The singing aspect of this event is what gives it meaning, power and soul. Most importantly it provides a connective tissue between the traveller and the people we meet, the culture we seek to understand, the places we visit and the musicians we sing with.

How does it work?

• The Rehearsal: The mornings of our first five days in Patan [Kathmandu] are spent creating a song list with Maestro Anub and our three Nepalese folk musicians. We explore Kathmandu late mornings and afternoons.
• Repertoire: The music is selected to reinforce the theme of the journey - to connect with Nepal and Nepalese people. There will be simple Nepali folk songs that people will love to hear; meditative chants for sacred spaces; Western & Nepali fusions that can extend into jams. 
• Arrangements: Anub will create musical arrangements that fuse western harmonies with Nepalese folk music. Interestingly, the huge influence of the hippy movement in Kathmandu established a genre of Nepali/Western fusion music. 
• The Nepalese Musicians: We are accompanied by 3 superb Nepalese musicians who have been chosen for their beautiful and adaptive playing. They are great guys as well. 
• Singing Level: Nepalese people will love our attempts to sing their songs in their language. They will appreciate the generosity of spirit that underlies that attempt. Musical perfection is not our aim and reading music is not required. It probably helps to have had some experience singing in a choir. Having said that, we will seek to honour the moment with beautiful and heartfelt singing. 
• Performance: We sing as we go, in pop-up performance with children in an NGO, an improv piece as the sun rises over Annapurna, impersonating buskers in Durbar Square, sessions with Nepalese people in villages. There will be a joyous final recital with people we have met on the last night in Patan to celebrate our journey.  
• Singing with Elephants: We have daily interactions with the elephants occurs during our stay at the Sapana Village Lodge in Chitwan. We will spend time getting to know these rescue elephants, while Anub will create a piece - Song for Elephants - to sing to them on our final day. 

Our knowledgeable and passionate guides bring deep cultural insights and unique perspectives, enriching your travel experience. They unlock hidden gems, share fascinating stories, and provide meaningful interactions, making your journey immersive and unforgettable.

• Anub Ghatak: Maestro and Travelling Minstrel
  
  Anub is one of India’s most diverse and accomplished musicians playing violin, viola, guitar and flute. He traverses the Western and Eastern traditions with equal expertise. Anub is a conductor and holds an international degree with distinction at the Royal School of Music, London. He has performed in Berlin, Munich and all over India as leader/concert master/assistant conductor. He's a great guy to be around. 

• Bharat Nepali - legendary sarangi musician
  
  Prodigy on the Sarangi and Madal since childhood. Maestro of Nepali traditional, classical and folk music. Bharat has toured extensively across Japan, Hongkong, Singapore and France with Nepali ensembles as well as jazz fusion groups. He's a prolific composer with several instrumental albums released. His piece, Prayer for Japan, a lament on sarangi in the wake of the massive Tsunami attack has been performed several times internationally.

• Ajay Nepali - guitar, vocals and music fusion
  
  The hippies left a great music tradition in Nepal of which musicians like Ajay is a beneficiary. The fusion of Nepali folk and Western music is everywhere. Musicians like Ajay and our percussionist Naresh Prajapati, allows for the western voices to merge seamlessly.