PATRICIA K. CARLSON
Original Music/Composer
David Montague is a natural and a musical genius! The Director, Rhonda Zabinsky met David Montague in Seattle. “His music left me breathless and inspired all at once” says Rhonda Zabinsky. I knew that his inspiring works needed to be in harmonie and Healing on the Edge.
DAVID MONTAGUE
VIOLINIST
David Montague is a professional violinist living in the Seattle area. Music literally saved his life. Once he was homeless. Soon after he found the violin, everything began to positively shift. David is self-taught and remarkable.
David specializes in Jazz, Classical, Spanish, and whatever else comes along. He has an approach that's unusually progressive and anatomically healthy. David Montague’s other instruments include cello, viola, viol and blockflutes. Although Violin is David’s favorite instrument. He sightreads well and particularly enjoys improvisation.
Please see youtube and myspace pages for David Montague that include recordings and videos. Please contact David directly to buy his cds.
ALLAN HARRIS
Original Music/Composer
Original Music/Composer
Al Harris is a composer/arranger/sound designer. He produces music for games, films, CDs and corporate projects. Says Al: “Sound is at least 50% of a project and carries a staggering impact. I love sculpting sound to match a client’s vision. When that happens, something ‘clicks,’ and the project becomes more than the sum of its parts.”
Patricia never touched a harp until she was 50-years of age. She is totally self-taught on both lever and pedal harp and has never had a single lesson on either of these beautiful instruments. She practiced four to six hours per day for several years while working diligently on fingering exercises, memorizing songs. Patricia learned everything she could about harps by listening to and watching other harpists at every opportunity. From the very beginning, Patricia had a vision of a professional career at the climax of this self-taught journey.
When music touches and inspires you, you just need to share it. David’s music is truly magical! And the world really needs to be exposed to David’s work-it will just make you smile.” And that is how David Montague’s musical works have become part of Healing on the Edge and Harmonie: Body, Mind & Spirit and Harmonie: the art of health & healing.
In the winter of 2002, Patricia began writing her own compositions for both pedal and lever harps. Patricia drew inspiration from her life-long experiences including: her childhood on the shores of Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin;
the magnificent water falls amidst northern rivers and forests; the wolves and other wild critters of the northern forest, as well as beloved pets of a lifetime. She has even written songs about her husband’s artwork. She has four released CDs, Artist’s Dream, Woodland Opus, Reflections, and Christmas.
Patricia is a retired flight attendant of fourty-two years with 18,000,000 miles of flying experience. She is a second degree black belt in Americanized karate and has instructed both martial arts and women's self-defense in Minnesota.
MUSICIAN BIOS
harmonie
