www.dovesongs.com

Home

Click here for artists involved in the latest album "A Song of Loves"

Click here for artists involved in the third album "Yield Peaceable Fruit"

Click here for artists involved in the second album "Oh, Lord, My Light"

Artists involved in the first album:

"THINK ON THESE THINGS"

BARRI ARMITAGE, poet and teacher, was poetry editor of The Augusta Spectator when her daughter, Nancy, a graduate student at North Carolina State, was killed by a drunk driver. Her poetry collection, Double Helix , won the Washington Writers' Publishing House. contest and was published in1993. Barri uses DNA, the "stuff of life," as an analogy to the twisting strands of love and sorrow in our lives. Through these poems, her conviction that "love is stronger than death" has been a comfort to many in their own griefs.. She has read her poetry at the Library of Congress, Corcoran Art Gallery, Strathmore Hall Arts Center and elsewhere. Her poems have won prizes at writers' conferences and have been published in numerous national poetry journals and anthologies.

Click here to learn more about:  Double Helix

DAVE ARMITAGE is a vocalist in The Washington Chorus and has performed with them at Carnegie Hall, NY and The Kennedy Center, Washington, DC.

ROSE BELLO has been acclaimed as a soloist in concerts around the US and has performed in several international tours. She received performance grants in Md., Conn., and Mass. Her Doctorate of Musical Arts in Vocal Performance is from the University of Md. Sadly, Rose, died in September 2003. We all miss her kind and generous spirit,as well as her beautiful voice.

RACHEL FRANKLIN, a Pro Musicis International Award winner, has concertized widely in the US, including a debut in Carnegie Recital Hall, NY, and has performed extensively abroad.   Her Doctorate of Musical Arts is from the Peabody Conservatory of Music. She performs on her solo debut CD, playing Polish Piano Music by Fryderyk Chopin and Juliusz Zarebski.    When she gave her solo debuts in 1994 in Carnegie Recital Hall, NY and Jordan Hall, Boston, the Boston Globe enthused about her "beautiful differentiations of color, touch and texture" and described a performance on this CD as "not inferior...to the recorded performances by Cortot and Rubinstein."

To learn more about Rachel please click here.
For ordering her CD, contact Rachel at: rff@toad.net.

EILEEN TOWNSEND was a vocalist with The Bucko Sisters, performing on a weekly cable TV show in Pa. and regularly at Fred Waring's Nightclub. Later, she was lead singer for the band, Landslide.

BILLY KEMP is a guitarist, bassist, composer, producer, and vocalist. He has performed at The Kennedy Center, Grand Ole Opry and elsewhere in North America and Europe. His B.A. in Visual and Performing Arts is from the University of Maryland. He and CHRISTINA VAN NORMAN produced the critically acclaimed CD, "Communion," in 1994 featuring original compositions by Billy. The CD has been described as "literate songs in a country blues manner" and as "a collection of down-to-earth tales punctuated by vivid lyrics and crisp guitar work." In the late eighties Billy produced a CD, "Nightwaves," with original compositions in the electric roots style.

For information on ordering these CDs, contact Billy at: willbillymusic@aol.com.

Artists in the second album:

"OH, LORD, MY LIGHT"

BARRI ARMITAGE, poet and teacher, was poetry editor of The Augusta Spectator when her daughter, Nancy, a graduate student at North Carolina State, was killed by a drunk driver. Her poetry collection, Double Helix , won the Washington Writers' Publishing House. contest and was published in1993. Barri uses DNA, the "stuff of life," as an analogy to the twisting strands of love and sorrow in our lives. Through these poems, her conviction that "love is stronger than death" has been a comfort to many in their own griefs.. She has read her poetry at the Library of Congress, Corcoran Art Gallery, Strathmore Hall Arts Center and elsewhere. Her poems have won prizes at writers' conferences and have been published in numerous national poetry journals and anthologies.

Click here to learn more about:  Double Helix .

DAVE ARMITAGE is a vocalist in The Washington Chorus and has performed with them at Carnegie Hall, NY and The Kennedy Center, Washington, DC.

DAVID ARMITAGE, JR. was a soloist in a Centennial Players' production of "Fiddler on the Roof" and has sung in church choirs and performed church solos.

CHERYL BRANHAM has been a singer, pianist, conductor, and teacher the Washington area for over twenty years. She holds music degrees from Boston University, The University of Md., and Furman University.

RACHEL FRANKLIN, a Pro Musicis International Award winner, has concertized widely in the US, including a debut in Carnegie Recital Hall, NY, and has performed extensively abroad.   Her Doctorate of Musical Arts is from the Peabody Conservatory of Music. She performs on her solo debut CD, playing Polish Piano Music by Fryderyk Chopin and Juliusz Zarebski.    When she gave her solo debuts in 1994 in Carnegie Recital Hall, NY and Jordan Hall, Boston, the Boston Globe enthused about her "beautiful differentiations of color, touch and texture" and described a performance on this CD as "not inferior...to the recorded performances by Cortot and Rubinstein."

To learn more about Rachel please click here.
For ordering her CD, contact Rachel at: rff@toad.net.

DAVID MYRICK is a pianist, violinist, and music teacher who holds a Masters of Music from the University of Portland and has 36 hours toward a Doctorate, including courses at the Peabody Conservatory of Music. At church, he performs violin solos, accompanies special ensembles and hymns, and sings in festival choirs.

CYNTHIA CATHCART is an award-winning performer and instructor of the clarsach, the wire-strung harp of Ireland and the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. She strives to bring the joy of the music of the uniquely bell-like sound of her harp strings to a wide range of people. To hear samples of her CD, "Alchemy of a Rose," visit her website, www.CynthiaCathcart.net.

TARAH DRAWBAUGH, flutist, is a member of two ensembles at Gettyburg College where she is minoring in music. She contributes to church ensembles and choirs.

STEVE CARR, guitarist, is the recording engineer and graphic artist at Hit and Run Recording Studio
(www.hitandrunrecording.com)

Artists in the third album:

"YIELD PEACEABLE FRUIT""

These songs of comfort are dedicated to the memory of loved ones related to the artists::

Nancy Elizabeth Armitage (1960-1982), Barri and Dave’s daughter and David Jr.’s sister
Gary Alan Smith (1935-2006), David Jr.'s, father-in-law
Caleb Josiah Stevens (1995-2005), Katy’s son

Learn more under the artists’ names below.

BARRI ARMITAGE, poet and teacher, was poetry editor of The Augusta Spectator when her daughter, Nancy, a graduate student at North Carolina State, was killed by a drunk driver. She is ever in the memory of Barri, Dave and David Jr. Her poetry collection, Double Helix , won the Washington Writers' Publishing House. contest and was published in1993. Barri uses DNA, the "stuff of life," as an analogy to the twisting strands of love and sorrow in our lives. Through these poems, her conviction that "love is stronger than death" has been a comfort to many in their own griefs.. She has read her poetry at the Library of Congress, Corcoran Art Gallery, Strathmore Hall Arts Center and elsewhere. Her poems have won prizes at writers' conferences and have been published in numerous national poetry journals and anthologies..

Barri's music performances began as a teenager in Akron, Ohio when her mother gave book reviews at the Junior League and other professional organizations. Barri played piano pieces as background and also accompanied soloists for those programs. Over the years, she has accompanied choirs and played hymns for church singing.

Poet Stephen Corey, current editor of “The Georgia Review” has written about her poems: “The powers in Barri Armitage’s poetry emerge from inner bedrock and wellsprings that nearly all readers and writers would profess to yearn for, to live from. But, in truth, most of us would be garbled or silenced by the personal tragedy she has channeled into some of the finest elegiac writing of recent years—and subsequently into love poems that can achieve marvelous effects….”

Barri comments,"The bedrock and wellsprings are not of myself. May I be useful to God, to Whom all glory belongs".

Click here to learn more about:  Double Helix

DAVE ARMITAGE is a vocalist in The Washington Chorus and has performed with them at Carnegie Hall, NY and The Kennedy Center, Washington, DC. Dave and Barri’s 22-year-old daughter, Nancy, was killed by a drunk driver while a student in graduate school at N. Carolina State in Raleight , NC . Her vibrant spirit is sorely missed by her family and all who knew her.

Katy Stevens has been singing and performing since the age of four. She studied voice with Stephanie Carter-Henkle in high school and Dr. Mary Schiller at the University of Akron as a vocal performance major. She currently teaches private music lessons.

Katy and her husband, Matt, had four sons: Joshua, Caleb, Micah and Jacob. She and Caleb had often sung duets at church performances. In August of 2005, Caleb was in a fatal automobile accident. Katy channeled her grief into her first solo project, "Finding Me", in May of 2006, dedicated to Caleb.
For more information, viiait www.katystevens.net. To see them ssinging, click on this YouTube video link- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMgp_ZmLpqs Link

DAVID ARMITAGE, JR. was a soloist in a Centennial Players' production of "Fiddler on the Roof" and has sung in church choirs and performed church solos. David's sister, Nancy, was killed by a drunk driver while a student in graduate school at N. Carolina State in Raleight , NC. He has fond memories of growing up with his older sister.

Another shock came when David and other family members and friends were on a fishing trip with his father-in-law, Gary Smith, in April of 2006. How Gary loved to fish. On this trip he caught one 16-18 inches long, depending on which person tells the story. Sadly, the next day Gary had a fatal heart attack. He is greatly missed by his family and his many friends.

RACHEL FRANKLIN, a Pro Musicis International Award winner, has concertized widely in the US, including a debut in Carnegie Recital Hall, NY, and has performed extensively abroad.   Her Doctorate of Musical Arts is from the Peabody Conservatory of Music. She performs on her solo debut CD, playing Polish Piano Music by Fryderyk Chopin and Juliusz Zarebski.    When she gave her solo debuts in 1994 in Carnegie Recital Hall, NY and Jordan Hall, Boston, the Boston Globe enthused about her "beautiful differentiations of color, touch and texture" and described a performance on this CD as "not inferior...to the recorded performances by Cortot and Rubinstein."

To learn more about Rachel please click here.
For ordering her CD, contact Rachel at: rff@toad.net.

Artists in the latest album:

"A SONG OF LOVES""

These songs of comfort are dedicated to the memory of the beloved nephew of Dave and Barri Armitage

Robert G. Kelley (1956-2006),

Rob battled pancreatic cancer for three years before his death. He was a devoted mountain climber, climbimg extensively in Canada, the U.S., and Europe. His business career in financial printing took him from Rochester, NY to San Francisco, Washington D.C., and New York City. He is surviived by his wife Rebecca J. Leer, their daughter Claire, and his sister Margeret Janson . He is greatly missed by all of us.

BARRI ARMITAGE, poet and teacher, was poetry editor of The Augusta Spectator when her daughter, Nancy, a graduate student at North Carolina State, was killed by a drunk driver. She is ever in the memory of Barri, Dave and David Jr. Her poetry collection, Double Helix , won the Washington Writers' Publishing House. contest and was published in1993. Barri uses DNA, the "stuff of life," as an analogy to the twisting strands of love and sorrow in our lives. Through these poems, her conviction that "love is stronger than death" has been a comfort to many in their own griefs.. She has read her poetry at the Library of Congress, Corcoran Art Gallery, Strathmore Hall Arts Center and elsewhere. Her poems have won prizes at writers' conferences and have been published in numerous national poetry journals and anthologies.

Barri's music performances began as a teenager in Akron, Ohio when her mother gave book reviews at the Junior League and other professional organizations. Barri played piano pieces as background and also accompanied soloists for those programs. Over the years, she has accompanied choirs and played hymns for church singing. She has sung in school and church choirs, as well as singing solos and duets at church services.

Poet Stephen Corey, current editor of “The Georgia Review” has written about her poems: “The powers in Barri Armitage’s poetry emerge from inner bedrock and wellsprings that nearly all readers and writers would profess to yearn for, to live from. But, in truth, most of us would be garbled or silenced by the personal tragedy she has channeled into some of the finest elegiac writing of recent years—and subsequently into love poems that can achieve marvelous effects….”

Barri comments,"The bedrock and wellsprings are not of myself. May I be useful to God, to Whom all glory belongs".

Click here to learn more about:  Double Helix

DAVE ARMITAGE is a vocalist in The Washington Chorus and has performed with them at Carnegie Hall, NY and The Kennedy Center, Washington, DC. Dave and Barri’s 22-year-old daughter, Nancy, was killed by a drunk driver while a student in graduate school at N. Carolina State in Raleight , NC . Her vibrant spirit is sorely missed by her family and all who knew her.

Katy Stevens has been singing and performing since the age of four. She studied voice with Stephanie Carter-Henkle in high school and Dr. Mary Schiller at the University of Akron as a vocal performance major. She currently teaches private music lessons.

Katy and her husband, Matt, had four sons: Joshua, Caleb, Micah and Jacob. She and Caleb had often sung duets at church performances. In August of 2005, Caleb was in a fatal automobile accident. Katy channeled her grief into her first solo project, "Finding Me", in May of 2006, dedicated to Caleb.
For more information, viiait www.katystevens.net. To see them ssinging, click on this YouTube video link- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMgp_ZmLpqs Link

DAVID ARMITAGE, JR. was a soloist in a Centennial Players' production of "Fiddler on the Roof" and has sung in church choirs and performed church solos. David's sister, Nancy, was killed by a drunk driver while a student in graduate school at N. Carolina State in Raleight , NC. He has fond memories of growing up with his older sister.

Another shock came when David and other family members and friends were on a fishing trip with his father-in-law, Gary Smith, in April of 2006. How Gary loved to fish. On this trip he caught one 16-18 inches long, depending on which person tells the story. Sadly, the next day Gary had a fatal heart attack. He is greatly missed by his family and his many friends.

RHONDA CLORE , left and JENNIFER KARELIUSSON, right (mother and daughter)

RHONDA CLORE sang with her family’s singing group at various events, including the Western Illinois State Fair. With her father, Ron Peterson, a professional musician, she and her siblings performed on his Illinois TV show. She sang with the Young Ambassadors in college, touring the western U.S. After marriage, she sang at several embassy events overseas. She coordinated the Jerusalem Children’s Choir at the American Consulate. In Jordan, she was band director at the American Community School. She has directed her church’s children’s choir and plays for the hymns and church choir. She and her husband have four children who play a variety of instruments as they sing for church services and family talent shows.

JENNIFER CLORE KARELIUSSON continues in the Clore musical vein (see above), singing for church services in duets and the choir, as well as in family musical skits at variety shows.

KATHRYN AMES, violinist, has served as concert master in the East Texas Symphony (Tyler, Texas) and the Ambassador College Orchestra ( Pasadena, California). Also, she has performed solos for church services and for other occasions.

Listen To Songs

About the Songs

About Us

Order Form

Contact Us

Songbooks

Newsletter

Double Helix

Links