Join vibraphonist Chris Dingman for an evening of immersive channeled sound journeying, reflection, relaxation, inspiration, and community to start off the New Year.
Allow the waves of vibration to wash over you, with transcendent sounds that transport you to a beautiful place, where relaxation, healing, and connection can happen.
Chris plays the vibraphone, a beautiful and unique instrument with a complex and ethereal sound. With a virtuosic, one-of-a-kind approach to the instrument, Chris has a singular way of playing using waves and layers of sound that bring the listener deeper and deeper into the journey. He enters a trance state, using the instrument and his voice to channel music that has the ability to bring listeners along into an altered or heightened state where healing, connection, visions, and inspiration can occur.
You may find yourself going into a deepening state of relaxation, of increasing purification, or even an internal journey that unfolds like a dream. Frequently listeners report a change in their perception of time during this experience. Hope is a major theme in Chris’s channeled work and listeners often find themselves leaving sessions surprisingly rejuvenated, centered, and with new perspectives, as well as more grounded and relaxed.
We welcome you to join us and start the New Year off in sacred community at Roots to Crown.
Event Flow:
7 pm Doors Open
7:30 pm Sound Journey begins, entry not permitted after this time.
8:30 pm Integration period
What to expect from this experience:
• A warm welcome
• Mats, cushions and back-jacks will be provided
• You will be invited to find a comfortable position and set intentions for the session
• Chris will guide the group in a short visualization meditation, bringing all into grounded, centered sacred space
• Chris will play a 60-minute immersive channeled sound journey, using vibraphone and vocals
• As the journey comes to a close, you will be gently brought back into physical awareness and invited to reflect on the experience, noting new perspectives, guidance, or anything else that comes up
• There will be a brief sharing time and thank you at the end
• You will be welcome to stay for an optional, post-event social hour with like-minded, open-hearted community
Bio
An acclaimed musician of many genres, Chris Dingman has been performing on the vibraphone for 25+ years, including with celebrated masters Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and many others. He brings together this background with a host of studies and influences from around the world, in service of taking listeners on a journey to a transcendent place.
Trained and practiced in the fields of jazz, experimental, and world music for decades, Chris’s trajectory changed when, in 2018, his father entered hospice. Chris played and recorded meditative music as an act of care for him in his final months of life. This music became the 5-hour extended album Peace.
Since then, Chris has brought his special brand of healing music journeys far and wide, from live sessions at Omega Institute and The Rubin Museum of Art to his online series Transformations, his work as sonic shaman with the Psychedelic Sangha, music for mediumship circles, and much more. His critically acclaimed albums Journeys vol. 1 and vol. 2, are described by The New York Times as “hypnotizing.”
Chris has presented talks and performances at the Gold Foundation Conference on Humanism in Medicine, the American College of Physicians, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (NYC), Orlando Health, and written for the Johns Hopkins Medicine blog. He has been profiled by NPR, the New York Times, AMNY, and many other publications, and has received fellowships and grants from Chamber Music America, New Music USA, South Arts, and the Thelonious Monk Institute.
Ticketing:
Launch special: $25 (until 12/15)
Advance tickets: $30 ( until 12/27)
Regular price: $35