Events
Upcoming Events
October 14 - October 16, 2016
Esalen Benefit Weekend
Geeta will be a featured performer during The Esalen Institute's Benefit Weekend in Big Sur, CA. She will be performing her Vocal Immersion Sound Bath. She will be joining inspiring luminaries such as Michael Beckwith, Chip Conley, Nina Wise and many more as they support Esalen in it's successful mission to continually provide transformational experiences for pioneering deep change in self and society.
Dates: Friday, October 14th - 16th, 2016
Location: Esalen Institute
55000 Highway 1
Big Sur, CA 93920
For more information and to register visit Esalen's Website
Recent News
Geeta's participation in the Esalen Institutes's Benefit Weekend promoted by The Huffington Post
www.huffingtonpost.com
August 2, 2016
Geeta is featured in The Esalen Institute July 2016 Newsletter
www.esalen.org
Geeta is very honored to be featured in the July Newsletter for the Esalen Institute with a video of a snippet of her last Vocal Immersion Sound Bath performance at Esalen. She will be a featured performer for their benefit weekend October 14-16. She will be joining inspiring luminaries such as Michael Beckwith, Chip Conley, Nina Wise and many more as they support Esalen in it's successful mission to continually provide transformational experiences for pioneering deep change in self and society.
Geeta appears in the 2016 Summer Issue of The SpaRitualist
Geeta Featured in the Los Angeles Times
On January 23, 2016, Geeta was featured in the L.A. Times newspaper and on www.latimes.com. She had the opportunity to speak about Sound Bath Therapy and the healing power of the voice.
January 23, 2016
'Relax with a bath... of sound. It's practitioners say its like a massage or meditation.
The Los Angeles Times (Mary McVean)
Past News and Events
Geeta was featured in the Esalen Institute March 2016 Newsletter
Geeta was interviewed for The Esalen Institute March Newsletter and had the opportunity to speak about her philosophy of healing through voice and song, while promoting the upcoming workshop she will be co-teaching at Esalen in April and the Esalen benefit she will be performing for in October.
September 1, 2016
Private Event
Geeta will perform her vocal Immersion Sound Bath and Mini Voice Workshop at SpaRitual.
August 30, 2016
Public Event
Geeta will perform her vocal Immersion Sound Bath at the Family Conscious Dinner
August 20, 2016
Discover Your Voice: Revolutionize Your Life!
Geeta will be leading her special voice workshop at The DEN Meditation
Time: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: The DEN Meditation
360 S. La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Cost: $30
For more information and to register visit The DEN's website here!
April 29 - Sunday 1st, 2016
Esalen Weekend Workshop
Geeta will be co-teaching and performing her Vocal Immersion Sound Bath for a weekend long workshop led by Ira Israel at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA, entitled, "Cultivating Meaning and Happiness through Mindfulness and Yoga."
Dates: Friday, April 29th - Sunday, May 1st, 2016
Location: Esalen Institute
55000 Highway 1
Big Sur, CA 93920
For more information and to register visit www.esalen.org
March 24 2016
Public Event
Geeta will perform her vocal Immersion Sound Bath
December 10, 2015
Private Event
Geeta will be performing her Vocal Immersion Sound Bath for a private event
Lcoation:
Hollywood, CA
November 12, 2015
Servicon Systems, Inc.
Geeta will be performing a concert for a private event
Location:
Culver City, CA
September 25, 2015
Esalen Institute
Geeta will be giving her Vocal Immersion Sound Bath for Chakra Balancing In Collaboration with Ira Israel’s Workshop: Cultivating Meaning and Happiness through Mindfulness and Yoga
Location: 55000 CA-1, Big Sur, CA 93920
For More Info Visit: www.esalen.org
June 06, 2015
Theatricum Botanicum
Geeta wlll be giving her Vocal Immersion Sound Bath for Chakra Balancing a Memorial Service
Location: Topanga, CA
April 18, 2015
The Floor Show
Geeta will be a featured performer for The Floor Show directed by Carolina Cerisola and Sascha Escandon
Location: Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Time: 8:00 pm
April 12, 2015
Black Dog Yoga
Geeta will be giving her Vocal Immersion Sound Bath for a Beginners Guide to Meditation with Ira and Sigrid Matthews
Location: Black Dog Yoga
4454 Nuys Blvd #206
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
Time: 11:00 AM
For more info about Black Dog Yoga visit www.blackdogyoga.com
April 08, 2015
Spago
Geeta will be a featured performer for a Private Party with Richard Berman on Piano
Location:
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Time: 7:00 pm
March 20, 2015
SXSW Music Festival
Speaking engagement - Mentor for Mentor Session
Location: Austin, TX
March 13, 2015
Descendants of the Earth Concert
Geeta will be a featured performer for Descendants of the Earth Benefit Concert with Simone Sello on Guitar
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Time: 8:00 pm
December 11, 2014
Academy Awards Voters Film Screening
Geeta will be a featured performer for the Academy Awards Voters Film Screening of the Film SIMSHAR directed by Rebecca Cremona
Location: Los Angeles, CA
November 19, 2014
Recording Session
Geeta as Vocal Soloist for song cycle set to Shakespeare Sonnets composed by Jonathan Sacks
November 02, 2014
David Lynch Foundation
Geeta will be giving her Vocal Immersion Sound Bath for The David Lynch Foundation Women's Meditation Group
Location:
621 South Highland Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
For More Info visit www.davidlynchfoundation.org
October 14, 2014
Genghis Cohen
Geeta will be a featured performer with renowned Double Bassist David Piltch and Guitarist Freddy Koella
Location: 740 N. Fairfax Ave.
Los Angeles, California 90046
TIME: 7:30 PM
For More Info on Genghis Cohen visit www.genghiscohen.com
September 23, 2014
Genghis Cohen
Geeta will be a featured performer with renowned Double Bassist David Piltch and Guitarist Freddy Koella
Location: 740 N. Fairfax Ave.
Los Angeles, California 90046
TIME: 7:30 PM
For More Info on Genghis Cohen visit www.genghiscohen.com
May 01, 2014
Francis Poulenc: Inspirations for His Works
Geeta will be the guest artist soloist performing Poulenc's Song Cycle: LE TRAVAIL DU PEINTRE
Location: Todd Madigan Art Gallery
California State University Bakersfield
9001 Stockdale Hwy
Bakersfield, CA 93311
Time: 5:30 pm
February 26, 2014
Interpreting Annie Lennox & David Bowie
Geeta will be a featured performer for the Interpreting Annie Lennox & David Bowie Show at Molly Malone's.
Location: DragonFly Bar
6510 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90038
Time: 8:00 pm
February 25, 2014
Genghis Cohen
Geeta will be a featured performer with renowned Double Bassist David Piltch
Location:
740 N. Fairfax Ave.
Los Angeles, California 90046
TIME: 7:30 PM
For More Info on Genghis Cohen visit www.genghiscohen.com
November 16, 2013
Leonid Meteor Shower Star Party at the Integratron
Geeta will be the featured performer for the Leonid Meteor Shower Star Party at the World Famous Integratron outside of Joshua Tree, CA
Location: Integratron
2477 Belfield Boulevard
Landers, CA 92285
Time: 11:00 PM
September 18, 2013
Good Vibrations
Geeta will be performing her Immersion Sound Bath for the Spa Ritual Global Conference in Los Angeles.
Location: Los Angeles, CA
July 25, 2013
Good Vibrations
Geeta will be giving her Vocal Immersion Sound Bath at Shelter Half in Los Angeles
Location: Shelter Half
161 S. La Brea Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90049
April 21, 2013
Harmony Project Orchestra
Geeta will be the special guest performer with the Harmony Project Orchestra in alliance with Sing For Hope for the 12th Annual Harmony Project Gala to support the scholarship fund of the Harmony Project.
Location: The Skirball Center
The Ahmanson Ballroom
2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
February 09, 2013
Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra
Geeta will be performing as a soloist with the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra in Verdi & Wagner
Location: Rabobank Arena Theater
1001 Truxtun Avenue
Bakersfield, CA 93301
Time: 8:00 PM
December 13, 2012
A Not So Silent Night - A Christmas Cabaret
Marco Sonzini and Geeta Novotny will be performing alongside other incredible talents for a concert benefiting the Shadow Hills Riding Club which provides Equine Assisted Therapy. Featuring Broadways's hit music director Martyn Axe (Saturday Night Fever, Dirty Dancing and many more).
Location: The Palace Restaurant
2112 Hillhurst Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Time: 7:00PM
December 12, 2012
Couture In Hollywood
Geeta Novotny and Marco Sonzini will be performing at LA's newest fashion inpsired club, Couture in Hollywood. The event is raising awareness and funds for Children's Hospital Los Angeles. The event also features a fashion show with exclusive designs from Marcello Soltan, CFC and Xperience Gear.
Location: Couture in Hollywood
1640 N Cahuenga Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Schedule:
7:00PM - 8:00PM: Red Carpet
8:00PM: Event begins
8:00PM - 9:00PM: Complimentary cocktails and hors d'oeuvres
9:00PM - 11:00PM: Performance and Fashion Show
June 17, 2012
Descendants of the Earth Benefit Concert for The Josh Clayton-Felt Annual Memorial Fundraiser
Geeta Novotny will be performing a benefit concert with Sonzini on guitar and Soo-Yeon Park on Piano. Other artisits performing that night will be Donna De Lory, Jameson & Co., Joe Sumner, Eamon Ryland and Pata, George Lynch's Shadowtrain, Saverio "Sage" Principini and Doyle Bramhall II.
Location: The Hotel Cafe
1623 1/2 N. Cahuenga Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Time: 6:30PM
April 21, 2012
Record Release Party For Record Store Day
Join Geeta as she will be helping to celebrate the launch of the Vinyl Album, "Music that Changes the World" from the David Lynch Foundation, music that supports the mission of the David Lynch Foundation. Geeta will be performing the Gounod/Bach "Ava Maria", the song that she donated to the album. Other performers include Ben Lee, Phill Soussan, and more with special guest DJs Gary Calamar and Mimi Chen.
Location: Amoeba Music in Hollywood
6400 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90028
(Location Space 1520)
April 15, 2012
"Diva" An Art Exhibit
Geeta will be performing the Habanera from the opera Carmen for the launch of "Diva" an art exhibit born from the brilliant visual artist and photographer, Kathryn Jacobi. The series of 13 paintings feature depictions of Geeta during various performances.
Location: Sylvia White Gallery
1783 E. Main Street
Ventura, CA 93101
Time: 3:00PM
February 03, 2012
TCL Chinese Theater
Geeta will be a featured performer for the Los Angeles Italian Film Fesitval Opening Event
Location: TLC Chinese Theater
6925 Hollywood Blvd
Hollywood, CA 90028
Time: 8:00PM
July 30, 2011
Musical Instrument Museum
Geeta will be in concert at the Musical Instrument Museum, accompanied by pianist Soo-Yeon Park Chang. This will be an homage to the Powerful Human Spirit - "A thrilling evening of opera favorites, Broadway showstoppers, and classical repertoire - all celebrating a lust for life and the freedom of the human spirit."
Location: The Musical Instrument Museum (MIM)
The MIM Music Theater
4725 E. Mayo Blvd.
Phoenix, AZ 85050
Time: 7:00PM
March 12, 2011
Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra
Geeta Novotny as the Mezzo-soprano Soloist wtih the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra in Mendelssohn's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" with Susan Kane, Soprano Soloist and John Farrer, Conductor and joined by the CSUB Theater Department, CSUB Singers, Bakersfield Masterworks Chorale, and Narrated by Dr. Michael Flachmann
Location: Rabobank Arena Theater
1001 Truxtun Avenue
Bakersfield, CA 93301
Time: 8:00PM
February 19, 2011
The Previews, Manhattan Beach
Geeta Novotny and and Soo-Yeon Park Chang (piano) will performing works from Bizet's "Carmen," Elgar's "Sea Pictures," Dvorak's "Gypsy Songs" and Stephen Sondheilm.
Location: Trinity Lutheran Church
1340 Eleventh Street
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Time: 2:00PM
February 11, 2011
California State University Bakersfield Concert Series
Geeta Novotny and Soo-Yeon Park Chang (piano) will be performing works from Bizet's "Carmen," Elgar's "Sea Pictures," Dvorak's "Gypsy Songs" and Stephen Sondheim.
Location: California State University, Bakersfield
Dore Hall
CSUB Department of Music
California State University, Bakersfield
9 Mus
9001 Stockdale Highway
Bakersfield, CA 93311-1022
Time: 7:30PM
March 13, 2010
Bakersfield Symphony No. 9 in D
With Alto Soloist: Geeta Novotny; Soprano Soloist: Erin Wood; Tenor Soloist: Robert MacNeil; Baritone Soloist: James Martin Schaefer; John Farrer - Conductor; and with the Masterworks Choral and the CSUB University Singers with the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra.
Location: Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra
Time: 8:00PM
March 06, 2010
Sing for Hope Concert Event
With Artists: Mezzo Soprano Geeta Novotny (Los Angeles Opera, Carnegie Hall, The Metropolitan Opera), Soprano Mignonne Profant (Opera Pacific, Opera Santa Barbara, Long Beach Civic Light Opera), Tenor Daniel Montenegro (San Francisco Opera, LA Opera, LA Philharmonic), Pianist Jeremy Frank (Los Angeles Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, Seattle Opera), Double Violinist, Singer, and Composer Gingger Shankar (Carnegie Hall, Hollywood Bowl, Madison Square Garden), and Actor & XRT Artistic Director Aaro
Women's Festival
Sing For Hope
Earl Warren
Time: 5:00PM
October 21, 2009
Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra
Music of the French Revolution; Concert for the U.S. Academic Decathlon; Geeta Novotny- Mezzo-soprano- as Vocal Soloist. With Susan Kane- Soprano, Martin Schaefer- Baritone, Gabriel Reoyo-Pazos- Tenor and John Farrer- Conductor
Location: Rabobank Theater and Convention Center
Time: 10:00AM
May 16, 2009
La Tragedie de Carmen, Intimate Opera Company
With Geeta Novotny as Carmen, Christopher Campbell as Don Jose, Susan Kane as Micaela, James Martin Schaefer as Escamillo, and Herve Blanquart as the Narrator. Conducted by Kristof Van Gryspeer. Directed by Mark Lamanna
Location: Pasadena, CA
Intimate Opera Company
Time: 8:30PM
May 09, 2009
La Tragedie de Carmen, Intimate Opera Company
With Geeta Novotny as Carmen, Christopher Campbell as Don Jose, Susan Kane as Micaela, James Martin Schaefer as Escamillo, and Herve Blanquart as the Narrator. Conducted by Kristof Van Gryspeer. Directed by Mark Lamanna
Location: Pasadena, CA
Intimate Opera Company
Time: 2:00PM
May 01, 2009
La Tragedie de Carmen, Intimate Opera Company
With Geeta Novotny as Carmen, Christopher Campbell as Don Jose, Susan Kane as Micaela, James Martin Schaefer as Escamillo, and Herve Blanquart as the Narrator. Conducted by Kristof Van Gryspeer. Directed by Mark Lamanna
Location:
Pasadena, CA
Intimate Opera Company
Time: 7:30PM
November 17, 2008
Carmen Recital
Geeta Novotny as the Role of Carmen in "Carmen"; With Christopher Campbell as Don Jose, Roberto Gomez as Escamillo, Pamela Vliek Martchev on Flute, and Victoria Kirsch as Music Director, Pianist, and Narrator
Location: Rolling Hills United Methodist Church
Time: 7:30PM
October 02, 2008
Sing for Hope Concert Event
2008 Fortune Most Powerful Women's Summit Performance; With Soloists Geeta Novotny- Mezzo-soprano; Camille Zamora- Soprano and Co-Director of Sing for Hope; Hanan Alattar- Soprano; Jennifer Walsey- Mezzo-soprano, Elena O'Connor- Soprano, and Mary-Mitchell Campbell- Music Director
March 29, 2008
Spring Awakenings; The Opera League of Los Angeles
Geeta Novotny- Mezzo-soprano- as Vocal Soloist with Suzan Hanson- Soprano and Victoria Kirsch- Music Director and Pianist.
Location: Opera League of Los Angeles
Time: 3:00PM
February 16, 2008
Splendor of Wagner
Geeta Novotny as the Role of Magdalene (Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg); With Erik Nelson Werner- Tenor, Teresa Brown- Soprano, Ei-Hoon Joung- Baritone, Daniel Montenegro- Tenor, Kristof Van Gryspeer- Vocal Director, John Farrer- Conductor
Santa Maria Philharmonic Orchestra
Time: 7:30PM
February 09, 2008
Splendor of Wagner
Geeta Novotny as the Role of Magdalene (Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg); With Erik Nelson Werner- Tenor, Teresa Brown- Soprano, Ei-Hoon Joung- Baritone, Daniel Montenegro- Tenor, Kristof Van Gryspeer- Vocal Director, John Farrer- Conductor
Roswell Symphony Orchestra
Time: 7:30PM
February 02, 2008
Splendor of Wagner
Geeta Novotny as the Role of Magdalene (Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg); With Erik Nelson Werner- Tenor, Teresa Brown- Soprano, Ei-Hoon Joung- Baritone, Daniel Montenegro- Tenor, Kristof Van Gryspeer- Vocal Director, John Farrer- Conductor
Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra
Time: 7:30PM
February 02, 2008
Manhattan Beach Concert Series/ Bach's Lunch Recital Series - Carmen Recital
Geeta Novotny as the role of Carmen; With Tenor Christopher Campbell as Don Jose, Victoria Kirsch as Music Director and Pianist, Pamela Vliek Martchev on Flute
Location: Trinity Lutheran Church
Time: 12:15PM - 1:00PM
January 16, 2008
Sing For Hope Event
In honor of 2006 Noble Peace Prize Winner, Dr. Muhammad Yunus; Geeta Novotny as Vocal Soloist with Natasha Kislenko.
Speaker: Dr. Muhammad Yunus
Sing for Hope
December 01, 2007
Holiday Concert
Geeta Novotny, Mezzo-Soprano, as Vocal Soloist; with Melissa Wolfman- Soprano, Benito Galindo- Baritone, and Rudolf Budginas- Piano.
Hearst Castle
Time: 7:00PM
April 15, 2007
Flavio
Geeta Novotny as the role of King Flavio
Pocket Opera
March 31, 2007
Flavio
Geeta Novotny as the role of King Flavio
Pocket Opera
February 17, 2007
Carmen
Geeta Novotny as the role of Carmen
Santa Maria Philharmonic Society
Time: 7:30PM
February 10, 2007
Carmen
Geeta Novotny as the role of Carmen
Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra
Rabobank Theater and Convention Center
Time: 8:00PM
February 03, 2007
Carmen
Geeta Novotny as the role of Carmen
Roswell Symphony Orchestra
Time: 7:30PM