CLAUDIA TULIP
ARTIST BIO
Claudia Tulip blends classical, jazz and ethnic elements to create an unprecedented gateway of sound. Her silver flute, indigenous flutes (bamboo flutes, Native American flute, panpipes, ocarinas) and vocals have enchanted audiences for decades.
Tulip has composed music for ensembles, dance companies and documentaries and was a contributing musician to Jerry Jacka's Emmy award winning Native American art documentary, "Beyond Tradition" and the NAMMY award winning CD 'Colors of My Heart' by Sharon Burch. Claudia has been a member of the William Eaton Ensemble, a world fusion quintet, since 1988, having released five albums for Canyon Records and garnering awards worldwide.
In 2017, Eaton formed the Earth Speak' band featuring William Eaton (guitar-vocals-composer), Claudia Tulip (flute- vocals), Susannah Martin (vocals - percussion)and Bart Applewhite (bass-percussion) offering a soundscape fusion of folk, new age, world music and jazz, blending original and familiar songs. She currently performs with Earth Speak and Gina Machovina's band, Saffire.
FEATURED INSTRUMENT DEMO TRACKS
TRADITIONAL / SILVER FLUTE
NATIVE AMERICAN FLUTE
OCARINAS
BAMBOO
PANPIPES DEMOS
RECORDINGS
TRACK NOTES
TRACK 1 - ORION'S CHILD (Tulip/Eaton) from the album Migrations by Claudia Tulip
Claudia Tulip - silver flute, William Eaton - synth guitar
TRACK 2 - EDGE OF THE CEDARS (Eaton/Tulip) from the album Tracks We Leave by William Eaton
William Eaton - synth guitar, Claudia Tulip - silver flute
TRACK 3 - EXCERPT from ISLAND OF 1000 TEMPLES from the album Mystic Traveler by Chris Spheeris
featuring Claudia Tulip - Balinese bamboo flute (to 1:48)
TRACK 4 - THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE from the album Mystic Traveler by Chris Spheeris
featuring Claudia Tulip - Native American flute
MIXES
WATCH LIVE PERFORMANCE
"If Lizards Dream"
DISCOGRAPHY
1988-present
1996 Naked In Eureka
William Eaton Ensemble
Claudia Tulip, featured flutist
1996 Mystic Traveler
Chris Spheeris
Claudia Tulip, featured flutist
2004 Sparks and Embers
William Eaton Ensemble
Claudia Tulip, featured flutist
2017 Calling Pyrene
Ani Williams
Claudia Tulip, featured flutist
2018 Marble Sea
Gina Machovina - Saffire Band
Claudia Tulip, featured flutist
2020 Dragon and Pearl - Ani Williams
featuring Claudia Tulip, flutist
2021 The Shining Ones - Ani Williams
featuring Claudia Tulip, flutist
1989 Wind Spirit
Ani Williams
Claudia Tulip, featured flutist
1989 Tracks We Leave
William Eaton
Claudia Tulip, featured flutist
1989 Beyond Tradition VHS
Jerry Jacka
Featured musicians: William Eaton,
Claudia Tulip, Rich Rogers
1992 Wisdom Tree
William Eaton, Edgar Meyer
Claudia Tulip, featured flutist
1994 Where Rivers Meet
William Eaton Ensemble
Claudia Tulip, featured flutist
1994 Colors of My Heart
Sharon Burch
Claudia Tulip, featured flutist
QUOTES
"Claudia's sounds both haunt and center. They come into my brain as if just let out of an Aztec pyramid where they have been kept like a sacred fire for the past 3,000 years. I am privileged, indeed, to hear them. I want to go on hearing them. Claudia's sounds are the right sounds, healing sounds, transcendental sounds stretching far across time from a secret land she brings to share with us. The real test for music for me is how long it can play in my head after the CD stops. Claudia's music goes on for days."
- JACK GRENARD
Footnotes from the Arid Zone
Carefree Communications
"Claudia Tulip synthesizes synergistic melodies out of thin air using ocarina, bamboo flute, silver flute and voice with a subtle virtuosity grounded in her extensive experience with classical, jazz and world music idioms".
- WILL CLIPMAN
Percussionist and seven-time GRAMMY Nominee
PHOTOS
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