We have a new teacher! Kevin Milliken will begin teaching piano for singers starting, Monday, September 6th. He will also be available for accompanying, music coaching, theory and musicianship lessons.
The Hobbs Sisters opened for The Charlie Daniels Band this past Friday at the Champaign County Fair. Just back from their writing sabbatical in Nashville where they played at The Bluebird Cafe, were crowned the winner of the Nashville Rising Star competition, and “wrote more songs than they know what to do with,” their newest original album Love Hangover is climbing on iTunes. Keep up with all the excitement on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Tessa Victoria‘s newest original “89 Airstream” is out on YouTube. Now a graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston, a finalist of the Nashville Rising Star competition and a frequent performer at The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, follow her on Facebook and Instagram for all of her upcoming shows.
Hilerie returned late Monday afternoon from Bloomington, Indiana where she performed this past weekend in a concert of musical theater and opera selections to benefit the students of Fairview Elementary School. Joining Hilerie on stage was soprano, Anna Singer (New York City Opera, WQED radio host), tenor, Rob Chafin (Paris Opera, voice faculty at WVU) baritone, Richard Lewis (Carnegie Hall, Washington National Opera) and pianist, Michael Borowitz (Metropolitan Opera, Cleveland Opera).
Charm & Chain will be playing at the Carnegie Crawl on Friday night, September 8th outside on the corner of Broadway and East Main Street, outside of Higher Voice Studio. Come and enjoy a Carnegie tradition!
The Hobbs Sisters are performing at Pennsboro County Roads Festival on September 9th at 8:30 pm. For all of their tour dates, see their website
Emma Marshall, Alexis Walker, Shane Treloar and Josh Lyda will be performing in Lincoln Park’s upcoming production of Mary Poppins The Musical on October 6-8th, 13-15th and 20-22nd.
Ashley Mullens will be performing the role of Lucille in Little Lake Theater’s upcoming production of Junie B. Jones The Musical. Performances are October 6-8th, 13-15th, 20-22nd and 27-29th.
Higher Voice Studio is offering songwriting sessions with national recording artist Frzy this upcoming Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday only from 9am to 8pm. These two hour sessions are only $100 and will be held on the third floor of Higher Voice Studio, by invitation only. Frzy will cover publishing, song writing, structure, content, topics and lyrics, melodies and hooks. You will leave the session with a song either started or completed and with detailed and individualized instructions on how to continue in the direction you want to go.
The Hobbs Sisters opened for The Charlie Daniels Band this past Friday at the Champaign County Fair. Just back from their writing sabbatical in Nashville where they played at The Bluebird Cafe, were crowned the winner of the Nashville Rising Star competition, and “wrote more songs than they know what to do with,” their newest original album Love Hangover is climbing on iTunes. Keep up with all the excitement on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Photo credit: Jeff Reams
Tessa Victoria‘s newest original “89 Airstream” is out on YouTube. When Tessa studied with Hilerie in high school, her favorite composer to sing was Mozart. “Let me work on Italian. It always helps me sing better.” Now a graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston, a finalist of the Nashville Rising Star competition and a frequent performer at The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, follow her on Facebook and Instagram for all of her upcoming shows .
This Saturday, August 5th, Ashley Teti will be singing the national anthem at the Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Motor Speedway. The race starts at 7!
Kara Rantovich enters her final weekend of performances at the Southeastern Summer Theater Institute in Hilton Head, SC performing the role of Elizabeth in Young Frankenstein. Tickets are available here.
You can catch Josh Lyda and Ariel Camero this weekend in Little Lake Theater’s production of School House Rock! Jr. Live. Click here for tickets.