Sing for Joy! continues with exciting news...

Dearest Beloveds in Song, 

Warm greetings of beauty and love to each of you. All is very well in my heart. My husband Tim, daughter Anjamora, and I eagerly await the arrival into breath and light of a baby boy due this October! As such, I will be on maternity leave until the new year. 

In the meantime, I am delighted to share news of a continued opportunity to sing through the Fall in the Sing for Joy! style. It is my honor to announce Carol Williamson as interim teacher while I am away. Carol has been a student of mine for the past three years and will offer a Vocal Meditation Practice on Thursday evenings. Please view the details of her class offering below.

I will return in January with the full practice and choir. Please see the flyer below for more information on the  Sing for Joy! Choir session for Winter/Spring 2013.

Until we meet again, happy singing!

With love and light,

Madi Sato

                    “Sing For Joy!”

Vocal Meditation Practice

This class will be offered on Thursday evenings through October and November. The course is an opportunity to explore breath, tone, sound and silence and to awaken the authentic voice.  It is open to all women, regardless of prior singing experience.

The practice will be facilitated by Carol Williamson who has studied for three years with Madi Sato in the “Sing for Joy!” Choir and has studied with Silvia Nakkach in the Yoga of the Voice.  (Carol will serve as an interim instructor while Madi Sato is on maternity leave. Madi will return in January with the full practice and choir.)

DATES:  October 4, 11, 18, 25 and November 1, 8, 15

TIME:  Thursdays, 5:00-6:30pm

LOCATION: Center for Spiritual Living (505 Camino de los Marquez)

COST: 7 classes for $90 (Drop-ins most welcome at $15)

To register:  

Please email your Name and Phone number to Carol Williamson at:Cwilliamson2005@yahoo.com

For more Information: 

Call 505.757.6012

Visit: www.MadiSato.com for more details

Saying Yes Concert of Poetry and Song.

Concert at the Center for Spiritual Living in Santa Fe, NM. Saturday, September 15th, 2012, 7pm
New Moon
It was a magical night of poetry, song and prayer. Thanks for the presence of so many and for the divine collaboration with David Cragin and Nolan Eskeets! It is heaven to be in union with my husband through song and poetry. Arigatou  

Madi Sato

Saying Yes: A Concert of Sacred Music and Sacred Poetry

Warm greetings to all! As autumn approaches, Tim and I invite you to share in a special evening of sacred music and poetry that we will offer next weekend. The show will be on Saturday, September 15th, 7:00pm at the Santa Fe Center for Spiritual Living (505 Camino de los Marquez.) Ticket price is $15 and doors open at 6:30pm. Please see the attached poster for more details. 

We hope to see many of you there.This will be our last public performance before burrowing inward for the birth of our son! 

Blessings in poetry and song,

Madi S. and Timothy P. McLaughlin

An evening of Poetry and Chant

with Singer, Madi Sato and Poet, Timothy McLaughlin

Saturday, July 21, 2012 at 8:00pm. 

Paradiso Cafe Des Artistes

1413 Paseo de Peralta

SING FOR JOY! Women's Choir Summer Session

Enter into the devotional art of communal singing. Learn sacred repertoire from around the globe through traditional oral techniques. Explore breath and tone, sound and silence, and awaken your authentic healing voice. Join this spirited group of women alive with the joy of singing! All are welcome. No experience necessary. Directed by Madi Sato.

SUMMER SESSION DETAILS:

August 9th - September 27th, $175 early $200 regular

Thursdays 5:00-6:30PM

Center for Spiritual Living, 505 Camino de las Marquez

To register:

1. Email your name and phone number to madisato@gmail.com

2. Please send payment to Madi Sato at 4772 Vista Del Sol Santa Fe, NM 87507

For more information call 505-660-2526.

CHOIR TESTIMONIALS

"Being a part of Madi's Sacred World Choir has been an uplifting, expanding,nurturing, harmonizing, and healing experience!  Our voices together are the river of life."                                         Marcia Fitton

"I want to thank you for the profound gift of your choir and your presence. It touches me so deeply. I love having a way to express my voice in sacred sound. You are a wonderful teacher, I have known sound and sound healing were next in my spiritual life and the choir is so perfect. Thank you so much!"

                                                                                                                             Christine Warren

"Thank you for creating a place where I can feel safe and supported in expressing myself.  Even though the choir is a group setting you have this rare and wonderful gift of making each one of us feel that our voice is unique and beautiful and worthy of hearing and sharing with others.  Often times I would come to choir after a long and chaotic day at work feeling either exhausted or completely stressed out but I would leave an hour and a half later feeling calm, serene, and connected to not only myself but also to rest of the community.  I think of the choir as medicine for the soul and I really cherish that time with you and the other women."     

                                                                                                               Allison Moore

Sing for Joy! Women's Choir Musical Offering and Celebration

You are invited to an ecstatic musical celebration with the Sing for Joy! Women's Choir on Sunday, June 3rd. We are offering music from around the world, songs to remember where we come from, Native American chants, Irish lullabies, blessing invocations and much more. We have spent several months diving deep into the devotional art of the choir and we invite you to receive the beauty and miracle of many voices singing as one!
With gratitude,
Madi Sato, choir director
DATE: Sunday, June 3rd, 2012 at 4pm
LOCATION: Center for Spiritual Living, 505 Camino de las Marquez.
Open to the Public. Donations are appreciated.

Madi Sato and Kenny Endo to perform at the 100th Annual National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC

Madi Sato and Kenny Endo performed at the 100^th Annual National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC

Tuesday, April 10^th 4:30pm, Sylvan Theatre, Washington National Mall

 

It was a lovely spring day in DC. Kenny and I offered traditional Japanese songs and original compositions. Here are some photos from our concert. Thank you to all those who came out to the Washington mall to hear the music. 

With love and gratitude,

Madi Sato

Return to the River Concert, April 1, 2012

On Sunday April 1st, 2012, Madi Sato offered a concert to honor the one year memorial of the devastating tsunami and earthquake in Northeastern, Japan. 

It took place at the beautiful St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Cerrillos, NM, which is close to one hundred years old and is currently led by its pastor, Father Francis Malley. 

The concert opened with a 3,000 year old Shinto chant called the Amatsunorito (Heavenly Prayer).

Madi Sato performed songs from her new CD titled, Return to the River, in dedication to her father, Tadaharu Sato whose name means "the faithful spring".(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHLVpyqX5PM )The album features Japanese traditional chants and folk songs as well as Madi's orginal songs; it was recorded live in a Zen Buddhist monastery. Proceeds from the sale of this album go to the non-profit organiztion, KASA: Kindness America Sendai Alliance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHLVpyqX5PM), providing relief to the smaller villages near Sendai, Japan.

The concert featured artists from Madi's new CD,

including Taiko drummer, Koji Nakamura, from the Shiga prefecture of Japan, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwcc_E2MDrE

Koto player, Yukiko Matsuyama, from Osaka, Japan, 

http://www.yukikomatsuyama.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeg_ug12x-E

producer and pianist, John Rangel from Santa Fe 

http://www.johnrangel.com/

and Madi's husband, Poet Timothy P. McLaughlin.

The Crestone Kaminari Taiko (http://www.shumeicrestone.org/taiko/)offered two group pieces.

Crestone Kaminari Taiko is lead by Masakazu and is the official taiko group for the Shumei International Institute in Crestone, CO.

From left to right, Masakazu, Koji, Yuka and Ikunori.

The intention of the concert was to meditate on Japan and send prayers through the Japanese instruments and songs. It was a beautiful marriage of the powerful music of Japan inside the sacred space of a Catholic church.

Madi spoke of her recent trip to Sendai and her moving experience of sharing music in the temporary housing communities of Rokugo and East Matsushima.

The concert concluded with a new arrangement of "furusato", a Japanese folk song about longing for your hometown. Koji Nakamura recreated the feeling of a tsunami on the taiko, Madi represented the voice of suffering and rebirth, and Timothy McLaughlin offered a poem about kindness.

To hear Madi sing Furusato please go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUahEEQI2c8

May our prayers reverberate to the lands and people of Japan.

Madi Sato and Kenny Endo to perform at the 100^th Annual National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC

Tuesday, April 10^th 4:30pm, Sylvan Theatre, Washington National Mall

http://www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/

To learn more about Kenny Endo go to: http://www.kennyendo.com/

Some youtube videos of Kenny:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmrSlc33GcQ
PBS Hawaii Series: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R7eqJjXYFY&feature=related

http://www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/

A video for my new cd, Return to the River (Songs for Sendai)

 ENJOY!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHLVpyqX5PM

CONTACT

Madi Sato

505-660-2526, madisato@gmail.com

www.MadiSato.com

MADI SATO CD RELEASE

Return to the River

Official Release Date: August 26^th, 2011

Contact Madi Sato for an interview or to request a CD for review.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Two months prior to the devastating March 11^th earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Madi Sato recorded an album of Japanese music in a meditation temple at the Crestone Colorado Mountain Zen Center. Madi and a group of Japanese and American musicians engaged in a powerful journey of creating together in sacred space.

The album, Madi’s third, includes traditional music from her late father’s homeland of Sendai as well as her original compositions. It moves like a river through the turns and movements of Madi’s life, both in America and Japan, from childhood to motherhood and features voice, koto, shakuhachi, taiko drums, piano, bass and sounds of nature. (Produced by John Rangel.)

A portion of the proceeds from sales of Return to the River will go to the

non-profit organization, KASA: Kindness America – Sendai Alliance.

KASA aims to provide relief to smaller villages in the Sendai region and to facilitate meaningful exchanges of kindness between Japanese and Americans. www.kasacommunity.org

SPECIAL EVENTS IN MARCH

The 8th Annual Santa Fe Japanese Cultural Festival is happening this Saturday, March 31st 10am-5pm at the Santa Fe Convention Center (201 W. Marcy Street). I will be performing with Grammy Award Winner Taiko drummer, Koji Nakamura and koto player, Yukiko Matsuyama. Come out for the all-day festivities. The theme is Japan Pop!
For more information go to: http://www.santafejin.org/


I will also be offering a song for this benefit event for the Santa Fe Performing Arts Company! I was first introduced to this wonderful theater company when I was 17 years old. I have been in several shows with them since then.  I am grateful for keeping the theater arts alive. 
Love,
Madi


Santa Fe Performing Arts Presents: April Fools Eve Musical and
Theatrical Revue

Come join :
Stephanie Hatfield and Hot Mess, Madi Sato, Julie Trujillo Flamingo Pink! (Megan Burns), Joan
Kessler, David Trujillo, Cristina Vigil, and the students of Santa Fe Performing Arts Educational
Program for an evening of music and theater!

Featuring past and present members of Santa Fe Performing Arts Adult Company performing a
wide variety of music, as well as theatrical scenes by the students of Santa Fe Performing Arts Youth
Education Programs as they sing up a storm to benefit Santa Fe Performing Art at The Armory for
the Arts Theater on March 31st at 7pm.

When: Saturday, March 31st 7pm

Where: Then Armory for the Arts Theater, 1050 Old Pecos Trail

Tickets:  $25.00

Reservations: box-office 505-984-1370

Madi Sato: Return to the River Concert in Santa Fe, April 1st

• Return to the River Concert
  Sunday, April 1^st, 2012
  
  
  4:00pm
  
  
  St. Joseph’s Catholic Church  7 First Street Cerrillos, NM
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Japanese-American singer and songwriter Madi Sato will appear in concert to honor the one-year memorial of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Sendai, Japan. She will be accompanied by renowned taiko drummer Koji Nakamura, celebrated koto player Yukiko Matsuyama, and master pianist John Rangel. 
  
  
  
  
  Last winter, Madi recorded an album of Japanese music in a meditation temple at the Crestone Colorado Mountain Zen Center. The resulting album, Return to the River (Madi’s third), includes traditional music from her late father’s homeland of Sendai as well as her original compositions. It moves like a river through the turns and movements of Madi’s life, both in America and Japan, and features voice, koto, shakuhachi, taiko drums, piano, bass and sounds of nature.
  
  
  
  
  This concert will bring the musicians of the Return to the River album back together for a special one-time performance in an intimate and sacred setting. 
  
  
  
  
  A portion of the proceeds from CD sales will go to the non-profit organization, KASA: Kindness America – Sendai Alliance. KASA aims to provide relief to smaller villages in the Sendai region and to facilitate meaningful exchanges of kindness between Japanese and Americans. To make a donation to KASA, please go to www.kasacommunity.org
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Admission at the door is $10 for adults, $5 for students and seniors, and free for children 5 and under.
  
  
  Vanessie Santa Fe is a proud sponsor of this concert.
  A video about the new album: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHLVpyqX5PM
  
  
  
  
  
  

Saying Yes: Poetry and Chant for Liberation on Saturday, March 24, 2012

My husband, Tim, and I are most delighted to announce that we will offer our first song and poetry workshop together. We feel increasingly guided in the direction of artistic and spiritual collaboration and sharing that collaboration with the community/world.

The workshop is titled, Saying Yes: Poetry and Chant for Liberation. It will be a one day intensive on Saturday, March 24th (9am-5pm), exploring and celebrating Spirit through prayer, ritual, song, and word. The venue is the lovely Sunrise Springs Inn and Spa in Santa Fe, which has incredible grounds and spaces that are perfect for this sort of work. Workshop and Meal are $120. Please see the poster below. 

To register (or for more info), email me at madisato@gmail.com or Tim at timgrandpa@hotmail.com. Please share news of this event with friends and colleagues who might enjoy it.

Best regards to all,

Madi and Tim McLaughlin