Halcyon Arts New England connects cultural explorers through global music and world spirituality. By celebrating humanity's vibrant traditions, we enrich lives, inspire transformation, and foster the deep empathy needed for lasting peace.
Our World Music Institute presents concerts, workshops, master classes, etc. in world music traditions: https://www.hartsne.org
Our Mission: Our mission is to provide an intimate space, via concerts and workshops, in which students and lovers of music can connect directly with master musicians and skilled practitioners from the world’s great musical traditions and burgeoning cross-cultural forms.
Our Values: Musical transmission happens beyond books, theory and academic observation. We at Halcyon believe in sitting with the master and in traditional teaching methods that emphasize the orality of deep musical learning. This style of musical training asks more of the student than mere specialization and integrates into its subject matter other disciplines and human experience as a whole. Halcyon aims to provide an environment in which students can sit at the feet of masters of the great traditions and learn from them on their own terms. We expect our students to respect the traditions, but not to treat them as fixed exotic forms. We recognize that these traditions are contemporary living entities and we aim to cultivate an environment of discipline, play, experiment, and full-bodied engagement.
