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Comfort the soul
PATRICE HAAN
Canadian Patrice Haan grew up singing. Born into a musical family, she played piano and church organ before taking up the lever harp. After moving to the San Francisco Bay-area in 1998, she plunged into the music scene, where she is known for her vocal performances with the Oakland-based jazz ensemble, Leftover Dreams, as well as diverse folk and jazz artists. Her solo appearances are called "deeply moving" and her compositions have been described as “beautiful, gorgeous, poetic and evocative, healing our souls and our heartache with the palpable love and the poetry of the music.” She has played in coffeehouses and concerts in two Canadian provinces and six states in settings as varied as the main stage at the Strawberry Music Festival, a cruise to Alaska, and First Night Monterey.
Increasingly recognized for her songwriting, and with two solo albums to her credit, Bluest Blue (2011) and Headed Home (2005), Patrice also has appeared on numerous recordings as both a vocalist and harper. The newest album of healing music, entitled A Garden of Healing (2010), includes two of her original songs and a vocal performance.
Patrice brings almost 20 years of experience in public speaking, teaching, facilitating groups and serving on boards, as varied as Quaker meetings and the Bay Area Folk Harp Society, to Healing Muses, which she joined in 2004.
She has pursued extensive studies in herbal medicine, garden design, Classical studies, archaeology, ritual and theology, educational support for nutritional and environmental health disorders, years of eldercare and palliative support, as well as an eclectic and catholic education in classical and traditional music. With this background it was a small and natural step to work with music for healing. Since her first encounter with end-of-life care, Patrice continues to look for ways music can touch and comfort the deep part of the self. www.patricehaan.com
Read Patrice's ongoing thoughts 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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"A fragile tiny woman in her blue hospital gown, she sat with her husband at her feet, his arms embracing her, both with eyes closed, rapt in the sound. When she was returned to her bed, the man came to speak with me. Teary-eyed and deeply emotional he said, 'I want to thank you. The music is such a comfort. When my wife is well, we always go out to hear live music and it means so much to us. But no one has ever brought us music before.' "
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