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Ani Williams
Ani Williams is world-renowned harpist and singer, and has recorded more than two-dozen albums of original sacred music based on ancient spiritual traditions. She has done seminal work in the study of sound healing and the relationship between musical tones, the human voice and healing.
Williams has been exploring the role of Mary Magdalene in the emerging feminine since 1987, and guiding women’s pilgrimages to Magdalene sites in France, Britain and Egypt. Her research of the feminine disciples in the Gnostic texts has resulted in recordings dedicated to Magdalene and Sophia, with music and chant in Aramaic, Hebrew and Egyptian languages, incorporating ancient Middle-Eastern music scales. Her writings on Magdalene blend history with poetic depth and she is currently co-producing a series of documentary films on Magdalene’s role in the grail mysteries.
Ani has been recording her enchanting style of music since 1981, has been produced and distributed by such noteworthy companies as Music Design, White Swan, New Leaf, Ladyslipper Records, and internationally in Europe, England, Australia, and Mexico.
In addition to her own releases, Williams has recorded four releases of sacred chant with Lisa Thiel, three co-created recordings with Brooke Medicine Eagle, and a recent recording at George Lucas' Skywalker Studios, for the CD "The Psalms of Ra" by composer Jim Berenholtz.
Ani has performed internationally since 1985, in Central and South America, England, Holland, Scotland and Egypt, in such venues as Saint James Cathedral in London, Findhorn Foundation in Scotland, the Giza Pyramids, Den Rus in Amsterdam, Centro de Cultura in Mexico City, and in the United States for various conferences, including Tom Kenyon Seminars, Women of Wisdom in Seattle, Institute For Noetic Sciences, Delta Society in Atlanta, United Nations Fiftieth Anniversary in San Francisco and for the annual Conference on the Arts, Portsmouth New Hampshire.
In 2005 Ani’s Egyptian harp music was chosen for the HatshepsutFrom Queen to Pharaoh exhibit tour soundtrack at the De Young Museum in San Francisco and the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
In May 2006, Travel Channel will feature Ani’s music and presentation in Rosslyn Chapel, Scotland for a special program on the Da Vinci Code material.
Williams has appeared on numerous television and radio programs, including having her music aired on syndicated FM show Music From the Hearts of Space. Her 1986 original soundtrack for the film Andromeda won high honors at the Chicago International Film Festival and her music has been mentioned in Billboard Magazine as well as reviews and interviews in dozens of magazines internationally over the last twenty years.
In 1994 she developed Songaia Sound Medicine, a system of using specific musical frequencies as therapy, and developed the Songaia CD’s a series sound meditations, used as an effective healing tool for her clients. She presents sound healing seminars in the US, Mexico, Holland and England, and maintains a private sound counseling practice. Williams leads pilgrimages to Egypt, England and Scotland, where her groups experience the transformative power of sound.
Visit Ani's official website to order CD's that aren't listed on Amazon.com at www.aniwilliams.com
Discography with Amazon Links
Garden of the Magdalene (2007) NEW RELEASE
The musical flavors follow the Grail mysteries throughout medieval Britain, France, Spain, Jerusalem and Egypt with gypsy violira, Celtic harp, bells, guitar, Egyptian flute and vocals sung in the ancient languages. One also hears the waves and subtle chanting recorded within Merlin’s Cave, Cornwall during a ceremony in October 2006.
Ani Williams: Harp, vocals and bells
Alan Ames: Violira
Fitzhugh Jenkins: Guitar
John Dumas: Egyptian bamboo flute
Tina Reichow: Dunbek, tambourine and cymbals
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Temple of the Magi (2006)
Ancient Hebrew chants with lush vocal harmonies, harp, flute, gong and bells, draw the listener into the ancient Temple of Inner Light. With the chanting of the Sacred Names in the Language of Light, we invoke a harmonic field creating Heaven on Earth…the Heavenly Light made manifest. We hear the Bath Kol, Daughters of Voice as they enter the Temple of the Magi singing the Heavenly Song. We invite you to chant along, adding your voice to the collective dream for a New Earth.
Prayer invocations by Dr. Gary Batten.
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Magdalene's Gift (2004)
Sensual music honoring the Beloved featuring Middle Eastern tonalities with harp, voice, violin, guitar, tabla and cymbals
Recorded at the foot of the Sange'de Christo Mountains in Santa Fe', New Mexico. "The City of Holy Faith in the Land of Enchantment".
“Ani has created a wonderful kind of magic here!” Brooke Medicine Eagle, recording artist and author of ‘The Last Ghost Dance’ and ‘Buffalo Woman Comes Singing’.
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Homage to Hathor (2003)
Egyptian temple music, featuring musical scales based on the geometry of Egypt’s sacred architecture. With harp, enchanting vocals, violin, Egyptian scale flutes and gong, one is transported to the elevation of humanity reached by Egypt’s legacy of spiritual alchemy.
Tracks include: House of Horus, Mari, Sa Ra, Abyddos, The Osirian, Hu Ra Eli. This deeply sacred music is dedicated to the Hathors, celestial beings who move with pure equanimity and unity of purpose, infusing the Earth with blessings of beauty and healing sound.
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Shemah - The Calling (1999)
Inspired by both the stone circles and mystical moors of her cross cultural roots and the ancient Egyptian temples of the Nile. Ani’s harpestry takes us through dreamy Arabian gardens….with harp, vocals, viol de gamba, ney, oud and bouzouki, the light streams through these liquid compositions.
Tracks include: Love and Beauty, Shenasha, Leonid Light, The Calling, Shemah,.
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Luna Trece - with Mazatl Galindo (1996)
These inspired harp rhythms to honor the Mayan-Aztec lunar cycles feature Mazatl Galindo’s Meso-American flute magic and percussion, including lyrics in Nahuatl and Spanish. Tracks include: San Miguel, Tepoztlan, Casa de Pinturas, Xochitl, Luna Azul, Eclipse.
Harp-vocalist Williams and multi-instrumentalist Galindo are a talented twosome reaching their prime on this ode to the lunar cycle. Ani's etherial voice perfectly blends with her steel harp strings as hoop drum, bamboo flute, ocarina, violin, and a continent's worth of acoustic percussion ask us to honor the sacred Earth... a reflective sacred space where the listener can redream the world into beauty." PJ Birosik, Musik International.
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Sacred Springs (1995)
Keyboards, harp and vocals recorded on location at the ancient White Springs, Avalon, Glastonbury England. Deep and provocative, this music pays homage to the red and white springs of Arthurian and Druid lore. Produced and distributed in Europe, UK and Mexico.
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Song for my Ancestors (1995)
Cross culturally inspired songs on harp, guitar, violin, flutes and vocal harmonies.
"Put on your wings and go, if you can fly this high! Ani Williams plays my heartstrings like she plays the Celtic harp, weaving her angelic and shamanic spells." NAPRA Review 1996.
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Sisters Of The Dream (1994)
A collection of 16 soul-stirring selections by Ani and Lisa dedicated to the divine feminine.
With Lisa Thiel.
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Children of the Sun (1991)
Rhythmic harp, native flutes with deer drum, clay pots, the beat of the rainforest.
"Appealing, romantic, passionate pan-global music. A winner!" PJ Birosik.
"Spellbinding... haunting and beautiful. Ancient Aztec lullabies and Andean songs... a work of evocative and mystical beauty. I can't recommend it enough." Musical Best Bets - New Age Retailer, Feb 1993.
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Wind Spirit (1989)
Wind Spirit is a celebration of the land and sky of the Southwest desert lands. To listen to Wind Spirit is to relax into your own happiness. Harp blends with nature sounds, flute, voice, clarinet, hand drums. The effect is slightly poignant and restful. Recommended for contemplation, massage, one not to be missed." Musical Best Bets - New Age Retailer.
Music by Trisha Herold, harp and adaptation by Ani Williams.
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Song of Isis (1987)
Recorded in the pyramids and temples of Egypt during the Harmonic Convergence, August 1987.
"Beautifully woven in delicate strands of sound. Timeless, transformative, recommended!" Ladyslipper Records' 1989 Top 24 Pick
“Williams’ harp on Song of Isis is the closest I’ve come across to the Sumerian cuneiform musical notation!”
Author and historian, Zecharia Sitchin.