Thursday Satsang In Person and via Zoom – May 23, 2024
“Listening Circle” with Maja Radovanlija, Matt Rahaim, and Molly Sturges
7:00 – 8:30 p.m. CDT
5:30-6:45 p.m.: In-Person Gentle Hatha Yoga with Michael Snodgrass
7:00-8:00 p.m.: An Evening of Music with Maja Radovanlija, Matt Rahaim, and Molly Sturges
8:00-8:30 p.m.: Meditation Guided by Swami Ma Radha Bharati
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers
8:40 p.m.: Snacks
Join Maja Radovanlija, (Professor of guitar and improvisation at the University of Minnesota; Matt Rahaim (hindustani vocal music/ethnomusicologist); and Molly Sturges, ( healing centered composer/artistic director, music/sound and health researcher) for an evening of beautiful music. Come and enjoy the evening with uplifting harmony and vibrations. Come and gather…listen…listen…listen…with an open heart.
Maja Radovanlija was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia), in 1975. She studied classical guitar for almost 20 years in Eastern Europe, Vienna and Bloomington, IN. Along the way, Maja collaborated with musicians in a variety of genres and became interested in improvised music through Balkan traditional music, jazz, intuitive free improv, and experimental music. Some of the projects and ensembles Maja works with on regular bases are Szilard Mezéi ensemble, Minneapolis Guitar Quartet, Ensemble Studio6, MM Guitar duo, Linda Chatterton-MRadovanlija guitar/flute duo, and Satu Jiwa improvised music collective. Maja’s recent projects are Jeleche trio (traditional Balkan music), and collaborations with improvisers such as Milana Zarić, Molly Sturges, and Matt Rahaim.
Matt Rahaim is a teacher, performer and student of Hindustani vocal music. He has trained in the Gwalior 
tradition for twenty years, first in Pune under Vikas Kashalkar, and lately under the guidance of his guru, L.K. Pandit, in Delhi. He also is Associate Professor of Music at the University of Minnesota, with affiliations in Religious Studies, Asian Languages / Literatures / Media, and Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature.
Molly Jane Sturges is a healing centered composer/artistic director, music/sound and health researcher, facilitator, educator, activist, whole health coach, and meditation teacher who has worked with individuals, organizations, and communities around the globe for over 30 years at the intersection of personal and collective healing, participatory music and arts, spirituality, healthcare, creative research, community organizing, and education. She is currently a senior researcher/faculty/artist at the University of Minnesota, a senior fellow and coaching faculty with 
The Center for Excellence in Public Leadership at George Washington University and artist-faculty with Minnesota’s College of Art and Design’s Creative Leadership Program where she specializes in teaching interdisciplinary creative collaboration and contemplative and creative wellbeing relational practices. Molly collaborates with individuals, communities, and organizations across the globe to co-create a care-centric, equitable, compassionate and earth-centered world. Molly is a United States Artist Fellow in Music and a founder of many creative healing activation projects including Littleglobe, Firerock: Pass The Spark, Lifesongs and Waking The Oracle. Courtesy of www.mollysturges.com
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