In November 2008, Lorne Mallin celebrates four years of leading monthly Evenings of Jewish Chant in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. He first encountered the joy and power of chant in 1973 in a mystical school called the Arica Institute. After experiencing a chant called "Ram in the Three Centres," he discovered the exquisite stillness that follows chanting. It has been his doorway to inner quiet and connection ever since.

In 2004, Lorne entered a two-year training in chant leadership with Jewish chant master Rabbi Shefa Gold. He has led chanting in Japan, Ukraine, the U.S. and Canada. Locally, that has included Give Peace a Chant, Meditative Shabbats at Ahavat Olam Synagogue, "Chanting at the Gates" at Or Shalom Synagogue, his annual Chanting Seders, the Songs for the Soul concert at St. Andrews-Wesley and the Six-Day Peace Chant — both during the World Peace Forum.

Lorne is the founder of the Vancouver InterSpiritual Chant Festival.

Hear Lorne discuss chanting and the ChantFest on CBC Radio's "Tapestry".