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GPaC MUSIC UPDATE Summer ’26: due to ongoing disruptions to services (AI related), we’ve decided to say farewell to our long time digital music distributor, Tunecore, who’ve been distributing all of GPaC’s music to all of the regular digital platforms, (Apple, YouTube, Spotify, etc.) for over 11 years. Our move away from Tunecore is now complete – and all of these streaming services have been affected! We sincerely apologize for this disruption to our music’s availability. Our music will no longer be available on Spotify, but we could return to other platforms, soon.

Sandra Leigh in Vancouver, BC.

Meanwhile, GPaC’s entire library is now available here at our website by following the links provided.
Alternately, if you’re wanting to buy a hard copy CD or download card, we have those available, too.
Please contact us at the address below.

Do you remember Friday Night Kirtan in Kitsilano?

Do you remember Friday Night Kirtan in Kitsilano?

✨ 2025 – We’re celebrating the 10th Anniversary of our beloved CD :: ✨ KIRTAN LILA
You can hear it, along with all Give Peace a Chant CD’s on Spotify, Bandcamp, + most other digital platforms, including Apple & iTunes. ✨ 💖 Thanks for listening, sharing and supporting our projects!

HIGHLIGHTS 2024 / (& 2025, so far) :: ✨ Sharing special THANKS to ALL who helped make these Gordon Neighbourhood House community fundraiser events soulfully sweet and successful:

HIGHLIGHTS 2024 :: Friday Night Kirtan at Gordon Neighbourhood House in Vancouver, BC.

Join us for Friday Night Kirtan at Gordon House 2024 / 25. We’re delighted to be returning for a number of live music fundraisers, starting October 4th at Gordon Neighbourhood House in the West End, Vancouver.

Our first events in a long while, we’re looking forward to a brand new collaboration of artists and co-hosts. Our first offering, Chant for the Devi, honours the rising of Divine Feminine Consciousness at this incredible time in history. What a time to be alive! Jai Ma! This events is held by donation with proceeds going to support much needed GNH programs and projects. Reservations are available online at eventbrite.

Links for events can be found in our newsletter. Subscribe here on this page, (keep scrolling to find the subscribe box). We don’t sent campaigns regularly anymore so, please check your junk box every once in a while! Also, we do not sell or share your info, ever.

The Friday Night Kirtan w/ Give Peace a Chant project is presented by Gordon House as a volunteer operated musical community event. If you would like to volunteer, to contribute something like-minded, or be on the helper’s team, we’d love to hear from you. Please contact us at:

givepeaceachantvancouver@ gmail .com

We’re currently doing our best to keep up with e-mails, messages and social media. Thanks for your patience and ongoing support. ✨ Our plan is to have this website updated sometime in 2025.

✨ Stay Tuned, Beautiful Soul. Lots more to come. 🌼

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Summer 2024 Update: We hope you’re having a blessed summer, blissful friends!
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Natural Smudge and Bowl led by artist, Clara John at the beginning of the event as a reminder for grounding and purification @ Nita Lodge, Whistler, BC.

HIGHLIGHTS 2024 :: April 28 & June 28 – Whistler, B.C. KIRTAN w/ friend and sanga sister, Tina Pashumati James up at Nita Lodge. Tina ji & her advanced yoga community – an all levels workshop – that includes Tina’s INSPIRING sound healing ceremony with bowls, chants and vedic mantra, and later shared some kirtan songs we learned from Shyamdas, call and answer w/ Sandra Leigh. Then we stood in a great big circle, and shared a heartwarming celebration of LIGHT singing ARATI and songs of LIGHT in Whistler & @Pemberton yoga community. We’ll meet again!


February 29 – Bowen Island. Singing together on the eve of a leap year is a rare blessing. It was an honour to share at the sacred graduation ceremony with Tina Pashumati James’ Loka Yoga School’s YTT at Nectar Yoga Retreat Centre on Bowen Island.
Congratulations to all the radiant new yoga teachers! We love you, Tina!

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HIGHLIGHTS :: August 14, 2023 – Vancouver, B.C. Good News! After such a long time, we’re pleased to announce a new CD (EP) release! Welcome ‘Yamuna Lila’ by Give Peace a Chant.

Tap & listen on Bandcamp

Album Artwork: ‘Lotus Hand’ by Krati Jasoria @ the_art_souk

‘Yamuna Lila’ is available at most digital outlets, including Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Amazon Music, YouTube, YogiTunes.com and more. We hope you enjoy our humble offering and listen freely, in the spirit of the sacred river Yamuna ji that flows in India.

Thanks for following and adding our music to your library and playlists.
Stay tuned for our upcoming workshop, details coming soon.

GPaC’s ‘Yamuna Lila’ recording project was made possible through The Vancouver Music Fund via Creative BC, The City of Vancouver & The Government of British Columbia.

March 6, 2023 – North Vancouver, B.C. We’re so happy to be back in the studio recording and preparing a beautiful new ‘Give Peace a Chant’ mantra CD, to be released August 14, ’23.

HIGHLIGHTS :: Jan. 15, 2023 – Coal Harbour, B.C. Thanks everyone for attending the kirtan reunion event, Jan 14, 2023 at Coal Harbour. A beautiful afternoon with many friendly voices, new and familiar friends meeting up after such a long time. Even the SUN came out! Looking forward to more, soon.


UPDATE 2022 – ‘Give Peace a Chant’ CDs are also available for streaming on YogiTunes, “a fully licensed, fair trade music service providing top quality soundtracks for yoga, meditation, movement, and other healing arts. Making Videos? YogiTunes is Live Stream friendly. Our tracks make for great royalty free background music for Zoom® YouTube®, Facebook®, Instagram® and more”. We recommend ‘Divine Play’ for a lush Instrumental background, perfect for yoga classes and practice at home!

Find us on Apple Music as well the digital outlets at the tabs above.
Thanks for subscribing and adding us to your playlists!

2020

2020 – Live music and group singing may be on hold, but it’s not forever. Let’s stay positive and get creative with what is turning into a longer ongoing situation, meanwhile, thanks for spreading good vibes and keeping the mantra + music flowing!

Visit the KIRTAN COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD FB group and share your kirtan events, music, videos, classes, festivals, workshops. This is a private group on FB. All are welcome.

2020 – While we’re patiently waiting the return to in person, live music events, we’re also recovering from bilateral wrist and hand surgery! We’re so glad for this recovery time and so far, we’re pleased with the results of these long overdue operations. We’ve also been connecting on Zoom and to make the best use of this down time, we’ve been working (at home) on new Sandya Music projects, i108 music videos and Tambura Dreams. i108 videos are posted to our YouTube channel linked below. Thank you for subscribing to our community music channel!

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2019 Music Updates:
‘Divine Play’ Instrumental remix project, i108 (music for yoga), remixing favourite live ‘Give Peace a Chant’ kirtan recordings, our studio recordings, and world instrumentals. The original tracks were created especially for yoga class, dance choreography, yoga dance, body work, too.

2018 – Updates:
Preview ‘Give Peace a Chant’ on Bandcamp
Follow us and add us to your playlists on Spotify

Summer ’17 Update

2017 – Give Peace a Chant’s ‘Divine Play’ CD is now soundtrack for a local television show project, ‘Yoga Moves for Every Body’ with Sandra Leigh and Friends, airing on Shaw TV and Multicultural Channels in Vancouver and Calgary. The series is available on YouTube as YogaMovesOnline

2017 –  ‘Gopal Lila’ EP our 3rd CD was released on Sandya Records℗, available at most digital outlets.

2017 – Sandya Records was established.
Sandhya Music is registered with SOCAN.

2017 News and Reviews

Vancouver Courier, January, 2017
The Vancouver Courier

Read the entire article here

BC Musician Magazine Reviews ‘Divine Play’ by Give Peace a Chant

Thanks to The Lovecast with Dave O Rama in Nanaimo, BC 🇨🇦 for the sweet review!

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Read the review here @ BC Musician Magazine

Good NEWS: ‘Divine Play’ released on Bandcamp!

Mostly an Instrumental version of the ‘Kirtan Lila’ CD, ‘Divine Play’ is available on Bandcamp,  iTunes, Amazon, Google+ and Spotify.

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Welcome News! ✨🙏✨ ‘Kirtan Lila’ CD released, June 2015

‘Kirtan Lila’ is available on Bandcamp iTunes, Google Play, Amazon and Spotify. Thanks for listening and sharing.

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We are grateful to live, work, and record our events on the unceded, ancestral territories of the Tsleil-Waututh, Squamish (Sḵwxwú7mesh), and Musqueam (Xwméthkwyiem) Nations.

May All Beings Be Peaceful.