A listening to the music from Anne Marie David is an experience with honesty, intimacy, and peace. Intersecting her artistic journey with the tumultuous climate of our times, Anne Marie delivers healing through her captivating voice and moving piano accompaniments on her latest recording "Peace Be With You". Anne Marie's voice brings one home, which is what this native from Minnesota knows best. In her solo piano CD, "The First Morning," (recorded in 2000) she shares herself and her profound love for family through a series of improvisational vignettes which bring her soul to bear. In her music you'll hear compassion, an empathy and understanding that comes from just being still and listening. In her liner notes she refers to one of her pieces as "one of those moments when the piano started a conversation with me, and so we spoke."
Anne Marie David Biography
A listening to the music from Anne Marie David is an experience with honesty, intimacy, and peace. Intersecting her artistic journey with the tumultuous climate of our times, Anne Marie delivers healing through her captivating voice and moving piano accompaniments on her latest recording "Peace Be With You". Anne Marie's voice brings one home, which is what this native from Minnesota knows best. In her solo piano CD, "The First Morning," (recorded in 2000) she shares herself and her profound love for family through a series of improvisational vignettes which bring her soul to bear. In her music you'll hear compassion, an empathy and understanding that comes from just being still and listening. In her liner notes she refers to one of her pieces as "one of those moments when the piano started a conversation with me, and so we spoke."
A graduate of the Berklee College of Music where she studied piano performance and songwriting, her affinity to strong melodies comes in part from the musical traditions she learned in church. Drawing from hymns, old American folk tunes, and a Celtic flavor, she intertwines these influences into an original sound undeniably rooted in love. A collection of some well-loved hymns, her popular debut recording "Prayer of St. Francis" uniquely expressed a common gratitude for these melodies, her homage to prayer and music.
Through her music label which she co-founded, Arrhae Press Music, Anne Marie has emerged as an artist dedicated to creating and sharing her music. As an educator, she has taught music and music ministry to children and adults. In addition to her adjunct faculty position at Boston College in music liturgy, she also leads workshops on the discovery and sharing of songs from various traditions. On her journey, ever discovering, she continues to write and sing songs of peace, love, and home.