The Winter World Music Retreat: Milia 1st – 7th of December

A creative winter break for musicians, music lovers and explorers of Cretan culture, food, nature and well being.

A get away that will touch your five senses.
WHEN: 1st – 7th December
WHERE: Milia Mountain Retreat

There will be 5 days of workshops and seminars, with two world renowned  professional musicians and professors, Ross Daly and Petros Klampanis who will guide you through their music workshops, there will be concerts, there will be a unique form Of meditation by Nektarios Mitritsakis every morning, there will be gastronomic tasting daily and learning to cook traditional dishes with Vasilis Makrakis, including wine tasting, there will be a local music performance with Kiriakos Stavrianoudakis and dancing lessons with Tilasa Digeni, exploring nature, a walk through the old Venetian Harbor, the Archeological Museum of Kissamos, a visit to an olive mill, mingling with people from different countries and different backgrounds. Playing music everyday,

All in all It will be a unique experience!

There are 20 seats available!

If you are interested all you need to know is on the website.

Arrival and Departure: On the first and the last day of the event, shuttles to Chania Airport or Souda harbour are available
Instruments: you are invited to bring your own instrument, please let us know what kind of instrument you play in case we have to make some arrangements
Accommodation: There is room for 20 participants in Milia Mountain Retreat, some of the participants will be sharing a room
Food and drinks: food and drinks will be included during this event (vegetarian dishes are available)
Main tutors: Ross Daly and Petros Klampanis, they will be hosting a total of 9 workshops
Excursions: making olive oil, Kastelli archeology museum, old harbour of Chania
Entertainment: Ross and Petros will be giving a solo concert as well as performing a duet. One night there will be a performance of the famous Cretan lute player Kyriakos Stavrianoudakis
Other workshops: morning meditation sessions, hiking, traditional cooking, tsikoudia making and dancing