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Fiona Joy Hawkins is a New Age composer and pianist whose music crosses genres from classical to world fusion. She is also a mother, a painter, and a woman who's immersed in following her passion for music.

Fiona released her first album PORTRAIT OF A WATERFALL in 2005. It went to #1 on the New Age Radio (NAR) Charts, made the top five in the MusicOz Awards for the classical genre, and was a finalist for Best Piano Album at the 2005 NAR Lifestyle Music Awards. Fiona followed with ANGEL ABOVE MY PIANO, which won Best Piano Album at the NAR Lifestyle Music Awards in 2006. Her third album, ICE: PIANO SLIGHTLY CHILLED also rose to #1 on New Age Reporter's Top 100 New Age/Ambient/World Radio/Internet Airwaves Chart, and also won a Best Dance Dub/Club NAR Award in 2008. She also won Australia’s 2008 MusicOz award for Best Jazz or Classical Artist. BLUE DREAM debuted at #1 on the NAR charts, setting a new record for highest debut on that chart.

In 2009 Fiona received won prestigious awards in an unprecedented three categories in the Zone Music Reporters Awards, Album of the Year, Best Contemporary Instrumental Album, and Best Instrumental Album - Piano (twice), and the CD Baby Top World albums, landing 15th place over tens of thousands of other World albums. Remarkably Fiona's BLUE DREAM remains in the top 10 selling New Age Albums on CDbaby.

Fiona’s music is both thematic and melodic. With a keen eye on film, she has always been interested in creating music that evokes images and tells a story. It may come as no surprise that she’s also a prolific painter who has been exhibiting since 1997. She incorporates original manuscripts of her music on the canvas, to create bold colorful mixed media abstracts that enable one to see and feel her music. "The idea of synchronicity has always intrigued me; colors, ideas and emotions all have corresponding sounds," said Fiona. "I believe in the power of music as a source of inspiration and a way of reaching people, and, it seems I can transfer a musical quality through my art to the canvas." In addition to four albums – PORTRAIT OF A WATERFALL, ANGEL ABOVE MY PIANO, ICE: SLIGHTLY CHILLED and BLUE DREAM -- Fiona has released three albums specifically designed for the burgeoning iTunes market: MUSIC FOR FUNERALS, MUSIC FOR WEDDINGS and MUSIC FOR SEX. She explains, "I started to notice that specific tracks kept getting downloaded, in particular CINEY'S THEME (WEDDING MARCH), and I realized that people are sometimes after purposeful music, whether it be for a wedding or a funeral. These three download-only albums are doing extremely well; in fact, CINEY'S THEME is now my #1 downloaded track on iTunes." With the recent release of BLUE DREAM in both CD and SA-CD, Fiona is busy enjoying new fans, added performance commitments and the interest of international music critics. Best of all, she’s doing what she loves most, diving into composing her next album, tentatively titled "600 Years in a Moment."

Record Label:

Little Hartley Music

http://littlehartleymusic.com.au/

Discography:

PORTRAIT OF A WATERFALL ANGEL ABOVE MY PIANO ICE - PIANO SLIGHTLY CHILLED BLUE DREAM (IN BOTH CD AND SA-CD)

Coming Soon

CHRISTMAS JOY - Available October 15, 2011 CHRISTMAS JOY SACD - Coming Soon

LIVE AT THE Q FIONA JOY HAWKINS WITH THE BLUE DREAM ENSEMBLE - Available June 15, 2012

600 Years in a Moment - Available October 15, 2012 600 Years in a Moment SACD - Available October 15, 2012

You can listen and purchase Fiona's music here

http://www.fionajoyhawkins.com.au/

http://littlehartleymusic.com.au/

http://www.cdbaby.com/FionaJoyHawkins1

You can listen and learn more about Fiona at these sites

http://myspace.com/fionajoyhawkins

http://www.reverbnation.com/fionajoyhawkins

http://www.facebook.com/fionajoyhawkins

You can stay in the know by joining her on Twitter

http://twitter.com/fionajoyhawkins

To view artwork:

http://www.fionajoyhawkins.com.au/shop/ Click on the "Paintings Gallery"