below you'll find info on our wonderful tribe of kirtan wallas, as well as links to keep in touch with us over the year...

Scott Medina - Summit founder, kirtan leader...

Scott started leading evenings of devotional chanting eight years ago out of necessity ~ he wanted to chant and yet, at the time, there were few public opportunities to come together in this way. A leader of the Dances of Universal Peace, Scott shared some chants with fellow peace dancers and before long there was enough enthusiasm to begin holding larger gatherings. Since then the kirtan movement has grown exponentially! Scott has since recorded three CDs of original chants, "Bolo" and "Enchanted" and the lastest "StarHouse Kirtan Live!". He leads large kirtans at the StarHouse on a quarterly basis, and smaller kirtans at Nanak's Nook in Boulder; please e-mail Scott for upcoming dates & directions. His kirtans are known for their upbeat energy and ecstatic enthusiasm. Scott and his wife Shanti have recently formed the lively kirtan rock band "MahaGroove" with Eyal Rivlin, Steve Bross and Gayan -- go to www.MahaGroove.com. Sign up on the e-mail list at ColoradoKirtan@aol.com. Scott dreamed up the Kirtan Summit in 2005 as an offering to the community, and an opportunity to bring all of the wonderful local leaders together. He co-leads Yoga/Kirtan events with his partner Shanti, www.EnergizeShanti.com. He also founded www.SpiritualEventsCalendar.com which is a free listing of local spiritual happenings.

Shanti Medina - volunteer coordinator, goddess of everything

Shanti spends much of her life in dance and music. Whether she is enjoying offering kirtan with her husband or playing gigs with MahaGroove (the cutting edge band infusing mantra and groove into a life force dance experience), Shanti lives from her heart for her soul. As an inspiring Yoga & Pilates Fitball instructor, Shanti guides her clients and students to playfully explore and expand their mind/body awareness while learning to live and move from their core in all aspects of their lives. Using her Certifications in Personal Training and Wellness Coaching, Shanti combines an eclectic blend of core integration and stabilization along with inner body wisdom and awareness to inspire holistic health and a sustainable increase in fitness for each of her clients. Her unique style attracts a broad spectrum of students ranging from professional athletes to new moms. Shanti has the ability to inspire transformation, union and balance. She playfully guides classes and workshops in Boulder, CO and across the globe for all levels of practice. To take a peek at what Shanti is up to, check out EnergizeShanti.com.

Steve Bross - tabla maestro, chantleader, funniest man in Boulder ;-)

After riding a unicycle off a diving board in High School at Kinhaven Music School in Vermont, Steve Bross wondered where one could possibly go from there. He decided India was a good choice, where he spent a year in Pune on an exchange program, and discovered the irresistable phatness of the tabla, which he studied for the better part of a year. After returning, and playing rock and reggae through his college education, studying art and architecture at Oberlin College and Columbia University, he took off a year and toured the East Coast with a Reggae band. After earning a Masters Degree in Architecture from Yale, and subsequently designing fire stairs for a couple years, he co-founded a dot-com company in Seattle, Global Sight (which even has a regional office in Gunbarrel!). Then he got deeply into the Bhakti tradition, resurrecting the tabla, and now spends his time split between developing websites, facilitating Nonviolent Communication, and playing tabla with a wide variety of wonderful musicians and fellow Spirit nuts.

Robert Gass

A well-known seminar leader, organizational shaman and leader coach, for 30 years Robert has been one of the pioneers in the revival of sacred chant in the West. His CDs with his renowned recording group, On Wings of Song, have sold over 700,000 copies, including the best-sellers Om Namaha Shivaya, Alleluia, and Ancient Mother. Robert is author of the book Chanting: Discovering Spirit in Sound, and founder of the record label Spring Hill Music.

www.SacredUnion.com

Vamadeva

Vamadeva was initiated onto the path of Bhakti Yoga by his Guru Baba Anandamurti in 1972. At the age of 16 he began his lifelong journey chanting the holy names in Kirtan. At 19 he travelled to India to be taught at his Baba's ashram in Varnasi. After returning home he toured America for two years leading Kirtan Chanting and teaching meditation. He and Karen started the Sunday Boulder Kirtan 10 years ago. The rest has been one big Ki Jai!

www.vamadevakirtan.com

Karen DeMarco

Bio Coming Soon...

Susan St Clair & the Heart Connection Community Kirtan Band

Susan has been in love with chanting and kirtan since 1980 after being introduced to daily chanting while living in the Ananda Community in Northern California. Yogananda was her first inspiration to learn chanting and harmonium. She owns a metaphysical bookstore in Ft Collins, Northern Lights Wholistic Books & Gifts and leads kirtan in several cities in Northern Colorado Front Range area with several other local musicians as the Heart Connection Community Kirtan Band.

For info and Kirtan Schedule visit www.KirtanCommunity.com for info...

Tom Fuhrmann - Host and Facilitator, Littleton Kirtan Gang

Tom has been leading weekly kirtans at his home in Littleton and at other locations around the Denver area since 2005. He also plays and sings with Bhakti Shakti in Boulder on Sunday nights at Studio Be. A relative newcomer to the world of devotional chanting, Tom says he plans to keep his day job as a civil engineer, businessman, and entrepreneur. "Kirtan is for everyone and anyone, even people like me. It requires no particular training or spiritual heritage, because its source is beyond systems, cultures, and religious boundaries. It originates from the source of all that we long for. My heart finally recognized itself and danced with delight. Now I cannot not do it."

tdfuhrmann@hotmail.com for info...

Tom Duffy - AKA Tommy-Ji

Art of Living Teacher Co founder of the Prison SMART Foundation, Tom has sung all around the world at Art of Living Satsangs. A proud student of Gandharva Master Diviya Pabha and a 17 year Devotee of His holiness Shri Shri Ravi Shankar (he even sang back up vocals at the ALF silver Jubilee with 2.5 million attending!)

Tommy-ji merges his own heart with the Melodies of nature and sings the rhythms that have been sung buy sages and Rishi's for thousands of years. Tommy-Ji is nothing extraordinary just extra ordinary. "There are no individual Kirtan singers we all sing one voice one Love in one sweet song."

Facilitator of the monthly "Full Moon Full Heart Kirtan" - tomduffy4u@gmail.com

Kate Spear

Kate Spear is a life long spiritual practictioner and creative muse living the path of the heart. She plays harmonium and sings kirtan using her gift of devotional radiance to invite all into their Divine beauty. She embodied the path of chanting in her 10 year journey in an Ashram.

Shawna Suzyn

Shawna Suzyn, M.A., C.Y.T., is a certified yoga and meditation instructor, traditional and spiritual counselor devoted to living a mindful, balanced, meaningful, uplifted and inspired life. Shawna first connected with the healing power of chant 14 yrs ago while studying Kripalu yoga. A few years later her relationship with chant deepened during a month long stay at the Shoshoni Yoga Retreat, where 3 hours of chanting and meditation were part of each day's spiritual practice. Since then, the power of song and sound has been part of her spiritual practice. Shawna's other passions, and offerings: yoga, meditation and counseling, are influenced by both traditional and ecclectic healing and spiritual wisdom traditions ranging from her Reiki Master Certification to her Master's degree in Psychology. She has a private counseling practice in boulder and in longmont where she supports clients in cultivating a deeper sense of the true self within, learning tools for transforming and healing the shadow, and cultivating a relationship with the inner-heart. Shawna also leads day and weekend workshops at the majestic colorado Gold Lake Mountain Resort.

For more info contact: shawnasu@gmail.com

Marilyn Sherbring, J.D.

Marilyn learned kirtan by chanting in the audiences of the kirtan giants of the Front Range. She was recruited to bring kirtan to Colorado Springs in 2009 when she "happened" to meet Victoria (now one of her band) while camping at OLT. They chanted together a few minutes, Marilyn saying simply, "Wow, if you're working on learning the Gayatri and the Hanuman Chalisa, I can probably get us through them." When their impromptu ritual ended, Vic insisted Marilyn come and lead a group in the Springs--even though Marilyn had no clue how to lead or play the harmonium. Scared but willing, Marilyn got a harmonium and a lesson or two from Tom Fuhrmann & started the journey. Still at it, leading what has evolved into The Shakti Creations Kirtan Band from the ranks of her start-up collaborative group in the Springs, Marilyn knows, "Magic happens when you chant."

www.shakticreations.com

Sadananda

Sadananda was born and raised in a mixed Catholic and Baptist family in the Mexican neighborhood of Denver. A series of mystical experiences during his teens and twenties led him to study with the masters of the East who were arriving in America during the late 60's and early 70's. After studying at Naropa Institute and Insight Meditation Society, Sadananda travelled to India to follow in the footsteps of the Buddha. For seven years he lived the life of a traditional sadhu, meditating in temples, ashrams and cremation grounds and he became the beloved disciple of Sadguru Raghudas Maharaj.

Sadananda has always been a musician. In the 70's as a singer and songwriter he studied and performed at the Denver Folklore Center. In India he imbibed Kirtan at the feet of the true Kirtan Masters of Maharashtra. Today Sadananda is an adept Kirtan leader and inspiring meditation instructor.

www.AlandiAshram.org

Jaya

Jaya is a spiritualist who has studied bhakti yoga for 20 years, earning a degree in Bhakti Sastri, the teachings of devotion. He is also an initiated Vedic brahmana who has a degree in Psychology (a unique combination which has enabled Jaya to help hundreds of people spiritualize their lives).

www.BoulderKrishnaHouse.com

Padma

Padma is a native of Italy and has been studying Indian folk music for over 13 years. In order to get the best musical training he spent several years in India learning the harmonium, khol (mridanga-dholak), and tabla. Padma's unique fusion of Gypsy and Mediterranean melodies with traditional Indian ragas is loved by all.