DeShaun Gordon-King’s SOUND RITUAL: Catalyst

Created by DeShaun Gordon-King’s Sound Ritual is an immersive musical experience that brings together therapeutic music, chamber music, jazz and improvisation, electronics, and guided meditation to create a shared space for reflection, restoration, and connection. Drawing inspiration from traditions of sound medicine alongside contemporary musical practice, the performance invites audiences into an environment of deep listening where music becomes both artistic expression and communal ritual.

Created in response to the loneliness and isolation brought into sharp focus during the COVID-19 pandemic, DeShaun Gordon-King’s Sound Ritual explores music’s capacity to foster presence, belonging, and connection. Through an expansive sonic landscape, the experience invites audiences to reconnect with themselves, one another, and the possibility of imagining a more compassionate and connected world.

The result is an immersive experience where listening itself becomes a practice of presence, restoration, and shared humanity.

Accessibility: Pickman Hall is wheelchair-accessible. The wheelchair entrance is located in the back of the building, along with limited parking.

Public Transit: Longy's Pickman Hall is located just north of Harvard Square, past the Cambridge Common and across the street from the Sheraton Commander Hotel.

Walk (10 minutes) from Harvard Square T stop (Church Street exit)
Walk (20 minutes) from Porter Square T stop and commuter rail (Fitchburg line)
Take the #75 bus, which stops right out front

Parking: Due to space restrictions within city limits, Longy can only offer on-site parking for staff and faculty members.

There are two hour metered parking spots available on Massachusetts Avenue, alongside the Cambridge Common park and in Harvard square.

The following parking garages are located close to the Longy campus:

• University Place Garage (45 University Rd.) $24/day
• Charles Hotel Parking (1 Bennett St.) $25/day
• Harvard Square Parking Garage (20 Eliot St.) $23/day
• Church Street Lot (41 Church St.) $34/day
• Alewife T Station (11 Cambridgepark West) $7/day

Reasonable Accommodations Requests:  Castle of our Skins does not discriminate on the basis of disability, and is committed to providing accessible programs and events to facilitate participation. A guest or outside organization must notify Castle of our Skins of any request for an accommodation in advance of the event (ideally 2-3 weeks beforehand). Late accommodation requests, or requests made the day of the event, may not be possible to provide.

Please send requests to info@castleskins.org.