SAVAE (San Antonio Vocal Arts Ensemble) is a unique ancient world music ensemble that accompanies ancient vocal music on a diverse collection of early and traditional instruments from the Middle East, Europe, and North and South America.
The group made its debut in 1989 at San Antonio's historic San Fernando Cathedral, presenting Latin American music from the colonial period. In the years that have followed SAVAE has made five recordings, and been heard on the soundtrack of a major Hollywood release, on television documentaries, and on National Public Radio broadcasts. SAVAE has toured throughout the United States: from New York to Seattle, and from Baton Rouge to Milwaukee. The International Baroque Festival of Bolivia presented SAVAE in its Misiones Chiquitos- series, marking the ensemble's foreign debut.
With its home in the United States' most colorful Latino city, it is no surprise that SAVAE made its mark with unique recordings of ancient music from Latin America, including the Billboard magazine-charting Guadalupe: Virgen de los Indios. SAVAE's inventive approach to the fusion of pre-Colombian and European musical elements won the ensemble an invitation to record Academy Award-winning composer Todd Boekelheide's original score for the award-winning documentary, Discovering Dominga.
SAVAE's recording of ancient Middle Eastern music, Ancient Echoes, features the ensemble's exploration of music and dialects from the Holy Land. It was World Library Publications' (SAVAE's record label) number-one seller for two consecutive years, and received rave reviews for its inspiring blend of scholarly research and creative flair. Director Ridley Scott included a track from that recording in his 2005 feature film, The Kingdom of Heaven.
SAVAE has been featured on national radio shows including NPR's Performance Today, Sound & Spirit, Latino USA, The Savvy Traveler, and Weekend Edition. Angela Mariani has twice featured the ensemble in hour-long specials on her early music program Harmonia. Producer John Dilberto travelled to San Antonio to record a "Livingroom Concert" for his public radio show, and SAVAE recorded an encore appearance for his Echoes program at Indre Studio in Philadelphia. Reports about SAVAE and it's spirited approach to early world music have appeared in major daily papers including The Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News, Kansas City Star, Houston Chronicle, Chicago Sun Timesand via API ans other wire servicesto cities far and wide.
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O Birther! Father-Mother of the Cosmos, You create all that moves in light. Help us breathe One holy breath. Feeling only You--this creates a shrine inside, in wholeness. Create Your reign of unity now, Through our fiery hearts and willing hands. Your One desire then acts with ours, As in all light, so in all forms. Animate the earth within us: We then feel the Wisdom underneath supporting all. Loose the cords of mistakes binding us As we release the strands we hold of others' guilt. Don't let us enter forgetfulness, The temptation of false appearances. Out of You, the astonishing fire, The birthing glory, Returning light and sound to the cosmos... Amen
I was playing the Guadalupe album on Xmas, and it was a great atmosphere record - it has too much presence to be sonic wallpaper, but it allows you to flow with it and sets the energy of the occasion. What's not to love?
Hi! I love your Ancient Echoes album. Could you please post any songs from there, so I could add one to my myspace? My fav's are Abwoon, Ashir Shirim, Tubwayhun l'bwileh (Blessed Are they who mourn)...the whole album is great! Thanks for doing that album.
