|
AKSARA's music is designed to uplift
and delight the soul; Music to relax by, dream by and
be at peace by.
A beautiful collection of quiet, reflective
pieces for times when you need that extra “hand
on the shoulder” and for times when it is essential
to know that you are not alone! It is stillness. It
is blessing. It is comfort and grace.
The Flash player is required to
view the Aksara music clips. We have detected
that your Flash player is out-of-date. Please
click here
to download the latest version.
Everyone knows someone who could benefit
from the peaceful, gentle healing sounds of Comfort
and Grace. This CD has made it’s way to Scotland
and Wales. It is on the east coast and the west coast
of the United States. It is serving those in the transition
form this life to the next. It is soothing the stresses
of folks who simply use it as a meditative tool. Here
are what a few of the AKSARA fans have said.
- "I was having such an irritating
morning and not feeling grounded so I took the CD
with me and it really made a difference. I can't get
over the sound. I'm actually going to buy a couple
for gifts." MA fan
- "What a gift! It's the best,
and the energy just flows." NH fan
- " I just received a copy of
your beautiful new CD "Comfort and Grace".
Thanks to AKSARA for the gorgeous singing on my compositions
and on the rest of the CD. Deep Peace to you!"
-- Bill Douglas, composer of Deep Peace and I Shall
Not Live in Vain, Oakland, CA
- "You wonderful songbirds have
created a CD of real beauty. Thank you so much. I
am truly honored to be a part of it. It's really angelic
and I cried when I heard it." Zola, composer
of the music for Night Goes Back, Oakland, CA
- "...the music truly helped
me cope with the pain! It allowed me to enter into
a meditative state for about an hour...It is so important
that you continue your good work." NH fan
- "Oh my God! Comfort and Grace
is so beautiful. I listened to it while saying morning
prayers and it just makes everything so peaceful and
serene." NH fan
- "As soon as I heard
the first song of my first CD, I have been a 'fan'.
I am so impressed with the quality of performance,
the choice of material and your personal gifts of
musicality. Music is the universal language and can
heal on many levels by listening or singing. I love
that AKSARA lives that out." MA fan
--------------------------------------------
The sounds, songs and musical styles
blend together to create a benevolently musical journey
for all who desire to listen.
Melange is a wonderful combination
of styles and composers. There's variation in style,
however the message remains constant throughout; The
CD opens with Dedication; a "go within" piece
sung to the soul from the soul... immediately followed
by the many-layered, vocally percussive, WITNESS, urging
the listener to "let the music be your witness
and dare!" SET HER FREE, a song of courage, hope,
and personal freedom, beckons women to truly believe
in themselves... move to the rhythms of BY THE RIVERS
OF BABYLON... be hypnotized by the trance-like chant
of AVE MARIA... and be calmed by the comforting message
in BREATHS... that the spirit of those gone before us
are always with us... in everything around us and...
be blessed by THE LONG TIME SUN! "...reach for
peace deep within your heart; reach for truth profound..."
"Melange"... a 55 minute journey that you'll
want to take over and over and over again.
Testimonial: "Their
greatest asset is their keen awareness of balance, in
harmony... and their ineffable ability to connect with
the audience to convey humor, warmth, compassion and
uncomplicated joy that is at the root of their art form."
-- Todd MacFadden, Bose Corporation
Testimonial: "Melange
is your 'chef d'oeuvre'. Truly, your masterpiece! I
don't know what you can do to top this one!" --
Lorraine Ducas, lyric soprano and member of Women Spirit
Song
--------------------------------------------
Gently Enter... where you hear the
whisper soft as snow... calling you to follow what you
know...
AKSARA's second CD, released in fall
of 2002, celebrates winter and the spirit of holiday
gladness and solemnity with 15 unique and inspiring
selections. You are invited to "go within"
from the very first gentle piano renderings. The haunting
tones of "Winter Solstice" and "Christmas
Eve is Here" to the festive sounds of "Alle
Psallite," "We Wish You" and "Glouscestershire
Wassail," the listener is lifted from the ordinary
and placed within the season of joy. Once there, the
door of the heart opens wider and the sounds of "Carol
of the Bells," "Lo! How a Rose" and "Still,
Still, Still" find their way to the heart. The
carols continue and ever so lightly, two piano instrumentals
accent the mood of the season.
Gently Enter... a Winter/Holiday CD
that brings peace to all who open the door to its sounds.
Testimonial: "We
LOVE to play your CD in the store." -Hannah Grimes
Store, Keene, NH
--------------------------------------------
AKSARA's first CD was released in
September of 2000. Among the fifteen pieces, of which
nine are original compositions by one of the members,
Vic Schneider, is the title song, "You Are with
Me." Inspired by a German poem, the lyrics have
special meaning to the member of AKSARA.
The hauntingly beautiful "Unfinished
Tapestry," is a song based on the extraordinary
story behind the tapestry weaving of Patryc Wiggins
from Guild, NH, and "Circle of Angels," another
original composition, is truly an angelic invocation.
You Are with Me... let it take you
on a journey to your heart.
Testimonial: "Their
lyrics speak beautifully of the strength of spirit in
all of us... serene, very harmonic... each piece has
a profound message of its own." -Mainely A Cappella
Catalog
|
