Gary Malkin

Gary Malkin is a seven time Emmy and ASCAP award-winning composer, producer and recording artist dedicated to making a difference in the world by creating music-driven media and experiences that inspire the heart and catalyze individual and societal healing. He is a dynamic “keynote performer”, passionately speaking and performing on the vital role music and the media can serve as a messenger of an inclusive spirituality in our culture’s institutions, most notably, healthcare. Gary is the co-creator of the internationally acclaimed palliative care resource, Graceful Passages, produced by his life-enhancing media production company, Wisdom of the World, which creates innovative ways to experience spoken messages from the world’s wisdom keepers so that we might live our lives with more mindfulness and compassion. He is the founder, along with co-author Michael Stillwater, of a non-profit organization, Companion Arts, dedicated to integrating the values of a broad spirituality into our health care systems through provider-focused educational programs and resources called Care for the Journey. Gary is also proud to have served as the Artistic Director for international conferences such as the Quest for Global Healing, featuring Archbishop Desmond Tutu and other Nobel Laureates, in Bali, Indonesia. He was also the producer of a 2006 Middle Eastern Peace Concert, Music Heals, in San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral to a capacity audience, peacefully bringing together musicians representing Muslim, Christian and Jewish religions from all over the embattled region. Throughout his thirty-year career, he has consistently worked on socially responsible media projects. He just produced the music for the groundbreaking Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream Symposium’s media, created by Lynne and Bill Twist’s Pachamama Alliance, dedicated to empower people to take greater responsibility for the planet’s ecological and spiritual well-being. He just returned from performing on the stage of the Great Hall of China as the only American in an intercultural, nationally televised program to air during the Olympics, featuring the concept of music as a healing force. Through his performances, presentations and recordings, he is committed to promoting a greater understanding of the power of music and the media arts as a potential source of integration for body, mind, spirit and heart. His websites are www.wisdomoftheworld.com, www.careforthejourney.net, www.garymalkin.com, and www.musaic.biz.