My Story
As I was finishing my time as a young artist with Chicago Opera Theater, I was first introduced to sound healing through one of my best friends, who is a sound practitioner. We spoke at length about healing arts. She invited me to sing in her sound baths and encouraged me to get my own singing bowls to practice my own meditation and healing, and I fell in love.
The feeling I get from singing with sound bowls is very similar to what I feel when I sing with any ensemble, and that is a sense of powerful and primal connection to the universe…the embodiment of universal love through harmony. As I brought more healing instruments and crystals into my life, I noticed how powerfully I could return to my Self this way. My connection to magic and nature extends beyond an enjoyment or fascination with the subject matter: it allows me to experience that I am a small yet meaningful part of something greater. This is home for me.
There is something important about what feels like home for the soul. I was an accidental and very welcome child, as my parents had lost several children before me, and perhaps that’s why I always believed in magic. The garden at my childhood home was created and grown by the women of my family through generations. When I return to visit, it’s the garden that I connect with most. It is there that I feel the spirit of the women before me, witness the constant flow of the life/death/life cycle, and sense the vibrational shifts that can be integrated into my own being. There is much to be said for the wonders of nature, and this is why I incorporate its essence into my transmissions – from the sound of my voice to the sounds of the wind, birds, and the ocean, among others… We all owe our souls to the nature from which we came. This is home for all of us.
I am grateful for my experiences with teachers, leaders, and healers who have assisted me along my journey with good intentions and care for my soul. Thanks to what I have learned through others and through myself, I now create experiences that allow for deep relaxation, transformation, and empowerment on a cellular level. Whether I am working with someone on their singing or speaking voice or sending vibrational messages through sound, I am coming from an authentic place of my own experiences and the magical world it has led me to create in artistic expression.
Bio
Brittany Jacinta Loewen (Celeste Sound Alchemy) is a master vocal sound bath artist, opera singer, and voice empowerment teacher. Her lifelong cultivation of vocal artistry and performance has created her as a healing vessel of love for all who experience her musical offerings. Channeling her deep connection to Nature and the Loving Frequencies of the Earth through vocal improvisation with healing instruments, she seeks to deepen our connection with Self, Others, and the Earth with her soothing sound transmissions. As a voice empowerment specialist, Brittany works with professionals from all industries on techniques that help them to find their empowered voices in speech and song.
As an accomplished opera singer, Brittany has performed with Chicago Opera Theater, Opera Pacific, OperaWorks, Forte Chicago, Flagstaff in Fidenza, International Operatic Performing Experience, International Lyric Academy, Chicago College of Performing Arts, and Jacobs School of Music. She has a Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music and a Master of Music degree and Artist Diploma in vocal performance from Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts. As a young artist with Chicago Opera Theater, she received stellar reviews for her powerful performances in challenging roles such as the title role in Puccini’s Suor Angelica, the First Witch in Ernest Bloch’s Macbeth, and Branghien in Frank Martin’s Le Vin Herbé. Brittany has been an active member of AGMA (American Guild of Musical Artists) since 2014.
