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The fabulous multiphonic singers of Tibet's Drepung Loseling Monastery, whose sellout performance in Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Center received national acclaim, will perform Sacred Music Sacred Dance for World Healing on Saturday, Jan. 25, at 8 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts, on the campus of Hamilton College.

This tour is sponsored by Richard Gere Productions, Inc. and Drepung Loseling Institute, the North American seat of the Drepung Loseling Monastery, with the blessings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The tour has three basic purposes: to make a contribution to world healing and peace movements; to generate a greater awareness of the endangered Tibetan civilization; and to raise support for the refugee community in India.

The performance features multiphonic singing, wherein the monks simultaneously intone three notes of a chord. The Drepung Loseling monks are particularly renowned for this unique singing. They also utilize traditional instruments such as 10-foot long dunchen trumpets, drums, bells, cymbals and gyaling horns. Rich brocade costumes and masked dances such as the Dance of the Sacred Snow Lion add to the exotic splendor.

The monks of the Mystical Arts of Tibet have a very distinguished performance record. On past tours, the monks have performed with Kitaro, Paul Simon, Philip Glass, Natalie Merchant and the Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart, to name just a few.  In 1997 they appeared in two of Hollywood' major motion pictures on Tibet, Seven Years in Tibet, and Kundun. More recently, they performed to an audience of 50,000 in the National Mall in Washington, DC, as part of the July 4, 2000 celebrations.

Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and $5 for students. All seating is general admission. For more information or to order tickets, call the box office at 859-4331. Box office hours are 1 – 4 p.m. weekdays.

 

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