LISTEN to Kavisha sing HEAR here Listen to Kavisha and Matthew live here
"Like all great artists, you bring so much joy into peoples' lives and make it possible for them to get out of their noise ... and ... rest with their feelings ... that's a teacherless teaching. "Robert
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"What an absolutely fabulous performance you spoilt us with!! Thank you. Margot Leake Albany Entertainment Centre
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"Just wanted to say a heart felt thank you for the wonderful workshop and concert at Woy Woy last week. It was such fun - the Seven Hundred Rolls song is truly fabulous. You not only sing like an angel, you know how to get other people to sing. What a gift. " Grace
"I have seen Kavisha concerts for years and have her Dvd's so when I heard she had a choir it seemed the one to try. It has met my expectations being an informal fun class but we do learn. My son- in- law mentioned my singing round the house has improved ! You can change anyrhing you want!!!!" Ange
"Your beautiful warm heart, music and songs were the perfect antidote for us here in Melbourne at present when we are in the midst of so much doom and gloom.The feedback from all the singers has been overwhelmingly positive and grateful for your sessions - and we cant thank you enough!" Jonathon Welch AM ( Choir Of Hard Knocks Founder) Melbourne International Singers Festival
"Mazzella’s voice has an edge of drama even at its softest, and when she really sings out it can be storming or exultant"
REVIEW of The Fearless Note by John Shand , Sydney Morning Herald
KAVISHA GIG GUIDE
June 11th -12th Melbourne International Singers Workshop with Jonathon Welch TICKETS HERE
June 17th GEM Theatre Kavisha Concert with Andy White ...19 Kilvington Dr Emerald ph (03)59682844 BOOK HERE
June 19th SUN 3-6pm North Fitzroy Arms Hotel Yolanda Ingley and Monica Weightman DUO with Kavisha solo - free entry
July 1st 7.30 pm Kavisha and Matthew (violin) in Concert GIG at BOITE WORLD MUSIC CAFE Mark St Hall Fitzroy ph 941713550 BOOK HERE
July 3rd 5pm EMPTY SKY sacred songs Chants and Silent Meditation for Peace Kavisha and Matthew (Violin) in Concert GIG at Saint Kilda Uniting Church VIC
July 31st Fremantle WA SONGFEST choir festival
SEPT 10th & 11th GUILDFORD WA Songfest
SEPT 25th ALICE SPRINGS NT DESERT ARTS FESTIVAL solo performance concert
SINGING in Villa Corsano
July 20-Sept 21 2022
You're invited to join us in Fremantle, West Australia for
A 10 wk Winter Kirtan Choir to warm your soul ;
HEARTPLACE Choir - songs of spiritual awakening and upliftment
on Wednesdays 10.30 am -12 at Home of Yoga 19 Blinco St Freo
ph Kavisha 0412893355 to book your place
HEARTLPLACE CHOIR (above pic is the choir in 2021)
In Person and ZOOM if needed
JULY 20th- SEPT 21st
FEE for Term is 10 weeks = $250.00 / $200.00 concession
Requirements - Bring a folder to hold your music , Willingness to jump in and listen and have fun with others !
Explore your energy your voice, learn to listen, have fun, learn uplifting songs, mantras and chants.
phone 0412893355
KAVISHA'S LATEST ALBUM
Listen here to Empty Sky Sacred Songs and Chants
Dear friends , I am so pleased to be releasing my new and 8th album .Empty Sky Sacred Songs and Chants is an album of 11 songs made up of traditional and original chants I have composed .I was lucky to collaborate with respected veteran world musician Nicolas Lyon in his wooden cottage studio in Malmesbury Central Victoria. Together we create this soulful ,acoustic album that's sure to become a good companion for yoga, meditation practice or simply chilling out. It features my voice, nylon string guitar, tibetan bells ,drum and recorder. I am also accompanied by the amazing Nicolas Lyon on bowed double bass, harp and glockenspiel.
Listen to Empty Sky Sacred Songs and Chants
My dear chant mentor Jarek Czechowicz and me
The songs include a soulful version of Jarek Czechowicz's "Love, I call Your Name ", a reworking of the popular "Magnificence" by Peter Makena, my original melodies to traditional wisdom texts the Gayatri Mantra, Heart Sutra, Om Mani Padmi Hum, and the words of the mystic poets such as Kabir and Saint Francis. Finally ending with a rallying call for Mother Earth responding to a talk by Eco-Theologian Matthew Fox who I met at the Common Dreams Conference in Sydney in 2019.
They are holy songs for crazy times! I hope you enjoy them ! love Kavisha. December 2020
LISTEN HERE TO Jarek Czechowicz's wonderful song LOVE I CALL YOUR NAME and see here sung at WOODFORD FESTIVAL
EMPTY SKY Reviews 2020
"What a beautiful CD it is! Especially in these distressing times, it has provided a calming and uplifting mood when it was most needed. THANK YOU." Jeannie Marsh- Melbourne singer and choir leader
"What it is ..is it calms me and makes me feel grounded and secure and it talks to a part of me which is beyond words .There's something about being from different traditions on one album that makes it absorbing. It touches different emotions from lament to uplift " Padma Locana ,Yoga teacher Melbourne March 2020
FACEBOOK LIVE tune in here to experience EMPTY SKY during the lockdown Aug 2020
REVIEW by ROBBIE GREIG
"Empty Sky is a departure from Kavisha’s usual storytelling style of songwriting. In this her latest album she is a spiritual wayfarer, a seeker after mystical truth as expressed in both Eastern and European religions. Empty Sky is a pilgrimage to places in the world and in the mind where the sacred is still honoured.
Through a selection of prayers, kirtans, chants, devotional poetry and songs of praise, Kavisha weaves a spell of beauty and tranquility. Flowing along like a gentle river, hypnotic, repetitive, timeless, it’s no surprise that that the album is intended as an aid to meditation and relaxation. But it is Kavisha’s unique vocal qualities that are front and centre of this musical journey. From the first note, her voice grabs you and holds you captive right through to the end.
There is a naturalness and intimacy about the delivery that highlights the essential warmth and richness of her voice. In a suitably understated way, the string-based instrumental accompaniment provided by Kavisha and Nicholas Lyon does everything to support and highlight the fine vocals.With Empty Sky Kavisha has offered us the gift of love and peace in troubled times. "
Robbie Greig Melbourne Singer Songwriter ,mentor and music teacher. March 2020
$20 plus $10 postage
Please write to Mazzella Music 9 Port Place Yanchep WA 6035
or email kavisha(at)kavisha.com
Pay through paypal at paypal.me/mazzellamusic
THANKYOU !
Kavisha's Albums available here
- EMPTY SKY sacred songs and chants CDS and also digitally on Bancamp
- The Fearless Note (2017) also Digitally available on Bandcamp
- Riturnella (2014 ) Italian folksongs of 600 years also Digitally available on Bandcamp
- Love and Sorrow ( 2010 )also Digitally available on Bandcamp
- Silver Hook Tango ( 2003 )also Digitally available on Bandcamp
- Fisherman's Daughter (1998 ) also Digitally available on Bandcamp
- Mermaids In The WEll ( 1995 ) also Digitally available on Bandcamp
- Canberra Cork Calgary...live (2000) also Digitally availble on itunes
ORDER your CDS below Folks
Photos ©Claire Moody 2020
Kavisha Mazzella AM Biography
Aria award winner, songbird and folkloric explorer Kavisha's original song's lyrical ingredients include humour, poetry, social justice and the spiritual. Combine this prowess with the voice of an angel and you have the experience of a Kavisha concert. Singing in English, Italian and other languages, she will take you on an uplifting boundary riding journey of well-crafted stories and songs ringing with echoes of Celtic, Fado and Gypsy influences that will strike a resounding chord within. In 2011 she was awarded an Australia Day Honour for services to music and community.
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Kavisha's Youtube Channel
NEW ! PHILOSOPHY MAN live performance at Kidogo Arthouse Fremantle NOV 2021
and LOVESWING ( Kabir ) NOV 2021
- AL GRASSBY'S Grandfather with Neil Adam,Judy Turner and Spanish band from the Asturias FELPEYU
- AMOUR from Love and Sorrow 2011
- ALL GODS BEGGARS from Silver Hook Tango 2003
- BELLA CIAO di Risaia with I Viaggiatori Italian Folk from Suitcase Serenada 2011
- EMPTY SKY CHANTS and SACRED SONGS session LIVE Aug 2020
- FISHERMAN'S DAUGHTER from Fisherman's Daughter 1998
- GECKO SONG from Love and Sorrow 2011
- INVISIBLE INDIVISIBLE from Mermaids In The Well 1995
- KINDNESS OF STRANGERS Xmas Carol 2016
- LOVE and JUSTICE Choir Women's Anthem with VICTORIAN WOMEN'S TRUST CHOIR 2008
- LOVESWING (Kabir) 2021
- LOVE I CALL YOUR NAME by Jarek Czecowicz from Empty Sky 2020
- NIGRA SUM from MARE PROFUNDO Kavisha ,Irine Vela and Richard Tedesco with Boite Millenium Chorus 2006
- PHILOSOPHY MAN live performance at Kidogo Arthouse Fremantle NOV 2021
- RITURNELLA from Riturnella Italian Folk songs 2014
- ROSE IN THE BONES from Silver Hook Tango 2003
- SHE MOVES THROUGH THE FAIR from Mermaids In The Well 1995
- SING FOR NO ONE from The Fearless Note 2017
- TO THE RIVER co written with Arnold Zable
- THE FEARLESS NOTE from The Fearless Note 2017
- VENEZUELA from Silver Hook Tango 2003
- VULUMBRELLA Italian Folk Song from Mermaids In The Well 1995
- WE ARE ANGELS from Mermaids In The Well 1995
- WEDDING SHEETS from Suitcase Serenata 2010
- VA PENSIERO Kavisha with La Voce Della Luna Italian Folk from Luna Yarra 2007
KAVISHA INTERVIEWS and live performance
Kavisha in an INTERVIEW with Patricia Hamilton of Concious Living TV NOV 2021
Kavisha with Suvas Agam from his Youtube Show SECRETS OF LIFE NEPAL NOV 2020
Kavisha and Franco Di Chiera INTERVIEW about the film The Joys Of The Women 2012
Kavisha wins ARIA AWARD for best World Music Album 1998
Kavisha Community Xmas play Jesus was a Middle Eastern Refugee 2012
Kavisha Community Xmas play Beggars Orchestra play Hava Nagila 2012