Faith Page - Life and Work

Life and Work

Page was born in Guatemala City when her concert violinist father was there for an engagement. Her musical training began with the violin at five years old and the piano at six. Her first stage experience was at the age of seven when she played the Bach Double Concerto for Two Violins with her father. She then went on to learn to play ten different musical instruments and started writing and arranging her own compositions at eleven years old. As the oldest of seven children, she sang and played all over the world with her family, similar to that of the Von Trapp Family. In college, she majored in music and studied under a vocal instructor named Lou Kelly, who was a pupil of Olaf.

Page currently sings in English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Greek, Hebrew and Portuguese. She has written more than 25 published songs, 16 of which are in Spanish. She has been on several radio shows around the world. Some of her songs have enjoyed radio play in the U.S., Canada, Russia, Germany and Hungary.

Known as Faith Starchman at the time prior to her marriage to Derek Page, The Rainier Club of Seattle Washington chose Page to do the French Bicentennial Cabaret Show, attended by many French dignitaries

Page's hit song, "Morning in Seattle" was written up in both the Seattle Times, and the Chicago Tribune. She appeared on KING talk radio with Bob Hardwick, performing the song. The song then went on to be introduced to the city by Larry King, who then was the DJ of the Morning Show on KOMO radio (Seattle's largest AM station at the time). It enjoyed international radio play.

Page was also on Laura Lee's Into the Night talk show on KING radio, featuring Morning in Seattle and Just Me--a song she wrote for an original musical. Her CD, MAGIC was released in 2002. It contains four of her originals, including Morning in Seattle and Just Me, and other songs in six different languages.