Our Vision
"A humanity of illumined minds and compassionate hearts."
Beauty • Harmony • Well-being
Our Mission
Our mission is to inspire beauty, harmony, and well-being through immersive arts and learning experiences that enliven hearts and minds.
We do this by creating and sharing:
- Extraordinary art that transmits beauty, wisdom, and harmony through immersive media forms, including large scale audio-visual installations and virtual reality experiences that enliven hearts and minds.
- Original compositions and traditional sacred music that uplift the mind and heart.
- Live musical performances that combine art and sound to transcend traditional entertainment.
- Learning experiences for adults and youth that cultivate both inner knowledge and interconnectedness.
- Retreat experiences that integrate art, music, and experiential learning to promote positive inner growth.
Transform • Awaken
Our Purpose
We live in a world that is increasingly connected technologically, while increasingly disconnected interpersonally.
We believe that art and beauty are vital elements to positively transform and awaken the human mind and heart.
That is, Art that transmits frequencies of beauty and harmony; Music imbued with authentic love; Imagery that stirs the soul; Beauty that evokes interconnectedness.
In a world faced with mental health crises and on the brink of a revolutionary integration of Artificial Intelligence, humanity needs more than ever to be reminded of what makes us uniquely human: our hearts, our senses, and our responsibility to care for all creation and one another.
We believe that experiential art and learning can serve as healing tools and modalities of interconnection when based upon core values that help us to remember our inner wisdom and to love one another.
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Our Core Values
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Love
Joy
Beauty
Peace
Goodness
Harmony
Authenticity
Honesty
Integrity
Care
Compassion
Gratitude
Creativity
Humility
Interconnectedness
Transformation
About Harmonia
Overview
Harmonia is a new nonprofit organization founded by Gianna and André Ripa to produce and distribute elevating arts that encourage individuals to recognize the beauty of our world and the beauty within each of us.
With this recognition we hope anyone experiencing this work may shift from experiencing fear to love in all they do. The global pandemic coupled with the extensive use of digital communication, AI and new media have deepened the apparent absence of spiritual and heart-centered connection among humans and the entire natural world. Harmonia seeks to rebuild these connections.
Andre Ripa, a practiced healer in a variety of traditions, has worked with individuals and groups to access hidden reserves of self-healing. He functions as a guide to individual transformations. He has done work one-on-one as well as with larger audiences, with children experiencing terminal illnesses and with men and women whose traumas previously prevented them from living full lives. Andre is also a composer. His music is elevating and evocative.
Gianna Ripa has a background in philanthropy, marketing, and education. She is also a healer having practiced traditional healing arts including Ayurvedic medicine for the last 20 years. Gianna’s background invokes the importance of educational frameworks to transformational activities.
With Gianna, the Ripas have drawn together a community of artists and musicians who are creating works for the public that deliver a form of internal transformation. The Ripas have a strong following for their work. Andre’s original compositions have been streamed over 1.5 million times by thousands of listeners internationally.
As Andre composes, he works with talented artists to create immersive experiences for audiences. A most recent example, the creation and development of The Canticle of Saint Francis of Assisi, was presented in Assisi, Italy in 2024 to raptured audiences.
The Canticle images were realized by Daring House studio in Rome and Francsican Friar Alessandro Brustenghi, an internationally beloved tenor, adapted and sang St. Francis’ text to Andre’s original music. Other works have also been developed through the for-profit entity San Francesco Productions. These materials will be made available to Harmonia both for large audience presentations as well as for educational efforts.
Harmonia’s education programming will bring teachings in transformative practices to small groups through retreats and to larger groups through digital media that is interactive. Harmonia will also develop curricula for schools and for other groups. In the first phase of Harmonia’s work, years one and two, the focus will be on productions. In year three, Harmonia will begin its educational work.
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Who We Are
Board of Directors
Chair: Gianna Ripa
Secretary: Amy Green
Treasurer: Virginia Thomson
Members:
- Amy Green
- Virginia Thomson
- André Ripa
- Gianna Ripa
