Upcoming Events
Porch Concert: Latin Jazz
Our season opens with an evening of Latin Jazz with Tino & Friends. Everyone welcome. Donations gratefully accepted. Bring your own chair and drinks. Sign up for concert updates and rain dates.
Classic Sound Bath with Monique
From her Sound Studio at the Awareness & Wellness Center, Monique curates music and sound to induce and maintain deep relaxation, stimulating the body’s natural healing response.
The Classic Sound Bath features violin, singing bowls, gongs, and the luxurious comfort of beanbag beds and other amenities.
Monique’s sound healing work has been featured in Post Gazette, NPR, CBS Pittsbugh, and Next Pittsburgh.
Porch Concert: Cello Fury
A Pittsburgh-favorite, we are happy to welcome Cello Fury back to our porch for their unique mix of symphonic sounds and rock beats. Bring a chair and drinks. Donations gratefully accepted. Sign up for concert updates and rain dates.
Classic Sound Bath with Monique
From her Sound Studio at the Awareness & Wellness Center, Monique curates music and sound to induce and maintain deep relaxation, stimulating the body’s natural healing response.
The Classic Sound Bath features violin, singing bowls, gongs, and the luxurious comfort of beanbag beds and other amenities.
Monique’s sound healing work has been featured in Post Gazette, NPR, CBS Pittsbugh, and Next Pittsburgh.
Pathways to Peace
As summer blooms, embark on a creative journey with Garrett Coleman and Monique Mead into the heart of embodied courage, engaged compassion, and clear presence amidst a world in conflict.
Pathways to Peace is an original offering that weaves together somatic movement, healing sound, and expressive arts process as a means to cultivate individual and community resilience. In this unique experience, participants will be guided through a series of activities—including movement, visual art, poetic dialogue and group sharing— to cultivate inner resources for navigating moments of individual, collective, and socio-political conflict.
Admission is free. Registration required.
Deep Dive Sound Bath
The Deep Dive Sound Bath is a 75-minute session that is limited to 12 participants for more personal space and closer proximity to the instruments.
In this session, you'll be lying close to low-frequency singing bows and gongs to enhance the physical sensation of the sound vibrations. This session also incorporates breathwork and a soundscape that evokes tension and release for deeper relaxation. The generous 75-minute session allows extra time at the end for a Tibetan singing bowls to be placed and played on your body to help you tune in to a harmonized flow of energy. Sign up.
Level 2 Practitioner Training
Expand your sound healing skills in this 3-day practitioner training that equips you with all the tools you'll need to facilitate a full 60-minute sound bath and awards you with practitioner certification upon completion. This training culminates in a Surround Sound Bath performance. Learn More
Porch Concert: Piano Extravaganza
Join Tino & Friends for piano music of many styles: jazz, classical, and dueling keyboards! Everyone welcome. Donations gratefully accepted. Bring your own chair and drinks. Sign up for concert updates and rain dates.
Classic Sound Bath with Monique
From her Sound Studio at the Awareness & Wellness Center, Monique curates music and sound to induce and maintain deep relaxation, stimulating the body’s natural healing response.
The Classic Sound Bath features violin, singing bowls, gongs, and the luxurious comfort of beanbag beds and other amenities.
Monique’s sound healing work has been featured in Post Gazette, NPR, CBS Pittsbugh, and Next Pittsburgh.
Pathways to Peace
As summer blooms, embark on a creative journey with Garrett Coleman and Monique Mead into the heart of embodied courage, engaged compassion, and clear presence amidst a world in conflict.
Pathways to Peace is an original offering that weaves together somatic movement, healing sound, and expressive arts process as a means to cultivate individual and community resilience. In this unique experience, participants will be guided through a series of activities—including movement, visual art, poetic dialogue and group sharing— to cultivate inner resources for navigating moments of individual, collective, and socio-political conflict.
Admission is free. Registration required.
Deep Dive Sound Bath
The Deep Dive Sound Bath is a 75-minute session that is limited to 12 participants for more personal space and closer proximity to the instruments.
In this session, you'll be lying close to low-frequency singing bows and gongs to enhance the physical sensation of the sound vibrations. This session also incorporates breathwork and a soundscape that evokes tension and release for deeper relaxation. The generous 75-minute session allows extra time at the end for a Tibetan singing bowls to be placed and played on your body to help you tune in to a harmonized flow of energy. Sign up.
Classic Sound Bath with Monique
Located in Shadyside at the Awareness & Wellness Center, Monique curates music and sound to induce and maintain deep relaxation, stimulating the body’s natural healing response.
The Classic Sound Bath features violin, singing bowls, gongs, and the luxurious comfort of beanbag beds and other amenities.
Monique’s sound healing work has been featured in Post Gazette, NPR, CBS Pittsbugh, and Next Pittsburgh.
Gong Immersion
This immersive experience leans into the rich sonority of gongs, creating vibrations that travel through the body and awaken physical sensation. Their primal, expansive tones often evoke a sense of dissolution and renewal.
As Monique weaves in the deep resonance of singing bowls, you may begin to feel a low rhythmic pulsing—almost like a “brain massage”—drawing the mind into profound relaxation. No effort is required, but to simply receive the sounds and follow them wherever they lead. More
The Musician’s Edge Workshop
Musicians enter sound practice with a clear and often underused advantage: they can perform.
The ability to bring a well-developed voice or instrument into a sound bath—along with trained listening, sensitivity to phrasing and form, nuanced musical awareness, and technical dexterity—has a direct impact on the depth, flow, and credibility of the experience. But this is not the same as concert performance. Without a shift in approach, even highly skilled musicians can default to habits that don’t translate.
This 2-hour online workshop is designed for musicians who want to use their training more deliberately in this context. No prior sound practitioner experience necessary. Learn More
Porch Concert: Harp Heaven
Isabel Cardenes shares music stories from her graduate program at the Curtis Institute of Music, joined by Monique Mead, violin. Everyone welcome. Donations gratefully accepted. Bring your own chair and drinks. Sign up for concert updates and rain dates.
Reiki Sound Bath
Reiki is a universal healing practice that promotes relaxation and reduces tension throughout the body. With multiple practitioners offering Reiki during this sound healing session, you'll benefit from personalized attention as they hold healing presence through gentle hands-on placement on your head and shoulders.
To support this deeply healing practice, Monique cocoons you in meditative sound vibrations from singing bowls, gongs--and her signature violin melodies.
Porch Concert: Rising Stars
Violinist Alice Tang played her first porch concert at age seven in 2026. Now, she returns alongside other talented musicians from the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony and Carnegie Mellon University. Everyone welcome. Donations gratefully accepted. Bring your own chair and drinks. Sign up for concert updates and rain dates.
Poolside Sound Bath & Drinks
Relax in a lounger or lie on the lawn poolside as you gaze up at the dance of clouds while Monique’s team orchestrates an immersive sound bath from all parts of this beautiful Shadyside garden. The evening ends at sunset with drinks and relaxed conversation. Cost: $45 More
Porch Concert: Devilish Merry
DEVILISH MERRY blends Appalachian and Irish melodies with ballad-based songs on American history and heritage. It’s a lively mix of old-time fiddle tunes, Irish jigs and reels, Pennsylvania folk and new songs from the musicians’ own life experience. Everyone welcome. Donations gratefully accepted. Bring your own chair and drinks. Sign up for weather updates.
Keystone Wellness Summer Conference
Sound Baths in Mental Health Practice: Research, Relaxation, and Clinical Applications
As rates of stress, anxiety, burnout, and nervous system dysregulation continue to rise, immersive sound experiences ("sound baths") have rapidly gained popularity in wellness and mental health settings. Yet many mental health and wellness professionals remain uncertain about what a sound bath is, how it works, whether there is scientific support for its effects, and how sound-based approaches may be integrated responsibly into therapeutic practice.
Monique Mead’s presentation explores the emerging role of immersive sound experiences in both group settings and individual therapy. Drawing from research conducted at Carnegie Mellon University and ongoing EEG-based collaborations with the Carnegie Mellon Neuroscience Institute, Monique Mead will examine how immersive sound experiences may support stress reduction, relaxation, emotional regulation, and attentional focus.
In addition, Mead will lead a separate immersive sound experience for all conference participants, offering attendees the opportunity to directly experience the practices discussed during the session. REGISTER
Reiki Sound Bath
Reiki is a universal healing practice that promotes relaxation and reduces tension throughout the body. With multiple practitioners offering Reiki during this sound healing session, you'll benefit from personalized attention as they hold healing presence through gentle hands-on placement on your head and shoulders.
To support this deeply healing practice, Monique cocoons you in meditative sound vibrations from singing bowls, gongs--and her signature violin melodies.
Latin Fusion Week at Rancho La Puerta
Spend a restorative week at Rancho La Puerta and enjoy daily hikes, wellness activities, organic meals, and fun concerts that celebrate the music of Latin America. Starring Latin Grammy Award winning Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet! Ask Monique about 20% first-timer discount.
Mega Surround Sound Bath Concert
Back by popular demand, Monique Mead leads 30 musicians and sound practitioners to envelop you in an immersive soundscape like no other.
Stretch out on a pew, gaze up at the stained glass windows, and absorb the healing sounds resonating from 60+ singing bowls as they blend with the sublime melodies of violin, harp, and flute. Find stillness as the sounds guide you to a space of timeless presence.
We strongly encourage that you bring your own comfort items, such as a blanket or pillow.
Tickets will be available starting in September on the Heinz Chapel Events website.
Your Brain on Music at Rancho La Puerta
Spend a restorative week at Rancho La Puerta and enjoy daily hikes, wellness activities, organic meals, concerts and talks featuring musician, neuroscientist, and bestselling author of “This is Your Brain on Music” Daniel Levitin, alongside Grammy award winning bassist Steve Bailey. Ask Monique about 20% first-timer discount. MORE
Music Lover’s Week at Rancho La Puerta
Join Monique and Grammy Award winning musicians for transformative week of concerts, wellness activities, hikes, sound healing, and homegrown organic cuisine in a relaxed setting. Artists include NYPhil clarinet Anthony McGill, pianist Rieko Tsuchida, Broadway stars, and Duo Katerina & Iwo.
Rancho La Puerta has been voted #1 Destination Spa and Wellness Resort by Travel & Leisure magazine for 10 years in a row. It’s like no place you’ve ever been—a mix of summer camp, the Garden of Eden, and a sense of home. If this is your first visit, ask Monique about a 20% first-timer discount to her “happy place.”
Level 1 Sound Practitioner Training
Develop your sound healing skills in in this 3-day training designed to give you the tools to bring your sound practice to life in your home or within a therapeutic setting. In 3 days and 12 hours of personalized instruction, this Sound Practitioner Certification Program will train you in powerful musical practices that reliably shift consciousness and produce transformative results.
🎓 This course is approved for CEU through the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work. Learn more
Gong Immersion
This immersive experience leans into the rich sonority of gongs, creating vibrations that travel through the body and awaken physical sensation. Their primal, expansive tones often evoke a sense of dissolution and renewal.
As Monique weaves in the deep resonance of singing bowls, you may begin to feel a low rhythmic pulsing—almost like a “brain massage”—drawing the mind into profound relaxation. No effort is required, but to simply receive the sounds and follow them wherever they lead. More
Classic Sound Bath with Monique
From her Sound Studio at the Awareness & Wellness Center, Monique curates music and sound to induce and maintain deep relaxation, stimulating the body’s natural healing response.
The Classic Sound Bath features violin, singing bowls, gongs, and the luxurious comfort of beanbag beds and other amenities.
Monique’s sound healing work has been featured in Post Gazette, NPR, CBS Pittsbugh, and Next Pittsburgh.
Classic Sound Bath with Monique
From her Sound Studio at the Awareness & Wellness Center, Monique curates music and sound to induce and maintain deep relaxation, stimulating the body’s natural healing response.
The Classic Sound Bath features violin, singing bowls, gongs, and the luxurious comfort of beanbag beds and other amenities.
Monique’s sound healing work has been featured in Post Gazette, NPR, CBS Pittsbugh, and Next Pittsburgh.
Candlelight Sound Bath
In the glow of 100+ candles, you’ll lie comfortably as waves of sound wash over you, immersing you in frequencies that balance the nervous system and lead the mind to stillness.
Monique’s sound healing work has been featured on the front page of the Post Gazette, NPR, CBS Pittsbugh, and Next Pittsburgh.
Harvard Symposium
Presenting and performing at Harvard University’s symposium Design Futures after Buddhism: Worldmaking by Other Means.
My talk, “Journey to Enlightenment: A Musical Pathway” centers around designing sound meditations that shift one’s inner world, thereby redirecting our engagement with the outer world.
Situated within a broader conversation about perception and worldmaking, this work approaches sound as a medium that transforms awareness, offering a direct, sensory pathway into meditative states. This presentation extends into the CAMLab Journey to Enlightenment exhibition, where live sound meditations offer an immersive, spatial experience of the concepts explored in the talk.
Journey to Enlightenment--Harvard CAMLab
Sound bath performances at the CAMLab Journey to Enlightenment exhibition, where listeners are surrounded by immersive projections of Buddhist caves.
Advanced Techniques Workshop
NEW! Advanced Sound Practitioner Training.
Expand your techniques and repertoire in this one-day workshop designed for experienced practitioners who want to gain new skills and connect with each other.
Prior certification in the Mead Method is recommended. Learn More
Mega Surround Sound Bath Concert
Committed to creating peace in our community, 30 musicians and sound practitioners join forces to offer Pittsburgh’s largest sound bath in the iconic beauty of Heinz Chapel.
This Mega Surround Sound Bath is orchestrated by Monique Mead and her team, offering a unique blend of music and immersive soundscapes designed to melt stress and draw you inward. You’ll sit or lie comfortably, gazing up at the spectacular stained glass windows as sounds from 70+ singing bowls resonate from the entire perimeter of Heinz Chapel and envelop you in soothing vibrations.
During this 90-minute journey, you’ll also encounter transcendent melodies on violin, harp, flute, and voice, arising from the soundscape and dissolving back into silence—each offering a message of peace and lovingkindness.
We strongly encourage that you bring your own comfort items, such as a blanket or pillow.
Tickets through Heinz Chapel.
Azure Interactive Family Concert “Music meets Football”
Monique’s CMU class performs a FREE interactive family concert at the Children’s Museum in preparation for the NFL Draft. Hosted by Azure Family Concerts: All behaviors welcome!
Reiki Sound Bath
Reiki is a universal healing practice that promotes relaxation and reduces tension throughout the body. With multiple practitioners offering Reiki during this sound healing session, you'll benefit from personalized attention as they hold healing presence through gentle hands-on placement on your head and shoulders.
To support this deeply healing practice, Monique cocoons you in meditative sound vibrations from singing bowls, gongs--and her signature violin melodies.
Candlelight Sound Bath
In the glow of 100+ candles, you’ll lie comfortably as waves of sound wash over you, immersing you in frequencies that balance the nervous system and lead the mind to stillness.
Monique’s sound healing work has been featured on the front page of the Post Gazette, NPR, CBS Pittsbugh, and Next Pittsburgh.
Sound Baths on Walnut St.
Offering a variety of sound bath experiences every week at the Awareness & Wellness Center in Pittsburgh, Monique curates music and sound to create deep relaxation and stimulate the body’s natural healing response.
Monique’s sound healing work has been featured on the front page of the Post Gazette, NPR, CBS Pittsbugh, and Next Pittsburgh.
Family Sound Bath
This family-friendly event offers a sound bath experience thoughtfully tailored for families. We’ll begin with gentle stretching, followed by a sonic tour of the studio instruments, and then ease into several guided sound meditations designed to cultivate mindful awareness — or perhaps enjoy an afternoon nap.
After the session, children are invited to explore a hands-on Instrument Petting Zoo in the lobby, where they can play singing bowls, gongs, and chimes.
Candlelight Sound Bath
In the glow of 100+ candles, you’ll lie comfortably as waves of sound wash over you, immersing you in frequencies that balance the nervous system and lead the mind to stillness.
Monique’s sound healing work has been featured on the front page of the Post Gazette, NPR, CBS Pittsbugh, and Next Pittsburgh.
Reiki Sound Bath
Reiki is a universal healing practice that promotes relaxation and reduces tension throughout the body. With multiple practitioners offering Reiki during this sound healing session, you'll benefit from personalized attention as they hold healing presence through gentle hands-on placement on your head and shoulders.
To support this deeply healing practice, Monique cocoons you in meditative sound vibrations from singing bowls, gongs--and her signature violin melodies.
Level 2 Practitioner Training
Expand your sound healing skills in this 3-day practitioner training that equips you with all the tools you'll need to facilitate a full 60-minute sound bath and awards you with practitioner certification upon completion. This training culminates in a Surround Sound Bath performance. Learn More
Online Sound Practitioner Training Level 1
4 Thursdays at 7-8:30 PM EST, starting March 12
Develop your sound healing skills in in this 4-week training designed to provide the techniques and knowledge to launch your sound healing practice for personal use or within a therapeutic setting. In 4 online sessions and a library of technique tutorials, this program will train you in powerful musical practices that reliably shift consciousness and produce transformative results. Learn More
Candlelight Sound Bath
In the glow of 100+ candles, you’ll lie comfortably as waves of sound wash over you, immersing you in frequencies that balance the nervous system and lead the mind to stillness.
Monique’s sound healing work has been featured on the front page of the Post Gazette, NPR, CBS Pittsbugh, and Next Pittsburgh.
Sound Baths on Walnut St.
Offering a variety of sound bath experiences every week at the Awareness & Wellness Center in Pittsburgh, Monique curates music and sound to create deep relaxation and stimulate the body’s natural healing response.
Monique’s sound healing work has been featured on the front page of the Post Gazette, NPR, CBS Pittsbugh, and Next Pittsburgh.
Level 1 Sound Practitioner Training
Develop your sound healing skills in in this 3-day training designed to give you the tools to bring your sound practice to life in your home or within a therapeutic setting. In 3 days and 12 hours of personalized instruction, this Sound Practitioner Certification Program will train you in powerful musical practices that reliably shift consciousness and produce transformative results.
🎓 This course is approved for CEU through the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work. Learn more
Candlelight Sound Bath
In the glow of 100+ candles, you’ll lie comfortably as waves of sound wash over you, immersing you in frequencies that balance the nervous system and lead the mind to stillness.
Monique’s sound healing work has been featured on the front page of the Post Gazette, NPR, CBS Pittsbugh, and Next Pittsburgh.
Reiki Sound Bath
Reiki is a universal healing practice that promotes relaxation and reduces tension throughout the body. With multiple practitioners offering Reiki during this sound healing session, you'll benefit from personalized attention as they hold healing presence through gentle hands-on placement on your head and shoulders.
To support this deeply healing practice, Monique cocoons you in meditative sound vibrations from singing bowls, gongs--and her signature violin melodies.
Sound & Hygge
Hygge (pronounced "hoo-gah") is the Danish art of creating coziness, comfort, and connection, especially during the colder months. This February, embrace the warmth and relaxation of Hygge with a candlelit sound bath experience with concert violinist, Monique Mead.
Sink into ultimate comfort with beanbags, blankets, and eye masks as soothing sounds of singing bowls and gongs wash over you, leaving you deeply relaxed.
Afterwards, savor the cozy vibes with a steaming mug of homemade gourmet hot chocolate, complete with all the fixings. In the spirit of Hygge, please bring your own mug!
Candlelight Sound Bath
In the glow of 100+ candles, you’ll lie comfortably as waves of sound wash over you, immersing you in frequencies that balance the nervous system and lead the mind to stillness.
Monique’s sound healing work has been featured on the front page of the Post Gazette, NPR, CBS Pittsbugh, and Next Pittsburgh.
Broadway Week at Rancho La Puerta
Join Monique and a group of Broadway stars for a transformative week of concerts, wellness activities, hikes, sound healing, and homegrown organic cuisine in a relaxed setting. Rancho La Puerta has been voted #1 Destination Spa and Wellness Resort by Travel & Leisure magazine for 10 years in a row. It’s like no place you’ve ever been—a mix of summer camp, the Garden of Eden, and a sense of home. If this is your first visit, ask Monique about a 20% first-timer discount to her “happy place.”
Sound Baths on Walnut St.
Offering a variety of sound bath experiences every week at the Awareness & Wellness Center in Pittsburgh, Monique curates music and sound to create deep relaxation and stimulate the body’s natural healing response.
Monique’s sound healing work has been featured on the front page of the Post Gazette, NPR, CBS Pittsbugh, and Next Pittsburgh.
Candlelight Sound Bath
In the glow of 100+ candles, you’ll lie comfortably as waves of sound wash over you, immersing you in frequencies that balance the nervous system and lead the mind to stillness.
Monique’s sound healing work has been featured on the front page of the Post Gazette, NPR, CBS Pittsbugh, and Next Pittsburgh.
Practitioner Certification Program
Establishing an in-house sound bath at Atma Jaya University facilitated by certified faculty in psychology and music therapy.
Bali Workshop on Music & Brain
Monique Mead is a featured speaker and presenter at the 3rd Bali Workshop on Music and the Brain. She will present her research and facilitate a sound bath for workshop participants. Apply to attend.