KAVISHA MAZZELLA A.M.
AWARD WINNING SINGER SONGWRITER, CHOIR LEADER and SOUNDHEALER
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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photo © Viva Photography Joondalup WA
Kavisha Gigs
MON July 10 th 7pm Lingua Madre Italian Community Choir every Monday at Saint Marks 100 Hodgkinson St Clifton Hill VIC
MON July 17th 7pm Lingua Madre Italian Community Choir every Monday at Saint Marks 100 Hodgkinson St Clifton Hill VIC
SUN July 23rd Kavisha in Concert at St Brigid's Church 212 Koroit-Port Fairy Rd, Crossley nr Port Fairy
MON July 24th 7pm Lingua Madre Italian Community Choir every Monday at Saint Marks 100 Hodgkinson St Clifton Hill VIC
SUN July 30th 5-6pm , EMPTY SKY KIRTAN music and Meditation evenings with Kavisha and friends - pm entry by donation at Saint Kilda Port Uniting Church 325 Dorcas St South Melbourne
MON July 31st 7pm Lingua Madre Italian Community Choir every Monday at Saint Marks 100 Hodgkinson St Clifton Hill VIC
AUG
WED AUG 2nd LOMOND ACOUSTICA 225 Nicholson Street, Brunswick East Kavisha and Matthew Arnold (violin) ,also apprearing Moonshine Coalition $10 cover charge
MON AUG 7th 7pm Lingua Madre Italian Community Choir every Monday at Saint Marks 100 Hodgkinson St Clifton Hill VIC
"JOYS of the Women" 30th Anniversary film Screening
Fri AUG 11th 6.30pm at 10 NIGHTS In PORT FESTIVAL Luna Cinemas Essex St FREMANTLE WA
Sun Aug 13th 2.30pm 10 NIGHTS In PORT FESTIVAL Luna Cinemas Essex St FREMANTLE WA
BOOK HERE for The Joys Of The Women Film with performance by Kavisha and Giri , Fremantle's own Le Gioie Delle Donne Folk Choir, plus q and a with Director Franco Di Chiera see trailer here
SEPT
SEPT 8th 6.30pm KIDOGO ARTHOUSE presents Joannas Candlelit Soiree - An intimate candlelit dinner party with a five course Italian Feast & Music by Aria award winning Singer songwriter Kavisha Mazzella with JOhn Reed (mandolin) and Pete Grayling (Cello ) BOOK HERE
SONGFEST 2023 GUILDFORD West Australia
SAT 9th SEPT & SUN 10th SEPT Kavisha Concert and will lead the BIG SING
Choir Workshop at the Choir Festival !
WED SEPT 20th KAVISHA singing workshop SONG MAGIC 7-9pm
THURSDAY 21st Sept Kavisha in Concert with poet /singer Miranda Aitkin 7pm
MARRITREE FINE ART and BOOKS 3 Redgate Rd Wychecliffe WA
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SHENPEN SOUNDHEALING with Kavisha
Kavisha studied Integral Sound Healing with SHA Sound Healing Academy International 2018 - 2021 . Soundhealing is a beautiful and powerful art where science and traditional knowledge meet.. The soundhealer creates a live musical soundscape to allow one's body to deeply relax and thenmove from the fight /flight sympathetic nervous system to the "rest and digest" Parasympathetic Nervous system .This shift allows the bodys healing to be activated. Kavisha creates a soundscape with her voice , Wind Gong , Shamanic Drum , Himalayan Bowls , Harmonium and other instruments are also played to create a deep relaxing sound bath In the caring safe environment . Kavisha creates sound with intention which creates a deep relaxation,transformation and healing . Shenpen in Tibetan means of benefit to all .Kavisha is available to give soundhealing to NDIS Clients. Bookings essential ph 0412893355 Group sessions are available (4 people @$45 per person ) One on one sessions ( $90 )
Odiyana Buddhist Centre Meditation Room rear of
11 Henrietta St Hawthorn 3122
BOOKING ESSENTIAL text 0412893355
LINGUA MADRE ITALIAN language Community Choir 2023
Italian language choir open to all with no auditions! . Coffee, Biscotti and great songs !
Celebrate Australia's amazing immigrants and all they have bought here
Learn beautiful traditional italian folk songs of work ,love ,death , protest and hope that come from all regions of italy and resonate through 600 years of singing
Learn harmonies , language and community sharing with stories and recipes in a safe caring environment.
Carers are free / Couples discounts available Our choir is LGBQIT friendly
7pm -8.30pm at SAINT MARKS 100 Hodgkinson St Clifton Hill
please contact Kavisha 0412893355
GALLERY 
JOYS of the WOMEN 30th Anniversary celebration in Brisbane with Family and Director Franco Di Chiera
Kavisha with NIC LYON and Jack NORTON in Castlemaine
Sam & Dave De Santi , Giri Mazzella at JOYS of the Women 30th Anniversary celebration Brisbane
WARLAYIRTY ARTS CENTRE 35th Anniversary Concert BALGO WA Aug 22 with Giancarlo Mazzella & kids
Collaborating with Kenny Dawson Goondiyandi singer songwriter and visual artist from Yiyili WA
SINGING in Villa Corsano,Ville di Corsano ,Tuscany ITALY Cantiamo Choral Tour 2015
HEARTLPLACE CHOIR FREMANTLE WA 2020 - 2023
At the NATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL BUDAWANG STAGE 2023
On Tour with the WOODY GUTHRIE SONGS OF FREEDOM SHOW with BRUCE HEARN and the MACCHINISTS Brisbane Powerhouse 2017
Kavisha founded La Voce Della Luna Italian Women's Choir in Melbourne in 1996 and directed them until 2013 LISTEN HERE
EMPTY SKY KIRTAN
TESTIMONIAL
"It was such a delight to experience Kavisha’s introduction to Kirtan. It was a beautifully crafted, calming, heart-centred and easy space for people to be in. I think it’s so important that festivals have quiet places where people can restore and reboot. " Jo Cresswell Artistic Director ,2023 National Folk Festival
WHAT WE DO AT EMPTY SKY
The next Empty Sky Sessions are on SUN July 30th 5pm , SUN Sept 24th 5 pm with my special guest Matthew Arnold on Violin at Saint Kilda South Port Uniting Church South Melbourne 325 Dorcas St South Melbourne
LATEST CD EMPTY SKY listen here
In SEPT 2018 I recorded these songs with my good friend veteran world musician Nicolas Lyon in Malmesbury .By March 2019 only 6 months later, it was ready for the world but COVID came along ! Time to lockdown so we never had a chance to launch it properly ! However a few friends got copies and they say it got them through the difficult lockdown which made me so happy that the music was healing and useful . 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.
REVIEW by Robbie Greig Melbourne Singer Songwriter ,mentor and music teacher. March 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 
TESTIMONIALS
"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 can't thank you enough!"
Jonathon Welch AM ( Choir Of Hard Knocks Founder) Melbourne International Singers Festival
"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 WA
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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 - workshop participant
"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 Heartplace Choir member
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BUY YOUR CDS HERE or PURCHASE Kavisha's Albums of Digital Music on Bandcamp
$20 CD plus $10 postage, you can pay here paypal.me/mazzellamusic
Please write to Mazzella Music 11 Henrietta St Hawthorn VIC 3122
or email kavisha(at)kavisha.com THANKYOU !
KAVISHA'S CATALOGUE
- EMPTY SKY sacred songs and chants ( 2019 ) CDS and also digitally on Bandcamp
- 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 available on itunes
Kavisha with long time collaborator Johnny Reed at Kidogo Photo © Claire Moody 2020
MY Youtube Channel
- VA PENSIERO Kavisha with La Voce Della Luna Italian Choir featuring Kavisha from the album "Luna Yarra" produced by Paul Petran -AS FEATURED IN Australian Filmmaker Aaron Wilson's 2021 accaimed FILM "LITTLE TORNADOES "
- 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
- ALL YOU FASCISTS with BRUCE HEARN and the MACCHINISTS 2017
- 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
- TWO GOOD MEN (Sacco and Vanzetti) with BRUCE HEARN and the MACCHINISTS 2017
- 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
- WOODY GUTHRIE SHOW from BRUCE HEARN and the MACCHINISTS 2017
INTERVIEWS
Kavisha & Franco Di Chiera with TONY TARDIO on RETE ITALIA May 20 2023
Kavisha & Franco Di Chiera with Magica Fossati from SBS 30 years of Joys Of The Women 2023
Kavisha 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