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Sounds Good

I’ve known from a young age that good sounds are healing, and I’ve made the study of music and sounds my life’s work. I have had a few “sound” mentors who have helped open my ears. Among them were Pauline Oliveros, John Cage, Harry Partch and Lou Harrison. Pauline taught us “Deep Listening,” whereby you … Continue reading Sounds Good

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BREAKING NEWS:

Music Is Healing Of course, many of us have known this for a long time, but research is coming out more frequently to tell us how and why it is true. Certain sounds can lower your stress level, increase your creative focus and make you more productive! I’m often told that the music of Woodstock … Continue reading BREAKING NEWS:

GARRY KVISTAD, founder / owner of Woodstock Chimes, has been performing with Steve Reich since 1979 and a member of the internationally renowned percussion group NEXUS since 2002. Garry has a BM from the Oberlin Conservatory and a MM from Northern Illinois University, where he received its Distinguished Alumni Award in 1993. Garry was a Tanglewood Fellow in 1968, worked with Lukas Foss in Buffalo ’71-’72, co-founded the Blackearth Percussion Group in 1972 and remained a member until 1979, and is currently on the Bard College Conservatory faculty.