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Cross-cultural healing
DIANA ROWAN
Harpist Diana Rowan’s playing has been described as having "unusual power and beauty." Born in Ireland, she lived and studied on the East Coast, in Europe and the Middle East before settling in Berkeley, California, where she received both her BA in Women's Health and her Master of Music degree. Each country left a strong impression on Diana's music, which interweaves Celtic, Eastern European, Near Eastern and classical arts and mythology, tapping into the worldwide and archetypal power of the harp.
Always conscious of the intersection between music and its community role in terms of marking rites of passage, connecting past with present, facilitating communication and ultimately healing, Diana's art addresses the most primal and widespread applications of music cross-culturally. Part of this mission is passing on the joy of making music: Diana has taught for more than 20 years to students ages 3-80 so far, with many going on to share music publically themselves, whether teaching piano to children in Tibet or performing in avant-garde clubs across the US (ask for details!). This belief that everyone has something to say musically translates into Diana's hospital work, both by reflecting the broad communities we serve through a vastly varied repertoire, to empowering hospital patients, staff and visitors to actually try out her harp for themselves.
In the health care arena, Diana is a certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor via UC Berkeley Extension, volunteered for the legendary Berkeley Free Clinic, worked both the hotline and shelter of Oakland's A Safe Place, a refuge for battered women and their children, and taught piano at Harrison House, a halfway house in San Francisco's Tenderloin district, among other experiences.
Prior to joining Healing Muses, Diana was a regular performer at Oakland Children’s Hospital, where she honed her healing harp skills. She is also resident harpist for several large spiritual gatherings, including Reclaiming's Spiral Dance, and enjoys collaborating with artists as varied as Indian bansuri master Deepak Ram, early music stars the San Francisco Renaissance Voices, and electronica guru Jef Stott, to name a few.
A frequent traveller, most recently to southeast Asia, Diana performs and presents worldwide (from the Australian Harp Festival to the Smithsonian to Istanbul University), teaches and records often, and can be heard on many CDs and soundtracks for film and TV, including her two solo albums Panta Rhei and The Bright Knowledge (her third CD is almost ready for the studio!). Diana currently splits her time between the San Francisco Bay Area and Eastern Europe, working on a PhD in harp composition at the National Academy of Music in Sofia, Bulgaria. Whenever not harping and healing, you can find her on the dance floor, as an Argentine tango devotee.
Further info: www.dianarowan.com
Read about Diana's experiences and reflections about her work at blog.healingmuses.org
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To schedule Music for Healing in your health care facility or home, contact:
Suzanne Siebert,
Board President
510.843.2425
suzannesiebert@gmail.com
Patrice Haan
Muse
510.534.9250
patrice@tuxedorecords.com
Mailing address:
Healing Muses
1185 Solano Avenue,
PMB #153
Albany, CA 94706
Email:
healingmuses@comcast.net
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