The McMaster Modality
Saturday 11 October
10-5pm
Full Day Immersion
London
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"To hear those things which cannot be heard and see those things which cannot be seen"
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Over many years and experience as a pianist, composer, spiritual seeker and through her particular awareness and mastery of music, sound, spirituality, Christina has developed a unique Modality.
This is a guided immersion into the self with music at the heart of it. Through embodied listening it can guide participants into altered and transcendent states, with a host of benefits ranging from deep relaxation to enhanced creativity and states.
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You'll absorb wisdom, concepts and also actively create as part of the training which encompasses:
Music, creativity, community, mastery, meditation, embodied listening, self awareness, transcendence and self belief, expectation into expansion and re-flection of your higher self shared through sound and music.
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Unlike many fixed modalities, teachings, religions etc. that follow rules, the McMaster Modality has a fluidity and unique combination of music, sound and spiritual practises which allows the participant and teacher their unique expression and ongoing development.
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Saturday 11 October
10-5pm
McMaster Modality Full Day Immersion
London
Price: £225
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Open to all who are curious and looking to deepen their understanding of sound, meditation, spirituality.
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10-12noon
Session 1 :
Embodied deep listening, Mediation Practises, Spiritual connection
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1pm Lunch break
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2-4pm
Session 2
Vibrational Medicine, Music as Medicine, Sound frequencies
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4-5pm
Closing sound session and sharing
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.
