Resonanace & Rhythms | Home of Judy Piazza

Welcome to the site of Judy Piazza, an extraordinarily talented woman inspired, studied, and caught up in sound traditions near and far. Judy has been exploring music and sound for over thirty years as educator, researcher, music therapist, performer, workshop presenter and recording artist. Her first love was guitar, both classical and folk singer/songwriter styles. For almost fifteen years, it has been rhythm and voice that guides her fascination and fires her passion creatively and musically. Judy plays drums from around the world (including tar, riqq, bodhran, kanjira, daf, tambourine, djembe, doumbek...), alternative dulcimer, didgeridoo, native flute, and guitar, lacing vocal and songstyles in unique sonorous soundscapes and rhythmsongs ... Resonance & Rhythms that excite the spirit, calm the mind, expand the heart, and feed the body.

Sacred Maya Journey 2010:
Cosmic Connections
with Miguel Angel Vergara and Judy Piazza

April 16-23
with optional Rhythem & Relaxation Extension in Tulum
April 23-27

On the Yucatan Peninsula, with Miguel Angel Vergara and Judy Piazza. Join us for a week of profound experience on ancient Maya sites as we explore the Maya cosmovision and its connections to Sanskrit and and the cosmology of India. Rhythm & Relaxation extension also available! For more information visit www.iluminado-tours.com or Click Here

Crescent Moon
A delight for the spirit, a balm for the heart,
refreshement for the body, an elixer for the mind.

"I highly recommend Judy as a presenter of rhythm, resonance, magic and medicine. She is very knowledgeable and skilled in the art of drumming and the healing arts of sound of various traditions. As performer, Judy draws her audience into the realm of their own possibilities of beauty, power and well being."

- Ubaka Hill, Internationally Recognized Performance Artist/Percussionist

"Judy Piazza has my respect as an accomplished performer and innovative contributor to the new vistas opening up in the world of frame drumming. Her command of the various traditions which she draws from, and her quest for ever-deepening skills, combined with her innate musical sensitivity, allows her to create an especially vibrant sound-vision of frame drumming and voice".

"Judy Piazza is the very embodiment of the concept of world music. Her artistry is rooted in the rhythms and melodies of peoples and cultures from around the world - from ethereal Native American chants and flute to the delicate gossamer strains of her dulcimer and guitar work to the haunting echoes of the aboriginal didgeridoo to the powerful beat of the many drums and percussion instruments of which she is master. Judy's vocals and stories weave these disparate musical elements into a seamless and unforgettable performance."