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