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\"Dee_2\"<\/a>Dee is an award winning Singer\/Songwriter and Harpist, honed at the prestigious Eastman School of Music<\/strong> in her hometown of Rochester, NY,\u00a0 and countless honored stages- from Passim<\/strong> to Lilith Fair<\/strong> to the Newport Folk Festival<\/strong> to Wolftrap<\/strong>. She has shared stages with Paula Cole<\/strong>, Sinead O’Connor<\/strong>, Jonatha Brooke<\/strong>, Marc Cohn<\/strong>, David Wilcox<\/strong>, Art Garfunkel<\/strong> and Dar Williams<\/strong>.
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Dee\u2019s work has appeared in the following feature films:<\/span>
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\u201cBeautiful\u201d<\/em>\u00a0starring Minnie Driver \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Director:\u00a0Sally Field
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\u201cThe Goodbye Girl\u201d<\/em> starring Patricia Heaton, Jeff Daniels
Director: Richard Benjamin \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0
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\u201cPrizewinner of Defiance Ohio\u201d<\/em> starring Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson
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\u201cFirst Born\u201d<\/em> starring Elizabeth Shue\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Director: Issac Webb
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Dee\u2019s Recordings on Exit Nine Records & Blue Thumb\/Universal Records<\/span>
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Can You Hear A Lullaby<\/strong> (Winner of the Parent\u2019s Gold Choice Award, 2001)
Produced by David Wolfert, Julie Dansky, and Dee Carstensen
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Beloved One<\/strong>
Produced by Bob Marlette and Mike Mainieri (Carly Simon)
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Regarding the Soul<\/strong>
Produced by Neil Dorfsman (Sting, Dire Straits)
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The Map<\/strong>
Produced by Ben Wisch (Marc Cohn, Jonatha Brooke, Patty Larkin)<\/p>\n

Home Away from Home<\/strong>
Produced by Mike Mainieri, Dee Carstensen
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Patch of Blue<\/strong>
Produced by Mike Mainieri, Stephen Barber (David Byrne, Gilberto Gil), and Dee Carstensen\u00a0
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Critical Acclaim:<\/span>
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\u201cHer harp strings reverberate delicately across intimate narrratives about both physical and intellectural jouneys. Carstensen, who also plays piano on \u201cThe Map\u201d, holds her impeccable soprano at\u00a0 bay and then suddenly sends it soaring!\u201d<\/em>– TIME OUT MAGAZINE
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\u201cHer polished compositions and delivery put her in league with Joni Mitchell, Shawn Colvin, and Ricki Lee Jones\u2026yet are immediately recognizable as hers alone.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0– BAY AREA EXPRESS
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\u201cThe surprise hit Friday night was New York City’s Dee Carstensen, a singer\/songwriter who plays piano and harp.\u00a0 Carstensen’s exquisite voice and incisive lyrics brought tears to my eyes.\u00a0 And when she played the harp, I felt like my heartstrings were being plucked.\u201d<\/em>
– Lorne Mallin, THE VANCOUVER PROVINCE
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“Dee’s music thrills me, makes me wistful, moves me in unfathomable, rich ways.\u00a0 Her voice and her lyrics are riveting, undeniable.\u00a0 I want to be in Dee’s band!”<\/em>
– JONATHA BROOKE
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\u201cThis is one hell of a recording with musical and vocal performances that are superb, with lyrics that mean something and lay perfectly within the track. I hear traces of Nora Jones, Jonatha Brooke, Shawn Colvin, and Andreas Vollenweider (harp), which ain’t shabby company to be in. But, to me, Dee takes it\u00a0 up a notch.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0– HIPPOPRESS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dee is an award winning Singer\/Songwriter and Harpist, honed at the prestigious Eastman School of Music in her hometown of Rochester, NY,\u00a0 and countless honored stages- from Passim to Lilith
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