An Evening of Kirtan with Tom Fuhrmann & Friends Kirtan Band

An Evening of Kirtan with Tom Fuhrmann & Friends Kirtan Band
Accompanying video by Lumonics

Tom Fuhrmann is the founder of Denver Community Kirtan and Little Rishikesh, a new spiritual center in South Denver. He leads the singing and plays the harmonium.  Tom is accompanied by percussionist extraordinaire Gilly Gonzalez, and have been performing together in Denver for over 5 years.  Gilly is well known in Denver’s musical community as a percussion artist, and performs with ensembles Lunar Fire and Lil Sum’n Sum’n. Tom is also accompanied by various members of the Denver Community Kirtan choir.

Kirtan is the chanting and singing of Sanskrit mantra, an old and revered technique that has been used for centuries in India and other parts of Asia to embody and express the emotional and devotional aspects of spiritual practice. The kirtan is structured, through the use of call and response style singing and the accompaniment of drums and musical instruments, to engage the audience.