SACRED BODY
Benefit Performance, Art Exhibition and Celebration
More Info: www.facebook.com/events/714172822011080
Featuring 90 of the most accomplished local performing and visual artists from diverse cultural backgrounds and creative disciplines, Sacred Body weaves together the threads of the collective consciousness of Santa Fe to honor the sacred and sensuous in human form and expression and inspire a new body paradigm. A collaboration with the New Mexico Dance Coalition at Santa Fe's premier venue, The Lensic Performing Arts Center to create a Young Adult Scholarship Program for Healing Movement Arts.
Producer / Production Manager, Santa Fe, NM, November 2014
EVENT PRODUCTION
I have been producing concerts & theatrical productions, sacred / shamanic community events and multi-media conferences with a focus on inspiring community interaction, heart opening, expanded consciousness and personal transformation since 1987. Many of these events are listed below beginning generally with the more current:
FIREWALK
Training led by Tony Simons in which participants break a board with their bare hands, snap an arrow in the hollow of their necks and walk barefoot on hot coals without getting burned!
More Info.: www.ithacafirewalks.com
Producer, Santa Fe, NM, December 2011
"This life-changing experience calls one to step past their fears to a new level of courage, confidence and commitment."
MANTALITY
Music, Dance, Poetry & Performances by men
More Info: www.facebook.com/events/113713762630263Show Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmihePAC0Ic
An all male-identified cast expressing a variety of social, emotional, political and spiritual perspectives on masculinity aimed toward healing within our community. All Proceeds benefitted the Solace Rape Crisis Treatment Center and Fathers New Mexico.
Producer, Santa Fe, NM, September 2017
AWAKENING THE DREAMER, CHANGING THE DREAM
An inspiring four-hour, educational and experiential, multi-media symposium that addresses many of the issues we face in our world today with heart and fresh insight toward understanding and initiating solutions. Continually evolving as it has been presented over the last 6 years in countries around the globe, participants find themselves called to a greater commitment in making a difference in their community and the world.
More Info.: www.awakeningthedreamer.org
Facilitator Training Producer, New Mexico, Winter 2008
Symposium Producer & Facilitator, USA, 2008 - 2010
TITO LA ROSA
Peruvian "National Treasure" Sound Healer & Musician
More Info.: www.facebook.com/larosatito
Producer, 22 Sold-Out Concerts, Ceremonies & Workshops
Santa Fe, Albuquerque & Taos, NM, 2010 - 2011
"Profoundly transformative shamanic sound healing..."
"His attraction to the spirit dimension and his love of all
things from the nature world allow him to traverse musical landscapes with tranquility and deep passion." Kitaro
SHIMSHAI
Acoustic World Fusion & Sacred Song
More Info.: www.shimshai.com
Producer, 3 Concert / Dance Celebrations
Santa Fe, NM, June 2010 - June 2012
"Whether singing the ancient Sanskrit mantras of India, the traditional folklore of South America, or performing his
original works of divine inspiration, Shimshai’s music invokes a sentiment of ancestral devotion and a dedication to higher consciousness."
ROBERT MIRABAL
Grammy Award Winning Native American Flautist Sold-Out "Pueblo Christmas" World Premiere Concert
More Info.: www.mirabalnativeflutes.com
Producer, Santa Fe, NM, Winter Solstice 2006
"Pueblo holiday stories, video image projection and classic Christmas Carols like you've never heard them before!"
KIRTAN JAMBOREE
Performance by Santa Fe's Premier Kirtan Musicians: Sita Jamieson, Geoffrey Gordon, Mirabai Daniels, Gregory Gutin, Stefan Dill, Sunny & Michael Kott.
Dance of Universal Peace led by Tara Swierkosz.
Producer, Santa Fe, NM, September 2011
FANTUZZI
International "Tribal Gathering" Host and Fun Master
More Info.: www.fantuzzimusic.com
Producer, Numerous Concerts & Workshops
Santa Fe, Taos & Albuquerque, NM
Summer 2009 - Fall 2022
"A magical blend of Latin, Reggae, Afro-Funk & Heart-Songs that inspires us to forget our chairs and rise into revelatory states of collaborative celebration!"
"Passionately danceable rainbow world fusion with a mystical twist"
HIGHER GROUND
Post-Election Sharing, Healing & Realignment
More Info: www.highergroundinstitute.com
An impromptu gathering of well-known Santa Fe authors, musicians and community leaders including Gregg Braden, Larry Dossey, Joan Borysenko and Alan Webber, sharing their insights on the 2016 Presidential Election to support the local community in mending divisions and finding alignment for creating a future with genuine promise.
Producer, Santa Fe, NM, November 2016
SACRED SENSUOUS
Benefit Dance and Music Concert
A collaborative performance featuring 40 of Santa Fe’s exquisite dancers and musicians, ages 12 to 76, in 12 vignettes. This fundraising event at Santa Fe's magnificent Scottish Rite Temple includes a silent auction, items for sale, hors d’oeuvres and a slide show about the beneficiary, Orphans of the World.
Production Manager, Santa Fe, NM, November 2012
"WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW?" CONFERENCES
Conference series presenting the scientists, visionaries, filmmakers and lead actors from this hit film to further explore it’s vital message of personal power: that we each effectively create our world through the power of our own consciousness. Through lectures and interactive sessions, participants actively assimilate this transformative knowledge into their conscious evolution to bring forth deeper levels of evolved manifestation.
More Info.: www.whatthebleep.com
Production Manager, Los Angeles, Boulder, Miami, 2005
BIRTH OF HUMANITY
Ritual Theater Celebration for the 2012 Shift Point
A collaborative theatrical journey ritual featuring The Living Tarot, The Santa Fe Astrology Circle & 2013: Planetary Theater, Myra Krien & Mosaic Dance Company and noted local actors and musicians. The performance celebrates the 2012 Winter Solstice Shift Point foretold in ancient prophecy, the end of a 26,000 year cycle and our collective human rebirth into a new era.
Producer, Santa Fe, NM, December 2012
BIONEERS CONFERENCE
This annual conference in San Rafael, CA, drawing several thousand attendees plus thousands more in 18 satellite conferences globally, is a leading-edge forum presenting dynamic social and scientific innovators advocating breakthrough solutions for people and planet.
More Info.: www.bioneers.org
Stage Manager, San Rafael, CA, 2007 - 2010
DEEP PEACE CONCERT
Concert of Tibetan Bowls, Flutes & Chanting
More Info: www.radiancematrix.com
Paul Temple's Radiance Matrix weaves an eclectic musical mix of tuned healing bowls, haunting flutes, Sanskrit mantras, Tibetan throat singing and dreamy songs that transports the listener on a beautiful, timeless, meditative sonic journey into mystical realms.
Producer, Santa Fe, NM, July 2017
DEVA PREMAL & MITEN with MANOSE
World Renowned Sacred Chant Masters
More Info: www.DevaPremalMiten.com
Accompanied by Napalese bansuri maestro Manose, Canadian bassist Joby Baker and Danish percussionist Rishi, audiences are routinely inspired to join them in song and celebration.
"Their unique, spiritually inspired music transcends all traditional cultural and religious boundaries creating moments of ecstatic silence."
Producer, Santa Fe, NM, May 2017 & May 2019
THE SANTA FE ASTROLOGY CIRCLE
"2012 The Big Shift", an audio-visual presentation by nationally known astrologers, Arielle Guttman, Heather Roan Robbins and Azlan White about this challenging astrological time in history, focusing on the 2012 Eclipse Cycle and Venus Transit as well as the 2012 - 2015 Uranus-Pluto Squares. They are joined by a panel of astrologers with a Mayan perspective to map the great shifts of 2012.
Production Manager and MC, Santa Fe, NM, December 2011
THE LIVING TAROT
A unique form of audience-interactive, improvisational theater that invites audience members to step into a living oracle, ask a question and watch as The Fool, The High Priestess, The Hermit, The Sun, The Moon and other ancient archetypes act out the "answers", enhanced by live musical accompaniment and projected imagery.
Producer, Numerous Performances
Santa Fe, NM, 2007 - 2012
"Entertaining & enlightening - a truly mystical and soulful journey of universal insight and personal transformation!"
JOHN PAULDING MEADE
TINA MALIA
Sacred World Music Artist
More Info: www.tinamalia.com
Producer, Santa Fe, NM, May 2014
"Her songs are infused with optimism and hope, weaving a new vision of the innate power of the human spirit in all its mystery and intricacy."
"Listening to her mesmeric and soul-transporting work, one clearly gets the impression she is 'somewhere else' and is taking you there."
P.O. BOX 22002, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, 87502
PHONE/FAX: (505) 982-9950 CELL: (505) 470-9740
EMAIL: JOHN@JOHNMEADE.NET
CARIOCA BRAZIL MUSIC TRIO
Carioca Freitas leads a masterful trio in compositions from contemporary jazz, samba and traditional songs to sacred music from the Amazon, India, Israel and other cultures along with their own flying improvisations.
More Info.: www.cariocafreitas.com
Producer, 3 Concerts & 5 Shamanic Ceremonies
Santa Fe, NM, 2002 - 2005
"an intricately layered musical tapestry, incorporating instruments and musical styles from diverse cultures, woven fluidly over a foundation of jazzy Brazilian rhythms"
THE MESSAGE COMPANY'S INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES ON:
BUSINESS & CONSCIOUSNESS / SCIENCE & CONSCIOUSNESS / SHAMANISM, ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS & ENLIGHTENMENT
Conference series providing a forum for the exploration of consciousness from social / business, scientific and spiritual perspectives with a multi-disciplinary team of experts
sharing their knowledge through lectures, discussions and experiential sessions.
More Info.: www.bizspirit.com
Stage Manager, Alcapulco, Mexico & Albuquerque, NM, 2000 - 2001
SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATIONS
A participatory community celebration in Santa Fe's central plaza, inspired and lead by representatives of many of Santa Fe's diverse cultural and spiritual expressions, to honor our unique paths while confirming our common values and connection in heart and spirit. Watch 10 minute video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Foc07hXRxs
Producer, Santa Fe, NM, 1996 - 1997
SPIRIT OF THE CHILD
A participatory, multi-media community event for all ages to honor the spirit of the child and encourage that innocent, curious, creative, playful, open-hearted and enthusiastic spark in each of us to flourish in our lives. Created as a fundraising event for The International Children's Foundation.
Producer, Santa Fe, NM, 1989
HARMONIC CONVERGENCE CELEBRATION
A sacred ritual gathering in recognition of a major planetary alignment and the final cycle of the Mayan calendar to usher in a new era of transformation and peace.
Producer, Santa Fe, NM & Callanish, Scotland, 1987