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I grew up in Miami, Florida to the sounds of music. With vivid memories such as these: lying in the grass on sweltering summer afternoons listening to the symphonies of cicadas, learning the chants of ocean waves singing the shorelines, the steady rhythm of Ravel’s “Bolero,” to which every Saturday my mother and I cleaned house, Frank Sinatra spinning on my audiophile dad’s record player, and later my regular late night forays to the Rancher Motel where I was creatively nourished by Miami’s jazz greats, I can’t remember a time when music was not my constant companion and guide.

At 13 I began studying classical voice at Barry University.

At 18 I started my professional career as a singer songwriter in the coffee houses, hotels, and bars of Miami and Ft. Lauderdale. Two years later I became soloist and member of “The Early Music Consort” led by early music pioneer Arnold Grayson and remained active in the group 8 years.

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