colour therapy, energy healing, working with angels and spirit guides, breathwork and voicework, and using sound healing tools such as singing bowls and Tibetan bells and using the voice for healing.
Michelle currently directs Shanti Sound, with activities including weekly Sound Circles, her 'Sounding the Chakras' course, group workshops, and one to one personal Shanti Sound consultations. Michelle can tailor a session for groups or individuals to help them connect with their voice, clear their past and gain confidence in using the voice.
Shanti Sound also performs as a group chanting mantras and sacred songs, accompanied by guitar, bass, ambient keyboard, djembe and percussion instruments. The collective group have performed at several festivals and events 2011-12 to very receptive audiences.
Michelle also performs regularly with her husband in ‘The Wandering Minstrels’ both in Adelaide and interstate. A recent highlight for the duo has been a tour to NT, performing on the iconic railway journey aboard 'The Ghan' from Adelaide to Darwin in 2012. They have an EP ‘Intimate Universal Encounter’ and are working on creating a new album for The Wandering Minstrels as well as an album of mantras and chants. They perform monthly at Bliss Organic Cafe and other gigs and events are posted on their website www.wanderingminstrels.com.au
Michelle has a background in music teaching and has been working as a professional music teacher since 2007. She currently tutors in voice, music theory, guitar and mandolin. Michelle is also a choir teacher for the South Australian Public Primary Schools Festival of Music and is the Musical Director of The Southern Singers/Onkaparinga City Choral Society, a choir based in Morphett Vale South Australia.
Michelle holds a Diploma of Music and has studied Music (majoring in Voice) at Adelaide University Conservatorium of Music and at TAFE SA. She has performed in working bands since 1998 and toured Australia and the UK with various musical projects.
Michelle Byrne Dip. Music
0401 968 585
~ voice ~ breath ~ mantra ~ movement ~
Michelle Byrne is a musician, performer, songwriter, singer and chantress, a music teacher and choir director. Her interest in mantras was sparked from listening to such artists as Deva Premal, Donna DeLory and Sacred Earth, and peaked in 2011 after attending a chanting retreat with Deva Premal and Miten. Michelle had previously experienced many workshops covering sound healing, mantras, toning and also attended yoga and metaphysical classes, delving into many aspects of healing including crystals, chakras,
