Hindu Sacred Music
The Department of Philosophy and Religion is sponsoring a performance by Dr. Guy Beck
at Church of the Servant (4925 Oriole Drive)
4 p.m., February 12, 2006

F r e e  –  n o   t i c k e t s  –  e v e r y o n e   i n v i t e d

Guy Beck, visiting professor at UNCW, studied Indian classical music for six years in Calcutta, India, from Sri Sailen Banerjee of the Tansen Music College, Sri Ashish Goswami, and Sri Arun Bhaduri of the Sangeet Research Academy. He was also trained in the devotional music of the temples of Vrindaban and Mathura. Performing for over twenty years, he has appeared on Indian TV (Door Darshan), Radio Nepal, and in several All-India Music Conferences, as well as throughout the southern United States. Guy was the 2001 Oxford University Michaelmas Lecturer on Hinduism and Music. His book, Sonic Theology: Hinduism and Sacred Sound, has received wide acclaim from scholars and practitioners. Guy performs on a variety of instruments including the tanpura, a long-necked lute with four strings, the harmonium, a reed-driven keyboard, and the kartals or hand-cymbals on the two Bhajan selections, with tabla rhythms blended in.