You’ll be welcomed into the Rotunda space for a deep listening experience of tibetan bowls sound healing, meditation and uplifting live classical piano music.
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You'll lay down on soft mattresses, snuggled up in cushions and blankets. In this relaxed state you’re open to receive the vibration of the Tibetan bowls and classical piano music.
The Gibbes Museum
135 Meeting St, Charleston, SC 29401
3/4/6/7 May 2026
When you attend a Lie Down and Listen session, you open yourself up to receiving inner peace, freedom and light.
Lie Down and Listen at The Gibbes Museum, Charleston
London based pianist and founder of Lie Down and Listen - Christina McMaster - is returning with the deeply relaxing sound healing and lying down classical concert experience to Charleston in May 2026.
You’ll be welcomed into the Rotunda space for a deep listening experience of tibetan bowls sound healing, meditation and uplifting live classical piano music. You'll lay down on soft mattresses, snuggled up in cushions and blankets. In this relaxed state you’re open to receive the vibration of the Tibetan bowls and classical piano music.
The concert experience has partnered in unique heritage spaces in the UK, including at Highgrove - His Majesty The King’s Highgrove Gardens, The Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College and the unique Dulwich Picture Gallery. The spaces themselves are as much part of the experience, offering guests to truly dwell and experience a feeling of awe in historical places.
"Utterly Blissed Out"
The Financial Times
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"De-stress and get your culture fix all in one"
The Evening Standard Magazine
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.
Meet sound facilitator Aryln
Arlyn Ruddy is known as GiRL, an evolutionary music artist who returned to the music scene in late 2023 after an unexpected 12-year “sabbatical”. During that time, life-altering energetic experiences reshaped both her power and purpose, giving birth to Awaken Spanda, her sound-based transformational meditation practice.
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Through Awaken Spanda, Arlyn facilitates empowering integral soundbath experiences that blend quantum mechanics, coherence, and breath. These immersive offerings create safe spaces for nervous system regulation, energetic alignment, and deep self-inquiry, inviting participants to slow down, observe, and connect with their innate wisdom.
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With over 20 years in holistic arts, GiRL bridges music and facilitation seamlessly. She fuses alternative hip-hop and electronic beats, soulful lyricism, and intentional sound frequencies to create an immersive, and entirely original sonic experience. Music is expression and expression is how we feel, connect, and magnify our uniqueness.
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Known for her ability to go first and lead from raw authenticity, GiRL creates from a space that fuels the soul. Every song is infused with curated frequencies designed to elevate the listener’s energetic field, honoring the full spectrum of life while keeping joy, play, and peace at the heart of it all.