Actress, appeared in nearly 150 films as well as nearly 40 dramatic TV appearances. She was awarded the Golden Globe and nominated for an Academy Award for "Five Easy Pieces. Other notable films include "Easy Rider," "Day of the Locust," "Airport 1975," Robert Altman's "Nashville," Hitchcock's "Family Plot," and "The Great Gatsby," for which she received another Golden Globe
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http://www.myspace.com/therealkarenblack
Arranger, composer, conductor, producer. He arranged over 300 albums including artists Linda Ronstadt, Art Garfunkel, James Taylor, Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge,Dolly Parton, Jackson Brown, Olivia Newton John and Bette Midler. Nominated for a Grammy Award - "Record of the Year" as arranger for "The Rose" (Bette Midler). Film scores include "Murphy's Romance" and "All the Right Moves." His eclectic discography includes modern rock, country, hip hop and R & B, mainstream pop, rock en espanol, Latin pop, Japanese pop, rock & jazz and other international markets.
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http://www.davidmusic.com
Composer, performer whose voice can be heard on numerous films, including "Aladdin," "Mermaids," and Land Before Time," and who has worked on recording and performance projects with Cher, Neil Diamond, Dolly Parton, Leonard Cohen, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, and others. Her musical credits as songwriter/lyricist include the rock opera "Ataria" which was produced at the Goodspeed Opera House and entered in the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
http://www.ravenkane.com/
One of the most prolific composers of our time. More than 50 Grammy nominations and 14 Grammy Awards. In 2005 he received the Award for the Piano Festival Ruhr in Germany, the first jazz pianist so honored; and in 2006, he became an NEA Jazz Master, the highest honor the U.S. bestows on jazz musicians. Has done avant-garde, bebop, children’s songs, fusion, classical, both as pianist with his acoustic jazz bands and as an electric keyboardist experimenting with deepening and expanding the sound of fusion with groups such as Return to Forever and the Elektric Band. A recent project was the Five Peace Band group created with the great jazz guitarist John McLaughlin.
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Vocalist, keyboard player and songwriter. She was a member of the Mahavishnu Orchestra , appearing on "Apocalypse" and "Visions of the Emerald Beyond." She later appeared on recordings by Return to Forever, and Chick Corea, including "The Leprechaun, " My Spanish Heart," "The Mad Hatter" and "Touchstone." She also co-created the song, "Afterlife" in the 2007 film "War" starring Jet Li and Jason Statham. Her album, "I Loved You Then ... I Love You Now," was co-produced by herself and Chick Corea and was released on the Warner Bros. label.
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Jazz singer, recording artist, educator, composer, producer, she has performed with Tommy Brechtlein, Diane Krall and many others, and has performed and taught internationally. She created The Vocal Workshop Network, The Singer's Roundtable, and is co-founder of the California Pop and Jazz Council. She has graciously agreed to "wear the hat" of Producer for our Four Seasons of Music
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www.cathysegalgarcia.com
Jeannie Deva is an International Celebrity Master Vocal Coach and Vocal
Recording Specialist seen on E! Entertainment and TV Guide Channels. Endorsed by producers and engineers for acts such as Elton John, Fleetwood Mac, Bette Midler and Aerosmith, she wrote the critically acclaimed “Contemporary Vocalist” book and CD series and the "Vocal Warm-Ups and Cool-Downs" CD. She founded the Jeannie Deva® Voice Studios international network, and was one of the first to research and develop a Non-Classical Approach for Singers known around the world as The Deva Method®.
Jeannie has a client list that includes Grammy Winners, American Idol Finalists, singers for Stevie Wonder, Pink and Celine Dion and leads in Broadway's Wicked, Grease and Lion King. Jeannie is flown to work with vocalists internationally, teaches in her private Los Angeles studio and trains singers around the world via Internet webcam.
Contact her at
http://www.JeannieDeva.com Contact her myspace site at
http://www.MySpace.com/DevaVoiceStudios
Actor with various film and TV credits, including many guest spots on TV, and as a series regular on Fox's Quintuplets and MTV's "Now What?". On film, he appeared with Val Kilmer and Sam Shepherd in Ric Roman's "Felons," with Hilary Duff in "Raise Your Voice," with Nick Cannon in "Underclassman" and with Evan Rachel Wood in "Pretty Persuasion." He currently is a series regular in FX's "Sons of Anarchy," and is featured in the upcoming Dakota Fanning, Kristin Stewart film "The Runaways."
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Actor, improviser and voice artist with various TV and film credits including many guest spots on TV and as a recurring character on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air for two seasons. He has worked with director Ron Howard on several of his films, including "The Paper," "Apollo 13," "Edtv," "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and "Frost/Nixon." He has also illustrated children's books, magazines, and designed cartoon characters for TV, most notably the "Thundercats" series.
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Stage and TV actress, who has performed with well-known improvisational ensembles, including Interplay and Split-Second Theatre and has performed in many plays on the East and West Coasts. She appeared in Ron Howard's "Apollo 13." Executive Director of The Really Spontaneous Theatre Company.
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Actress, singer, director best known for her role as Mary Ellen on the Emmy Award winning series, "The Waltons. Co-artistic directed two theatres in Canada while collaborating as writer and director on more than 40 shows. As a singer she has headlined her show, "Judy Norton and Friends," and as acrobat and athlete, she has performed on Circus of the Stars, won ribbons in horse jumping and has been part of two world records in sky diving.
www.judynorton.com/
BETTIE ROSS - Composer and multi-keyboardist, Bettie recently composed the music for upcoming indie film, "Nina & the Mystery of the Secret Room" (2009), for the Origin Oil website
http://www.originoil.com, a company that makes oil from algae, and for Nancy Cartwright's one-woman-show, "In Search of Fellini". As a pipe organist, Bettie's recorded with Faith Hill and Meat Loaf. As a pianist, she's toured with Melissa Manchester and The Bellamy Brothers, and you can hear her piano on the documentary "The Brothers Warner" as well as on The Way To Happiness audiobook. As a keyboardist, performer & composer, Bettie's been part of storytelling group Celestial Navigations since 1995. In 2006 Bettie released her first piano solo album, "A Magical Time of Year", and is working on her next solo album.
She just recently won out over 50,000 albums and 500,000 Songs to win two prestigious Just Plain Folks Awards: one for Best Solo Piano Album: "A Magical Time of Year" and one for Best Solo Piano Song: "Merrymaking."
http://www.bettieross.com/
Prolific gold and platinum songwriter, recording artist, performer, best known for her composition, "Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady." Her songs have been performed by Helen Reddy, Roberta Flack, Johnny Mathis, Smokey Robinson, The Partridge Family and Manfred Mann, among others. Her book, Becoming Remarkable, covers aspects of songwriting and inspiration. She and her songs are spotlighted in the new Henry Jaglom film, "Irene in Time." As a singer, she has recorded 7 solo CDs.
www.harrietschock.com/
Actress, musician, songwriter, best known for her regular leading role in the hit TV series, "Girlfriends." She has guest starred in many TV series and was a series regular on "Breaker High," co-starring Ryan Gosling. As a musician she has written and scored several independent films and has worked with well-known band members of Pink Floyd, Massive Attack and The Go Gos, among others. She devotes a great deal of time to animal and environmental welfare, and recently voted Humanitarian of the Year by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
http://www.persiawhite.com/
