Caroluna is a classically trained singer, composer, multimedia performance and recording artist, VJ and filmmaker. Her music and her voice transports the listener into a deep state bliss and ecstasy.
Some notable performances include the XX Olympic Winter Games in Torino, LUX Video Artist Festival in Seville, Grace Cathedral, Harmony Festival, RESFEST film festival, Earthdance Festival and the Oakland Lyric Opera. She has recorded vocals with The Orb, The String Cheese Incident, MC Yogi and The Aquamarines, and has performed with The Orb, Mickey Hart, The Flaming Lips, Sound Tribe sector 9, The Everyone Orchestra, Narada Michael Walden, The Magnetic Poets, Vau de Vire Society, Cheb i Sabbah, the Mutaytor and more..
Caroluna is also a video artist and producer. She was the VJ, assistant producer, and featured vocalist for the Cosmic Mass over a period of six years, which was held monthly at the historic Sweets Ballroom in Oakland, California.
In 2005, Caroluna created, performed and produced a visual music program of 20th century french music called “Poems of Ecstasy” for the Oakland Lyric Opera which included “Poemes Pour Mi” by Messiaen, “Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé”, by Maurice Ravel, and “Quatre poèmes hindou”, by Maurice Delage, accompanied by her video projections.
After completing a music program at Mills College and a film program at CCAC, Caroluna studied Indian classical music with the late Maestro Ustad Ali Akbar Khan at the Ali Akbar College of Music, where she met her present teacher, Shweta Jhaveri.
Caroluna incorporates video art into her live performances, creating immersive, multi – media experiences for the viewer / listeners. Her debut CD. “Sacred Love Songs“, is an enhanced CD including 2 videos, ipod and smartphone ready – Visual Meditation®, visual music for your portable device. Bliss to go…
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