Harmonium Intensives with Daniel Tucker

at Kripalu Center for Yoga, Massachusetts

These in-depth, hands-on workshops are designed to rocket-launch your musical practice, and provide a foundation in harmonium playing and kirtan singing for beginners. All the basics are covered: keyboard fingering, sargam (Indian scale) singing, sargam exercises and notation, playing chords, reading song sheets, vocal warm-ups, and how to lead a group in call-and-response kirtan. By the end of the three day intensive, students are able to play a few different kirtan songs, as well as various exercises to support their musical growth on harmonium. No prior experience is required.

Next dates: October 25/26/27 (Fri/Sat/Sun), 2013   Call Kripalu to register (1-800-741-7353) or visit:

"Daniel, I'm so blessed to have found you - for several years I was stuck with a limited repertoire of chants, learned by just looking over at somebody playing them. Now, I can move forward - a huge new world in front of me. Thank you!" - Rosita Rooney "Daniel, thank you. Your spirit and energy are truly inspiring. I'm trying to practice daily, and sometimes lose track of time and spend a couple of hours at it. I am loving it!" - Dwayne Resnick "Daniel has an amazing gift of understanding the needs of musicians and the questions that come up at many different levels of ability. His teaching style is simple, direct, playful and creatively inspired. " - Terra Gold of Yoga Doctors "The combination of Daniel's musical skills, his ability to clearly communicate the basics of making music for kirtan, plus his enthusiasm for devotional practice makes the process of learning to lead kirtan super accessible and FUN!" - Sarah Bergman

Jai Uttal's Kirtan Camps

in San Anselmo, California

Every summer in San Anselmo, California, Jai Uttal holds a week-long Kirtan Camp with co-teachers Daniel Paul, Nubia Teixeira, and Daniel Tucker. Kirtan Camp is an immersion in the vast ocean of Bhakti Yoga, and includes lots of kirtan led by Jai Uttal and Daniel Paul, stories of the Gods and Goddesses from the Bhakti tradition, and classes introducing Indian music topics as well as drumming. Each morning, Daniel Tucker holds an hour-long beginning harmonium class. This class assumes no prior experience, and moves step-by-step through musical basics, to learning a couple of Jai's kirtan songs.

Next dates: Aug 5-11, 2013   Register at:

"Daniel Tucker is the hero of aspiring harmonium playing Kirtan singers!" - Jai Uttal "I highly recommend Daniel as a guide to the land of harmonium playing!" - Daniel Paul tabla player with Jai Uttal