Events and Concerts



Samavesha presents

Partnering the Moment


Workshop with Dance Monks.

Live music by Laura Inserra (May 2nd only).

Thursdays May 2nd and 9th    6-8pm

$30 Full Workshop | $20 One Day

Please register at: http://partneringthemoment.eventbrite.com


Rose Labyrinth
2138 Cedar St. Berkeley, CA 94709
(10min. walking from Downtown Berkeley Bart Station)

Be moved by the landscape of the present moment with a curious mind and open heart. Sharpen your capacity to listen with the whole body in order to create dances that are connected, sensitive, powerful and honest. Participants explore moving through breath, awareness, and clear impulse with live music, as well as learn self healing acupressure techniques.

Mark your calendars for an intimate evening of improvisation with live music and dance by Laura Inserra, DANCE MONKS, and invited guests.
Saturday June 1, 7pm at the Rose Labyrinth.

www.dancemonks.com

www.laurainserra.com
www.samavesha.org


Samavesha presents


Hearken Music

hear by listening to the sound

 

 

An acoustic concert inside the resonant Rose Labyrinth,

featuring Cornelius Shinzen Boots on Shakuhachi (zen flutes), Mark Deutsch on Bazantar (the five-string double bass with four additional drone strings and 29 sympathetic strings), Laura Inserra on Hang (the resonating percussive sonic sculpture), Blossom Bells (tuned conical bells), and Khene (Southeast Asian bamboo pipe organ). 

 

This is going to be another unforgettable evening, in a powerful space, with ancient and modern instruments of sacred and profound sounds.


Check out the video of the last sold out concert: http://youtu.be/DbFPsm9224w

 

Saturday May 11, at 7:30pm

Q&A after the concert

 

Rose Labyrinth

2138 Cedar St. Berkeley 94709

(10min. walking from Downtown Berkeley Bart Station)


This concert will sell out pretty soon, please reserve your seat at
http://roselabyrinthtrinity.eventbrite.com


www.samavesha.org




Samavesha presents

a Cave Concert Experience with


Into the Sound





Laura Inserra - Hang and Khene

Alyssa DeCaro - Body of Sound

& members of Gamelan X

Dan Bales, Lydia Martin, Keenan Pepper, and Daniel Yasmin


Saturday, May 18 2013  9:30pm


More info and tickets on the website

www.caveconcert.org






Past events and concerts



Presented by Zach Pine Nature Sculpture and Samavesha

9th Annual Free Create-With-Nature Earth Day Celebration

Saturday, April 20, 2013     11am - 3pm 

South end of Stinson Beach, Marin County, California

FREE


Celebrate Earth Day by creating art on the beach! Join in as community members, professional artists, and passers-by construct sculpture using sand, rocks, shells, seaweed and other beach treasures. In past years, we've stacked rock towers, made spirals from seaweed, planted a forest of "trees" made of driftwood, and created dragons, fairies, and abstract designs. During this playful event, participants work alone and in groups, transforming the beach into an evolving outdoor sculpture gallery. The intention behind the event is to create an experience that will inspire and energize people to care for and protect the earth not only on Earth Day, but throughout the year. The event starts with beach cleanup. We supply bags and gloves.


More info here: www.earthdaystinsonbeach.org






Samavesha presents


Playing my Roots

A solo concert in memory of my father




Playing my Roots is a solo concert by Laura Inserra in memory of her father. She will play Tammorra (Sicilian drum), Djembe’ (African drum), Hang (PanArt sculpture), Khene (Southeast Asian bamboo pipe organ), Udu (Indian ceramic drum), Thumb Piano, Blossom Bells and many more instruments that have defined her roots and musical style.


Come and join us in this immersion into the European world

and its global musical influences.


Sunday April 14, 2013    4pm


Garden Gate Creativity Center

2911 Claremont Ave. (@ Ashby Ave.) Berkeley


Sliding Scale $10-20

Tickets at http://playingmyroots.eventbrite.com


www.samavesha.org






Meridian Music: Composers in Performance in collaboration with Samavesha presents


Eavesdrop the Now




Laura Inserra - Hang and multi instruments

special guest Darren Gibbs - Electric guitar with custom looping software


Wednesday April 10th, 2013 

Meet the Artists Reception 6pm

Solo Concert 7:30pm


Meridian Gallery - 535 Powell St  San Francisco, CA

(415) 398-7229


$15 general; $10 students/seniors; $25 "support the arts"

Tickets at http://eavesdropthenow.eventbrite.com


An evening of immersion into the inspiring timbers of an unusual collection of instruments. Allow yourself to connect with deep listening…

to the sound, your senses, your inner space.


Laura Inserra will also present a visual art installation called Laugrafia,

visual art work created on slides treated with a scratching technique.




Supported in part by the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation.


www.meridiangallery.org          www.samavesha.org


TRANSPORTATION: Meridian Gallery is located one and a half blocks north of Union Square in downtown San Francisco. A short walk from the Powell BART station, and multiple MUNI bus lines.

Please see 511.org to find the fastest way to get to us via public transportation.

PARKING: Street parking can be difficult, though not impossible. The Sutter-Stockton garage, one block east of Meridian, is easily accessible and reasonably priced. Entrances are on Bush Street (traveling east) and on Stockton Street (traveling north from Union Square). Parking is also available in the Union Square garage which has a number of entrances around the square, and is two blocks from the gallery.


More info here...






Samavesha presents


Hearken Music

hear by listening to the sound


Saturday, March 9, 2013 7:30pm


Cornelius Boots - Shakuhachi

Mark Deutsch - Bazantar


 


Berkeley Rose Labyrinth

2138 Cedar St. Berkeley 94709

(10min. walking from Downtown Berkeley Bart Station)

Sliding Scale $10-15


Reserve your seats. This show is going to sold out!

labyrinthconcert.eventbrite.com


http://www.facebook.com/events/212370072238549/



 

www.samavesha.org






Samavesha presents


Laura Inserra + Taluna


Sunday December 9, 6:30pm

Red Poppy ArtHouse

2698 Folsom St. - San Francisco

http://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/taluna-laura-inserra/


AND


Sunday December 16, 2012 - 7pm

Subterranean Arthouse

2179 Bancroft Way - Berkeley

http://subterraneanarthouse.org/events/sunday-1216th-7pm-taluna-laura-inserra/


About Taluna

A common thread runs from Dubrovnik to Vukovar, passing through Belgrade, touching lightly  Tirana and  Athens. A thread flowing underwater touching Brindisi and passing through Mediterranean, skimming the Andalusia coast. A thread moves on guitars and violins chords, rebounds on leather drums curving on the accordion keys. Knot of  these connections, these are Taluna. Band formed by four musicians with different roots and backgrounds, moving their first steps in 2008 in Turin (Italy); an immigrant’s city become a meltin’pot  of Central Europe and North Africa cultures. GAIA MOBILIJ Calabrian lyre and accordion, MARCO GHEZZO violin, LUCA RUSSO acoustic guitar, PEPPINO LEONE percussions and traditional Southern Italian frame drums are the means of this mental, spatial and musical voyage between gipsy and sephardic sounds, Balcans syncopated rhythms and the obsessed tarantella. 

Gaia Mobilij: vocals,accordion,lyra

Giuseppe Leone: percussions,vocals

Marco Ghezzo: violin

Luca Russo: guitar

www.taluna.it
www.reverbnation.com/taluna





Samavesha presents


FUN-raising Auction
Saturday, September 8
5-9pm
Garden Gate Creativity Center
2911 Claremont Ave. (@ Ashby Ave.) Berkeley
www.gardengatecreate.com

Read more...http://www.gardengatecreate.com/http://www.facebook.com/events/403367906394515/shapeimage_23_link_0shapeimage_23_link_1



Art in Nature: The Nature of Art Festival

annual FREE admission multidisciplinary performing arts Festival located at the

Stream Trail of Redwood Regional Park in Oakland, California


Shuttle Bus Depot and Parking Lot at Merritt College

12500 Campus Drive, Oakland, CA 94619


Sunday September 23, 2012

from 11am to 5pm


Experience participatory art that is in relationship with nature,

and shows the creative process of the artists.


Stroll along the mile-long Stream Trail of Redwood Regional Park and experience more than 200 artists and performers tucked among the meadows, redwoods and oaks in this family, bicycle and dog friendly festival.

Experience art in nature and delve into the nature of art in 12 Theme Areas featuring music, dance, sculpture, painting, martial arts, poetry, body painting, circus arts, theater, visual arts, storytelling, arts & crafts and kids events.


Bring a picnic lunch! There will be two food tracks outside the trail but

NO vendors, or items for sale in the festival.


While no admission is charged for the festival, the Redwood Regional Park parking has a $5 fee, it is very limited and will fill up by the crew and volunteers early Sunday morning. For that reason this year there will be a shuttle bus running throughout the day from nearby Merritt College. Park there and begin your adventure early with an entertaining ten minute ride to the entrance of the festival. While we are planning to have enough capacity to handle the expected crowd, the shuttle capacity is limited so we highly recommend to buy your ticket now!

http://artinnaturefestival2012.eventbrite.com


Click here for information on getting to the festival!


We invite you to make a donation so that the festival can be sustainable and free.


www.artinnaturefestival.org







Samavesha presents


a Cave Concert Experience with


The Eternal Presence


Bay Area Didjeridu Orchestra

led by Alan Tower & Stephen Kent.


10th anniversary celebration of the original Eternal Presence concert that launched the Cave Concert Series in 2002.


Saturday, May 5 9:30pm


Hawk Hill Tunnel - Marin Headlands, Sausalito

Hawk Hill Tunnel is located in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA)


A tunnel that is transformed, for one night only, into an enchanted Cave.


Click HERE to buy tickets!

Advance tickets only. No tickets will be sold at the event.


www.caveconcert.org






Samavesha presents

in partnership with Zach Pine


8th Annual Free Create-With-Nature

Earth Day Celebration


April 21, 2012, 11am - 3pm,

South end of Stinson Beach, Marin County, California.


FREE


READ MORE...






Samavesha presents


Novilunio

a world music fusion project by

Laura Inserra & Elizabeth Setzer with Evan Fraser.

Sunday, April 1, 2012  6pm


Numi Tea Garden

2230 Livingston Street, Oakland, CA 94606


FREE admission!

We rely on your generosity!


20% discount on loose-leaf tea by the cup. Bagged tea by the cup

will be donation based. Snacks and light bites available.


www.novilunio.org


Novilunio, the Italian term for 'new moon', is a world fusion music project created by multi-instrumentalist Laura Inserra and vocalist/pianist Elizabeth Setzer. Their music combines traditional folk songs from the Balkans and Caucasus region with original and improvised elements. Most of the instruments played belong to various ancient traditions from around the world, while others are contemporary inventions. The concert will feature guest musicians Evan Fraser (multi-instrumentalist from Hamsa Lila and Stella Mara).






Samavesha presents

Musical Journeys

A live concert series of modern global music and selected fine tea.


Sunday, February 19 2012  6pm


with

Laura Inserra (multi-instrumentalist), Hasmik Harutyunyan (Armenian singer), Aharon Wheels Bolsta (tablas, bansuri, percussion), Elizabeth Setzer (singer), Evan Fraser (multi-instrumentalist), Cornelius Boots (shakuhachi flutes, bass clarinet), Jesse Sheehan (tabla, bansuri, sax) & more ...


FREE admission!

We rely on your generosity!


20% discount on loose-leaf tea by the cup. Bagged tea by the cup will be donation based. Snacks and light bites available.


Musical Journeys are curated by Laura Inserra


www.musicaljourneys.org


‘All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.’

  1. -Martin Buber

  2. -

READ MORE...


CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL CALENDAR






Samavesha presents


Musical Journeys


A live concert series of modern global music and selected fine tea.


Sunday, March 25, 2012  6pm


Tbird Luv - flute, voice, ukulele

and

Laura Inserra - Hang, percussion



Every Sunday, 6pm to 8pm


FREE admission!

We rely in your generosity!


Numi Tea Garden

2230 Livingston Street

Oakland, CA 94606


20% discount on loose-leaf tea by the cup. Bagged tea by the cup will be donation based. Snacks and light bites available.


www.musicaljourneys.org


Musical Journeys is a series of Sunday evening live concerts of modern global music produced by Samavesha (www.samavesha.org) and curated by Laura Inserra (www.lauraiserra.com). This series hosts extraordinary local and international musicians, with unique musical styles, bringing the audience on various 'musical journeys'. Check the calendar or the past journeys to know more about the amazing variety of musicians that have been playing so far. We look forward to having you joining us in one of our ‘musical journeys’. See you there...






Samavesha presents


Novilunio

a world music fusion project by

Laura Inserra & Elizabeth Setzer

with Evan Fraser (multi-instrumentalist), Briget Boyle and Janet Kutulas (vocalists from Kitka Women's Vocal Ensemble), and Armenian folk singer Hasmik Harutyunyan.

Friday, March 9, 2012  8pm


Sliding scale $10-20


Subterranean Arthouse

2179 Bancroft Way - Berkeley, CA 94704


Free metered parking after 6pm. There are garages nearby. After 7pm, parking is available in the neighboring car wash lot but you should pay $5 to the gas station on Fulton and Kittredge. Subterranean Arthouse is located three blocks southeast of the Downtown Berkeley BART station.



Novilunio, the Italian term for 'new moon', is a world fusion music project created by multi-instrumentalist Laura Inserra and vocalist/pianist Elizabeth Setzer. Their music combines traditional folk songs from the Balkans and Caucasus region with original and improvised elements. Most of the instruments played belong to various ancient traditions from around the world, while others are contemporary inventions. The concert will feature guest musicians Evan Fraser (multi-instrumentalist from Hamsa Lila and Stella Mara), Briget Boyle, and Janet Kutulas (singers from Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble).



Laura Inserra is a vibrant and talented composer, multi-instrumentalist, teacher and artistic director. She is a classically trained musician with a strong improvisational background who utilizes multiple musical and performance skills. A native of Sicily, her work in Italy is well- known, including integral participation in the composition of numerous movie scores and the artistic direction of innovative live productions. In 2007, Inserra founded SAMAVESHA, an international non-profit multidisciplinary performing art organization. Audiences worldwide are mesmerized by her musical virtuosity and captivated by the passion she brings to the stage. www.laurainserra.com



Elizabeth Setzer is an American musician, she received the BA in music at Mills College in Oakland, CA. Elizabeth studied Bulgarian folk singing with Svetla Stanilova at the Academy of Music in Plovdiv, Bulgaria on a Fulbright grant for one year. During this time she performed with the Phillipopoly Folk Ensemble, and studied the tambura with Vladimir Vladimirov. In January 2009 she began to sing with KITKA Women's Vocal Ensemble in Oakland, California, and now she is the group’s Music Director. www.kitka.org






Evan Fraser is a multi-instrumentalist, performer and recording artist currently based in the Bay Area. Evan graduated from CalArts in LA with a BFA degree in World Music. His teachers include: John Bergamo, Randy Gloss, Alfred & Kobla Ladzekpo, Sulley Imoro, Nyomen Wenton, Jim Santi Owen, Mark Growden, Hamsa Lila, Mamadou Sidibe & Yakouba Diarra. Some of the instruments Evan plays are: electric kalimba, mbira, marimbula (bass kalimba), kalimbas in different keys, jaw harp, (jew's harp, mouth harp) in all keys from many different countries, frame drums, berimbau, pandeiro, dumbek, zabumba (bass drum), calabash, and anything else he can get his hands on! http://www.reverbnation.com/evanfraser



Prior to joining Kitka in 2004, Briget Boyle attended the College of Santa Fe as a Music Performance and Composition major. Currently she performs with Kitka, the award-winning Balkan brass band Brass Menažeri, and True Life Trio. In 2006 and 2007, she was the Assistant Director of the Jewish Music Festival in Berkeley and is now working as Kitka’s Ensemble Manager. www.kitka.org






Janet Kutulas had a former career as a freelance flutist in the San Francisco and Chicago areas, playing in the EARPLAY New Music Ensemble, California Symphony, Berkeley Symphony, SF Symphony’s New and Unusual Music Series, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Illinois Philharmonic, and other groups. She has been a Kitka singer since 1988, and was a music director of the group from 1997 - 2010. www.kitka.org






Hasmik Harutyunyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia. Hasmik graduated from a music institute and pedagogical university, in vocal and physics/mathematics departments. She was a long-time soloist in the Armenian National Radio's Akunq Folk Ensemble and is now soloist for Yerevan's Shoghaken Folk Ensemble. Hasmik has recorded several CDs, for Traditional Crossroads and Face Music (Switzerland), in which folk music from different regions of Historic Armenia are presented. Her purpose is for this music to be preserved, passed on to coming generations, and presented across the world. Her recording “Armenian Lullabies: Hasmik Harutyunyan with the Shoghaken Ensemble” was recognized by the New York Times as the best Armenian recording worldwide. For Hasmik, music is life itself — its happiness, sadness, and struggle. She feels it is her responsibility to keep traditional Armenian music alive, and to keep it free from foreign influence. She believes Armenian music is a living thing, not meant for history books. Read more...




Samavesha presents

Novilunio

a new musical project by

Laura Inserra & Elizabeth Setzer with Evan Fraser (multi-instrumentalist)

Sunday, January 8, 2012  6pm


Numi Tea Garden

2230 Livingston Street

Oakland, CA 94606



www.numiteagarden.com


FREE admission!

We rely on your generosity!


20% discount on loose-leaf tea by the cup. Bagged tea by the cup

will be donation based. Snacks and light bites available.


www.novilunio.org


Laura Inserra is a vibrant and talented composer, multi-instrumentalist, teacher and artistic director. She is a classically trained musician with a strong improvisational background who utilizes multiple musical and performance skills. A native of Sicily, her work in Italy is well- known, including integral participation in the composition of numerous movie scores and the artistic direction of innovative live productions. In 2007, Inserra founded SAMAVESHA, an international non-profit multidisciplinary performing art organization.  Audiences worldwide are mesmerized by her musical virtuosity and captivated by the passion she brings to the stage. More info...



Elizabeth Setzer is an American musician, she received the BA in music at Mills College in Oakland, CA. Elizabeth studied Bulgarian folk singing with Svetla Stanilova at the Academy of Music in Plovdiv, Bulgaria on a Fulbright grant for one year. During this time she performed with the Phillipopoly Folk Ensemble, and studied the tambura with Vladimir Vladimirov. In January 2009 she began to sing with KITKA Women's Vocal Ensemble in Oakland, California, and now she is the group’s Music Director. More info...








Evan Fraser is a multi-instrumentalist, performer and recording artist currently based in the Bay Area. Evan graduated from CalArts in LA with a BFA degree in World Music. His teachers include: John Bergamo, Randy Gloss, Alfred & Kobla Ladzekpo, Sulley Imoro, Nyomen Wenton, Jim Santi Owen, Mark Growden, Hamsa Lila, Mamadou Sidibe & Yakouba Diarra. Some of the instruments Evan plays are: electric kalimba, mbira, marimbula (bass kalimba), kalimbas in different keys, jaw harp, (jew's harp, mouth harp) in all keys from many different countries, frame drums, berimbau, pandeiro, dumbek, zabumba (bass drum), calabash, caxixi, clave, guiro, bells, quarkeba (metal castentets), tamborine, bottles, overtone flute, ney, spoons, bones, & shakers (so many kinds!). Kamale Ngoni (an african harp similar to a kora) in several keys, lap steel slide guitar, electric lap steel, dan bau, cigar box slide guitar, & resophonic slide dobro, harmonica in several keys, and anything else he can get his hands on! More info...




Samavesha presents

Musical Journeys

A live concert series of modern global music and selected fine tea.


Sunday, February 19 2012  6pm


with

Laura Inserra (multi-instrumentalist), Hasmik Harutyunyan (Armenian singer), Aharon Wheels Bolsta (tablas, bansuri, percussion), Elizabeth Setzer (singer), Evan Fraser (multi-instrumentalist), Cornelius Boots (shakuhachi flutes, bass clarinet), Jesse Sheehan (tabla, bansuri, sax)

& more ...


FREE admission!

We rely on your generosity!


20% discount on loose-leaf tea by the cup. Bagged tea by the cup will be donation based. Snacks and light bites available.


Musical Journeys are curated by Laura Inserra


www.musicaljourneys.org


‘All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.’

  1. -Martin Buber

  2. -

READ MORE...


CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL CALENDAR






Samavesha presents

in partnership with Zach Pine


8th Annual Free Create-With-Nature Earth Day Celebration


April 21, 2012, 11am - 3pm,

South end of Stinson Beach, Marin County, California.


FREE


READ MORE...






Samavesha presents


Art in Nature: The Nature of Art Festival

annual FREE multidisciplinary performing arts Festival located at the


Stream Trail of Redwood Regional Park in Oakland, California


Sunday September 23, 2012

from 11am to 5pm


Experience participatory art that is in relationship with nature, and shows the creative process of the artists.


www.artinnaturefestival.org






Samavesha presents


Musical Journeys


A live concert series of modern global music

and selected fine tea.



Every Sunday, 6pm to 8pm


FREE admission!

We rely in your generosity!


Numi Tea Garden

2230 Livingston Street

Oakland, CA 94606


20% discount on loose-leaf tea by the cup. Bagged tea by the cup will be donation based. Snacks and light bites available.


Click here to see the calendar


www.musicaljourneys.org






Samavesha presents

Musical Journeys with

Novilunio

a new musical project by

Laura Inserra & Elizabeth Setzer

with Evan Fraser (multi-instrumentalist)

Sunday, January 8, 2012  6pm


Numi Tea Garden

2230 Livingston Street

Oakland, CA 94606



www.numiteagarden.com


FREE admission!

We rely on your generosity!


20% discount on loose-leaf tea by the cup. Bagged tea by the cup

will be donation based. Snacks and light bites available.


www.novilunio.org






Samavesha presents

Musical Journeys

music to fill your heart, tea to nourish your soul




Sunday, December 11, 2011 6pm


Russell Ives Quartet


Come enjoy live concert series of modern global music and selected fine tea.



FREE admission!

We rely on your generosity!


Numi Tea Garden

2230 Livingston Street

Oakland, CA 94606

www.numiteagarden.com


20% discount on loose-leaf tea by the cup. Bagged tea by the cup

will be donation based. Snacks and light bites available.


Musical Journeys are curated by Laura Inserra


www.musicaljourneys.org






Samavesha presents

Musical Journeys

music to fill your heart, tea to nourish your soul




Sunday, October 9, 2011

6pm


Laura Inserra & guest musicians


Come enjoy live concert series of modern global music and selected fine tea.



FREE admission!

We rely on your generosity!


Numi Tea Garden

2230 Livingston Street

Oakland, CA 94606

www.numiteagarden.com


20% discount on loose-leaf tea by the cup. Bagged tea by the cup

will be donation based. Snacks and light bites available.


Musical Journeys are curated by Laura Inserra


www.musicaljourneys.org


www.samavesha.org


Read more...






Samavesha presents


Art in Nature: The Nature of Art Festival

A FREE multidisciplinary art festival

bringing together artists, community and nature.


Sunday October 2, 2011

Stream Trail of Redwood Regional Park, Oakland, CA


FREE


Stroll along the nearly
1 mile Stream Trail of Redwood Regional Park and be entertained by more than 120 artists and performers tucked among the meadows, redwoods and oaks in this unique and successful family, bicycles & dog friendly Festival.
Enjoy roaming performances and 12 Theme Areas of live music, dance, sculpture, painting, martial arts, poetry, henna tattoo, circus arts, theater, visual arts, storytelling, arts & crafts and kids events.
The festival is FREE to the public in our State Regional Park! 


We invite you to make a donation so that we can bring this FREE festival to the public.


Consider this as an opportunity to support over 120 art makers simultaneously, and also encourage more use of our public parks ...

... a very rare opportunity indeed!!


There will be NO exchange of money in the Park but only a full immersion into art and beauty!

Read more...


www.ArtinNatureFestival.org









Samavesha presents

in partnership with the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco


Hearken Music: hear by listening to the sound.


A duo concert with renowned Maestro Laura Inserra

and multi-instrumentalist Evan Fraser


Friday September 23, 2011 7:30pm


Italian Cultural Institute

814 Montgomery Street, San Francisco


Admission is $15/general, $7/members of the IIC RSVP (415) 788-7142 x18


Read more...








Musical Journeys

music to fill your heart, tea to nourish your soul


Every Saturday from 8-10pm with great international musicians,

organic vegan food and selected fine tea.


Saturday September 10, 8pm to 10pm


Tom Lattanand (guitar)


FREE admission!

We rely on your generosity!


Fine teas and organic vegan food available.


Om Shan Tea

233 14th St, San Francisco

(between Mission & South Van Ness)

3 blocks from 16th/Mission BART

www.omshantea.com


www.samavesha.org


Read more...








Musical Journeys

music to fill your heart, tea to nourish your soul


Saturday September 3, 8pm to 10pm


Laura Inserra (multi-instrumentalist)

with great guest musicians!


FREE admission!

We rely on your generosity!


Fine teas and organic vegan food available.


Om Shan Tea

233 14th St, San Francisco

(between Mission & South Van Ness)

3 blocks from 16th/Mission BART

www.omshantea.com


Read more...








History and development of percussion instruments

From ancient times to the modern Era.


Workshop with renowned percussionist Maestro

Laura Inserra


Fridays September 9th and 16th

from 7pm to 9pm


RSVP (415) 788-7142 x18


The workshop will be followed by a solo concert with Laura Inserra

on Friday September 23rd at 7:30pm


Italian Cultural Institute

814 Montgomery Street • San Francisco

www.sfiic.org


In this workshop we will explore the evolution of percussion instruments, their cultural implications and how to develop and express rhythms.


Read more...






Ancient forms of musical expression

Voice and rhythm workshop with

Elizabeth Setzer and Laura Inserra


Fridays August 19th and 26th

from 7pm to 9pm


Italian Cultural Institute

814 Montgomery Street • San Francisco

www.sfiic.org


Explore voice and rhythm practices rooted in Eastern European folk singing and rhythmic traditions from around the world.

Read more...







Laura Inserra Concert

with special Evan Fraser and Elisabeth Setzer


Thursday Aug. 4, 2011

12:30pm


FREE


Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

701 Mission Street

San Francisco, CA 94103

(Esplanade)


Audiences worldwide are captivated by the virtuosity, profound musicality and the passion that Sicilian-born Laura Inserra brings to the stage. A vibrant composer and multi-instrumentalist, Inserra is a classically trained musician with a strong improvisational background. She will perform a solo concert on the Hang, a resonating percussion instrument related to the steel drum, song, gamelan and ghatam. In the Bernese language ‘Hang’ means ‘hand’ and the Hang is made, tuned and played by hand. Created in 2000 in Switzerland by Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer of the PANArt Company, its sound evokes an exquisite and delicate inner landscape of spaciousness and vitality.


Read more...








Musical Journeys

music to fill your heart, tea to nourish your soul


Every Saturday from 7-10pm with great international musicians,

organic vegan food and selected fine tea.


Saturday August 6, 8pm


Laura Inserra (Hang, percussion)

&

Elizabeth Setzer (voice, Bulgarian tambura)



FREE admission!

We rely on your generosity!


Read more...


Om Shan Tea

233 14th St, San Francisco

(between Mission & South Van Ness)

3 blocks from 16th/Mission BART

www.omshantea.com


www.samavesha.org








Musical Journeys

music to fill your heart, tea to nourish your soul


Every Saturday from 7-10pm with great international musicians,

organic vegan food and selected fine tea.


Saturday July 30, 7pm to 10pm

Music starts at 8pm


with

Fruiting Bodies

A'capella/blues/experimental (Montreal, Canada)


This Montreal-based trio is composed of avant-folk vocalists Eleuthera Diconca-Lippert, Stefanie Dimitrovas & Meghan Beth Riley. Their music wraps the listeners in a warm blanket of sound, luring them into the world of unconscious thought and feeling lying beneath the surface of our minds, and meditating on the fertility of our bodies.


FREE admission!

We rely on your generosity!


Om Shan Tea

233 14th St, San Francisco

(between Mission & South Van Ness)

3 blocks from 16th/Mission BART

www.omshantea.com


www.samavesha.org








Musical Journeys

music to fill your heart, tea to nourish your soul


Every Saturday from 7-10pm with great international musicians,

organic vegan food and selected fine tea.


Saturday July 23, 7pm to 10pm

Music starts at 8pm


with

Russell Ives Trio (Mandolin, Guitar, Percussion, Vocals)

featuring

Laura Inserra (percussion, Hang)

Russell Simon (bass, vocals)



FREE admission!

We rely on your generosity!


Join us this Saturday at Om Shan Tea: Musical Journeys with

Bay Area musician Russell Ives Trio.

A journey around the world filled with lush soundscapes,

hypnotic melodies and soaring vocal harmonies.


Click here to know more about Russell Ives music.


Om Shan Tea

233 14th St, San Francisco

(between Mission & South Van Ness)

3 blocks from 16th/Mission BART

www.omshantea.com


www.samavesha.org








Samavesha

in partnership with the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco

presents

Mediterranean Rhapsody


with

Barbara Eramo (voice and guitar)

& Laura Inserra (Hang and percussion)


Featuring Elizabeth Setzer (voice, piano and Bulgarian tambura)


Friday, July 8, 2011 at 7:30 pm

RSVP (415) 788-7142 x18

Admission is $15/general, $7/members of the IIC


Italian Cultural Institute

814 Montgomery Street • San Francisco

www.sfiic.org


www.samavesha.org


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Samavesha presents


Musical Journeys

music to fill your heart, tea to nourish your soul


Every Saturday from 7-10pm with great international musicians,

organic vegan food and selected fine tea.


Saturday July 9, 7pm to 10pm

Music starts at 8pm


with

Better than Wine


FREE admission!

We rely on your generosity!


Om Shan Tea

233 14th St, San Francisco

(between Mission & South Van Ness)

3 blocks from 16th/Mission BART

www.omshantea.com


www.samavesha.org








Samavesha presents


a Cave Concert Experience with


Kitka - Women's Vocal Ensemble
Exquisite Harmonies from Eastern Europe and Beyond


&



Laura Inserra

Renowned HANG Virtuoso


featuring Temple of Poi,

Barbara Eramo and Mihyun Lee


Saturday June 25th, 2011 9:30 pm


Hawk Hill Tunnel - Marin Headlands, Sausalito

Hawk Hill Tunnel is located in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA)


Join us for this special evening where hauntingly beautiful songs

merge with otherworldly resonances.

All this inside a tunnel that is transformed, for one night only,

into an enchanted Cave.


Click here to buy tickets!

Advance tickets only. No tickets will be sold at the event.


Past Cave Concerts have always sold out, so please buy the tickets in advance and don't miss this exciting opportunity.


Hawk Hill Tunnel
is located in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA).

The Tunnel offers incredible resonance and is sealed off on one end by the event crew and transformed into a Cave.


This year we will bring to you a very special concert!


Visit the official website: www.CaveConcert.org






Samavesha presents


Musical Journeys

music to fill your heart, tea to nourish your soul




Every Saturday from 7-10pm with great international musicians,

organic vegan food and selected fine tea.


Saturday June 25, 7pm to 10pm

Music starts at 8pm


with

Evan Fraser

(kalimba, ngoni, jaw harp, percussion and more)


FREE admission!

We rely on your generosity!


Om Shan Tea

233 14th St, San Francisco

(between Mission & South Van Ness)

3 blocks from 16th/Mission BART

www.omshantea.com


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Samavesha presents


Musical Journeys

music to fill your heart, tea to nourish your soul




Come enjoy live music with great international musicians, organic vegan food, and selected fine tea.


Saturday June 4, 7pm to 10pm

Music starts at 8pm


with

Barbara Eramo (voice) & Laura Inserra (Hang, percussion)


FREE admission!

We rely on your generosity!


Om Shan Tea

233 14th St, San Francisco

(between Mission & South Van Ness)

3 blocks from 16th/Mission BART

www.omshantea.com


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Samavesha presents


FUN(d)RAISER Party




Featuring artists:

Laura Inserra (Hang and percussion), TBird Luv (flute and ukalele), Bar Shacterman (sculpture), Cornelius Boots (shakuhachi flute), Shay Nicolson (voice), Mihyun Lee (dance), Banana Lazuli (voice and piano), Goh Kurosawa (guitar), Ron Tofanelli (Dj set)


and Samavesha's premiere residency artist, Italian singer Barbara Eramo


Friday June 3rd, 2011  

7:30pm


Sliding Scale $10 or more...                Buy TICKETS now!!!


The NeXus

Post-industrial Temple

1414 Harbour Way South, #1010, Richmond, CA

Click here for the directions!


We will raffle off two tickets to a unique Cave Concert in the Hawk Hill Tunnel, Marin Headlands, featuring the women's group Kitka, Laura Inserra & The Temple of Poi.

www.CaveConcert.org


Come and join in the FUN with us! Snacks and drinks will be available.


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Samavesha presents


Musical Journeys

...music to fill your heart, tea to nourish your soul.


Every Saturday from 7-10pm with great international musicians,

organic food and fine teas service.


Saturday May 28th, 7-10pm



with

Cornelius Boots (Shakuhachi flutes) & Laura Inserra (Hang, percussion)


Suggested donation $10

Fine teas and organic vegan food available.


Om Shan Tea

233 14th St, San Francisco

(between Mission & South Van Ness)

3 blocks from 16th/Mission BART

www.omshantea.com


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Samavesha

in partnership with Zach Pine

presents


7th Annual Free Create-With-Nature Earth Day Celebration


April 16, 2011, from 11am to 3pm,

South end of Stinson Beach, Marin County, California.

FREE


Featuring Samavesha artists.


Celebrate Earth Day by creating art on the beach! Join in as community members, professional artists, and passers-by construct sculpture using sand, rocks, shells, seaweed and other beach treasures.
In past years, beachgoers stacked rock towers, made spirals from seaweed, planted a forest of "trees" made of driftwood, and created dragons, fairies, and abstract designs. During the event, the beach is transformed into an outdoor sculpture gallery, with unexpected connections among the varied artworks. Read more...






Samavesha

in partnership with the

Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco

presents


Hearken Music: hear by listening to the sound

A solo HANG concert with renowned Maestro Laura Inserra


Friday April 15, 2011 6:30pm

Italian Cultural Institute, 814 Montgomery Street, San Francisco

Admission is $15/general, $7/members of the IIC RSVP (415) 788-7142 x18


Made, tuned, and played by hand, the Hang represents the shining instance of restating the essence of music in an innovative and modern way. Played softly, it sounds like a flute. At times you can hear echoes of the marimba, and at other times there are hints of strings or harp playing pizzicato.

To hear the sound of the Hang exclusively through recordings does not allow you to truly experience its depth and uniqueness. Take this opportunity to immerse yourself and your senses in this infinite cosmos of sounds. Read more...















SAMAVESHA past productions:

  1. Art in Nature / the Nature of Art Festival

  2. HANG Rhapsody

  3. Mandala Art Events

  4. Circoscopie

  5. Hang Gathering Concerts

  6. Hang Trio Concert

  7. Sol Invictus (Winter Solstice)

  8. 3 Muses

  9. Musical Journeys

  10. Montaña que habla

  11. Origins

  12. Elemental

  13. and way more...

 
Love of beauty 
is taste. 
The creation of beauty is art.
Ralph W. Emerson!

Love of beauty

is taste.

The creation of beauty is art.

Ralph W. Emerson!