The February Sessions in the Cotswolds are like having a private Lie Down and Listen experience with pianist and founder Christina McMaster in her very beautiful studio space with her own grand piano.
You'll get to experience a blissful sound healing and lying down concert experience, with the strong and powerful vibrational shifts, in a small group of up to five guests only.
You'll experience tibetan bowl sound healing on and around the body. These are strong vibrations and deeply restorative.
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Location: Coln St Aldywns
(exact address shared on booking)
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Duration: 90mins
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Time for herbal tea and space around the sessions,
A beautiful experience to gift to yourself or a loved one to feel restored and renenergise.
Thursday 26 February
3pm (90mins duration)
6pm (90mins duration)
Friday 27 February
3pm (90mins duration)
6pm (90mins duration)
Saturday 28 February
11am (90mins duration)
3pm (90mins duration)
6pm (90mins duration)
When you attend a Lie Down and Listen session, you open yourself up to receiving inner peace, freedom and light.
Meet Pianist/Founder Christina McMaster
Christina McMaster is a pianist, composer and founder of Lie Down & Listen – a truly creative spirit fascinated by deep listening and sound. She has performed at numerous festivals U.K and worldwide, featured on BBC Radio 4, Radio 3, Classic FM.
She attended the Purcell School and was selected as a young artist in residence at St John’s Smith square. She studied with Joanna MacGregor at The Royal Academy of Music and was later appointed an Associate. She has been a mentor for Geneva International Music Competition, UNESCO Day of the Girl, and given talks at Universities in the U.K and U.S, including at Cambridge and Oxford Universities. Christina has collaborated with numerous visual artists, leading composers and artists - including composers Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Ayanna Witter-Johnson, Freya Waley-Cohen, Folk music legend Peggy Seeger and electronic artist Tom Middleton.
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“An incredibly sensitive intuitive player who brings out the mystery and beauty of these pieces”
- Sarah Walker BBC Radio 3
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"One of the most talked about concerts of our festival."
Alistair MacGowan, Artistic Director of Ludlow Piano Festival
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She was a Visiting Associate at Kings College in London, developing the ‘Sound Mind’ project with Dr Sally Marlow which evolved into Lie down & Listen. In April 2023, Christina premiered her composition ‘Inner Temple’ inspired by 12th Century Priestess Hildegard Von Bingen. In December 2024, she premiered another of her compositions - ‘Sound Journey to Mars’ - created for Artist Luke Jerram’s ‘Mars’ installation at the Painted Hall in London. Christina has a particular interest in 20th Century French Music – and spent many summers studying in Aix-en-Provence with Bernard Flavigny.
