"sing for no one - sing for everyone."
CDS have gone to CD Heaven ? no problem PURCHASE ALL KAVISHA'S DIGITAL ALBUMS HERE ON BANDCAMP !
"Like all great artists, you bring so much joy into peoples' lives and make it possible for them to get out of their noise ... and ... rest with their feelings ... that's a teacherless teaching. "Robert
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"What an absolutely fabulous performance you spoilt us with!! Thank you." Margot Leake, Albany Entertainment Centre WA
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"Just wanted to say a heart felt thank you for the wonderful workshop and concert at Woy Woy last week. It was such fun - the Seven Hundred Rolls song is truly fabulous. You not only sing like an angel, you know how to get other people to sing. What a gift. " Grace - workshop participant
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"I have seen Kavisha concerts for years and have her Dvd's so when I heard she had a choir it seemed the one to try. It has met my expectations being an informal fun class but we do learn. My son- in- law mentioned my singing round the house has improved ! You can change anyrhing you want!!!!" Ange Choir member
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"Your beautiful warm heart, music and songs were the perfect antidote for us here in Melbourne at present when we are in the midst of so much doom and gloom.The feedback from all the singers has been overwhelmingly positive and grateful for your sessions - and we can't thank you enough!" Jonathon Welch AM ( Choir Of Hard Knocks Founder) Melbourne International Singers Festival
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"Mazzella’s voice has an edge of drama even at its softest, and when she really sings out it can be storming or exultant"
REVIEW of The Fearless Note by John Shand , Sydney Morning Herald
WED 3rd AUG -5TH oct 10.30 am -12 midday
HEARTPLACE WEEKLY community Choir downstairs in large room at FIBONACCI CENTRE 19 Blinco St Fremantle
Please JOIN our 10 week course iending in Concert n Ecstatic Kirtan CHOIR -
learn ancient mantras and sacred songs and poetry of the Mystics in song .
with Kavisha . ph 0412893355 to book course fee = $250/$200 - space available for Men and Women
SAT Aug 6th 3-5 pm Kirtan with ISHA DEVA At Restful Waters 64 Canns Rd Bedfordale Kavisha is a guest musician ENQUIRIES
SUN Aug 14th 2-4pm Sound Bath with ISHA DEVA at Restful Waters 64 Canns Rd Bedfordale WA BOOK YOUR PLACE
AUG 26-27 BALGO Warlayirti ARTISTS 35th Birthday celebration and festival BALGO far north WA BOOK YOUR PLACE HERE
*SEPT 10th & 11th GUILDFORD WA Songfest KAVISHA solo performance , plus choral workshops Enquiries here
*SEPT 23rd Joannas Candleight Soirees finale 2 shows plus dinner - 6pm and 8pm sittings SONGS of the SEA at Kidogo Arthouse FREMANTLE WA
Canti del Mare - Kavisha with Peter Grayling on Cello ,John REED on Cittern and Mandolin
and special guest neopolitan tenor Isidoro Mazzella (Kavisha's Uncle) PLEASE BOOK HERE
*SEPT 25 th Kavisha sings Fearless Note concert at DESERT FESTIVAL ALICE SPRINGS BOOK HERE
*OCT 1st 6.30pm -10pm Fibonacci Centre 19 Blinco St Fremantle Kavisha and friends Heartplace Choir present the return of COSMIC CABARET - BOOK HERE ...Empty Sky and SPRING SONGS Starring Davey JOhnston Fremantle singer songwriiter ,Heartplace Choir , Julian Silburn Sound Healer and Dancer Christine Jaroszewski ,Mike Burns and Kavisha .... Profits for Freedom Through Education Nepal
OCT 28-30 NATI FRINJ FESTIVAL VICTORIA Kavisha has 2 shows . Her own original songs and also presents new songs from her meditation album Empty SKY Kirtan BOOK HERE
SUN NOV 13th 4pm YANDOIT Cultural Central Victoria Kavisha Solo Concert BOOKING HERE
SAT NOV 19th 7pm Kavisha and friends , Jack Norton & Nic Lyon in concert New Northern Arts Hotel CASTELMAINE VIC BOOK YOUR SEAT HERE
NOV 27th MARYKNOLL FIRE CHOIR ALL WELCOME- We are seeking new members -End of Term concert and Workshop with Kavisha
at Holy Family Church Maryknoll VIC contact Bonesy MacKinnon 0418429025
SACRED EDGE FESTIVAL Arts and Activism Festival MAY 7-9th 2023 QUEENSCLIFFE VIC SEE HERE
SINGING in Villa Corsano Tuscany ITALY in 2015
HEARTLPLACE CHOIR (above pic is the choir in 2021)
KAVISHA'S LATEST ALBUM 2020
Listen here to Empty Sky Sacred Songs and Chants
Dear friends , I am so pleased to be releasing my new and 8th album .Empty Sky Sacred Songs and Chants is an album of 11 songs made up of traditional and original chants I have composed .I was lucky to collaborate with respected veteran world musician Nicolas Lyon in his wooden cottage studio in Malmesbury Central Victoria. Together we create this soulful ,acoustic album that's sure to become a good companion for yoga, meditation practice or simply chilling out. It features my voice, nylon string guitar, tibetan bells ,drum and recorder. I am also accompanied by the amazing Nicolas Lyon on bowed double bass, harp and glockenspiel.
Listen to Empty Sky Sacred Songs and Chants
My dear chant mentor Jarek Czechowicz and me
The songs include a soulful version of Jarek Czechowicz's "Love, I call Your Name ", a reworking of the popular "Magnificence" by Peter Makena, my original melodies to traditional wisdom texts the Gayatri Mantra, Heart Sutra, Om Mani Padmi Hum, and the words of the mystic poets such as Kabir and Saint Francis. Finally ending with a rallying call for Mother Earth responding to a talk by Eco-Theologian Matthew Fox who I met at the Common Dreams Conference in Sydney in 2019.
They are holy songs for crazy times! I hope you enjoy them ! love Kavisha. December 2020
LISTEN HERE TO Jarek Czechowicz's wonderful song LOVE I CALL YOUR NAME and see here sung at WOODFORD FESTIVAL
EMPTY SKY Reviews 2020
"What a beautiful CD it is! Especially in these distressing times, it has provided a calming and uplifting mood when it was most needed. THANK YOU." Jeannie Marsh- Melbourne singer and choir leader
"What it is ..is it calms me and makes me feel grounded and secure and it talks to a part of me which is beyond words .There's something about being from different traditions on one album that makes it absorbing. It touches different emotions from lament to uplift " Padma Locana ,Yoga teacher Melbourne March 2020
FACEBOOK LIVE tune in here to experience EMPTY SKY during the lockdown Aug 2020
REVIEW by ROBBIE GREIG
"Empty Sky is a departure from Kavisha’s usual storytelling style of songwriting. In this her latest album she is a spiritual wayfarer, a seeker after mystical truth as expressed in both Eastern and European religions. Empty Sky is a pilgrimage to places in the world and in the mind where the sacred is still honoured.
Through a selection of prayers, kirtans, chants, devotional poetry and songs of praise, Kavisha weaves a spell of beauty and tranquility. Flowing along like a gentle river, hypnotic, repetitive, timeless, it’s no surprise that that the album is intended as an aid to meditation and relaxation. But it is Kavisha’s unique vocal qualities that are front and centre of this musical journey. From the first note, her voice grabs you and holds you captive right through to the end.
There is a naturalness and intimacy about the delivery that highlights the essential warmth and richness of her voice. In a suitably understated way, the string-based instrumental accompaniment provided by Kavisha and Nicholas Lyon does everything to support and highlight the fine vocals.With Empty Sky Kavisha has offered us the gift of love and peace in troubled times. "
Robbie Greig Melbourne Singer Songwriter ,mentor and music teacher. March 2020
$20 plus $10 postage
Please write to Mazzella Music 9 Port Place Yanchep WA 6035
or email kavisha(at)kavisha.com
Pay through paypal
THANKYOU !
Kavisha's Albums available here
- EMPTY SKY sacred songs and chants CDS and also digitally on Bandcamp
- The Fearless Note (2017) also Digitally available on Bandcamp
- Riturnella (2014 ) Italian folksongs of 600 years also Digitally available on Bandcamp
- Love and Sorrow ( 2010 )also Digitally available on Bandcamp
- Silver Hook Tango ( 2003 )also Digitally available on Bandcamp
- Fisherman's Daughter (1998 ) also Digitally available on Bandcamp
- Mermaids In The WEll ( 1995 ) also Digitally available on Bandcamp
- Canberra Cork Calgary...live (2000) also Digitally availble on itunes
ORDER your CDS below Folks
Photos ©Claire Moody 2020
Kavisha Mazzella AM Biography
Aria award winner, songbird and folkloric explorer Kavisha's original song's lyrical ingredients include humour, poetry, social justice and the spiritual. Combine this prowess with the voice of an angel and you have the experience of a Kavisha concert. Singing in English, Italian and other languages, she will take you on an uplifting boundary riding journey of well-crafted stories and songs ringing with echoes of Celtic, Fado and Gypsy influences that will strike a resounding chord within. In 2011 she was awarded an Australia Day Honour for services to music and community.
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Kavisha's Youtube Channel
NEW ! PHILOSOPHY MAN live performance at Kidogo Arthouse Fremantle NOV 2021
and LOVESWING ( Kabir ) NOV 2021
- AL GRASSBY'S Grandfather with Neil Adam,Judy Turner and Spanish band from the Asturias FELPEYU
- AMOUR from Love and Sorrow 2011
- ALL GODS BEGGARS from Silver Hook Tango 2003
- BELLA CIAO di Risaia with I Viaggiatori Italian Folk from Suitcase Serenada 2011
- EMPTY SKY CHANTS and SACRED SONGS session LIVE Aug 2020
- FISHERMAN'S DAUGHTER from Fisherman's Daughter 1998
- GECKO SONG from Love and Sorrow 2011
- INVISIBLE INDIVISIBLE from Mermaids In The Well 1995
- KINDNESS OF STRANGERS Xmas Carol 2016
- LOVE and JUSTICE Choir Women's Anthem with VICTORIAN WOMEN'S TRUST CHOIR 2008
- LOVESWING (Kabir) 2021
- LOVE I CALL YOUR NAME by Jarek Czecowicz from Empty Sky 2020
- NIGRA SUM from MARE PROFUNDO Kavisha ,Irine Vela and Richard Tedesco with Boite Millenium Chorus 2006
- PHILOSOPHY MAN live performance at Kidogo Arthouse Fremantle NOV 2021
- RITURNELLA from Riturnella Italian Folk songs 2014
- ROSE IN THE BONES from Silver Hook Tango 2003
- SHE MOVES THROUGH THE FAIR from Mermaids In The Well 1995
- SING FOR NO ONE from The Fearless Note 2017
- TO THE RIVER co written with Arnold Zable
- THE FEARLESS NOTE from The Fearless Note 2017
- VENEZUELA from Silver Hook Tango 2003
- VULUMBRELLA Italian Folk Song from Mermaids In The Well 1995
- WE ARE ANGELS from Mermaids In The Well 1995
- WEDDING SHEETS from Suitcase Serenata 2010
- VA PENSIERO Kavisha with La Voce Della Luna Italian Folk from Luna Yarra 2007
- AS FEATURED IN Australian Filmmaker Aaron Wilson's FILM "LITTLE TORNADOES "
KAVISHA INTERVIEWS and live performance
Kavisha in an INTERVIEW with Patricia Hamilton of Concious Living TV NOV 2021
Kavisha with Suvas Agam from his Youtube Show SECRETS OF LIFE NEPAL NOV 2020
Kavisha and Franco Di Chiera INTERVIEW about the film The Joys Of The Women 2012
Kavisha wins ARIA AWARD for best World Music Album 1998
Kavisha Community Xmas play Jesus was a Middle Eastern Refugee 2012
Kavisha Community Xmas play Beggars Orchestra play Hava Nagila 2012