Title: Winhangadurinya (meditate)
Artist: Dylan Crismani
Language: Wiradjuri, English
Background
When I wrote this piece I was thinking about a long hospital stay I had when I was 18 years old (suffering from acute kidney failure). It was a difficult time for me and my family, and psychologically music made a big difference. During this time I found it very hard for my mind to focus due to the immense physical I was suffering, and music was a guiding light that helped me through.
Winhangadurinya is a Wiradjuri word meaning meditation, deep listening, knowing, reflecting. This piece takes the listener on a journey to finding inner peace, providing a vessel for people to reflect and engage with their inner thoughts and actions. The narration (read by Kaneisha O’Loughlin) flows through a set of gentle instructions with healing undertones, to relax your body and mind while the rolling notes from the piano carry you through the motions.
Lyrics
Instrumental with spoken word
Bio
Dylan Crismani (b.1987) is an Australian composer of mixed Wiradjuri and European descent whose musical style aims to fuse the best elements of American minimalism, in terms of form and continuity, with European spectralism, in terms of sonority. Dylan is the co-director of the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music and his work focuses on community engagement and arts projects, music research, and music composition.