I Have been involved in music since my youth. I was a church organist in my teens and then went on to study guitar, accordion, voice, piano, and harpsichord. I began my harp studies eleven years ago during my training to be a Music- Thanatologist. My specialty is the music of the Celtic Isles and also that of the Medieval (Gregorian Chant, Cantigas, Laude, Estampie) and Renaissance periods. I have a deep love for the American music of the Shaker and Shape Note traditions.
I began my academic career as a voice major at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. I graduated from New York University (NYC) in 1984 with a BFA in Photography and went on to study theater arts. I graduated from the Chalice of Repose Project's School of Music-Thanatology (Missoula, MT) in 1996 at which time I moved to Seattle to start a practice (Sacred Harmonies) with my colleague Jeri Howe. In 2001 I moved to the Portland area and was invited to join SACREDFLIGHT a Music-Thanatology practice in Portland. I am now working as a Music Thanatologist at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Eugene, Oregon. Music-Thanatology is a palliative practice which incorporates harp and voice to serve the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of those nearing the end of life with prescriptive music.
My recording credits include: "Geography of the Soul" (1996); "Dance Music of Western Europe: 1450 - 1650" (1999). I have recently completed work on my first solo CD: "The Wayfaring Pilgrim" and was music director and co-producer of the CD: "Loom Of Love", a creative collaboration with Music-Thanatologists from around the Pacific Northwest. Both of these CDs released in the Fall of 2005. I am currently working on my second solo CD which I hope to release by the summer of 2006.
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~harpweaver
Track List:
1. Reis Glorios
2. The Leaves of Life
3. Sweet Angels Come Nearer
4. The Journey of the Humble Heart
5. The Huron Carol
6. By Still Waters
7. Through This Night
8. Watch Ye
9. All My Tears
10. Expression
11. The Wayfaring Pilgrim
12. All Is Well
13. Ave Maris Stella
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I began my academic career as a voice major at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. I graduated from New York University (NYC) in 1984 with a BFA in Photography and went on to study theater arts. I graduated from the Chalice of Repose Project's School of Music-Thanatology (Missoula, MT) in 1996 at which time I moved to Seattle to start a practice (Sacred Harmonies) with my colleague Jeri Howe. In 2001 I moved to the Portland area and was invited to join SACREDFLIGHT a Music-Thanatology practice in Portland. I am now working as a Music Thanatologist at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Eugene, Oregon. Music-Thanatology is a palliative practice which incorporates harp and voice to serve the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of those nearing the end of life with prescriptive music.
My recording credits include: "Geography of the Soul" (1996); "Dance Music of Western Europe: 1450 - 1650" (1999). I have recently completed work on my first solo CD: "The Wayfaring Pilgrim" and was music director and co-producer of the CD: "Loom Of Love", a creative collaboration with Music-Thanatologists from around the Pacific Northwest. Both of these CDs released in the Fall of 2005. I am currently working on my second solo CD which I hope to release by the summer of 2006.
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~harpweaver
Track List:
1. Reis Glorios
2. The Leaves of Life
3. Sweet Angels Come Nearer
4. The Journey of the Humble Heart
5. The Huron Carol
6. By Still Waters
7. Through This Night
8. Watch Ye
9. All My Tears
10. Expression
11. The Wayfaring Pilgrim
12. All Is Well
13. Ave Maris Stella
Other Genres: