A clip from the
meditation CD featuring Rich McGhee & Pete Onofrio.
Video by Dan of SAMDOG Films
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PeteOnofrio is a Didgeridoo, Native
American flute player and percussionist. He has also studied
Afro Caribbean drumming under the tutelage of Baba David Coleman
and Abu Carter and has also studied extensively under the
tutelage of Sequoyah Trueblood, shaman of the Choctaw Nation and
Kentrul Lodro Thaye Rinpoche, Rinpoche meaning precious one in
Tibetan. He is a Tibetan Buddhist high Lama and teacher of the
Buddhist beliefs.
Pete has lectured at Yale University
and performed in several multi media performances at Wesleyan
University, where he has been and continues his studies in video
and audio production. He has and continues to travel extensively
in Australia studying Aboriginal culture and Didgeridoo playing
since 1997. He has founded a nonprofit organization in 2004
called Blue Star Productions promoting music, arts and ancient
indigenous philosophy.
He is currently running an interactive
cultural performance program that caters to the enrichment of
student’s exposure to music, artwork, and it’s relation to
Native American and Aboriginal cultures. (Didgequest.com)
Co-Founder of R.I.C.E Institute,
Research Institute of Conscious Evolution, R.I.C.E is an organic
organization formulated to support and perpetuate the movement
of the transformation of consciousness. A strong focus on the
healing arts, self-visualization/healing and sacred circle
gatherings that assists in the eventual unfolding of the sacred
mystery’s plan.
www.lifeisnow.us
He was first introduced to the ancient
sounds of the Aboriginal Didgeridoo in 1998 on a three month
journey to Australia. The profound physical and spiritual
revelation that emerged from those sounds leads him to the
teachings of his masters. This has put him on the path of
discovery, sharing and healing. His learning has taught him that
there are better, more affect way to pilot ones self through the
every changing, fast pace and at times chaotic world we live in.
He and his wife Sarah live on a small farm in Madison
Connecticut.
Sequoyah Trueblood
Sequoyah is a member by blood of
the Choctaw people. He grew up in Oklahoma and currently
resides in Kahnawake
with the woman he walks beside Marlyn Kane.
For the past twelve years
Jeannie Nocera has been involved in television and film
production. Jeannie worked in Los Angeles for several years and
moved back home to Connecticut where she worked as an
independent producer for Connecticut Public Television. Most
recently she was a producer on “Main Street” a weekly news
magazine on CPTV. In January, 2004 Jeannie finished work on an
independent documentary film entitled “David Brown and the Hay
House” which, profiles the life of a painter and farmer from Old
Saybrook, and was an official selection at the Wine Country Film
Festival (Napa, California). The documentary also screened at
the Florence Griswold Museum in Connecticut as part of an
exhibit entitled "The Hay House: STEP RIGHT IN".
Dan Nocera has worked and taught in all areas
of media production for the past seventeen years. Dan has a B.A. in
Television Production from Ithaca College and a Master of Arts and
Liberal Studies with a concentration in film from Wesleyan’s Graduate
Liberal Studies Program. Currently Dan is the coordinator of the
Corporate Media Center at Middlesex Community College where he produces,
directs, and edits award-winning films (corporate, documentary,
fiction). He is also a skilled craftsman and educator of Video
Production, Advanced Editing, Audio Production, and Broadcast
Journalism. In 2005 Dan helped plan and set-up the videography lab at
Green Street Arts Center, and has continued to instruct students of all
ages there. A recent television ad he produced won three national awards
including a Telly, a Communicator, and a Gold Medallion. In 2006 he won
a Bronze Telly for a 90 minute Training DVD he directed and edited for
the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection.
Jeannie and Dan were married in 2003 and teamed
up to form SAMDOG Films L.L.C. Together they have produced several
documentaries and events including "Project CONN-cept: A Journey Towards
Quality Curriculum" an hour long documentary on a federally funded
curriculum project for the Connecticut Department of Education. Their
current project is “The Hay House and The Stupa” which is still in
production. It is a follow-up to “David Brown and the Hay House” and
documents the construction of a Stupa in Saybrook. They are also working
with Bluestar in Madison CT on documenting multiple free-form jams and
spiritual transmissions involving numerous musicians and elders from
around the world.
Waka Tangga
is an experience for your
head, your heart, and your soul.
Waka Tangga is a musical and
artistic journey to be enjoyed by those who create,
listen, feel and see. This movement is intended to
bring a sense of calm to the world through artistic
expression and creative thinking.
The sights and sounds heard here
and in Waka Tangga performances are intended to provoke
a positive change within the musicians, the listeners
and the watchers. That change can mean many things to
different people, so be open to many possibilities, but
expect nothing.
Waka Tangga hopes to help aid this
natural movement towards a better sense of understanding
of the world we live in and within ourselves. It is our
hopes to help create a more peaceful and sustainable
physical and spiritual environment for our planet and
the humans that live with her. We hope you enjoy and
perhaps become part of our efforts.
Warmly,
Waka Tangga
"In 2000 on my way to
Australia, I stopped for two weeks in Bali. While I was
there I discovered a part of my soul that changed my
view of the world. Waka Tangga which is a traditional
spiritual trek up a mountain to five Balinese temples.
It was here that I
had the calling to put together Waka Tangga which
translates from the Balinese language as "The
journey".
Inspired by this vision, in
2001 Waka Tangga was formed by Pete Onofrio and Colin
Benn in the attempts to bridge the gap between world and
classical music. It is being called "Dub-Fusion".
"We are all on a
journey of our own. We hope to make that journey more
meaningful for you."
--Pete Onofrio
The Expansion
Project
Christopher
Cameron, keyboards and synthesizers
Jim Cole,
Multi tonal singer
The Expansion project is a unique blend of multi-tonal
singing, sequenced sounds, didgeridoo, flutes, steel
cello and an assortment of percussion instruments
blending to produce deep musical journeys and
meditations. The music is created on the concept of
using the sustain and vibration that resonates after a
note is struck.
