Sound, Voice, and Music Healing

Schedule of Courses

Please note that students must complete the entire curriculum, which meets at predetermined times throughout the year, in order to receive the certificate of completion.

Should a participant miss one or two classes, he or she will have the option of either attending another class offered by CIIS Public Programs or completing a special project at an additional cost. Read policy for missed classes and out of town students.

If you live outside of the Bay Area, please contact the Public Programs office for alternative scheduling options (415.575.6175).

Students can accrue 20 hours for an individual project at an extra cost
(to cover advisor and other administrative fees).

Note: The class schedule is subject to change.

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Sound, voice, and Music Healing Certificate
Schedule of Classes
Spring 2008 Cohort 

SPRING 2008 - FALL 2008

February

Fri, 2/29, 7-9pm

Finding Your Inner Musician

David Darling

MARCH

Sat/Sun, 3/1-3/2, 10am-5pm

Finding Your Inner Musician

David Darling and Silvia Nakkach

Sat/Sun, 3/15-3/16, 10am-5pm

SVMH Spring Cohort Weekend

Silvia Nakkach

Friday, 3/28, 7-9pm

Sat/Sun, 3/29-3/30, 10am-5pm

Musical Magic, Shamanism and Semantics

Claudio Naranjo

APRIL

Wed, 4/2-4/30, 7-9pm and

Sat 4/27, 10am-5pm

The Art of Indian Rasas and Ragas

Silvia Nakkach

Fri, 4/11, 8-10pm

Dancing Voice, Singing Body Concert

Meredith Monk

Sat/Sun, 4/12-13, 10am-5pm

Dancing Voice, Singing Body Workshop

Meredith Monk

MAY

Friday, 5/2, 7-9pm

Saturday, 5/3, 10am-5pm

Music, Healthcare & Consciousness

Don Campbell

JUNE

Sat/Sun, 6/21-6/22, 10am-5pm

Integration Weekend

Silvia Nakkach

SEPTEMBER

Tuesdays, 9/16-11/18, 6:15-9:15pm Sound Voice & Music Technique Silvia Nakkach & guest teachers

Sat/Sun, 9/20-21, 10am-5:30pm

Sonic Meditations & Deep Listening

Pauline Oliveros

OCTOBER

Sat/Sun, 10/18-19, 10am-5:30pm

The Tomatis Method

Pat Moffitt Cook

NOVEMBER

Sat/Sun, 11/8-9, 10am-5:30pm

Drumming, Rhythm, and Mind-Body Synchronization

Glen Velez

DECEMBER

Weds, 12/3-12/17, 7-9pm

Sanskrit Mantra:
Theory and Practice

James Ryan

Sat/Sun, 12/6-7, 10am-5:30pm

Sound Therapies

John Beaulieu

Sat/Sun, 12/13-14, 10am-5:30pm

Final Integration Weekend

Silvia Nakkach


FALL 2008 – SPRING 2009

Tuesdays, 9/16-11/18, 6:15-9:15pm

Sound Voice & Music Technique

Silvia Nakkach & guest teachers

SEPTEMBER

Sat/Sun, 9/20-21, 10am-5:30pm

Sonic Meditations & Deep Listening

Pauline Oliveros

OCTOBER

Sat/Sun, 10/18-19, 10am-5:30pm

The Tomatis Method

Pat Moffitt Cook

NOVEMBER

Sat/Sun, 11/8-9, 10am-5:30pm Drumming, Rhythm, and Mind-Body Synchronization Glen Velez
Wed, 11/12, 7pm-9pm Healing with Sacred Sound Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

Sun, 11/16, 10:30am-6pm

TaKeTiNa – Rhythm for Evolution: An Intensive One-day Rhythm Workhsop

Reinhard and Cornelia Flatischler

DECEMBER

Weds, 12/3-12/17, 7-9pm

Sanskrit Mantra: Theory and Practice

James Ryan

Sat/Sun, 12/6-7, 10am-5:30pm

Sound Therapies

John Beaulieu

Sat/Sun, 12/13-14, 10am-5:30pm

Integration Weekend

Silvia Nakkach

FEBRUARY
Sat/Sun, 2/7 - 2/8, 10am – 5pm Essential Music therapy Clive Robbins & pianist Julie Berghofer
Tuesdays, 2/17 – 4/21, 6:15-9:15pm Sound Voice & Music Technique II Silvia Nakkach
Friday, 2/27, 7pm – 9pm
Saturday, 2/28, 2pm – 5pm
Music As Devotion Claudio Naranjo
MARCH
Friday, 3/13, 7pm – 9pm
Saturday, 3/14, 10am – 5pm
Music and the Emerging Field of Wellness Louise Montello
APRIL
Sunday 4/19, 10am – 5pm Effects of the Tomatis Method on Personality Development Pierre Sollier
MAY
Friday, 5/8, 7pm – 9pm
Saturday, 5/9, 10am – 5pm
Insights into the Invisible World of Sound: A Multi Media/Multi Modal Exploration of Cymatics Jeff Volk
JUNE
Sat/Sun, 6/13-14, 10am – 5pm Final Integration Weekend Silvia Nakkach