Emergence

Joel Cherry Flute Sample

Viola da Gamba??? Need to identify the composer!

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Butterfly Sample

02 Earth And Sky

This is from the Voices CD which was recorded in 2006. It came as a result of numerous requests to transfer music from my first recording " First Flight" from 1993. Rather than transfer the music I went to the studio and replayed the original songs as well as adding a few new ones....

04 Old Song

When my girls were babies, late one night I heard one of them cough. I listened to make sure they were ok then began to think  of the gift they are and how they, even though still babies, teach me so very much.  I started to sing the words " I love my girls. They teach me so very much" then with flute in hand made this song....

08 Song for Sequan and Sierra

15 Compassion

01 Thanksgiving

08 Bird Song

Hawk is a member of a northeastern Algonquian tribe called Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuc, a People indigenous to what is now southern New England. He has been making flutes using only hand tools and fire for over 25 years. He is committed to music as a traditional art form and as a vehicle for building bridges of communication and mutual respect among peoples of diverse backgrounds. 
  Hawk enjoys sharing his experiences and perspectives about Life in hope of acknowledging and honoring the Sacredness in each person and gifts that Life has to offer. He uses music, stories and humor to create a space where people from different cultural and spiritual backgrounds can enjoy each others company and engage in meaningful dialogue. The flutes are an important vehicle for this sharing. His music is a reflection of his thinking that we each have the capacity to make a change in the world. 
   As a flute maker, Hawks'  focus has been to remain historically consistent, in terms of relationship and process. His flutes are made using hand tools and fire with materials gathered in the forest. The natural beauty of the wood grain is intentionally accentuated, with each part of the flute being beautifully hand carved and meticulously sanded. Hawk's attention to detail, both in tuning and aesthetics is evident. Only a gentle breath is necessary to create a full rich sound which can easily transition to the upper octave. Hawk’s reputation as a flute maker has grown and he now has flutes all over the world and in several museums. He has three original CD's, First Flight, Keeping the Fire and Voices. He is also featured on the compilation CD Tribal Winds on Earthbeat Records. His music has been used in a variety of films and documentaries some of which won or were nominated for Emmy Awards.

In his travels within and beyond the United States, Hawk  has had the honor of presenting his flute music at wide variety of venues.
                                                                                        
                                                                                       ~  A Few Highlights ~

      New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival                                                      Cultural Survival 
      Montreal First Peoples Festival                                                                      Camp Chrysalis ~ for children and families dealing w/. HIV/AIDS
      American Folk Festival                                                                                     Presentations on Tolerance 
      London Mozart Players/UK ~original composition ~ 3 concerts              Interfaith Climate change Conference
      Quebec's 400th Anniversary ~ Maine's Musical Ambassador                 Mashantucket Pequot Museum 
      Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian                        Tunica Biloxi Pow Wow 
      Harvard Medical School Graduation                                                             First Night Boston 
      International Film Festival                                                                               Native American Health Conference
      Suffolk University Law School                                                                        Schemitzun Pow Wow - 4 yrs.
      Plimouth Plantation                                                                                          Old Sturbridge Village

                     "Music has the potential of making a bridge across the divides of humanity that are often labeled 
                     culture, religion, ideology…" ~ Hawk
                      
                                                                                      ~ A Few Testimonials ~

   “Hawk participates at many of our regularly scheduled cultural bazaars across New England, which generally draw a multi-cultural and international audience of several thousand. Their response to Hawk’s extraordinary music is always enthusiastic. Listeners come away with an understanding of the richness of Native American culture that would not be possible coming from a less talented or less gifted educator.
Cultural Survival whole-heartedly supports Hawk’s life-long commitment to the preservation of his artistic and cultural traditions through his work as a master-flute-maker, composer and orator. His dedication to Native American flute music contributes both culturally and musically to the re-flourishing of Native American cultures. His ability to communicate with Native Americans and those from different cultures and world perspectives makes him a powerful ambassador for the perpetuation of Maine’s Native communities and traditions in particular, and for improving cross-cultural relations in general.”
  ~ Ellen Lutz, Executive Director, Cultural Survival

   "In twenty~five years a Chaplain and teacher in higher education on three different campuses, I have only met one other person who is as compelling and evocative       as a public presenter as Hawk" 
  ~ Kerry Maloney, Director of Religious and Spiritual Life, Harvard Divinity School

   "This is what is working for me today - this music I know so well, flowing through my heart and bringing me back to Center ~ Thank you, Hawk Henries"  
   ~ Tamara Crowly

   "Why this man has never been nominated for an Nammy is beyond me!"
   ~ Gene Bates

   "These two albums are constant companions in my car. I give them three thumbs up (and that's one more than I actually have!)"
   ~ Julie Morton
                                                                      

Hawk Henries

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