Ancient Expeditions of Eternal Return

Ancient Expeditions of Eternal Return

Pianist Seth Montfort & Archeologist Jim Turner, from The History Channel’s Recent two-hour Documentary, Apocalypse Island, will soon team up for lecture concerts around the country exploring Music, Archaeology, Nature, & The Stars Above.

Like music & dreams, remote Treehouses, Islands, Underwater Kingdoms & Ancient Temples Inspire us Beyond.

Many people are happier when they keep the spirit of exploration close to their hearts on a daily basis. The musicians depicted here lived some of their most exciting musical adventures when directly involved with archaeologists and, or naturalists and the public. In each case the winner in these collaborations was simply all involved. In fact, spending all of one's time exclusively with those who also do pretty much the same thing, doesn’t even sound inspiring, does it?

Why Play in Carnegie Hall if you can perform in a Treehouse in the Jungles of Costa Rica?

Seth Montfort has traveled to perform for the last 2 years in Pura Jungla Treehouses. This year, Christopher Collins Lee will accompany him for the Grand Opening of the new Treehouse Treehouse Hotel - here are 2 photos of it as it was being constructed. Some people have noted that it looks like a cross between a space ship and an ancient temple.

Here are 2 photos looking out at Howler Monkeys and at Jungla Vista Treehouse:

Here are two informal recordings of works Seth Montfort & Christopher Collins Lee will perform in Treehouse Concerts:

Quick preliminary demo for recent KGGVFM spot Seth Montfort made on 2 takes on a 6 foot 2 Yamaha piano at the studio of Suzanne Ciani:
Villa-Lobos Brazilian Cycle
1. Native Planting Song
2. Minstrel Impressions
3. Jungle Festival
4. Dance of the White Indian

Christopher Collins Lee recording – recorded on Suzanne Ciani's iPhone. Chris did not know he would be performing Sarasate's Gypsy Airs with the SF Concerto Orchestra and he had not even prepared it. But his 30 years of experience performing in Carnegie Hall certainly shows through.

Visionary Naturalist, Ray Beise is the founder of The Pura Jungla Preserve in Paraiso, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. He reforested 250 acres and funded this project through sparse Treehouse real estate. Ray discovered ways to get the low shrub and higher canopy to grow at once and within a mere 20 years practically the entire original eco-system was already close to what it once had been. If only Ray could be cloned and put to work all over the World. He is pictured below showing one of the wonders of the jungle to a young girl who probably will remember this experience of nature always.

To get the feeling of the Pura Jungla treehouses you simply must visit them. Maybe it’s the air currents or the sounds of The Jungle. But perhaps the many angles on the pages referenced below hint at some elusive magic of being inside and outside at once –

Here's a page of photos from Seth Montfort’s 2008 Concerts in Jungla Vista Treehouse - this page attempts through photos to depict what it is like to arrive, explore, perform, wake up to the sunrise as well as to see the treehouse from above.

Here's a page of photos from Seth Montfort's 2009 concerts in Casa Margarita Treehouse.
Here is a review of Seth Montfort's 2009 Treehouse Concerts.
(Printable version)

There’s more on the miraculous Pura Jungla Treehouse nature reserve at:
Jungla Vista Treehouse, Casa Margarita Treehouse, Pura Jungla and the new Seth’s Travels page!

Who would imprison Music On Stage from freely exploring a Remote Island & Underwater Odyssey?

5-Time Grammy nominee Suzanne Ciani & the Galapagos

“I was fortunate enough to be invited to visit the Galapagos islands on a week-long boating expedition and had the further good fortune to meet naturalist guide Robert Grimstone,” says Ciani. “This television show is the result of our collaboration to bring you a marriage of image and sound: exquisite HD images created by a cinematographer with a deep understanding of the wildlife he is filming, and my music, which has always been inspired by nature and which underscores the personalities and movements of these exotic creatures. It often seems if as if the animals are moving to the music!”

Folk Dance

Here are video teasers from my NEW DVD, Galapagos - A Musical Odyssey. This DVD is the result of our collaboration to bring you a marriage of image and sound. If you want to see the entire music video along with 11 other tracks, purchase my new DVD. They're available from my online store at http://www.sevwave.com.

Samukee

“Never before has the magic, richness and vitality of nature’s most important evolutionary laboratory been captured so brilliantly with film and music,” says Donald Johanson, Discoverer of Lucy and Founding Director of the Institute of Human Origins. He continues, “This engaging film will leave you forever changed.”

Suzanne Ciani links:
Suzanne Ciani Releases New DVD Galapagos: A Musical Odyssey
Suzanne Ciani - Seventh Wave

Turning and Returning
James Turner and Returner - Journeys from Palenque to the End of the World and Back - as featured on the History Channel in his recent two-hour documentary and archaeological quest to a remote Island off Chile.
www.apocalypseisland.com

From Palenque to Apocalypse Island 1

From Palenque to Apocalypse Island 2

The Ahua Chronicles Volume 1

If you would like to subscribe to the Ahua Chronicles go to www.apocalypseisland.com.

How could anyone flock to Wagner's Bayreuth if they were invited by LIVING composers & archeologists to join musical expeditions of Sacred Temples?

Seth Montfort's interest in Jungles began as a child when his dream was not to become a musician but rather a naturalist in the Galapagos Islands and the Jungles of Latin America. His interest in Temples began in his dreams when 10 years ago he woke up hearing the music of Ancient Spain and Mexico. Eventually these dreams and resulting compositions also led him to see and feel the influence of Native Americans and the Spanish Inquisition everywhere around him, always. They also led to his performing near the Temples and Cathedrals of Mexico and Belize. One dream included Colonial Mexican/Spanish Mozartean music that has since become his 1 hour long Old World Piano Symphony. The other dream included Ancient Zuni, Aztec, Mayan, Amazonian and Inca sounding music that has since become his 2½ hour Aztec Piano Symphony. This page shows where Montfort started landing his dream externally at the Mexico City University/Monastery he performed at and a circular artifact in the Ancient Templo Mayor Museum a half a block from the hosting hotel as well as the movements of Montfort's Aztec Piano Symphony, a work that evolved in a fashion that reflects both circular Native American ideology and Nietzsche's idea of Eternal Recurrence. There is more info at Seth’s Travels.

The Turning Point: Is it The End or The Beginning?

Matt Alber’s End of The World spreads like wildfire - 2nd End of The World is LIVE with us:

	Music video by Matt Alber performing End of the World	Kudos to Matt and the Director, Cinematographer, Editor, Sound Engineer/Designer and Crew for winning Best Video at the Out Music Awards 2009 in New York for this famous version.
	Matt Alber sings End of the World with the San Francisco Concerto Orchestra.

And for Viviana Guzman, Chile is both where she was born and where she often Turns and Returns from the beginning in her tours. But to escape it all, she hides out in Guerneville! Not to mention any number of Sacred Ancient Pyramids around the World that she has been fascinated by since childhood and now frequently performs atop!

	Viviana Guzman plays The Carnival of Venice with The San Francisco Concerto Orchestra in Guerneville, CA in memory of David Bartolotta who was a bassoonist for the SF Ballet Orchestra as well as the SF Concerto Orchestra
	Byzantium to Giza by Viviana Guzman Music by Viviana Guzman
	La Cumparsita – Viviana Guzman, flute and tango dance Described by the New York Times as “an imaginative artist,” Chilean-born flutist, Viviana Guzmán http://www.vivianaguzman.com has been seen on the cover of Latina Style Magazine, and in COSMOPOLITAN en Español, and has played in 56 countries. She performs 80 concerts a year including five times in Carnegie Hall. La Misionera – Viviana Guzman, flute

To order Viviana's recordings or get more info go to www.viviana.org.

This is a link to Viviana's 2009 Touring Schedule.

Annette DiMedio, Winner of our International Piano Competition, has performed as a soloist with many of the World’s biggest Orchestras. Her Latin American engagements include annual concerts in Argentina and Peru where she has the privilege of visiting the famous Ancient Inca sites. She was the only person in Philadelphia Orchestra’s history to win their Concerto Competition in all three age categories. She also won the LiberaceTalent Search and performed with Liberace at the Las Vegas Hilton. She escapes from Philadelphia to perform with us at least twice a year. Here she is performing Liszt with the Orchestra at the Composers’ House in Guerneville and Argentina's Ginastera Piano Sonata no. 1- Finale outdoors in Monte Rio.

	Annette Dimedio plays Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 - Part 1 of 2 Annette Dimedio plays Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 with the San Francisco Concerto Orchestra in Guerneville in memory of David Bartolotta who was a bassoonist for the SF Ballet Orchestra as well as the SF Concerto Orchestra and others Annette DiMedio - Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 - Part 2 of 2
	Annette DiMedio brings piano music from heart, soul and hands to those attending the 2009 Russian River Car Show ...I do not know the piece that she played so beautifully (Ginastra Sonata No. 1 Finale)

So why DO these musicians already “migrate” every year to Latin America? Ask any Monarch Butterfly why it makes pilgrimages South and back in Ancient Expeditions of Eternal Return. Or better yet, let’s Return to hear why Matt Alber has to sing!

	Matt Alber sings Monarch in live concert at Presidio Chapel with San Francisco Concerto Orchestra, Roberto-Juan Gonzalez, Conductor, October 2009

	New! Matt Alber - Monarch video directed and filmed by Dan Whitehill.


	Music Inside Out & Center Center & Out Inside Music Our musicians all have lives beyond us across the globe. Watch this page for past and future collaborations with archeologists, naturalists and friends and group expeditions that combine eco-tourism with concerts, exploration of sacred sites and nature!