Ma Dharma Kavisha

(Kavisha Mazzella)

" Sing For everybody... sing for nobody" Born in London, living in Australia since a small child, Kavisha comes from a family of singers .Her Mum taught her guitar and her grandmother played the banjo and her Uncle sings from the Italian opera and Neopolitan bel canto tradition .She sings also with her brother Sw Gyan Giri and Sw Prem Sanjiva in I Papaveri Italian folk song band and Black Nonnas music and commedia theatre.

Brought up in a loving Catholic family, Kavisha  sang in Church choir and loved the stories of the saints but was looking for something deeper. At age of  21 she came accross the teachings of Osho Rajneesh,fell in love with the joyous heart path and  became a sannyasin with the name "Dharma Kavisha" meaning The Path of the Godess of Poetry. She was at the Ranch playing music for Bhagwan and also visited Pune 2 briefly.

Since then Kavisha has explored Dzogchen in Tibetan Buddhism , Advaita Philosophy with Sailor Bob , and is currently a student at the Wu Wei Tai Chi School.Kavisha brings all these influences into her choir teaching ,ecstatic singing style and exploration of compassion and deep, soulful silence through the gateway of song.

As well as writing and singing her own songs and doing concerts Kavisha leads healing through song choirs.Kavisha runs a Meditation, Song and Silence group once a month at Northcote Uniting Church called" Empty Sky "in which meditative chants and songs from different sacred world traditions are sung interspersed by periods of silence. There is also a multifaith multicultural choir at Manningham Arts Centre called the United Nations Of Song and is open every term to new members.Here we explore the common ground in culture and faith. Also Kavisha runs a choir for friends,family and those on their healing journey from mental Illness.Kindly sponsored by the Mental Illness Fellowship Victoria this is called The Moon's A Balloon Choir.

Kavisha has performed at national folk festivals, International music festivals that include Woodford,Australia-Ireland Festival Dublin, Cork Arts Festival Ireland, Edinburgh Fringe Festival Scotland, Calgary Folk Festival Canada, European Union Broadcasters Festival Miscolc Hungary, Femme Funk Festival New Caledonia. In July 2011 Kavisha has been invited to EthnoHistria Festival in Slovenia EU. for more details and to listen to her music go to www.kavisha.com...

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