Language of The Gong with Mike Tamburo

Language of the Gong is a transformative three-day course designed to help you develop both a musical and personal language with the gong.

Date and Time and Location: 

Three days: September 5, 6 & 7 2025  at The Sound Journey Store in Beamsville, Ontario.

Who Can Take This Course?

This course is open to both the general public and to students of the School of Sound.  

Number of Credit Hours for School of Sound Students

This course is worth 24 hours of electives towards School of Sound elective hours.   If you take this course and then decide to join School of Sound at a later date, you will be credited these hours. 

Course Description

This immersive experience will guide you in refining your technical skills, deepening your sense of musicality, and enhancing your ability to create flowing and powerful sonic experiences. Whether you are an experienced player or new to the gong, this course will give you the tools to play with greater presence and intentionality.

Throughout the course, participants will explore various facets of gong playing that will elevate their practice. You'll learn to:

• Refine your playing technique, achieving expressive control over dynamics, rhythm, and tone.
• Integrate structure and form into your playing, creating seamless transitions and fluid movements.
  
• Develop a deeper understanding of time and space in your compositions, using silence as an active element.
• Explore spontaneous composition within a structured framework, allowing for creative freedom while maintaining flow.
• Sharpen your listening skills, enhancing your ability to respond intuitively to the gong’s resonance and the surrounding soundscape.

This course emphasizes the ability to craft a sound experience that is both powerful and transformative, helping you bring your audience on a journey through sound. Whether performing solo or as part of an ensemble, you will gain the confidence and tools to create immersive and dynamic soundscapes.

Course Objectives

• A personalized approach to gong playing, expanding your sonic vocabulary and deepening your musicality.
• Enhanced technical skills for precision, control, and creativity in your playing.
• The ability to create continuous, flowing soundscapes that resonate deeply with listeners.
• Practical tools for staying present and connected during performances, guiding the listener through a transformative experience.
• Confidence to compose spontaneously and perform with intention, creating music that feels alive and responsive.

This course is open to participants of all levels and is perfect for musicians, sound healers, or anyone looking to deepen their relationship with the gong. Whether you’re seeking to enhance your technical abilities or explore the creative and meditative aspects of gong music, Language of the Gong offers a rich and immersive learning experience.

For more information about this exclusive experience, please do not hesitate to call Denise and her team at 905-563-3234.

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Mike Tamuburo

Mike Tamburo is a world-renowned musician, composer, artist and educator. He is known and loved for his transformational live concerts performed on his personally curated set of gongs, bells and other metal instruments. A lifelong multi-instrumentalist, Tamburo has focused his talents on metal percussion instruments, string instruments (hammered dulcimer, guitar, zither, shahi baaja), as well as electronic instruments (synths, looping). Since 1994, Tamburo has shared more than 2,000 concerts and workshops. He has recorded over 70 albums, both solo and in collaboration with Crown of Eternity, Meisha, Arco Flute Foundation, Psychic Frost, Brother Ong and more, ranging from epic gong music to ecstatic and transcendental string music, as well as folk, drone, space rock, ambient, mantra music and sometimes unclassifiable sounds. This man loves music in all its forms! He teaches gong music, both in person and online with School of Gong. He is also a part of the far-reaching ethnomusicology trio, Dig Deeper, with Mitch Nur and Thomas Orr Anderson. Their online classes have explored countless musical concepts with a focus on the cultural and personal uses of sound for healing, meditation, trance, ecstatic states, relaxation, self transformation, perception, psycho-acoustics, scientific discovery, time and community. An early adoptee of meditation, Tamburo’s music offers space for journeying, self-exploration and deep introspection. During many of his early performances, he experienced altered states of consciousness and out of body experiences. To understand these experiences, he explored kundalini yoga, energy work, the therapeutic use of sound and how sound impacts consciousness, human perception and self healing. His love for long sustained drones, overtones and psychoacoustics continues to inspire him to explore music in further directions. Tamburo is also an interdisciplinary sound artist, instrument builder, video artist, sound therapist, writer and meditation teacher. Visit his website here.

LOCATION

Location is at the Sound Journey Store in Lincoln (Beamsville), Ontario, Canada L3J 2C8. We will send you the exact address once you are enrolled. 

We are 35 minutes from Niagara Falls. 1 hour from both Toronto and from Buffalo NY. We live on a beautiful wine route on the top of the Niagara Escarpment, so if you are planning on travelling, you may with to add a few days to your trip and enjoy our area.

ACCOMODATIONS 

Here are links to accommodations in the area. There are several Air B&Bs in walking distance. Air B&B  and VRBO,  Home To Go and Vacation Renter

 AIRPORT

The Closest airport is Hamilton which is 30 minutes away .  The next two airports are Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Buffalo NY, USA.  Both airports are 1 hour away.

SHOPPING IN THE STORE

Participants are welcome to make purchases at the Sound Journey Store before or after training.  If you would like a private consultation, we suggest you book the day before or after class to accommodate for more time. 

Refund Policy