About Massood
Massood Taj is a multi-instrumentalist musician creating global meditative music for sacred spaces. Drawing on influences from the indigenous music of the world’s
mystical traditions including his own Sufi heritage, he composes live improvised tapestries of sound as musical foundations for various healing & creative endeavors including yoga/ mind body practices & meditation sessions.
Since 2006, Massood has been presenting at conferences, conducting workshops and facilitating interactive programming with a focus on the transcending properties of sound and the healing nature of collaborative creativity even in the most restrictive circumstances like his work with the cognitive disorder & mental health communities.
Workshops/ Programs facilitated include:
Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville (Community Collaborative Art & Interactive Music programming: Extrasensory)
Vanderbilt University Kennedy Center (Music & Arts programming with children with special needs)
Osher Center for Integrative Medicine (Mindful music/ Meditation programming)
Williamson County Cultural Arts Commission (Arts & Cultural programming)
City of Cookeville Leisure department (Mindful music & Meditation programs, drum circles)
Tennessee Tech University (Window On the World Multicultural Festival interactive arts/ music workshops)
Nashville Human Relations Commission (co-founder of Compassionate Nashville initiative)
Nashville Public Schools (Mindful Music programs “Deep Listening” Glendale elementary / West End middle school)
National association for early childhood education seminar presenter
Recipient of the Artist Award from The Mayor’s Advisory Committee on People with Disabilities 2007 (Nashville TN)
Valor Charter School Nashville “Deep Listening” Mindful music programming
Center for Sustainable Stewardship, Williamson County (Mindful music and nature based mind/body programming)
Area yoga studios & meditation halls (Monthly Meditative music/ Sound Baths including: Sumits yoga Nashville, Epic yoga Brentwood, Yoga Mat Clarksville)
Co-founder Nshsville cooperation Circle http://www.urincc.com/
Co-founder / director of Full Circle Art Co-op
Co-Founder of Compassionate Nashville
mystical traditions including his own Sufi heritage, he composes live improvised tapestries of sound as musical foundations for various healing & creative endeavors including yoga/ mind body practices & meditation sessions.
Since 2006, Massood has been presenting at conferences, conducting workshops and facilitating interactive programming with a focus on the transcending properties of sound and the healing nature of collaborative creativity even in the most restrictive circumstances like his work with the cognitive disorder & mental health communities.
Workshops/ Programs facilitated include:
Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville (Community Collaborative Art & Interactive Music programming: Extrasensory)
Vanderbilt University Kennedy Center (Music & Arts programming with children with special needs)
Osher Center for Integrative Medicine (Mindful music/ Meditation programming)
Williamson County Cultural Arts Commission (Arts & Cultural programming)
City of Cookeville Leisure department (Mindful music & Meditation programs, drum circles)
Tennessee Tech University (Window On the World Multicultural Festival interactive arts/ music workshops)
Nashville Human Relations Commission (co-founder of Compassionate Nashville initiative)
Nashville Public Schools (Mindful Music programs “Deep Listening” Glendale elementary / West End middle school)
National association for early childhood education seminar presenter
Recipient of the Artist Award from The Mayor’s Advisory Committee on People with Disabilities 2007 (Nashville TN)
Valor Charter School Nashville “Deep Listening” Mindful music programming
Center for Sustainable Stewardship, Williamson County (Mindful music and nature based mind/body programming)
Area yoga studios & meditation halls (Monthly Meditative music/ Sound Baths including: Sumits yoga Nashville, Epic yoga Brentwood, Yoga Mat Clarksville)
Co-founder Nshsville cooperation Circle http://www.urincc.com/
Co-founder / director of Full Circle Art Co-op
Co-Founder of Compassionate Nashville
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