About
The Story of
Where The River Flows Productions
Where the River Flows Productions began as an idea that came about after pianist Andrea Molina recorded a performance at the Betty Jayne Brimmer Center for the Performing Arts in Peoria Heights, Illinois in May of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. A friend listening to the recording that night said to Andrea, “You know, people would receive healing just from listening to you play.”
During the stay-at-home order, Andrea had been reading about quantum physics, and particularly about light and sound. Within forty-eight hours of the recording session, Andrea was struck by the idea to record piano at A432 Hz and layer the recording with soothing visuals and nature sounds. What made this unique is that the recording would experiment with the tuning of an acoustic piano. Most of the A432 Hz recordings available today are synthesized.
By the beginning of June, Andrea had met with Scarlet Daoud, a radio frequency, wireless, and microwave engineer, to learn more about sound frequencies and how these frequencies affect the natural world. Andrea arranged to record an improvised piece of music at the A432 Hz tuning at the end of June. The audio from the performance was recorded by sound engineer Kenneth Beard and Hoop House Creative (Connor Parkhurst) documenting the event with video. Andrea had assembled a prayer team, which was present on location, to pray over the event. Andrea asked Creator to show her images, to let her hear them the way He heard them. She then went to the keyboard and played for fifty-five continuous minutes until she felt that it was complete.
As Andrea and Kenneth began to edit the recording, the topic came up…what should we call this? Kenneth’s wife Laurel gave it the name “Where the River Flows”, from the second part of Ezekiel 47:9; “…where the river flows, everything will be restored and able to live.” The primary purpose of the company is to produce “Art that Heals” in ways that combine music, storytelling, and the utilization of acoustic instruments tuned to A432.
About the Founder
Andrea Molina
As a pianist and collaborative artist, Andrea Molina has been an official accompanist for the International Double Reed Society’s convention, the NATS Intern Workshop, and the Nashville Symphony Chorus. She has also served as the principal pianist for the Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra, Abilene Opera, Opera Quad Cities, the Peoria Ballet, and the Peoria Symphony where she has appeared as a guest soloist. Andrea has recorded on the Centaur and New World labels.
As a conductor and music director, Andrea Molina has led opera productions and educational initiatives for Opera New England and Opera Illinois. She served as the conductor and musical director for the Muddy River Opera Company’s production of Madama Butterfly and as the Chorusmaster for the Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre production broadcast on Iowa Public Television. Andrea has served on the faculties of the Schlern Music Festival and the Orfeo Music Festival, both in the Italian Alps, where she conducted the festival orchestras and taught collaborative playing. Andrea has enjoyed music directing at Corn Stock Theatre with productions of The Secret Garden, Sugar, The Bridges of Madison County, Fun Home, and Ragtime. She made her Peoria Players Theatre debut with Kinky Boots, which won Best of Peoria 2020 in the Best Theater Performance category. This past summer she partnered with Peoria Area Performing Arts School (PAPAS) to music direct their production of Oklahoma! at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois. In summer of 2022, she will continue her partnership with PAPAS to music direct their production of Footloose.
Currently, Andrea is the principal pianist for Heartland Festival Orchestra, and she is making “Art that Heals” with her new startup company, Where the River Flows Productions, which explores novel ways of healing the mind and body through storytelling, people making art together, and the recording of acoustic instruments tuned to a harmonic system that promotes healing effects.
