The Collecting Consort

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Music CDs
from the
Collecting
Consort

Featuring: Celtic harp
hammered dulcimer
Irish flutes & whistles

Titles:

Our Newest
Release!!!!

Midnight Clear

Our Other
Recordings:

The Earth
Remembers

All Thru the Night

The American Christmas

A Celtic Portrait

Celtic Meditations

The Earth's Essence

Friendship,
a Gift

Meditative Readings

Michigan's Heritage

Our Essence

Reverence

Season's Greetings

Spiritual Essence

 

Recordings

Gently Healing Music with a Touch of Special Grace.
(Audition excerpts of recordings below)

Recently, a hospice inpatient unit social worker informed us that our recordings are the only music CDs that she is able to leave on indefinitely in transitioning patient's rooms.  She spoke of the "natural" gentleness (not found on other commercial releases) that makes extended play possible. 

When you purchase our recordings, you help support our volunteer ministry as Certified Music Practitioners.  We provide live music for healing and transition without charge to hospice and other persons with disabilities.  Your purchase also helps to support the live broadcasts and email greeting cards available through this web site:
Thank you!
Anne & Gary

Contents of this page (explore this page to learn about Collecting Consort recordings or go directly to the title of your choice as listed in the left column)

Listen to audition selections  from each of our recordings.
To Order & recording prices.
Quotes from our reviewers and patrons.
Information  describing our recordings and how they are created. 

Windows Media Player Audition Excerpts



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These samplers are 45 min. in length and have been created for your listening pleasure. 
They contain several selections from each of the following recordings
(for individual selections from each of our recordings, scroll below to next box)

NEW (4-5-05)
Music for Spring sampler from THE EARTH REMEMBERS & EARTH'S ESSENCE
 

Religious/spiritual sampler from REVERENCE & SPIRITUAL ESSENCE recordings
 

Holiday sampler from MIDNIGHT CLEAR, SEASONS GREETINGS & AMERICAN CHRISTMAS recordings

 

For broadband (cable/wireless hook up)
Individual selections from each of our recordings

For dial up (telephone line hook up) scroll below to next box

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear from our new CHRISTMAS CD Midnight Clear

Sunrise Sunset from All Thru the Night Autumn Walk from Meditative Readings
Bring a Torch from The American Christmas Greensleeves from Michigan's Heritage
The Star of County Down from The Celtic Portrait Amazing Grace from Our Essence
Foggy Dew from Celtic Mediations Blest Be the Tie from Reverence
The Ash Grove from The Earth's Essence I Wonder as I Wander from Seasons Greetings
Pie Jesu from The Earth Remembers Oh Holy Night from Seasons Greetings
My Love is a Band Boy from Friendship a Gift How Great Thou Art from Spiritual Essence

 

 dial up (telephone line hook up) 
(compression for dial up reduces recording quality)

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear from our new CHRISTMAS CD Midnight Clear

Sunrise Sunset from All Thru the Night Autumn Walk from Meditative Readings
Bring a Torch from The American Christmas Greensleeves from Michigan's Heritage
The Star of County Down from The Celtic Portrait Amazing Grace from Our Essence
Foggy Dew from Celtic Mediations Blest Be the Tie from Reverence
The Ash Grove from The Earth's Essence I Wonder as I Wander from Seasons Greetings
Pie Jesu from The Earth Remembers Oh Holy Night from Seasons Greetings
My Love is a Band Boy from Friendship a Gift How Great Thou Art from Spiritual Essence



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Your satisfaction is guaranteed with COLLECTING CONSORT recordings!
 

To Order

We guarantee your satisfaction with each recording.  Refunds or exchanges are permitted.

CDs:      $16.04     or     $14.16 ea. for two or more
(Michigan residents add 6% sales tax)

Buy 3 & get 4th recording FREE!

Email: share@collectingconsort.com

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To place order with VISA or MasterCard, call us toll free at: (888) 227-8679 or

Send check/money order with 
$3 S & H to: 
Box 272, Lakeview, MI 48850

We GUARANTEE your satisfaction with all our recordings, and your order helps support of Live Music for Healing and Transition Ministry. 


 

Quotes
from our reviewers

"Music for the child in you that needs to be rocked and soothed"   J. Leberman, Music for People

"The most delightful recordings I have heard in years.  A tapestry of friendly melodies, reaching out and touching the heart and soul with warm fuzzies."
Detroit Folklore Society

"Impressive lovely, airy effect, clear warm sonics.  This is such relaxing and healing music." 
B. Bartlett, Crown Microphones

"Gentle music performed with sensitivity, elegance, and grace" 
Muskegon Chronicle

"Your music is a joy to listen to" 
Mike Flynn, Folk Sampler, Public Radio

Quotes
from our patrons

Here are some quotes from our patrons:

"Some things seem to touch deep to the soul and soothe it at the same time like your music." C. F. 

"A unique sound.  Deeply spiritual, even heavenly.  This must be what heaven sounds like." 
G. H.

"I call your recordings vitamins for the soul".
A. L.

All of our recordings are graced with the sounds of Celtic harp, hammered dulcimer, wooden flutes, whistles, and pan flute.  Our later recordings feature additional woodwinds and keyboard along with some of our musician friends playing a wide variety of instruments. 

We also lightly touch some of our selections with the sounds of  Mother Nature as she occurs around our homestead.  

The Unique Collecting Consort Recording Process

Each of our recordings was conceived and produced in our living room studio. This relaxed and comfortable atmosphere allows us to freely create without the pressure of the expensive recording studio time clock. We think this environment produces the simple, gentle, and relaxed sound of Collecting Consort recordings.

Our "State of the Art" Studio

We use a Crown SASS mic (with a variety of other high quality mics for accent purposes), fed through a Mackie CR1604-VLZ mixer and to our computer via a Dakota sound card, and Sonar software. 

We mix and edit with , Sonar, Sound Forge and Vegas software. 

Recordings
(Click on a title below for more information) 

 

Newest Recording
Midnight Clear
 
A Christmas Blessing

 Other Titles

Collecting Consort Pages
Special Audio Features
Live Broadcast  Recordings of Music & Stories
Sampler Recordings
Email Audio Greeting Cards

Appearances
Schools
   Assemblies
     Workshops/Residencies
Concerts
Church Programs & Music

Reproduction, Duplication, & ownership information

Our Recordings
Recordings
     Order form


Miscellaneous

Calendar
Live Music Healing and Tran.
Biography
Inspirational Stories
Email Newsletter

Discovering Creative Process
 

To order recordings or discuss bookings,
contact us at: 

Anne & Gary Wakenhut
888-227-8679 (Toll Free)
Email: share@collectingconsort.com

Box 272
Lakeview, MI 48850