DOWNLOAD THE SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM HERE: SYMPOSIUM 2023 PROGRAM 

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) .