Kiirtan Academy Intensive Course (Monday 4th – Sunday 10th November 2024)

Jyoshna · 09/15/2024

Kiirtan Academy Intensive Course (Monday 4th – Sunday 10th November 2024) 7pm Irish time

Are You Ready To Transform Your Kiirtan?

Are you having doubts or insecurities about being an Effective Kiirtan Leader or Participant? Do you want to Improve Your Technique, Grow your Confidence and Connections as well as Expand your Repertoire? Do you want to Establish a Firm Foundation for your Kiirtan Success?

The Course will cover Seven Key Aspects

– 1 / The Unwritten History of Rarh the homeland of the Kiirtan Tradition.

A. My journey of discovery: From the first time I saw Rarhi Kiirtan in 2001 till 2018, how it transformed my life
B. Why Rarhi kiirtan is described as “outstanding and unparalleled” (Sarkar, P.R., 1980)
C. How does it impact upon our own Kiirtan?

– 2 / Grasp the Three Key Concepts of Kiirtan Science

A. What is mantra science?
B. Kiirtan dance – Why these particular movements?
C. What instrumental sounds resonate with our deepest inner self?

– 3 / Grow Your Awareness of Kiirtan Aesthetics, Devotional Practice And Repertoire

A. How to grow our repertoire’s
B. What’s the need of a kiirtan infrastructure?
C. What are kiirtan highlights?
D. Why do we need a pure and beautiful kiirtan environment?
E. What ideation do we use in Kiirtan?
F. Why is kiirtan a service?

– 4 / The Art of Collaboration, Leadership and Creative Connections

A. The sacred triangle of lead roles
B. Collaboration and revolutionary marriage?
C. Leadership and kiirtan as a mission

– 5 / The Beauty and Benefits of Kiirtan Etiquette

A. Three magical words – ‘Gaining permission’
B. ‘Refraining’ from changing original others tunes
C. ‘Tolerating’ differences, uniqueness, the unexpected…

– 6 / Key Roles in Creating a Successful Kiirtan

A. Key roles in our kiirtan teams
B. Starting humbly
C. Ending triumphantly

– 7 / Solving Issues With Your Own Kiirtan

You will gain a Certificate of Completion from the Kiirtan Academy if you are present and participating in the course. When we take ourselves seriously so will others, and we will bring the change we hope to see in this neo humanist society.

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Jyoshna La Trobe

In 2010 Jyoshna La Trobe completed her PhD in Music at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London on Marai Kirtan and the Performance of Ecstasy in the Purulia District of West Bengal, India.

Jyoshna’s research focuses on the music culture of West Bengal (Rarh), India and indigenous people’s music in general. She is the first person to complete a PhD on Kiirtan and has her own Collection (C1211) of audio visual material at the British Library World Music Sound Archives.

Jyoshna has worked with experimental such as Turiiya, From Scratch, Eastranzwest (NZ), and devotional music groups such as RAWA (UK), Matrika (Brazil) and Modhurasa (New Zealand) as well as with Prahla’d (France) on Prabhat Samgiit songs. Her music has featured on Brazilian TV, Norwegian TV, and more recently in New Zealand radio and films.