The Ancient Voice of Peace

The Ancient Voice of Peace with Eileen Bray and Avia Gurman Murphy shared by Interdisciplinary performing artist Avia Gurman Murphy and Sacred song artist Eileen Bray, is a sacred song ritual for peace that will incorporate Celtic Kirtan created by Eileen and Jewish and other sacred music repertoire delivered by Avia.

Through ancient languages and traditions of song spanning Gaelic, Indian, Aramaic, Hebrew, and Christian music traditions, Eileen and Avia are aiming to build an unwavering heartfelt bridge of peace that will echo near and far and will attempt to bring healing in these difficult times of unrest and war.  Through music and poetry read and sung by Eileen and Avia, emotions of joy, gratitude, and grief will be shared, and the community will come together to witness and share hearts and pray for peace.

Avia Gurman Murphy is an interdisciplinary performance and visual artist. She is a singer, director, producer, photographer, and video artist. Her unique artistic work draws upon Jewish, Christian and Celtic art forms with emphasis on the expression of the female body and its relationship to the natural landscape. A native of Israel, she has lived in Ireland in East Clare for the past 16 years. She is a graduate of the MA in Ritual Chant and Song from the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick, a graduate of The School of Visual Theatre in Jerusalem, Israel, and a graduate of the Photography and Advanced Media program at Limerick College of Further Education. Avia has collaborated with a variety of performance and video artists in art projects in Israel and Ireland, and directed, performed, and exhibited projects such as 'The 9th and 10th Polish Arts Festival' with Polish women network in Limerick, 'Expose/Embrace Vol 1 & 2', 'Red Moon Ensemble', 'Our/A Woman Bare Landscape with Clare Women network.

Recently she has exhibited a new video installation work, 'Heartbeats' and 'A Poem about Grief' with local artists from East Clare. See her work: www.aviagurmanartist.com

A native of Co Tipperary, Eileen Bray is a SoulSinger, Kundalini Yoga teacher, former clothing designer, textile artist, Celtic Shamanic practitioner in training, and creator of Celtic Kirtan. She has a deep passion for voice and sacred chant and its proven healing effects on our psyche and well-being. After being introduced to mantra and sacred chant through Kundalini Yoga in 2012 her journey deepened through teacher training in 2016/17.

Celtic Kirtan was subsequently birthed from her deep reverence for our own language and the indisputable similarities between it and the other ancient sacred languages. After spending 33 years living in the USA she is now based back in her beloved homeland and splits her time between Nashville TN , Tipperary, and Clare. She is honoured and so grateful to be able to share Celtic Kirtan in both countries.

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