Gary Malkin - composer & guide

Remember what it feels like to be fully human.

Gary Malkin creates music, media, and live experiences that open hearts - for grievers, leaders, organizations, and anyone ready to listen.

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Gary Malkin
Gary Malkin

“We create experiences, media, and frameworks that help people remember and embody their deepest humanity.”

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Late light on a plain wall - the kind of room this work is made for.Placeholder

Simplify the journey

Where are you starting from?

Four doors into the same work. Pick the one that sounds like your week - you can always come back for another.

A single lit candle on a dark table, its light pooling on the wood.“I want to honor someone I love.”Your Legacy
An open doorway filled with warm light in an otherwise dark room.“I want to deepen my own presence.”Yourself
A grand piano with its lid raised, silhouetted in a pool of stage light.“I want to bring this to my people.”Your Event
A staff of hand-ruled sheet music with a few noteheads, lit from the side.“I just want the music.”Listen

Who’s been here

Hospice rooms and hospital corridors. Boardrooms. Concert halls. Living rooms with twelve people in them. The work travels further than the venues suggest.

  • A grand piano lit on a darkened concert stage.

    Concert halls and conference stages.Placeholder

  • Rows of listeners in a darkened hall, lit only by the light they are facing.

    Audiences who came for a talk and stayed for the silence after it.Placeholder

  • Figures gathered around low warm lights in a dim room.

    Retreats and gatherings, held small on purpose.Placeholder

  • Piano keys in raking light, seen close.

    Three decades of scoring rooms, films and thresholds.Placeholder

What’s open now

A doorway for every season

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Coming soon

Graceful Passages Kit

$997

The complete Graceful Passages collection and integration guide for honoring someone you love. Coming soon - free tracks are available now.

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Inquiry

Portals of Awe Vital Experience

$1,500/year

A guided journey with music, breath and presence - Gary's immersive Vital Experience. Enrollment pending agreement and compliance approval.

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The Resonance Advantage

$2,000+ (TBD)

A live gathering on resonance, emotional intelligence and human-centered presence. Join the waitlist for details as the event takes shape.

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Gary Malkin

Gary in brief

More than a composer

Gary Malkin is an Emmy award-winning composer whose music has accompanied the deepest human moments - from hospice rooms and ceremonies to boardrooms and stages. His work weaves sound, spoken wisdom, and presence into experiences that change how people feel themselves.

He is a pioneer in resonance, emotional intelligence, and the human-centered use of AI - a thought leader helping leaders, organizations, and communities remember what they’re for.

A small circle of leaders carries this work forward. Learn how the Wisdom Keepers Council invites serious partners into that circle.

Gary’s World

One life’s work, many doorways

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Portals of Awe

Portals of Awe

Transformances, immersive music experiences and the Vital Experience community.

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You Awake

You Awake

Educational programs created in partnership with Hope Fitzgerald and Jonathan Deliz.

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Transformance

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Transformances created with Sarah McCrum - short films that restore collective coherence.