Music & Altered States of Consciousness
June 1st, Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (HAMU) and online here
Symposium 2023 - Program
9:00 Registration
9:30 - 10:00 Opening, introductory presentation
Tomáš Reindl – Music and Altered States of Consciousness (principles and experiences)
10:00 - 12:00 Morning session| Music & Psychedelic Therapy
Mendel Kaelen – keynote speaker
Oldřich Poděbradský – „Is it really psychedelic?” Psychedelic rock music and altered states of mind: a Prague case
Klara Böhm / Martin Tesák alias Maok – The Role of Music in Altered States Of Consciousness
13:30 - 15:00 Afternoon session I | TBA
Veronika Seidlová - Mantra behind the iron curtain
Matthew Noone – The Sound Beyond Imagination: a transcultural meditation on music, affect and magic.
Balakrishnan Raghavan – Performing Utopia: South Asian Heterodox Spi/ritual Song as a Site of
Hope for the Marginalized
15:30 - 18:00 Afternoon session II | TBA
Gunnar Jinmei Linder – Tracing Spirituality and Popularity of Shakuhachi Music in the Edo Period
Lydia Snyder – Trance-Forming Music: Healing Through Communal Drumming
Genshin Seian - Kyoto Myoan-ji: Past & Present
20:00 Granular Satori, Cafe v Lese
Opening Concert of the 14th International Shakuhachi Festival Prague
OFF Symposium Program: Saikawa Buntai - Tendaishu Shomyo,
1200 years liturgical tradition from the marathon monks of Mt. Hiei
ORGANISED BY NEIRO ASSOCIATION FOR EXPANDING ARTS IN COOPERATION WITH
THE MUSIC THEORY DEPARTMENT,
MUSIC AND DANCE FACULTY OF THE ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS IN PRAGUE
The symposium Music & Altered States of Consciousness will take place on June 1st in the DANCE HALL
at the Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
(HAMU, Malostanské náměstí 13, Praha 1) .