Conceived and Produced by: Michael D. Fitzpatrick

Recipient of the Prince Charles Award for outstanding musicianship bestowed by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. Performs as cello-soloist around the world for audiences from all walks of life. Provided the sacred music for the historic Gethsemani Encounter, performing on nine separate occasions for an audience consisting of His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama and distinguished world religious leaders. At the invitation of Monastic Interreligious Dialogue and the Offices of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Fitzpatrick conceived and produced CompassionRising, orchestrating and directing all the aspects of the production from its inception to completion. Founder and Executive Director of Millenia Music. www.michaelfitzpatrick.com


Executive Administrative Producer: Doris V. Cross

Former Executive Administrator of PBS’ The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour. Transcript editor of the Gethsemani Enounter source-audio tapes, subsequently edited into The Gethsemani Encounter, published by Continuum Press and selected by the Book-of-the-Month Club. Book editor, developer, and reviewer, editorial television producer, media relations consultant and book publicist, as well as lecture and literary agent.


Original Source Music:

Erik Harris Principal Doublebass of the Saint Louis Symphony. Performed as featured soloist at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center and as soloist with the Saint Louis Symphony. Former member, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.


Chief Recording Engineer: Kurt Lundvall

Founder and President, Lundvall Mastering, Jersey City, NJ. Lundvall’s track record began at the Hit Factory Recording Studios in New York City, serving as a 2nd engineer to recordings of Mariah Carey and Celine Dion. He subsequently served as technical and recording assistant to audio-pioneer Mark Levinson. While at Cello Music and Film Systems, Kurt recorded and mastered audiophile albums for Lee Konitz, Tommy Flanagan, and Max Roach. Currently operating Lundvall Mastering, Kurt’s ears have been trusted to master albums by Joe Lovano, Greg Osby, Andrew Hill, Phil Woods, Jason Moran, David Gilmore and Ravi Coltrane. Clients have included Blue Note, EMI, Enja, HTN and Angel Records. Prepared remaster of legendary Miles Davis’ Birth of the Cool recording for Blue Note Records from original source tapes. Helped design and build custom analog tape electronics for the Library of Congress’ Audio Preservation Facility. www.lundvallmasters.com


Principal Photographer: Tamara Fitzpatrick

Photographic credits include Office of the President of the United States and Office of the Vice-President of the United States (Special Assignment). Former Photographic Director, International House New York. Photographed world leaders, including the historic peace-signing between the late Itzhak Rabin of Israel and the late King Hussein of Jordan, women in the peace-movement in Ireland including Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Mairead Corrigan Maguire and Betty Williams, as well as members of the international media, cultural and artistic dignitaries.


Executive Producers: Michael D. Fitzpatrick & Brian D. Hardin

Michael Fitzpatrick (see above). Brian Hardin is a multi-talented video-editor, videographer, and music producer. Video-editor of Quincy Jones’ We Are The Future Concert DVD. Videographer, director and co-producer of music-videos for Sony/BMG Classics, producer of music-videos and programming for MTV and VH-1, and videographer for numerous documentary productions including the Peabody Award winning documentary, Latinos in The Military for Telemundo. www.knewways.com


Art Director: Teri Hitt

Musician, Graphic Designer, Artist. soul secret service assists film makers, artists, and musicians in getting their gifts out to the world.  www.terihitt.com

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Compassion Rising Film DVD

A Meditative Experience of Compassion

Footage chronicling the 40-year unfolding of COMPASSION beginning with the meeting between The Dalai Lama and Merton in 1968, the historic first-visit by helicopter by The Dalai Lama to the Abbey of Gethsemani in 1994, the subsequent Gethsemani Encounter in 1996, and the climactic recording and filming inside Mammoth Cave, the Abbey of Gethsemani, and the Furnace Mountain Zen Temple in 1999. Additional materials include capture of the Interreligious Vigil for World Peace led by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the meeting between The Dalai Lama and Muhammad Ali, orchestrated by Millenia Music for the Blessing of the Chamtse Ling Temple in 2003. All of this combined with the majestic music of Compassion.

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We are building grass-roots awareness and support leading to the final edit and global release of Compassion Rising in 2010. Your networking and financial support can help facilitate this final, exciting production phase of COMPASSION RISING. Contributions to Millenia Music, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, are tax-deductible.


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Underwriters (foundations, corporations and individuals) will receive prominent screen-credits, and acknowledgment in the CD and photography-book. COMPASSION RISING Executive Producer credits are also available in the event that this is of interest to individual underwriters.

“COMPASSION RISING is more than a film - it’s an experience - a universal prayer of conscience - a kind of deep musical breath that carries the powers of peaceful change.”  —Pat Faust - TV Exec. Developer/Producer who brought the world PBS’ The Three Tenors in Concert, The Irish Tenors, Julie Andrews: Recording a Hollywood Dream, Kenny Loggins: From The Redwoods.