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THE INDIE COLLABORATIVE COMES TO CARNEGIE HALL
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2018, 8 PM was a superb cultural evening at Carnegie Hall.
Featuring Wouter Kellerman and Grant Maloy Smith and the works of The Bluestone Sisters,
performed by Broadway Musical stars
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(New York, NY - September 25, 2018)
Independent artist collective - known as the Indie Collaborative - is proud to announce their debut public performance at the world famous Carnegie Hall at the Weill Recital Hall in New York City on Monday, November 19, 2018 at 8 PM. The show features three different genres of music: Musical Theater, World Music, and American Roots/Country Music. Five of Broadway’s best stars will will perform selections from the Emmy® Award-winning Bluestone Sisters’ musical theater catalog. Those stars include: Tony Award Winner, Lillias White, Drama Desk Award Winner Rachel York, A Bronx Tale's Cary Tedder and An American In Paris’ Sara Esty, with musical direction by The Wiz’s Timothy Graphenreed and choreography by Something Rotten’s Ryan VanDenBoom. Grammy® Award winning flutist and composer Wouter Kellerman of South Africa will perform music from his highly acclaimed world music repertoire. Rounding out the evening is Billboard Top 10 Country/Roots, multiple-award winning singer/songwriter, Grant Maloy Smith, performing with his Nashville band. Each act represents a different style of music and the artist’s unique background, symbolizing the vast diversity of music among the I.C. members.
Co-founded by Eileen Bluestone Sherman and Grant Maloy Smith, the Indie Collaborative began in 2015 with a small group of professional artists (representing multiple genres) getting together in various cities around the US to network and share their style of music. At each event, musicians, songwriters, vocalists, producers, recording studio owners, music managers, etc. entered as strangers and left as new collaborators. As word spread across the global music community, the group increased in size exponentially, and now consists of over 2,000 members worldwide. While smaller I.C. events under the leadership of various chapter representatives occur throughout the year, Grant and Eileen continue to co-host the two major annual I.C. events in Los Angeles (winter) and New York City (summer). The evening always includes time for informal networking as well as a showcase, in which a select number of artists each have 5 minutes to perform or discuss their work. In addition, Grant masterfully creates an online program for each major event that highlights all the presenters and allows each member worldwide to advertise about his/her work and needs for future collaborations.
The upcoming November 19th show at Carnegie Hall features the two I.C. co-founders and one of their world-renowned multiple award-winning artists. This performance marks a milestone in the three-year old organization that supports and promotes the music profession.
General admission tickets are $75 and available online HERE, or by phone, by calling CarnegieCharge at (212) 247-7800.
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About the Indie Collaborative
The Indie Collaborative is an international group of over 2,000 professional independent artists in the music Industry whose mission is to inspire new and unique collaborations among artists from all genres. Members include songwriters, singers, lyricists, instrumentalists, producers, and other music creators -- all of whom are independent artists who make a living from their art.
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THE BLUESTONE SISTERS
Comprised of award winning novelist, Eileen Bluestone Sherman (book and lyrics) and award winning composer and music educator, Gail C. Bluestone, the Bluestone Sisters’ show scores have delighted audiences of all ages around the country, originating at Hallmark Cards’ Coterie Theater in Kansas City in 1984 to the world famous stages of Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall.
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The sisters are best known for their Emmy Award Winning musical, The Odd Potato, whose score was recorded by 20 Tony Award Winning artists, including Broadway superstars, Elaine Stritch, Sutton Foster, Hal Linden, Judy Kaye, Donna McKechnie, and Judd Hirsch. Their Norman Rockwell Musical, Perfect Picture (recently performed at the Southern Vermont Arts Center, directed by 4 Time Tony Award Nominee Randy Skinner) also boasts a studio album with such Broadway favorites as Tony Award Winners, Karen Ziemba and Beth Leavel and Tony Award Nominees, Andrea McArdle, and Bob Stillman (as Norman Rockwell). The Sisters’ newest recording, performed by Tony and Emmy Award Winner, Lillias White, is “Stand Up Proud! An Anthem for Freedom,” and the official anthem of The Mill’s 4 FREEDOMS FESTIVAL℠ of Southern Vermont, the rousing finale to Perfect Picture, and the 2018 recipient of the Clouzine International Music Awards for Best Inspirational Song.
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WOULTER KEELERMAN
Globe-trotting flutist and composer Wouter Kellerman is a Grammy® Award winning artist from South Africa. Having released seven albums, and through many high-profile live performances and collaborations, Kellerman has steadfastly built on the rigorous classical training of his youth, to create a signature sound that’s earned him both critical praise and multiple awards. His 2014 album Winds of Samsara, a collaboration with Indian composer and producer Ricky Kej, hit #1 on the US Billboard New Age Albums Chart and also peaked at #1 on the Zone Music Reporter Top 100 International Radio Airplay Chart in 2014. His same album won the 2015 ‘Album of the Year’ and ‘Best World Album’ awards. Kellerman’s 2015 album LOVE LANGUAGE debuted at #1 on the World Music Billboard charts in its first week.
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Proceeds from album sales were donated to the SOS Children’s Villages in South Africa. Kellerman’s latest album, Symphonic Soweto, won the 2018 SAMA for Best Adult Contemporary Album - Kellerman’s 7th SAMA award - once again reinforcing his standing as one of South Africa’s foremost musicians.
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GRANT MALOY SMITH
A singer/songwriter of country/ roots music - an artful blend of country, bluegrass, folk, and pop music. His current album, Dust Bowl - American Stories, spent 17 weeks on the Billboard charts, including 10 weeks in the Top 10 of the Americana/Folk Album Sales Chart. The album continues to earn rave reviews, including from No Depression, the bible of American Roots music, who says, “Grant’s ability to capture the heartland in his music is amazing...he has written a heartland masterpiece...with lyrics and music as potent as Woody Guthrie.”
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He has performed at respected venues around the world including Carnegie Hall, The Troubadour, The Bitter End, The Bluebird Cafe, and hundreds more. He has appeared on PBS music shows such as Song of the Mountains and Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour.
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Featured Broadway Performers
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LILLIAS WHITE
Lillias White is an American singer and actress of stage, television, and film who is particularly admired for her performances in Broadway musicals. She is an Obie, Drama Desk, Ovation, Bistro, Emmy, and Tony Award Winner. She was nominated for a Tony Award again in 2010 for her work as Funmilayo in Fela Kuti's Fela! White is also known for voicing Calliope on the Disney animated series Hercules, portraying Evette in the film Pieces of April, and for her work as Fat Annie (Cadillac's mother) in the Netflix series The Get Down. She has also starred as Bloody Mary in Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific on PBS' Great Performances with Reba McEntire and in the PBS documentary In Performance at the White House. She is also an active cabaret singer and has appeared in concert with the Boston Pops Orchestra, the Brooklyn Philharmonic, and at Carnegie Hall. |
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SARA ESTY
A former "soloist" of the Miami City Ballet, Sara is now a Broadway pro (AN AMERICAN IN PARIS/ Encores' BRIGADOON, and GRAND HOTEL.) This past summer, Sara starred as the "first Mrs. Rockwell" in the Bluestone Sisters' Norman Rockwell Musical, PERFECT PICTURE(directed by 4 Time Tony Award Nominee, Randy Skinner), for Southern Vermont's inaugural 4 FREEDOMSFESTIVAL℠ .
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CARY TEDDER
After attending Pebblebrook High School for the Performing Arts, Cary earned a BFA in Musical Theatre from The University of Michigan. Since then he has been seen across the country in numerous productions of Singin In the Rain,West Side Story, Saturday Night Fever, and Next to Normal, to name a few. Cary has also been honored to be a part of six original Broadway casts including The Times They Are A-Changin, Memphis, Big Fish, Honeymoon In Vegas,Dames at Sea, and most recently the seasonal underdog A Bronx Tale. A lover of nature, books and brewing beer, Cary is thrilled to be alongside such remarkable performers and writers this evening.
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TIMOTHY GRAPHENREED
Composer/Lyricist/Author/Musical Director and Arranger Timothy Graphenreed is best known for composing The Tornado, The Funky Monkey, and The Emerald City Ballet in the Mega Broadway hit. Other Broadway shows include: Coming Uptown, The Mooney Shapiro Songbook, and The Leader of the Pack. He has also worked with or done arrangements for several Notables including the late Gregory Hines, Jennifer Holiday, Phylicia Rashad, Jeff Goldblum; Robert Downey, Jr. and the late Maya Angelou. He has also done vocal arrangements for four African-American TONY Award winners ,including Lillias White, Hinton Battle, Adriane Lenox, and LaChanze.
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RACHEL YORK
A dynamic and versatile actress currently starring on Broadway in the new musical Head Over Heels. She is best known for her critically acclaimed Broadway performances in City of Angels, Les Misérables, Victor/Victoria (Drama Desk Award) with Dame Julie Andrews, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Sly Fox with Richard Dreyfuss, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with Jonathan Pryce, and Disaster! The Musical. She also turned heads on television with her courageous portrayal of Lucille Ball in the CBS movie, Lucy. On tour and regionally, Ms. York has earned accolades, most recently as Reno Sweeney in the national tour of the Tony-winning revival Anything Goes(Helen Hayes Award).
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Ryan VanDenBoom (Choreographer)
A Michigan native, has appeared on Broadway in the musical Annie, Bandstand (OBC) and Something Rotten! (OBC), and also a stint with the Chicago company of Hamilton. He has appeared with numerous symphony orchestras including the Chicago Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestras performing original choreography.
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