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When was the last time you listened to music without distractions or expectations? What about the last time you listened to your mind and body? Here's your chance to do both! Inspired by the Live Music Meditations at Princeton, we teamed up with Princeton University Concerts to make a mini-meditation you can do wherever you are. Take 15 minutes out of your day to try this guided meditation and experience a deeper form of listening.
A series at Princeton University Concerts is the latest event to combine classical music with meditative practice. For our critic, it was a revelation.
Dasha Koltunyuk, a 2015 alumna and marketing and outreach manager in the Department of Music, at the piano, and Uchechi Kalu, a 2014 alumnus and jazz vocalist, presented an improvisational live music meditation, in which the audience was invited to close their eyes and experience the music while focusing on their breath.
How do meditation and music mix? Students and concert-goers try it out on the Princeton University campus. An interview with Dasha Koltunyuk.
This Valentine's Day we asked composer Gregg Kallor and pianist Dasha Koltunyuk about the joys and challenges of sharing their profession and their life — plus, top tips for long-lasting love.
Dasha Koltunyuk graduates Princeton University this year. Her journey opens up to new vistas. Dasha’s story is uniquely American. She is a first generation American. And that is precisely why her path could unfold nowhere else but here.
“It was so moving to be able to experience chamber music up close, and with a group of people coming to the experience with a specific desire and intentionality to their listening.”
Dasha Koltunyuk takes first prize in the 2016 Thousand Islands International Piano Competition.
Dasha Koltunyuk and Stephanie Liu win Davis Project for Peace grant to start summer music camp for low-income youth.
