Living Meditation – Embers (LA Fires relief event) - Donation Based

This deep listening event is an opportunity for the Los Angeles community to gather, listen, grieve, sing, and feel the presence of one another. The event will be lead by Resonance Collective artistic director Fahad Siadat in collaboration with Jahan Yousaf of the EDM duo Krewella and vocalist/music technologist Fabricio Cavero.

This event is donation based and all proceeds will be used to support victims of the fires.

While raising money is an important part of helping people get through this difficult time, so is making space to simply be together with our listening and our voices.If you need such a space, you’re welcome. If you want to make a donation, great. If you don’t have the energy to show up, but can support financially, that’s fine too. We’ll be there for anyone who comes whether it’s 3 people or 100.

If you are able to give, suggested donation is $20-$100. Thank you.

Dr. Fahad Siadat is the director of the Resonance Collective, a multifaceted organization dedicated to unveiling Mystery through the arts. As an academic and writer, he regularly publishes essays and gives lectures on the intersection of art and spirituality, with a focus on music, mystical traditions, and ritual practices. He is the curator of the Golden Thread Concert series, and a co-director of the annual N.E.O. Voice Festival.
Siadat is an award-winning performer and composer who creates interdisciplinary pieces that reclaim and redefine sacred music and are considered to “border on being a spiritual journey” (LA Dance Chronicle). His work is described by the press as “evoking wonder, desire, and terror” (Off Broadway), “hypnotic” (Backstage) and “delivering the critical human element” (Sequenza21).His music has been performed in Europe, China, and across the United States.

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Jahan Yousaf is an independent songwriter, vocalist, producer, and international touring artist of the electronic dance music duo, Krewella, alongside her sister Yasmine. As a recent student of Hindustani classical music, her personal musical journey currently explores merging inspirations of her Pakistani heritage with a focus on using the voice as a channel to unlock repressed emotions and delve into the subconscious.
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She is passionate about examining the relationship to the voice, and feelings around being heard, as a mirror for how we speak up & express our truth in the world. As a supporter of a humanitarian aid project in Pakistan called Nagar Women’s Health House, and a member of the artist advisory board for the nonprofit organization In Place of War, Jahan is inspired to use her platform, resources, and voice to foster community and uplift those overlooked by society.

Fabricio, a composer from Cusco, Peru, synthesizes composition, performance, and investigation in his musicianship. He approaches diverse musical languages, from traditional Andean music to popular, experimental, and academic music. He takes inspiration from Andean cosmovision and its convergence with other worldviews in the nowadays Americas. He studied Viola Performance and Composition in Texas at TCU and SMU (2007-2015) and computer music and precolonial music instruments at UNTREF in Argentina (2020-2022).

As a student in the Integrated Composition Improvisation and Technology Ph. D. Program at UCI, he is focused on integrating ancestral/Indigenous and modern/global music technologies to create multimedia performances. His main inspiration is to honor the legacy of Americas´ "Indigenous intellectuals" and celebrate our continental diversity.

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