David Michael will perform at Trinity United Methodist’s next Candlelight Concert.

Michael, a Celtic harpist, will play in concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 28 at Trinity United Methodist Church. He will perform for one set with no intermission, and will be joined for most of the concert by Gwen Franz on cello.  

Michael is an international performer, recording artist, composer, producer, author and multi-instrumentalist. A pioneer of World Fusion music and teacher of free-form improvisation, he seeks the common ground between many genres and has performed and recorded with master ethnic musicians and members of major symphonies. 

The program will include selections from his newly released "Skyburst" album, copies of which be available at the concert.

The Candlelight Concerts performance will also be streamed live at https://trinityumcpt.org/ where there will a link for the Candlelight Concerts Online and ways to donate. The concert will be simulcast on KPTZ FM 91.9. 

Admission is free, with a suggested donation $10 per person.

Half of the proceeds from this concert will go to Michael’s chosen charity, Jefferson County Foodbank Association.

Trinity United Methodist Church is located at 609 Taylor St., across from the Community Center, in Uptown.

Attendees for the in-person concert should plan on arriving early; doors open at 6:30 p.m. 

Michael grew up in Seattle and has been playing stringed instruments most of his life. Michael studied cello and piano as a child, gravitated to guitar as a teenager and went on to become a singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He later studied Flamenco guitar, played Lebanese pop tunes on a Greek bouzouki in a belly dance troupe and collaborated with master musicians from India. He took up viola-da-gamba, psalteries, zithers and other harp-like instruments before eventually realizing he'd been "trying to make a guitar sound like a harp" for years. 

In 1983 he discovered his forte, the Celtic harp, which most of his original compositions since then are based upon.

Michael's music has been featured on syndicated radio shows, cable and network television, documentaries and in nature films.  

Since 1990 he has resided in Port Townsend where he operates his independent recording label, Purnima Productions. 

Michael has produced 26 CDs of original music as a solo artist and in collaboration with many other artists such as Nancy Rumbel, Benjy Wertheimer, Steve Gorn, Jami Sieber, Michael Mandrell, and the late Randy Mead.

Franz moved to Port Townsend from Bainbridge in 2017 after completing her doctorate in viola performance at the University of Washington.

She has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the Northwest, United States, and Chile, playing in both classical and non-classical styles. As an orchestral musician, Franz has performed with the Seattle Symphony, and was a member of the Northwest Sinfonietta, Grand Rapids Symphony, Lansing Symphony, and Evansville Philharmonic. She teaches violin, viola, and cello in her private studio.