_{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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Yours In solidarity,Thankyou for your kind support. LOVE Kavisha

Kavisha at Denmark Festival of Voices Photo © Nic Duncan  2021

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 SHENPEN SOUNDHEALING  with Kavisha  MONDAY 6th FEB , and 13th FEB 

Shenpen means of benefit to all in Tibetan language 

 GROUP SOUNDBATH  on MONDAYS  6.30pm ... 4 places only 

session  is $40 per person 

Please arrive at 6.15 to start at 6.30pm -7.30pm 

at Odiyana Buddhist Centre Meditation Room rear of 11 Henrietta St Hawthorn  3122

 BOOKING ESSENTIAL Please book via text 0412893355 

BUY via Paypal.me/Mazzella Music 

HEARTHSONG Virtual CHOIR Jan 18-Feb 8th 2023

Monthly short course  in sacred songs and chants .

 WED Jan18th,25th , Feb 1st ,Feb 8th 

$60 for 4 session or $20 drop in .

Join me on Wednesdays  1pm-2.30 pm  via ZOOM 

To sing Sacred songs and Chants from Wisdom Traditions of the world  and discover inner peace from singing these heartconnected chants and songs .

We will be singing then sharing . 

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GIGS 2023 

HAND IN HAND KIDOGO IRISH ABORIGINAL FESTIVAL MARCH 17-19  Bathers Beach Fremantle West Australia  BOOK HERE 

CRESFEST  Creswick VICTORIA  March 31st -April 2nd  BOOK HERE       

NATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL CANBERRA  ACT  April 4th-7th 2023  BOOK HERE                       

SACRED EDGE FESTIVAL Arts and Activism Festival MAY 7-9th 2023 QUEENSCLIFFE VIC SEE HERE 

GALLERY  

SINGING in Villa Corsano, Tuscany ITALY in 2015 with the first Cantiamo Choral Tour ! 

HEARTLPLACE CHOIR  FREMANTLE  WA 2021 

KAVISHA'S LATEST ALBUM -

EMPTY SKY  Sacred Songs and Chants 

In SEPT 2018 Kavisha recorded these songs with veteran world musician Nicolas Lyon in Malmesbury .By March 2019 only 6 months later, it was ready for the world but it was in lockdown so they never had a chance to launch it properly .However a few lucky friends got copies and many say it got them through the lockdown . 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.

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

 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

TESTIMONIALS 

 "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 

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 "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 Choir member 

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"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 

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 "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

 CD ORDERS

$20 plus $8 postage for 1 CD  paypal.me/mazzellamusic 

Please write to Mazzella Music 11 Henrietta St Hawthorn VIC 3122

or email kavisha(at)kavisha.com 

THANKYOU ! 

• EMPTY SKY sacred songs and chants  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 availble on itunes

ORDER your CDS below Folks

Photos  ©Claire Moody 2020

 Kavisha's  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
• 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 

 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