FIONA JOY HAWKINS
Fiona Joy Hawkins' debut piano album has been described as 'music to dream to'. Featuring piano with orchestration, Portrait of a Waterfall calms the mind and yet allows it's listener to become lost in the beauty of thematic melodies. Drama is not lost on this album, with Opus Rain demonstrating stunning piano and orchestration that lifts the spirits yet soothes the soul. Classically trained as a pianist, Fiona has been writing music since childhood. Her work is thematic and melodic. With a keen eye on film she has always been interested in creating music that tells a story. "The idea of synchronicity has always intrigued me, colours, ideas and emotions all have corresponding sounds which are a description of everything I see and feel". Fiona is also an artist (painter). She incorporates original manuscripts of her music on the canvas to create bold colourful mixed media abstracts. With a successful and established career as an artist but still with a yearning to record her music, Fiona decided to combine the two creative endeavours. By integrating her music with her paintings, Fiona brings an exhibition of her artwork into the third dimension, creating a kind of installation. During her first exhibition of this kind, Fiona was surprised to find that even though her art sold well, she took hundreds of orders for recordings of her music Encouraged by the interest in her music inspired paintings and overwhelming response to the music itself, Fiona began recording her compositions in 2003. Within a year Portrait of a Waterfall was completed. Currently Fiona is recording her second body of work and expects the album to be available by late 2005. |
