Natalie Cox, born February 22, 1951 in San Francisco, grew up in a home filled with music. Her father owned a classical music radio station and her mother was a concert violinist. Her training on the pedal harp and the celtic harp began simultaneously at age 18. Transcribing music for lute and guitar paved the way for studies in Renaissance and Medieval music and literature.

With vocalist, Joyce Todd, and renowned vielle player, Shira Kammen, she recorded a collection of French medieval women composers, "The Romance of the Rose" on the Koch label.

Natalie performs with many of the foremost contemporary music ensembles in the Bay Area, such as Earplay, the Empyrean Ensemble, and Composers, Inc. Providing music for other peoples rituals, weddings and parties is one of her greatest joys. She formed her own business, "Classical to Go" to help people connect with the appropriate musicians.

She is part of a pioneering program with flutist Eileen Hadidian to develop music for healing in hospitals.

Natalie is a regular studio musician heard on many film scores, and currently holds the position of principal harp with the Oakland East Bay Symphony and the Festival Opera Orchestra.

With chamber music ensemble, "The Pacific Arts Trio," she helped produce two recordings: "A Classical Fantasy" and "Reverie, Music of Claude Debussy."

Together with her husband Dan, Natalie brings unique concert offerings of the music they most love to play.

Dan Reiter, born in Brooklyn on June 17th, 1951, spends the greater portion of his musical career playing music not originally intended for the cello. In high school he performed the solo violin part to Bach's Brandenberg Concerto #4 on his cello. So later in life, transcribing the viola part from Debussy's Flute, Viola and Harp Sonata, or the bassoon part to Villa Lobos' Bachianas Brasileras, did not seem like such a stretch. A lifelong passion for the music of Bach brought about his transcription of the Chaconne for Unaccompanied Violin and fueled his early composition, Ricercar, which was a critical success at the Sound Spectrum series of new music.

Composing and transcribing found new development with some unique instrumental ensembles. In the early 1980s, his Brooklyn Bridge Trio (cello, clarinet, and bass) performed his original works, Concerto a Tre, Tequila Toccata, and Reiter's Raga. In the late '80s The Pacific Arts Trio, with harpist Natalie Cox and renowned flutist Angela Koregelos, premiered Dan's Sonata for Flute and Harp and Fantasy Trio, as well as many unique transcriptions, such as Afternoon of a Faun, Trittico Boticelliano, Le Tombeau de Couperin, and masterpieces of the English Renaissance by William Byrd and Thomas Morley.

In the early 1980's, Dan had an extension custom fitted, increasing his cello's lower range and flexibility to play even more music originally intended for other instruments. Dan has had the privilege of working with India's master musician, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. He has recorded two CDs, "Garden of Dreams", and "Legacy", with Master Kahn. Many of Dan's later compositions were inspired by Indian trains of thought; Windflow on this album is an example.

Dan has produced two totally improvised albums with improv ensembles: Cosmosis, recorded with Cosmosis (cymbalom and cello), and Dark Matter with Cloudchamber (electric bass, guitar, cymbalom, percussion, and cello). He won an Izzy award for Raga Bach D minor for cello and percussion, a dance piece performed by Robert Moses. Dan's most recent performing ensemble, Extension, with Joe Venegoni and Natalie Cox (percussion, harp and cello), involves the new realm of partially composed music.

Dan Reiter currently holds the position of principal cellist with the Oakland East Bay Symphony, the Festival Opera Orchestra, Fremont Symphony, and the Diablo Ballet Orchestra.

In 1978, Dan met his life partner, Natalie Cox. From that moment on, they have shared a unique artistic collaboration, enveloping all periods of classical music from medieval to modern, as well as music of the Celtic, Spanish, Indian, Jewish, and Klesmer traditions. The music on this CD is that of Dan and Natalie's deepest expression and of which they are most proud.