Musical Festival in 2018.
Elya made her narrative film acting debut in “My Heart Is My Only Country” directed by Iva Gocheva, which will be screened as part of Rooftop Film series on June 22nd in Central Park.
www.elyaos.com

Day 1 of the 2022 M³ Music Festival!
2022-06-16 18:00 - 2022-06-17 00:00 | Greenwich Street Music House, 46 Barrow St, NEW YORK, NY, 10014, United States
CRS is thrilled to invite you to M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians)’s inaugural in-person festival co-presented with NYC Winter Jazzfest at Greenwich House Music School. M³ will present 19 live performances and 6 new duo commissions over June 16 – 18 and June 21 – 22.
RSVP for FREE today and see the full schedule at https://tinyurl.com/2022m3festival
All events at Greenwich House Music School @ghmusicschool, 46 Barrow Street, NYC (EDT time zone):
Thursday, June 16, 2022
—6:00pm: CN’s La permanencia de los ecos – Hamburg/Argentina
—7:15pm: Malika Zarra quintet – Paris, France @malikazarra_
—8:30pm: Michele Rosewoman’s Textured Trio – NYC @mrosewoman
—9:45pm: Maya Keren’s Careful In the Sun – NYC @mayakerenmusic
—11:00pm: Lesley Mok’s The Living Collection – NYC @lesley.mok
Listen to their music on the M³ Festival / WJF Playlist https://tinyurl.com/2022m3festplaylist
See you at the festival!
CRS is a sponsor of M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians), a platform created to empower, elevate, normalize and give visibility to women, non-binary musicians and those of other historically underrepresented gender identities in intersection with race, sexuality, or ability across generations in the US and worldwide, through a radical model of mentorship and musical collaborative commissions.
https://mutualmentorshipformusicians.org
#mutualmentorship #mutualmentorshipformusicians #goM3 #mentorshipmatters #changingthenarrative #representation

Day 2 of the 2022 M³ Music Festival!
2022-06-17 18:00 - 2022-06-18 00:00 | Greenwich Street Music House, 46 Barrow St, NEW YORK, NY, 10014, United States
CRS is thrilled to invite you to M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians)’s inaugural in-person festival co-presented with NYC Winter Jazzfest at Greenwich House Music School. M³ will present 19 live performances and 6 new duo commissions over June 16 – 18 and June 21 – 22.
RSVP for FREE today and see the full schedule at https://tinyurl.com/2022m3festival
All events at Greenwich House Music School @ghmusicschool, 46 Barrow Street, NYC (EDT time zone):
Friday, June 17, 2022
6:00pm: Jen Shyu’s Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses (excerpts) – NYC
7:15pm: Miriam Elhajli – Brooklyn, NY
8:30pm: Monnette Sudler – Philadelphia, PA
9:45pm: Caroline Davis’ Portals – Brooklyn, NY
11:00pm: Romarna Campbell Showcase – London, UK
Listen to their music on the M³ Festival / WJF Playlist https://tinyurl.com/2022m3festplaylist
See you at the festival!
CRS is a sponsor of M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians), a platform created to empower, elevate, normalize and give visibility to women, non-binary musicians and those of other historically underrepresented gender identities in intersection with race, sexuality, or ability across generations in the US and worldwide, through a radical model of mentorship and musical collaborative commissions.
https://mutualmentorshipformusicians.org
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Day 3 of the 2022 M³ Music Festival!
2022-06-18 19:00 - 2022-06-19 00:00 | Greenwich Street Music House, 46 Barrow St, NEW YORK, NY, 10014, United States
CRS is thrilled to invite you to M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians)’s inaugural in-person festival co-presented with NYC Winter Jazzfest at Greenwich House Music School. M³ will present 19 live performances and 6 new duo commissions over June 16 – 18 and June 21 – 22.
RSVP for FREE today and see the full schedule at https://tinyurl.com/2022m3festival
All events at Greenwich House Music School @ghmusicschool, 46 Barrow Street, NYC (EDT time zone):

Saturday, June 18, 2022
7:15pm: aden – NYC
8:30pm: Fay Victor’s SoundNoiseFUNK – NYC
9:45pm: Samantha Boshnack’s Uncomfortable Subjects – Seattle/NYC
11:00pm: Cleo Reed – NYC

Listen to their music on the M³ Festival / WJF Playlist https://tinyurl.com/2022m3festplaylist
See you at the festival!
CRS is a sponsor of M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians), a platform created to empower, elevate, normalize and give visibility to women, non-binary musicians and those of other historically underrepresented gender identities in intersection with race, sexuality, or ability across generations in the US and worldwide, through a radical model of mentorship and musical collaborative commissions.
https://mutualmentorshipformusicians.org
#mutualmentorship #mutualmentorshipformusicians #goM3 #mentorshipmatters #changingthenarrative #representation

Day 4 of the 2022 M³ Music Festival!
2022-06-21 18:00 - 2022-06-22 00:00 | Greenwich Street Music House, 46 Barrow St, NEW YORK, NY, 10014, United States
CRS is thrilled to invite you to M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians)’s inaugural in-person festival co-presented with NYC Winter Jazzfest at Greenwich House Music School. M³ will present 19 live performances and 6 new duo commissions over June 16 – 18 and June 21 – 22.
RSVP for FREE today and see the full schedule at https://tinyurl.com/2022m3festival
All events at Greenwich House Music School @ghmusicschool, 46 Barrow Street, NYC (EDT time zone):

Tuesday, June 21, 2022
—6:00pm: Shanta Nurullah’s Sitarsys – Chicago
—7:15pm: Sumi Tonooka – Philadelphia, PA
—8:30pm: Sara Serpa – NYC/Lisbon
—9:45pm: Alchemy Sound Project: Erica Lindsay’s Meditation on Transformation – Rosendale, NY #ericalindsay
—11:00pm: Rémèd: Val-Inc aka Val Jeanty SoundChemist – Haiti/Boston

Listen to their music on the M³ Festival / WJF Playlist https://tinyurl.com/2022m3festplaylist
See you at the festival!
CRS is a sponsor of M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians), a platform created to empower, elevate, normalize and give visibility to women, non-binary musicians and those of other historically underrepresented gender identities in intersection with race, sexuality, or ability across generations in the US and worldwide, through a radical model of mentorship and musical collaborative commissions.
https://mutualmentorshipformusicians.org
#mutualmentorship #mutualmentorshipformusicians #goM3 #mentorshipmatters #changingthenarrative #representation

2022 M³ Music Festival Closing Night Gala
2022-06-22 18:00 - 2022-06-23 00:00 | Greenwich Street Music House, 46 Barrow St, NEW YORK, NY, 10014, United States
CRS is thrilled to invite you to M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians)’s inaugural in-person festival co-presented with NYC Winter Jazzfest at Greenwich House Music School. M³ will present 19 live performances and 6 new duo commissions over June 16 – 18 and June 21 – 22.
See the full schedule at https://tinyurl.com/2022m3festival
All events at Greenwich House Music School @ghmusicschool, 46 Barrow Street, NYC (EDT time zone):
At the first M³ Gala, hosted by music writer Kyla Marshell, Shanta Nurullah will be honored with the M³ Lifetime Achievement Award. This award fills a gap that exists in honoring elder women in the jazz and creative music scene, whose musical contributions have been invisibilized due to racism and misogyny.
Kyla Marshell’s essays, poems, interviews and reviews have appeared in The Guardian, Gawker, BuzzFeed, The Believer, Kinfolk, O, the Oprah Magazine, Shondaland, The Ringer, and elsewhere. She has earned Jacob K. Javits, Cave Canem and MacDowell fellowships; Ebony.com named her one of “7 Young Black Writers You Should Know.”
Shanta Nurullah is a Chicago based multi-instrumentalist, storyteller, and educator. Her current projects include: Shanta – Storyteller; Sitarsys – the sitar is the focal point in this Spiritual Jazz ensemble; Shanta Nurullah Trio – an eclectic grouping that combines storytelling with improvisational music; ShaZah – Zahra Baker joins Shanta in this folk duo; and Freedom Song Leaders – sharing the joy and power of communal singing. Bring Shanta’s gentle power into your world.

6pm: Reception (drinks & light fare)

7pm: Honoring Shanta Nurullah with M³ Lifetime Achievement Award

7:15pm: World premiere screenings of Winter Solstice 2021 Cohort duo commissions & interviews

8:30pm: Closing remarks

The Winter Solstice 2021 Cohort (4th Cohort)’s duo commissions are video+music works by:

Jessica Ackerley (Honolulu, Hawai’i) + Cansu Tanrikulu (Berlin, Germany)
Goussy Célestin (NYC) + Francesca Remigi (Boston/Milan, Italy)
Leonor Falcon (NYC/Venezuela) + Paula Shocron (Argentina)
Ruth Naomi Floyd (Philadelphia) + Wenjun Wu (China/Boston)
Devon Gates (Atlanta, GA/Boston, MA) + Naomi Moon Siegel (Missoula, MT)​
Gabi Motuba (South Africa) + Ni Nyoman Srayamurtikanti (Bali, Indonesia)

Listen to their music on the M³ Festival / WJF Playlist https://tinyurl.com/2022m3festplaylist
TICKETS:
$25: Enjoy the reception and witness the Cohort 4 world premiere screenings
$50: Enjoy the reception and get preferred seating for the Cohort 4 world premiere screenings
$75: Enjoy the reception and you’ll get preferred seating for the Cohort 4 world premiere screenings AND you’ll receive our first-ever printed anthology featuring the writings of our first two Cohorts
Can’t make it? DONATE HERE.
See you at the festival!
CRS is a sponsor of M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians), a platform created to empower, elevate, normalize and give visibility to women, non-binary musicians and those of other historically underrepresented gender identities in intersection with race, sexuality, or ability across generations in the US and worldwide, through a radical model of mentorship and musical collaborative commissions.
https://mutualmentorshipformusicians.org
#mutualmentorship #mutualmentorshipformusicians #goM3 #mentorshipmatters #changingthenarrative #representation

Crossing Boundaries Vol. 17: Through Her Eyes
2022-06-25 19:00 - 20:30 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
CRS presents Crossing Boundaries Concert Series Vol. 17: THROUGH HER EYES on June 25, 2022 at 7 pm in the award-winning White Room at CRS. The program features three female musicians — gamin (piri, saenghwang), Jacqueline Kerrod (electric harp), and Mariel Roberts (cello) — and video by Sook Jin Jo from her art installations in Brazil and South Korea, including her installation of 304 lights in remembrance of the Sewol Ferry disaster in which 304 people, mostly high school students, died en route to Jeju island, South Korea on April 16, 2014. This concert is dedicated to those beautiful spirits who became stars.
Curated by multi-Instrumentalist gamin, this fifth season of Crossing Boundaries consists of three concerts exploring the theme of WOMEN IN MUSIC performed by female and female-identifying musicians. Following the performance there will be a conversation with the audience about the concert and the theme of gender in the music industry.
Tickets are $20 – $30 and are available online through eventbrite.com and at the door for cash only, if not sold out. Seating is limited and includes floor seating on blankets. All patrons must show proof of vaccination at the door in order to be admitted, no exceptions. In addition, masks must be worn throughout.
Photo credits: The photo of the beach is a still from the video of “Crossroads,” a one-hour installation & performance copyright @ 2008 by Sook Jin Jo, which took place in Itaparica, Brazil in 2008, sponsored by the Sacatar Foundation, photo: Sang-Taek Oh. The photo of the stars is of “The Face of Heaven,” a 304 LED light Installation copyright @ 2016 by Sook Jin Jo, which was commissioned by Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art for April: the Eternal Voyage, an exhibition memorializing the 304 victims of the Sewol ferry disaster in 2014, photo: Tae Hoon Lee.
“Gamin is one of the most celebrated piri, taepyeongso and saengwhang performers in Korea today.” — Silkroad
“Cellist Mariel Roberts has evolved to become one of the most adventurous figures on New York’s new music scene—one with a thorough grounding in classical tradition but a ravenous appetite for and tireless discipline in new work.” — Bandcamp Daily
“Many people think of original music in a hierarchical sense, looking down on pure improvisation as something that doesn’t require mastery or discipline. One listen to Jacqueline Kerrod’s solo harp debut will serve as an epiphany for those cynics. In fact, I found myself awestruck by Kerrod’s seemingly limitless expressive range.”— Yoshi Maclear Wall The Whole Note
“Jo’s work operates at the intersection of abstraction and human need, creating intimate spaces and experiences of peace and solace that acknowledge emotional or spiritual connections.” — Sculpture
Crossing Boundaries Vol. 18: FREEDOM will be held on July 16 in Marc A. Scorca Hall at the National Opera Center. Crossing Boundaries Vol. 16: FOCUSING ON HER, co-presented by Tenri Cultural Institute of NY, has been re-scheduled for Dec 10, 2022 at Tenri.
THE PROGRAM
Face of Heaven“The Face of Heaven” is a memorial Installation for the Sewol Ferry disaster in which 304 people, mostly high school students, died en route from Incheon to Jeju, South Korea on April 16, 2014.
The work is an experiental installation composed of 304 lights shining like stars through different size holes; offering a metaphor of longing, remembrance and comfort for those who died in the Sewol ferry tragedy, and shedding light on the dark reality of an unsolved issue.“When he shall die,Take him and cut him out in little stars,And he will make the face of heaven so fineThat all the world will be in love with nightAnd pay no worship to the garish sun.”– William Shakespeare
CrossroadsInspired by: “It is a true philosophy to meditate on death.”While working at a Sacatar Foundation residency in Brazil in late 2007 and early 2008, the artist spent a great deal of time observing nature: The sun rising in the morning and the coming of night everyday….The water coming in and out everyday. The ebb and flow of the tide which is different every day.
“Leaving with nothing…leaving with just memory…the cycle of nature…the cycle of life and death.”This is a piece to reflect the artist’s observations, experiences and thoughts.
Wooden grave markers, reminiscent of primitive crossroad signs, were placed in an elemental meeting of earth, sea, and sky. Installed at sunset on the shore at low tide, I gathered them up before they washed away.
ABOUT CROSSING BOUNDARIES CONCERT SERIES
CROSSING BOUNDARIES is a concert series devoted to dissolving boundaries between performers and audiences, the traditional and contemporary, classical and experimental, and the culturally specific and the global. Series curators are given the opportunity to create unique performance events in collaboration with musical, visual, and/or movement artists of their choosing.
Inaugurated in 2018, Crossing Boundaries is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and administered by LMCC. LMCC empowers artists by providing them with networks, resources, and support, to create vibrant, sustainable communities in Manhattan and beyond.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS
GAMIN is a Korean-born NYC-based multi-instrumentalist specializing in traditional Korean wind instruments. She tours the world performing both traditional Korean music and cross-disciplinary collaborations. She is a scholar and designated Yisuja, official holder of Korea’s Important Intangible Cultural Asset No. 46. From 2000 to 2010, gamin was the principal player at the National Gugak Orchestra. gamin has received several cultural exchange program grants, including Artist-in-Residence at the Asian Cultural Council, and has collaborated in cross-cultural improvisation with world-acclaimed musicians, presenting premieres at Roulette Theater, New School, and Metropolitan Museum. gamin was featured artist at the Silkroad concert, Seoul, 2018, performing on-stage with the founder, Yo-Yo Ma. For 2020, gamin was selected as artist-in-residency at the HERE Arts Center, NYC, and her album “Nong” was released by Innova Records. gamin’s Carnegie Hall solo début, accompanied by Nangye Gugak Orchestra, scheduled for March 2020, was postponed by Covid 19.
http://gaminmusic.com

Classically trained from the age of 9, South African harpist JACQUELINE KERROD has worked at the highest level in the classical, pop, free jazz and improvised music worlds. Her debut solo record “17 Days In December” (2021) released on LA-based label Orenda Records was noted as a best debut 2021 by The New York City Jazz Record and selected as an album to listen to by JazzIs Magazine (December 2021). She has toured nationally and internationally with composer and multi-reedist Anthony Braxton, both in duo and as part of his ZIM music ensemble. Their live duo recording was released on Italian label I dischi di Angelica (2020). She was a founding member and co-songwriter of the pop duo Addi & Jacq, who were winners of NYC’s Battle of the Boroughs WNYC 2015, and toured her show “Harps Uncovered” featuring vocalist Hannah Sumner through twelve states of the US. She has played principal harp with top orchestras and performed with elite chamber groups, contemporary music ensembles, and pop superstars including Anohni, Rufus Wainwright and Kanye West.
http://jacquelinekerrod.com/

American cellist and composer MARIEL ROBERTS is widely recognized not just for her virtuosic performances, but as a “fearless explorer” in her field (Chicago Reader). Her ravenous appetite for collaboration and experimentation as an interpreter, improvisor, and composer have helped create a body of work which bridges avant-garde, contemporary, classical, improvised, and traditional music. Roberts is widely recognized for her “technical and interpretive mastery” (I care if you listen) and for performances which seethe with “excruciating intensity” (The Whole Note).
Roberts has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician across four continents, most notably asa member and co-director of the Wet Ink Ensemble (named “The Best Classical Music Ensemble of 2018” by The New York Times), as well as with the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), Mivos Quartet, Bang on a Can All Stars, and Ensemble Signal. She performs regularly on major stages for new music such as the Lincoln Center Festival (NYC), Wien Modern (Austria), Lucerne Festival (Switzerland), Cervantino Festival (Mexico), Klang Festival (Denmark), Shanghai New Music Week (China), Darmstadt Internationalen Ferienkurse für Neue Musik (Germany), and Aldeburgh Music Festival (UK).
Roberts’ compositions have been performed at venues such as Merkin Hall and Miller Theater in New York City.
www.marielroberts.com

Korean born, New York based artist SOOK JIN JO is a multidisciplinary artist. Over the past 30 years, Sook Jin Jo has produced drawings, collages, photographs, sculptural assemblages, performances, installations, public works, and architectural design works. Originally because canvas was too expensive for her as a young artist, she started to use plywood and began to explore found wooden materials. Continuing her work with this medium, she has discovered infinite possibilities for painting, sculpture, installation and beyond. She often chose marginalized sites for her outdoor installations and public artworks. Most of them are site-specific and collaborative, working with professionals and local peoples from diverse communities in many countries, including Sweden, India, Poland, Switzerland, Korea, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Brazil and the United States.
Jo’s works can be seen in numerous public collections, including the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Korea; the Seoul Museum of Art in Korea; Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea; the Erie Museum of Art in Pennsylvania; the Huntington Museum of Art in West Virginia; the Housatonic Museum of Art in Connecticut; the Arko Art Center in Seoul, Korea; the LA Metro Detention Center in Los Angeles; and the Margulies Collection at the Warehouse in Miami. She completed the construction of Art House, a nondenominational chapel in Tipitapa, Nicaragua in 2018.
http://www.sookjinjo.com
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
CRS (CENTER FOR REMEMBERING & SHARING) is a spiritual healing and art center founded in 2004 by the writer/lecturer/spiritual counselor Yasuko Kasaki and artist Christopher Pelham. Our mission is guided by A Course in Miracles (ACIM). ACIM says that recognizing that you and your brother are actually one is the only way to experience peace. The mission of CRS is to promote the awareness that limitless creativity lives within each of us. We train minds to recognize the light in themselves and others and provide them opportunities to share their inner vision through the healing and creative arts. Since its founding CRS has provided numerous residencies and performance and exhibition opportunities to artists from all over the world. Currently, CRS is a lead sponsor of M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians), a platform created to empower, elevate, normalize and give visibility to women, non-binary musicians and those of other historically underrepresented gender identities in intersection with race, sexuality, or ability across generations in the US and worldwide, through a radical model of mentorship and musical collaborative commissions.
https://crsny.org

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Healing Concert with Neda Boin
2022-07-11 19:30 - 20:30 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
CRS welcomes back our dear friend award-winning Dutch-Persian singer songwriter Neda Boin of the Netherlands for an intimate evening of soulful music in the White Room. Neda’s music is heart touching, powerful, and deeply connective, and will easily bring you in touch with the love you truly are.
Tickets for the concert are by donation on Eventbrite (and cash only at the door). Seating is extremely limited and RSVP is greatly encouraged. At this time, proof of full vaccination is required to enter, and masks will be required to be worn throughout. Latecomers are not guaranteed entry.
Neda just released her new album, “Remember You’re Dreaming.” The songs are all deeply inspired and give an intimate look inside her own journey from fear to love.
“On the 21st of December, a Persian holiday where the return of the light is celebrated, singer-songwriter Neda Boin, who got known for her four-chair-turn blind audition on The Voice, released her new album, ‘Remember You’re Dreaming.’ In a time where cases of depression are massively growing and where social media tends to hide our true face, Neda honestly shares her own process of grief, feeling lost and trying to find her way back home in this beautiful and heart-touching album. Neda recorded the album in Victoria BC, where she worked together with multi-Grammy award winning producer Joby Baker. The warm and inspiring songs are there for anyone who could use some extra light during dark times.” — music journalist and producer Rick Jamm
Order new album: https://nedaboin.com/shop

“Listening to Neda sing brings forth an experience of Divine Love within. She has a gift of expressing the sound of Heaven so we can all remember the Love that exists within each one of us. Neda’s music makes me feel pure joy. She has the voice of an angel.” — Corinne Zupko, Ed.S., author of From Anxiety to Love
“Neda’s music is a way to merge with the Spirit and feel the absolute glory of Divine Love. Her amazing voice enhances the lyrics from Heaven, and my soul is lifted every time I listen.” — David Hoffmeister, author of Unwind Your Mind Back to God
Her first album, “The Light Has Come,” won Best Album of the Year at the Rotterdam Music Awards. Amazingly, Neda, then a student of A Course in Miracles (ACIM) for 8+ years, channeled all the songs on the album in just two weeks, all inspired from ACIM Workbook lessons, making it the first album inspired by ACIM to win album of the year. Profoundly spiritual in nature, the songs are deeply satisfying as songs, with beautiful and irresistible music colored with soul, jazz and world music inflections, brought to soaring life by Neda’s angelic voice.

For more info about Neda, visit:
https://nedaboin.com/neda-boin/
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0uaakWJVtW4N040gkuxagL
Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/neda_boin/
Follow on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NedaBoin?sub_confirmation=1
Tour schedule: https://nedaboin.com/events
Voice Liberation program: https://www.members.nedaboin.com/promotion

Guided Meditation with Yasuko Kasaki in English (on Zoom)
2022-07-12 18:30 - 19:00 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
Tuesdays from 6:30 – 7 pm from July 12 – October 25, 2022 (except Oct 11 and 18)
Followed by ACIM Class from 7 – 8 pm (same Zoom link)
Zoom Meeting Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81541160040
Call-in info:
Meeting ID: 815 4116 0040
One tap mobile: 1-929-436-2866
Suggested donation $20 via PayPal to https://www.paypal.me/crsny
(no one turned away due to lack of funds)
Please join me in the sharing of miracles. Here, your mind can come to rest and you can remember true peace. No experience with meditation is required, and everyone is welcome. I ask only that you make it your intention to sit still, quiet in body and mind, and to listen to, receive, and follow my instruction to the best of your ability. You will learn to meditate as you practice.
Each week I will share with you a different inspirational message from Holy Spirit. This may take the form of creative visualization exercises, or instruction about the nature and purpose of meditation, or about our true nature and relationship to ourselves, to one another, and to the world. In a sense, this is both a meditation practice and a meditation class. At the end of the meditation you will have a chance to respond briefly if you like.
Some students have been practicing regularly for a number of years. Others drop in and out as they have time or need. Some come to learn and grow, others more so simply to calm down, to take time out from the frenetic pace of their busy lives. If you are new and feeling uncertain or shaky, do not hesitate to introduce yourself to some of the other students, to ask questions before or after. Try to observe and emulate the stillness and concentration of others around you whom you sense are most grounded. Soon, you, in turn, may provide inspiration and guidance for others.
While the principles are based on A Course in Miracles (ACIM), it does not matter if you are unfamiliar with ACIM or are not prepared to study it outside of this meditation. You can still take from this practice some very practical, effective lessons, tools, and experiences that can enable you to lead a more peaceful, purposeful, fulfilling and loving life.
ABOUT YASUKO KASAKI
Yasuko Kasaki is an internationally beloved spiritual writer, counselor, healer, lecturer and translator from Tokyo. She is widely recognized as the person most responsible for the spread of A Course in Miraclesthroughout Japan. In 2004 she founded CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), the first and only spiritual center devoted to the teaching and practice of A Course in Miracles in New York City. She has taught and worked with thousands of people from around the world to help resolve their mental and physical issues and witness miracles. She presents at the CMC’s annual ACIM Conferences in the U.S., and several times a year she gives large seminars throughout Japan. She has also been presented internationally at ACIM conferences and workshops in the U.K., Spain, Germany, and Israel.
Yasuko is the author of The Scales Fell from My Eyes: An Illustrated Course in Miracles and 17 books in Japanese about the Course, as well as numerous novels, short stories, essays and collections of photographs. Her translations of the ACIM Workbook and of books by Course teachers Jon Mundy, Gabrielle Bernstein and David Hoffmeister have also been published in Japan. Yasuko’s spiritual writing and lectures are celebrated for their clearly stated explanations of complex concepts illustrated by captivating personal stories of struggle and triumph, drawn from her long career as a writer, motorcyclist, and spiritual counselor. Meditation and communication with Holy Spirit form the foundation of her practice.

A Course in Miracles Class with Yasuko Kasaki (on Zoom)
2022-07-12 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
from 7 – 8 pm
Preceded by Guided Meditation from 6:30 – 7 pm (same Zoom link)
Together, let’s come to rest and remember true peace. Each class usually contains some lecture on concepts from A Course in Miracles, some discussion and Q&A, and a meditation, creative visualization and/or spiritual reading practice in order to experience mind change.
Our primary goal in these classes is for each student to learn to listen to the guidance of Holy Spirit and live his/her life with certainty and peace. Slowly, you will re-train your eyes to see the world around you without judgment. You will learn to communicate with your holy spirit. Students of all experience levels and backgrounds are welcome!
Zoom Meeting Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81541160040
Call-in info:
Meeting ID: 815 4116 0040
One tap mobile: 1-929-436-2866
Suggested donation $20 via PayPal to https://www.paypal.me/crsny
(no one turned away due to lack of funds)
You can find the text of A Course in Miracles (ACIM) online here (http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Course_in_Miracles), among other places.
Yasuko Kasaki is an internationally beloved spiritual writer, counselor, healer, lecturer and translator from Tokyo. She is widely recognized as the person most responsible for the spread of A Course in Miraclesthroughout Japan. In 2004 she founded CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), the first and only spiritual center devoted to the teaching and practice of A Course in Miracles in New York City. She has taught and worked with thousands of people from around the world to help resolve their mental and physical issues and witness miracles. She presents at the CMC’s annual ACIM Conferences in the U.S., and several times a year she gives large seminars throughout Japan. She has also been presented internationally at ACIM conferences and workshops in the U.K., Spain, Germany, and Israel.
Yasuko is the author of The Scales Fell from My Eyes: An Illustrated Course in Miracles and 17 books in Japanese about the Course, as well as numerous novels, short stories, essays and collections of photographs. Her translations of the ACIM Workbook and of books by Course teachers Jon Mundy, Gabrielle Bernstein and David Hoffmeister have also been published in Japan. Yasuko’s spiritual writing and lectures are celebrated for their clearly stated explanations of complex concepts illustrated by captivating personal stories of struggle and triumph, drawn from her long career as a writer, motorcyclist, and spiritual counselor. Meditation and communication with Holy Spirit form the foundation of her practice.
You can listen to a sampling of Yasuko’s recent guided meditations here:
http://crsny.podbean.com

Crossing Boundaries Vol. 18: Freedom
2022-07-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Marc A. Scorca Hall at the National Opera Center, 330 Seventh Ave, New York, 10001
CRS presents Crossing Boundaries Concert Series Vol. 18: FREEDOM on July 16, 2022 at 7 pm in Marc A. Scorca Hall at The National Opera Center — OPERA America. The program, in celebration of women, features free improvisation by six acclaimed female musicians of different backgrounds: Ayumi Ishito (saxophone), gamin (Korean winds), Gelsey Bell (vocals), Layale Chaker (violin), Lesley Mok (percussion), and Shoko Nagai (piano, accordion). Each artist will have the freedom to express her own voice as well as join with the others in solidarity in different combinations.
Curated by multi-Instrumentalist gamin, this fifth season of Crossing Boundaries consists of three concerts providing a platform and safe space for female and female-identifying musicians. Following the performance there will be a conversation with the audience about the concert and the theme of gender in the music industry. Crossing Boundaries Vol. 16: FOCUSING ON HER, co-presented by Tenri Cultural Institute of NY, has been re-scheduled for Dec 10, 2022 at Tenri.
Tickets are $10 – $30 and are available online through eventbrite.com and at the door for cash only, if not sold out. All patrons must show proof of vaccination at the door in order to be admitted, no exceptions. In addition, masks must be worn throughout.
“Shoko Nagai, one of New York’s most individualistic and intense performers on the avant-garde side of jazz – dazzles with her glimmering, darkly necromantic and blues-tinged piano.” — Time Out NY”
Gelsey Bell is “one of New York’s most adventurous musicians….” — New York Times
“A Gorgeously Kinetic, Restless New Album by Haunting, Dynamic Violinist Layale Chaker…the leading contender for best album of 2019 so far.” — New York Music Daily
“Gamin is one of the most celebrated piri, taepyeongso and saengwhang performers in Korea today.” — Silkroad
“Ishito is among a cadre of musicians in New York incorporating everything they love about music into the jazz lexicon, imparting micro innovations that are not only adding fresh layers but attracting new audiences to jazz that wouldn’t otherwise.” — Jazz Views with CJ Shearn
“Lesley Mok stood out for her expansive curiosity, rigor in artistic practice, and embrace of different practices — not only making provocative and authentic connections, but also playing with and deepening our understanding of form and expression.” — Elena Park, Asian American Arts Alliance Van Lier Fellowship panelist
ABOUT CROSSING BOUNDARIES CONCERT SERIES
CROSSING BOUNDARIES is a concert series devoted to dissolving boundaries between performers and audiences, the traditional and contemporary, classical and experimental, and the culturally specific and the global. Series curators are given the opportunity to create unique performance events in collaboration with musical, visual, and/or movement artists of their choosing.
Inaugurated in 2018, Crossing Boundaries is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and administered by LMCC. LMCC empowers artists by providing them with networks, resources, and support, to create vibrant, sustainable communities in Manhattan and beyond.

TICKETS
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/370702871267
LOCATION
OPERA America’s National Opera Center is centrally located in Midtown Manhattan on the northwest corner of 29th Street and Seventh Avenue.
Enter on Seventh Avenue, and take the elevator to the seventh floor to check in at the front desk. The facility spans the seventh and eighth floors of the building, with an internal staircase providing access between them. There is no external entry to the eighth floor.
GETTING THERE
You can reach us using more than a dozen subway lines, including the 1 train (at 28th Street), 2/3/A/C/E trains (at Penn Station), B/D/F/M/N/Q/R/W trains (at 34th Street-Herald Square). You can also arrive by Amtrak or PATH service, as well as regional bus lines and airport shuttles.
ACCESSIBILITY
The Opera Center features ground-level entry with elevators to the venue. All spaces are wheelchair accessible, and modular seating can be arranged to accommodate wheelchair users for all programs and performances. Handicap-accessible restrooms are available on the seventh floor. For more information about accessibility, contact us at 212.796.8630 or Reservations@operaamerica.org.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
AYUMI ISHITO was born and raised in Ishikawa, Japan. At the age of 19, she began playing tenor saxophone in a college big band at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto. In 2007, Ayumi received a scholarship to attend Berkee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. She spent three years there studying performance and composition. After graduating from Berklee, Ayumi moved to New York in 2010. Ayumi has been playing with many different groups. One of her recent projects, Open Question, received a four-star review in DownBeat magazine in 2022. Another project, The Spacemen, was selected for the Best Jazz of 2021 in Bandcamp. As a composer, Ayumi has been leading her quintet since 2011 and performing her compositions. The band has released two albums, “View From A Little Cave” in 2016 and “Midnite Cinema” in 2019.
https://www.ayumiishito.com

GAMIN is a Korean-born NYC-based multi-instrumentalist specializing in traditional Korean wind instruments. She tours the world performing both traditional Korean music and cross-disciplinary collaborations. She is a scholar and designated Yisuja, official holder of Korea’s Important Intangible Cultural Asset No. 46. From 2000 to 2010, gamin was the principal player at the National Gugak Orchestra. gamin has received several cultural exchange program grants, including Artist-in-Residence at the Asian Cultural Council, and has collaborated in cross-cultural improvisation with world-acclaimed musicians, presenting premieres at Roulette Theater, New School, and Metropolitan Museum. gamin was featured artist at the Silkroad concert, Seoul, 2018, performing on-stage with the founder, Yo-Yo Ma. For 2020, gamin was selected as artist-in-residency at the HERE Arts Center, NYC, and her album “Nong” was released by Innova Records. gamin’s Carnegie Hall solo début, accompanied by Nangye Gugak Orchestra, scheduled for March 2020, was postponed by Covid 19.
http://gaminmusic.com

GELSEY BELL is a singer, songwriter, and scholar. Described by the New York Times as “one of New York’s most adventurous musicians,” she is a core member of thingNY, Varispeed, and the Chutneys. She is a resident artist at the HERE Arts Center and Pioneer Works. She has received awards from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Opera American, and the Japan Foundation, and recent residencies at Mount Tremper Arts and the Kinosaki Arts Center in Japan. Her recent works include the sound walk Cairns (included on the New York Times Best Theater of 2020 list), shuffleyamamba: Yamamba as a Bear (created with Yasuko Yokoshi), SubtacTTTTTTTTT (created with thingnY), and Skylight (created with Erin Rogers). Performance highlights also include Dave Malloy’s Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812 (Broadway) and Ghost Quartet, Robert Ashley’s Improvement and Crash, Kate Soper’s Here Be Sirens, and Gregory Whitehead’s On the Shore Dimly Seen.
https://gelseybell.com

Deemed a “Rising Star” by BBC Music Magazine and raised on the verge of several musical streams since her childhood, Lebanese violinist and composer LAYALE CHAKER debuted her musical training at the National Higher Conservatory of Beirut in her native Lebanon. A Ruth Anderson 2017 Competition Prize winner, she is also the recipient of the Royal Academy of Music’s 2018 Guinness Award, a finalist of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé 2018 Prize, the recipient of the Lili et Nadia Boulanger 2019 Prize and of Silkroad’s inaugural 2020 Seeds Award. “Inner Rhyme”, her debut release with Sarafand, was listed as “Top of The World” by Songlines with a 5-star review, Top 10 NPR Best Releases, #1 for several weeks on the World Charts of iTunes and Amazon Music, and received features and praises by the New York Times, The Strad, Strings Magazine, Jazz World, and Rootsworld among others. She has debuted her first violin concerto with the Bayreuther Philharmoniker as the orchestra’s first-ever commissioned composer in January 2018. A recent commission from Newlands Festival has also invited her for a collaboration with Holland Baroque. Layale Chaker was also recently granted the Diaphonique 2019 Franco-British Commission Fund, along with London-based Notes Inegales ensemble and musicians of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, for a creation in May 2019. As a member of Daniel Barenboim’s West-Eastern Divan, she performs around the year in concert halls such as the Royal Albert Hall, Teatro Colon, Mozarteum Salzburg, Philharmonie de Paris, Salzburg Festspiele and der Philharmonie Berlin among others.
https://layalechaker.com

LESLEY MOK is a drummer, composer, and improviser based in Brooklyn, NY. Interested in the ways social conditions shape our beings, Lesley’s work focuses on transposing, augmenting, and overacting humanness to explore ideas about normalcy, alienness, and privilege. She likes to write in a way that considers the whole expressive range of each instrument, often utilizing extreme ranges and dynamic timbres in her writing as a framework for individuality and personal expression. Her ongoing explorations with composition and improvisation are most notably documented in her nine-piece improvising chamber ensemble, The Living Collection. Lesley’s work has been recognized by the ASCAP Foundation and the Asian American Arts Alliance, and has been performed by International Contemporary Ensemble, Metropolis Ensemble, and JACK Quartet. She has collaborated with Tomeka Reid, Fay Victor, William Parker, Cory Smythe, Jen Shyu, Sara Serpa, Elias Stemeseder, David Leon, Anna Webber, Adam’ O’Farrill, and Edi Kwon.
https://lesleymok.com

SHOKO NAGAI is a versatile musical artist who improvises and performs with world-renowned musicians on piano and accordion and composes original scores for films and live performances. Since moving to the U.S. from Japan and studying classical and jazz music at Berklee, she has adapted her mastery of the keyboard to prepared piano, accordion, Moog synthesizer, and other instruments. Whether she is performing Klezmer, Balkan or experimental music, Nagai is a charismatic presence onstage, who hypnotizes audiences with her intense focus and virtuoso sound. A veteran of the New York downtown music scene, she performs with John Zorn, Erik Friedlander, Marc Ribot, Miho Hatori (Cibo Matto), Satoshi Takeishi, Elliot Sharp and many eclectic performers. Nagai is winner of CMA 2021, NYFA and City Artist Corps 2022.
https://shokonagai.net

ABOUT THE PRESENTER
CRS (CENTER FOR REMEMBERING & SHARING) is a spiritual healing and art center founded in 2004 by the writer/lecturer/spiritual counselor Yasuko Kasaki and artist Christopher Pelham. Our mission is guided by A Course in Miracles (ACIM). ACIM says that recognizing that you and your brother are actually one is the only way to experience peace. The mission of CRS is to promote the awareness that limitless creativity lives within each of us. We train minds to recognize the light in themselves and others and provide them opportunities to share their inner vision through the healing and creative arts. Since its founding CRS has provided numerous residencies and performance and exhibition opportunities to artists from all over the world. Currently, CRS is a lead sponsor of M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians), a platform created to empower, elevate, normalize and give visibility to women, non-binary musicians and those of other historically underrepresented gender identities in intersection with race, sexuality, or ability across generations in the US and worldwide, through a radical model of mentorship and musical collaborative commissions.
https://crsny.org

Meditation, Spiritual Healing, and Brain Activity Feedback
2022-07-23 13:00 - 15:00 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
Finally, we are able to welcome you back in person for guided meditation and spiritual healing with CRS founder Yasuko Kasaki and CRS healers! And we have a special guest with us this time, visiting artist-in-residence Hyo Jee Kang of South Korea, who has been conducting research into the effects of creativity and meditation on brain activity.
Space is limited. To RSVP, please email Etsuko at etsuko@crsny.org. She will let you know if there is still space.
Bring any issue you are facing right now — physically, emotionally, mentally, and/or spiritually. With eyes closed (you will be seated and a healer will stand nearby; no touching is involved), a CRS healer, trained in A Course in Miracles and spiritual reading/healing, will observe you with her inner sight, free of any judgments, as your truly are, a perfect shining spirit. Together, we will ask the Holy Spirit (or Inner Guide if you prefer) to bring us directly to whatever seed thought is causing your current issues and ask for guidance about how your spirit really wants to make use of your present situation for its growth and sharing of love. After about 5 – 10 minutes of meditation, we will share the inspirational guidance that we receive.
Hyo Jee — a Seoul-based concert pianist, composer, and conceptual artist whose concert LOOKING-MIND we will present the following day, July 24 at 7pm at Greenwich House Music School — will be demonstrating a piece of technology called the NIRSIT Lite — a portable fNIRS device developed by Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) Professor Hyunmin Bae and produced by OBE Lab — that measures the activation level of hemoglobin in the prefrontal cortex of the brain. The measured brain activity is graphically presented in real time via video projection. You will have the opportunity to see a visual presentation of brain activity before and after meditation and healing!
Hyo Jee will also give a brief explanation of how the technology works and what they have learned so far. However, for the most part, we will share healing quietly and provide you with an opportunity to come to rest, reflect, and remember who you truly are, in a supportive, non-judgmental, meditative environment. You can learn more about Hyo Jee Kang here.

We’d like to offer you an opportunity to experience stillness of mind and peace so that you can return to harmony with your true nature and purpose. Then you will find that rather than needing “solutions” to “problems” you will realize that you have no problems except those that you project.
We call this spiritual healing but it is not religious nor connected with any church or group. It is simply a practice of meditating together on our true nature and connecting with universal spirit/energy or what you will.
A Note About the Role of Words in Healing: “Strictly speaking, words play no part at all in healing. The motivating factor is prayer, or asking. What you ask for you receive. But this refers to the prayer of the heart, not to the words you use in praying. Sometimes the words and the prayer are contradictory; sometimes they agree. It does not matter. God does not understand words, for they were made by separated minds to keep them in the illusion of separation. Words can be helpful, particularly for the beginner, in helping concentration and facilitating the exclusion, or at least the control, of extraneous thoughts. Let us not forget, however, that words are but symbols of symbols. They are thus twice removed from reality….” — A Course in Miracles Manual for Teachers, Section 21
“Since only the mind can be sick, only the mind can be healed. Only the mind is in need of healing.” —”PSYCHOTHERAPY: Purpose, Process and Practice,”Supplements to A Course in Miracles [/expand]

Paradise Laboratory: DERELICT PORTENT by Jay Afrisando with gamin and Okvan Pramudya
2022-07-23 19:00 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents DERELICT PORTENT, a solo music and multimedia concert by Jay Afrisando. Also on the bill are gamin (Korean winds) and Okvan Pramudya (percussion). Derelict Portent showcases Jay Afrisando’s works in music composition and multimedia arts aimed to raise the awareness of aural diversity (diversity of hearing profiles), acoustic ecology, and everyday wonders often neglected.Through multisensory approaches, Jay invites us to rethink our co-existence with other human beings, other living beings, and the whole universe. His solo concert will show his interdisciplinary approaches, including improvised and collaborative compositions, participatory piece, field recording work, and experimental films.
This event is supported in part by Jerome Foundation through Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship 2021-2022.

Tickets are $20 and are available online through eventbrite.com and at the door for cash only, if not sold out. All patrons must show proof of vaccination at the door in order to be admitted, no exceptions. In addition, masks must be worn throughout.
PARADISE LABORATORY is a playground for sonic and visual experimentation. Conceived of during the pandemic by the renowned Korean traditional multi-instrumentalist, curator, and scholar gamin, Paradise Laboratory provides musical artists with opportunities to rehearse, record, film, and perform with other musical, visual, and dance artists in an experimental, process-oriented, and artist-centered fashion.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Jay Afrisando is an award-winning multimedia artist, music composer, researcher, and educator. Employing multisensory approaches, he shares awareness of aural diversity, acoustic ecology, and everyday technological interactions. His works invite others to (re)examine our notions of living entities, ecosystems, and technology. He challenges conventional artistic disciplines and boundaries using various approaches, including video, spatial audio, fixed media, improvisation, and various collaborative methods.
He is a Jerome Hill Artist Fellow 2021-22. He also received the Ambassador’s Award for Excellence 2019 by the Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia for the United States and the 2016 Minnesota Emerging Composer Award by the American Composers Forum. He is also a OneBeat Fellow 2015 and a Cultural Partnership Initiative Fellow at the 2014 International Fellowship in Study of Korean Music at the National Gugak Center.He has published various works, including a book chapter “Music-making in Aurally Diverse Communities” in Aural Diversity (Routledge, 2022—forthcoming) and a telematic improvisational film “Expanding the Frame Live” in collaboration with Lee Noble (Walker Art Center’s Bentson Mediatheque, 2021).
https://www.jayafrisando.com/
gamin is a Korean-born NYC-based multi-instrumentalist specializing in traditional Korean wind instruments. She tours the world performing both traditional Korean music and cross-disciplinary collaborations. She is a scholar and designated Yisuja, official holder of Korea’s Important Intangible Cultural Asset No. 46. From 2000 to 2010, gamin was the principal player at the National Gugak Orchestra. gamin has received several cultural exchange program grants, including Artist-in-Residence at the Asian Cultural Council, and has collaborated in cross-cultural improvisation with world-acclaimed musicians, presenting premieres at Roulette Theater, New School, and Metropolitan Museum. gamin was featured artist at the Silkroad concert, Seoul, 2018, performing on-stage with the founder, Yo-Yo Ma. For 2020, gamin was selected as artist-in-residency at the HERE Arts Center, NYC, and her album “Nong” was released by Innova Records. gamin’s Carnegie Hall solo début, accompanied by Nangye Gugak Orchestra, scheduled for March 2020, was postponed by Covid 19.
“Gamin is one of the most celebrated piri, taepyeongso and saengwhang performers in Korea today.” — Silkroad
http://gaminmusic.com
Okvan Pramudya is a drummer who was born and raised in Indonesia. He first learned to play drums at the age of seven and began playing with bands since junior high school. In 2010, he moved to Yogyakarta to pursue his bachelor’s degree at Gadjah Mada University. In Yogyakarta, he formed a band called Airbatu and released an album with the band. Besides, he also joined Solo Big Band, Jay & Gatra Wardaya, and Aditya Ong Trio as drummer. In 2020, he moved to the United States and started working for the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in New York at the Division of Culture.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
CRS (CENTER FOR REMEMBERING & SHARING) is a spiritual healing and art center founded in 2004 by the writer/lecturer/spiritual counselor Yasuko Kasaki and artist Christopher Pelham. Our mission is guided by A Course in Miracles (ACIM). ACIM says that recognizing that you and your brother are actually one is the only way to experience peace. The mission of CRS is to promote the awareness that limitless creativity lives within each of us. We train minds to recognize the light in themselves and others and provide them opportunities to share their inner vision through the healing and creative arts. Since its founding CRS has provided numerous residencies and performance and exhibition opportunities to artists from all over the world. Currently, CRS is a lead sponsor of M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians), a platform created to empower, elevate, normalize and give visibility to women, non-binary musicians and those of other historically underrepresented gender identities in intersection with race, sexuality, or ability across generations in the US and worldwide, through a radical model of mentorship and musical collaborative commissions.
https://crsny.org
TICKET LINK:https://bit.ly/3PqtfJF
COVID POLICY: Proof of full vaccination is required to enter, no exceptions. Masks must be worn throughout. Seating is limited and includes seating on the floor. Please do not come if you are symptomatic. Ask for a refund instead or donate your ticket.
VENUE LOCATION:The White Room at CRS123 4th Ave FL3New York, NY 10003212-677-8621
DIRECTIONS:
CRS is located on the 3rd floor of a walk-up building above Think Coffee, between 12th & 13th streets, one block east of The Strand Bookstore. There is no elevator or wheelchair access.
NEAREST SUBWAY STATIONS: 4/5/6, N/R/Q, L trains to 14th St / Union Square
Photo of Jay Afrisando by Terry Perdanawati. Photo of gamin by Christopher Pelham

Paradise Laboratory: LOOKING-MIND by Hyo Jee Kang
2022-07-24 19:00 - 20:30 | Greenwich House Music Hall, 46 Barrow Street, New York, 10014
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents LOOKING–MIND, a unique and ground-breaking performance of Bach’s Goldberg Variations and improvisation by Seoul-based pianist Hyo Jee Kang in conjunction with the real-time visual presentation of data of her brain activity as measured by a functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) device while she plays. The program will include a presentation about this research into the relationship between creative activity and brain activity and further demonstration and explanation of the device, the first such demonstration of this technology in the United States. A similar program, “Bach-Brain” was premiered by Kang last month at Lotte Concert Hall in Seoul, South Korea.
LOOKING–MIND is a metaphor of Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll. Through the Goldberg Variations and brain imaging scan you can enter a new world of another universe but it is born in your brain.
The musical program includes:

J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations BWV 988 with fNIRS (Brain Imaging Scan)

Aria
Variatio 1. a 1 Clav.
Variatio 2. a 1 Clav.
Variatio 3. Canone all’Unisono. a 1 Clav.
Variatio 4. a 1 Clav.
Variatio 5. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav.
Variatio 6. Canone alla Seconda. a 1 Clav.
Variatio 7. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav. al tempo di Giga
Variatio 8. a 2 Clav.
Variatio 9. Canone alla Terza. a 1 Clav.
Variatio 10. Fughetta. a 1 Clav.

Hyo Jee Kang’s “Mind Improvisation” with video by Joo Hun Lee and sound by Jinok Cho and Hyo Jee Kang

Artist Talk

While Kang plays, the NIRSIT Lite — a portable fNIRS device developed by Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) Professor Hyunmin Bae and produced by OBE Lab — measures the activation level of hemoglobin in the prefrontal cortex of the brain. The measured brain activity is graphically presented in real time via video projection.
In “Mind Improvisation,” the data of this device is transformed into synthesized sound and projected visuals. Kang started with the question of “how the brain moves when humans perform artistic actions.” First, she scans her own brain, transmits the data in real time, and uses it as a value for sound formation. This is again used as a value for the image transformation, and the sound and visual image being transformed by the performer’s brain action causes an instantly improvised transformation of the performer again. In other words, a situation develops where the input and output of sound, image, and the performer’s brain activity and performance continuously transform each other.
Tickets are $20 and are available online through eventbrite.com and at the door for cash only, if not sold out. All patrons must show proof of vaccination at the door in order to be admitted, no exceptions. In addition, masks must be worn throughout.
During Kang’s three-week residency in New York City, she will also lead workshop demonstrations of the device.
PARADISE LABORATORY is a playground for sonic and visual experimentation. Conceived of during the pandemic by the renowned Korean traditional multi-instrumentalist, curator, and scholar gamin, Paradise Laboratory provides musical artists with opportunities to rehearse, record, film, and perform with other musical, visual, and dance artists in an experimental, process-oriented, and artist-centered fashion.
ABOUT HYO JEE KANG
Hyo Jee Kang has been focusing on transformation between media and objects to create a new art form. She works with media artists and live electronic performers presenting improvisation and recomposed composition as well as her originals. Her activity as a composer, performer, creator and improviser has been featured throughout the world in Germany, Spain, Italy, Korea, Japan, USA, Israel, and so on. Hyo Jee currently resides in Seoul and serves as a faculty member at Korea National University of Transportation. In May 2018, she gave her solo performance with great success at Lincoln Center, including the Conceptual Transformation Performance “Pyung Yang.” She was one of 12 artists from around the world selected to participate in Seminar in Taipei, a platform for in-depth exchange in both theoretical and practical fields, at the 2018 Taipei Arts Festival X in Taiwan. Seminar in Taipei is an initiative of Pro Helvetia, the Swiss Arts Council, in partnership with the National Culture and Arts Foundation of Taiwan, Korea Arts Management Service, the National Arts Council of Singapore, and the Arts and Theatre Institute of the Czech Republic, realized in collaboration with the Taipei Arts Festival. FLY IN WATER, created by Hyo Jee and other members of MAG performance group, was presented by CRS in August 2019.
Her work “Yut-Nori” is an interactive performance that consists of real-time Yut-nori ( Korean more than 1000 year-old game) performed on stage and selected music play and the sound of throwing Yut(half-rounded stick) in real time through the symbol of the yut boardplate. It was premiered by two pianists and two yutnori actors, and the visual art works of the game board expressing the image of Yut-board in this work were invited to the Concept Arts exhibition in New York, USA.
Her work “This Is Not Me” was commissioned and world premiered by Korean traditional music player Kim Hyeon-Hee as a conceptual music work. Contemporary dancer Jeong Jae-woo interpreted as movement and music, and film director Heo Cheol-Nyeong interpreted it as a documentary film.
As a promising artist (MAP artist) of the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, she successfully held a musical monologue “Do or not” directed by Park Sang-Yeon. She opened up new possibilities of performing arts that constantly exchanges multifaceted, improvised, but philosophical messages between a creator, interpreters, and audience.
In 2017 Hyo Jee released “G.Ligeti-H.J.Kang Lux Aeterna,” a collaboration with a wearable artist, combining Korean dance and media art with colleague Kyoung Mi Kim.
Hyo Jee Kang has won numerous prizes including the monthly music contest at the age of 10, the youngest grand prize in the Teenager Competition, 2nd prize in the Ihwa Kyunghyang Competition, and was selected as a young artist in Kumho for a solo recital.
She went on to study at Seoul National University and continued her music studies at the Hanover College of Music, theater, and media in Germany where she majored in piano and composition under Johannes Schoellhorn. She then went on to study and major in piano at the Konzertexamen course under the supervision of Professor Matti Raekallio. For Yisang Yun’s Shao Yang Yin and other performances performed at the Mönchhaus Museum der modernen Kunst in Goslar, Germany, world-renowned professor Arie Vardi said, “I love her unique personality and her outstanding musicality as a pianist, composer, improviser, and creator. ” She appeared in a commemorative concert, Schumann Brahms Festival Chamber Music Series in Bucheon City and held a duo concert with violinist Kwon Hyuk-Ju as an opening concert of Sonata Series of Baroque Chamber Hall.
She has appearances in various series performances such as Park Chang-Soo’s The House Concert, Daegu Music Festival, the 20th anniversary of the Hongga Art Museum in Taiwan, and Listen to Tomorrow at the Hanover University of Music.
Hyo Jee’s YouTube channel is youtube.com/hyojeekang.
Her web site is http://www.hyojeekang.com
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
CRS (CENTER FOR REMEMBERING & SHARING) is a spiritual healing and art center founded in 2004 by the writer/lecturer/spiritual counselor Yasuko Kasaki and artist Christopher Pelham. Our mission is guided by A Course in Miracles (ACIM). ACIM says that recognizing that you and your brother are actually one is the only way to experience peace. The mission of CRS is to promote the awareness that limitless creativity lives within each of us. We train minds to recognize the light in themselves and others and provide them opportunities to share their inner vision through the healing and creative arts. Since its founding CRS has provided numerous residencies and performance and exhibition opportunities to artists from all over the world. CRS is a multi-year sponsor of M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians), a platform created to empower, elevate, normalize and give visibility to women, non-binary musicians and those of other historically underrepresented gender identities in intersection with race, sexuality, or ability across generations in the US and worldwide, through a radical model of mentorship and musical collaborative commissions.
https://crsny.org
TICKET LINK:https://bit.ly/3Rg54it
COVID POLICY: Proof of full vaccination is required to enter, no exceptions. Masks must be worn throughout. Seating is limited and includes seating on the floor. Please do not come if you are symptomatic. Ask for a refund instead or donate your ticket.
VENUE LOCATION:Greenwich House Music School46 Barrow StreetNew York, NY 10014212-991-0003
DIRECTIONS:
Greenwich House Music School is located in the West Village just west of Seventh Avenue. The Music Hall is located on the second floor and there is no elevator or wheelchair access.
NEAREST SUBWAY STATIONS: The nearest MTA station is the 1/9 station at Christopher Street – Sheridan Square.

Unforgotten Song
2022-07-29 19:00 - 20:30 | Sanctuary NYC, 1519 Decatur Street, Suite #104, Ridgewood, NY, 11385, United States
CRS invites you to a live presentation of “Unforgotten Song,” a music and multimedia work commemorating the anguish ad resilience of the Comfort Women, local women enslaved throughout Japan-occupied East Asia, 1932-1945. This tribute is intended to include all women who are and have been victims of sexual violence and exploitation. These songs of our strong and resilient Mothers and Grandmothers must be “unforgotten” to inspire the following generations of women and men.
At its heart, the concert transforms archived songs sung by survivors into tales of resilience, courage, and strength in the face of suffering and injustice. In poignant irony, gamin’s composition results in a beautiful yet heart-breaking paean not only for victims in the past but also for all women who are deeply suffering from injustice in the world.
This multi-media work envisioned a suite of compositions all connected by improvised melodies, like a stream that flows from one thought to the next. The improvisation and soundtrack would be created by Korean woodwinds by gamin and it will be combined with visual art.
CRS previously presented a version of this work online last summer as part of the Crossing Boundaries Concert Series in lieu of an in-person concert and exhibition that was originally planned for 2020 but postponed due to the pandemic.
– Artists
Produced & Performed by gamin
Visual art by Chang-Jin Lee
Shakuhachi by Adam Robinson
Cello by Ana Kim
Poem by Tanya Ko Hong
Sound mix by John Chang
Date : July 29, 2022
Time : 7 PM
Location: Sanctuary NYC (1519 Decatur Street, #104, Ridgewood, NY 11385)
Directions: L train to Halsey St, then walk 3 blocks
https://unforgottensong.eventbrite.com
* Free Admission
* There will be an Artist talk after the performance and free drinks will be provided
– Special Thanks to Chinatown Partnership LDC
– [Unforgotten Song] is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
– As part of gamin’s projects, it has been continuously supported by Brandeis University, CRS(Center for Remembering and Sharing), Jerome Hill Foundation, and New Music USA.

Paradise Laboratory: Pulses with Maya Angelou and Elsa Nilsson: Thyme
2022-07-31 19:00 - 20:00 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) invites you to join in a unique deep listening experience with the jazz quartet Elsa Nilsson: Thyme and the poetry of Maya Angelou on July 31, 2022 at 7pm in the award-winning White Room at CRS.
Many species use sound to communicate. Elsa Nilsson, Santiago Leibson, Marty Kenney and Rodrigo Recabarren asked themselves; what is the line that makes sound music? If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then isn’t music in the ear of the listener? As they listened to words around them they became enchanted with the subtleties in the sounds of voices. It began with Rodrigo playing rhythms along with speeches where he wanted to accentuate the meanings of what was being said. He sent Elsa Maya Angelou’s “On the Pulse Of Morning” full of rocks, rivers and trees. Elsa fell in love with the deep musicality present in every sound. She listened and heard echoes of Ornette Coleman in how Maya Angelou ended her phrases. She heard thematic development and musical build in the pitch materials.
Together this band took the time to hear the musical communication in the sounds of Maya Angelou’s words. They play with her voice, enhancing the music that is already there and bringing to light the full depth of her sonic brilliance along with her poetic brilliance.
John Cage heard music in every sound. Groove in a tin can. Humor and art co-existing. This band takes a similar approach to communication. Intentionality does not require a plan, directionality does not imply rigidity. With the wide open space of the music ahead they stand together with their toes over the edge and jump.
Tickets are $10 for students/seniors and $20 general admission and are available through eventbrite.com and at the door for cash only, if not sold out. All patrons must show proof of vaccination at the door in order to be admitted, no exceptions. In addition, masks must be worn throughout.
PARADISE LABORATORY is a playground for sonic and visual experimentation. Conceived of during the pandemic by the renowned Korean traditional multi-instrumentalist, curator, and scholar gamin, Paradise Laboratory provides musical artists with opportunities to rehearse, record, film, and perform with other musical, visual, and dance artists in an experimental, process-oriented, and artist-centered fashion.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Flute Player, Composer and Educator Elsa Nilsson was born and raised in Gothenburg, Sweden and currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. She can often be found playing at The 55 Bar, Bar Bayeux and other New York Jazz venues. Nilsson approaches music with an attitude of inclusiveness. She believes there is a space to be found in music that gives us the freedom to be exactly who we are. This leads her to make some unconventional choices as an improviser and composer where the lines between styles become blurred and rules get bent in order to serve the ultimate goal of sincere communication. Nilsson draws inspiration from every aspect of life and music that moves her, combining them through the lens of Jazz to create a deeply personal expression that she hopes is universally relatable. Nilsson is on Faculty at The New School College for Performing Arts.
https://www.elsanilssonmusic.com/
Santiago Leibson is a Brooklyn based, Argentinian born jazz pianist and composer. His music is situated in the frontier of jazz, improvised music, classical and contemporary music. As a bandleader, he has released five records: Amon (2014), Pendular (2015), Out of Orden (2016), Episodes (2018) and Little Pieces (2020). JazzTrail says about Episodes: “Episodes is a swinging album with abundant evocations of past grandeur. Thence, the trio of performers lay bare their solid command of time and space to create new narratives.”
https://www.santiagoleibson.com/
Marty Kenney has performed with musicians such as Art Lande, Billy Drummond, Rich Perry, Steve Slagle, Allan Harris, Rez Abbasi, Brandon Seabrook, Brian Krock’s Big Heart Machine, David Berkman, and the New York Standards Quartet featuring Tim Armacost and Gene Jackson. He has appeared on recordings by Steve Slagle, Allan Harris, Brian Krock’s liddle featuring Matt Mitchell, Olli Hirvonen featuring Water Smith III, and toured throughout the United States and Europe with Allan Harris, liddle, and New Helsinki, including performances at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Pori Jazz Festival, the Mosaic Festival in Romania, Umbria Winter Jazz Festival, Porretta Soul Festival, and many notable venues around the world including the Bimhuis, Shinjuku Pit Inn, Jazzclub Unterfahrt, Smalls Jazz Club, Mezzrow, Dazzle Jazz Club, Birdland, Red Rocks Amphitheater, and Blue Note NYC.
https://linktr.ee/martykenney
Born in Santiago de Chile, Rodrigo Recabarren has been in NYC since 2009. He has worked with artists as Guillermo Klein, Brad Shepik, Melissa Aldana, Camila Meza, Claudia Acuña, Rafal Sarnecki and Andre Carvallo among many others. Has performed in Europe, the United States, Asia and Latin-America in prestigious venues like the Blue Note, 55 bar, Smalls and Jazz at Lincoln Center, among many others. He is the founder of Tresillo music School in Santiago de Chile and has produced dozens of albums and tours around the world with this projects.
https://www.rodrigorecabarren.com/
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
CRS (CENTER FOR REMEMBERING & SHARING) is a spiritual healing and art center founded in 2004 by the writer/lecturer/spiritual counselor Yasuko Kasaki and artist Christopher Pelham. Our mission is guided by A Course in Miracles (ACIM). ACIM says that recognizing that you and your brother are actually one is the only way to experience peace. The mission of CRS is to promote the awareness that limitless creativity lives within each of us. We train minds to recognize the light in themselves and others and provide them opportunities to share their inner vision through the healing and creative arts. Since its founding CRS has provided numerous residencies and performance and exhibition opportunities to artists from all over the world. Currently, CRS is a multi-year sponsor of M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians), a platform created to empower, elevate, normalize and give visibility to women, non-binary musicians and those of other historically underrepresented gender identities in intersection with race, sexuality, or ability across generations in the US and worldwide, through a radical model of mentorship and musical collaborative commissions.
https://crsny.org
TICKET LINK:
https://bit.ly/3ySEeFY
COVID POLICY:
Proof of full vaccination is required to enter, no exceptions. Masks must be worn throughout. Seating is limited and includes seating on the floor. Please do not come if you are symptomatic. Ask for a refund instead or donate your ticket.
VENUE LOCATION:
The White Room at CRS
123 4th Ave FL3
New York, NY 10003
212-677-8621
DIRECTIONS:
CRS is located on the 3rd floor of a walk-up building above Think Coffee, between 12th & 13th streets, one block east of The Strand Bookstore. There is no elevator or wheelchair access.
NEAREST SUBWAY STATIONS:
4/5/6, N/R/Q, L trains to 14th St / Union Square

Four Seasons in NY: Gems of Japanese Music Vol. 24 — Summer
2022-08-28 16:00 - 17:00 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
Please join us for the summer installment of Four Seasons in New York: Gems of Japanese Music Vol. 24 featuring the acclaimed vocalist and koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura with special guest Elizabeth Brown (shakuhachi). This concert is presented by CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) and Yoko Reikano Kimura and is supported by Hogaku Journal and Mar Creation, Inc.
“…Yoko Reikano Kimura, playing the shamisen and singing, is superb….” — New York Times
“…Kimura’s voice was rich and full-bodied ….” — KC METROPLIS
[𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦】
Shiki no Tomo (by Hisamura-kengyo)
Chidori no Kyoku (by Yoshizawa-kengyo)
A piece for shamisen on the theme of Chidori (by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima)
[𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬】
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*𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧-𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝, so please make reservations in advance.
[Ticket reservation]
E-mail: info@yokoreikanokimura.com
*Please include your name and the number of tickets you wish to purchase.
*Payment will be at CRS. (Cash only)
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*𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗥𝗦 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳. We 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗗 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗗𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁, 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀.
About Four Seasons in New York – Gems of Japanese Music
New York’s music scene reflects the diverse and vibrant culture of the city. Kimura began this concert series in the fall of 2015. As a Japanese instrumentalist, she hopes to introduce the brilliance of traditional Japanese music, which is still being passed on to future generations after many centuries. Starting with the 2018-19 season, the series has featured contemporary pieces composed by living composers as well. Since the first concert, about 50 works from the classical repertoire have been introduced in the concert series. Please come and experience the sounds of koto and shamisen and enjoy the taste of the four seasons here in New York!
About past performances: https://www.yokoreikanokimura.com/projects/fourseasons/
About the Artists
YOKO REIKANO KIMURA is a distinguished virtuoso of Japanese koto, shamisen performer and singer in both traditional and contemporary music. Kimura has concertized in about 20 countries around the world based in New York and Japan. Following her studies at the Tokyo University of the Arts, she studied at Institute of Traditional Japanese Music, an affiliate of Senzoku Gakuen College of Music in Japan. Kimura was awarded a scholarship from the Agency of Cultural Affairs of Japan. Her teachers include Kono Kameyama, Akiko Nishigata and Senko Yamabiko, a Living National Treasure. Awards include the First prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition and the First prize at the 4th Great Wall International Music Competition. Kimura performed at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo, accompanying Danjuro Ichikawa XII. Her performances have been broadcasted on NHK-FM’s Hogaku no Hitotoki, NPR’s Performance Today and WKCR. As a koto soloist, Kimura has performed Daron Hagen’s Koto Concerto: Genji with the Wintergreen Music Festival Orchestra conducted by Mei-Ann Chen and several string quartets. As a shamisen soloist, she performed Kin’ichi Nakanoshima’s Shamisen Concerto at the National Olympic Memorial Youth Center.
Her performances have been featured at many opera and theater works, such as Michi Wiancko’s Murasaki’s Moon at Metropolitan Museum, Piestro Mascagni’s Iris by American Symphony Orchestra, Basil Twist’s Dogugaeshi, Yasuko Yokoshi’s Bell and many others.
Kimura is a founder of Duo YUMENO, with cellist Hikaru Tamaki. The duo received the Kyoto Aoyama Barock Saal Award in 2015, and featured at Chamber Music America’s 2016 National Conference, and performed at the John F. Kennedy Center in 2017. In 2019, the duo had its ten-year anniversary recital at Carnegie Hall.
yokoreikanokimura.com | duoyumeno.com
Elizabeth Brown combines a composing career with a diverse performing life, playing flute, shakuhachi, and theremin in a wide variety of musical circles. She is celebrated both here and in Japan for her compositions combining eastern and western sensibilities. A Juilliard graduate and Guggenheim Fellowship recipient, her music has been heard in Japan, the Soviet Union, Colombia, Australia, South Africa and Vietnam as well as across the US and Europe. She has received grants, awards and commissions from Orpheus, St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, Newband, the Asian Cultural Council, the Japan/US Friendship Commission, Meet the Composer, the Electronic Music Foundation, the Cary Trust, and NYFA. She has two solo CDs: Elizabeth Brown: Mirage (New World) and Blue Minor: Chamber Music by Elizabeth Brown (Albany), and her music is also available on CRI, Innova, and Music and Arts.
http://elizabethbrowncomposer.com

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Whirling (Sufi Dance) Practice with Live Music by Tomchess & Dan Kurfirst
2022-09-24 14:30 - 16:00 | Anahid Sofian Studio, 29 W 15th St FL6, New York, NY, 10011, United States
At long last we invite you back to join our Sufi Dance community for meditative whirling known as Samâ (spiritual listening) with live music by Tomchess and Dan Kurfirst of American Sufi Project.
Together, we create a sacred space for you to free your mind, transcend your limits, and share your light. By receiving the divinely inspired vibration of the music and developing our control of the body while surrendering the mind’s worries, let’s share the ecstasy that arises with repeated whirling.
PREVIOUS WHIRLING EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
This is not a class (i.e. there is no instruction) but an open space where we can come together to practice and is open to people of all backgrounds who whirl and follow the path of oneness. Our instructor, Sufi dance artist Paola García, and other experienced whirlers will be present.
RSVP REQUIRED
Fee: $25 via Venmo to @Christopher-Pelham-1 or cash at the door
Email chris@crsny.org to RSVP
If you have not already learned whirling from a Sufi dance teacher, please first attend one of our Sufi Dance classes to learn the basics. Private instruction is also available by appointment. Please contact us for details.
Please remember that whirling commonly induces dizziness or nausea. Avoid eating a large meal for two hours prior to class. Over time, through whirling, we learn to trust ourselves to go off balance, to be dizzy, to surrender control, allowing us to whirl for longer periods. You do not have to whirl for the entire time, but you are encouraged to explore whether your perceived limits are immutable or only self-imposed.
Please wear comfortable clothing (white, gray or black color is preferable, avoiding prints and shiny material which might distract the eye while whirling) safe for dancing in (for women your tops should have straps or cover your shoulders and you should not wear short skirts) and wear socks or soft soled shoes. If you have a whirling skirt, please feel free to bring it.
About American Sufi Project
Based in New York City, the American Sufi Project seeks to transmit through music and art, a taste of divine love. The term ‘Sufism’ encapsulates hundreds of communities across the globe all united by a simple intention – to elevate consciousness, purify the heart and connect people with a greater love and higher power.
‎American Sufi Project on Apple Music
About Musician Tomchess
Tomchess (oud, ney, morsing) is a New York City–based multi-instrumentalist, improviser, and composer who has played and recorded with some of the most esteemed players in the improvisational scene (Dewey Redman, Butch Morris, Pharoah Sanders, Drew Gress, Ronald Shannon Jackson) as well as Moroccan sintarist Hassan Hakmoun. He has performed around the world and at New York City venues like Lincoln Center, the Turkish and Pakistani embassies, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the United Nations He has played on Grammy-nominated recordings and was awarded grants from the Turkish American Society and the Maryland Council for the Arts. In 2012 he was nominated for an Independent Music Award.
https://tomchess.bandcamp.com/
About Musician Dan Kurfirst
Dan Kurfirst is an NYC based percussionist, composer and improviser. Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, his music is a product of his good fortune to have been brought up amongst people of all different cultures and master practitioners of varying musical styles.
He has performed extensively in the New York City world music and improvised music scenes for years and has performed with various groups throughout Europe, India and the Middle East. Venues performed at include The John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The Stone, OkeeChobee Festival, Roulette, Alwan for the Arts, Nublu, Rabindra Sadan Cultural Center of Kolkata, Barbes and The Vision Festival.
http://dankurfirstmusic.com/bio/
