FOLK / AMERICANA
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Below: Prairie Spring (an original song with lyrics by Willa Cather) recorded at Arete Gallery, Greenpoint NYC
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JAZZ
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Below: Give Me Your Heart for Christmas, recorded at the Metropolitan Room w/ Margi and the Dapper Dots
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CLASSICAL
Below: Go Way From My Window (Trad.) and Stauss' Zueignug;
Recorded at Bard College Chapel in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY with Erika Switzer, Piano
Recorded at Bard College Chapel in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY with Erika Switzer, Piano
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WORSHIP
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ORIGINAL MUSICAL THEATRE COMPOSITIONS
These are Sibelius-generated MIDI recordings of songs ostensibly for the musical-in-progress
"Sing Dance Vote", of which Leighanne is the creator, composer and dramaturg. SDV is currently seeking a Co-Bookwriter!
For position requirements and info on the show please visit http://www.singdancevote.com/
"Sing Dance Vote", of which Leighanne is the creator, composer and dramaturg. SDV is currently seeking a Co-Bookwriter!
For position requirements and info on the show please visit http://www.singdancevote.com/
ALL IN
TIME TO SHINE
MOE
SKIPPING
WORLD WE CREATED
OVER THERE (ACT I FINALE)
WE ARE ALL ON FIRE
BIRD
SHAPENOTE & CHORAL WORK
Above: Trinity Wall Street's Downtown Voices perfoming Howells Requiem
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Above: Bright Wings Choir performs in Amherst, MA.
Brendan Taaffe, Arranger and Director |
Above: The women of the Bright Wings Choir sing at Hubbard Street Music in Concord, MA. Brendan Taaffe, Arranger and Director
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BEATS
MORE ABOUT LEIGHANNE
Leighanne Saltsman is a singer/songwriter, composer, lyricist and classically trained American mezzo-soprano who has had an active performance career since the mid-2000s. Due to her wide vocal range and command of varied musical styles, she sings and performs folk music and jazz in addition to classical repertoire.
Born and raised in the Hudson Valley, Saltsman attended the Oberlin Conservatory where she earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance as well at a Bachelor of the Arts in Visual Art. She went on to earn her stripes as a professional chorister in New York City, where early on in her career she won recognition from several prestigious members of the classical music community. These connections came with opportunities to premier works by Joan LaBarbara and Grethe Barrett Holby in 2005, teach a workshop for The Wooster Group, and appear as a chorister behind the American Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic, and under the batons of Lorin Maazel and Michael Tilson Thomas among others.
Her recent performance credits include charter membership in the Downtown Voices Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Bard College Chamber Singers, as well as NYC appearances as half of a vocal harmony duo presenting historically accurate renditions of music from Golden Age of American Popular Song.
She has also written and recorded a demo-length album of original music, arranged and presented jazz versions of Purcell arias at SPECTRUM NYC, and toured Vermont as part of the shape note ensemble Bright Wings Chorus.
Leighanne has many years of experience in Arts Administration / Music Management, and her employers have included Judy Collins, Sharon Isbin, Mark O'Connor and Bethany Yarrow among others. Leighanne plays the ukulele.
Full performance resume available HERE
Born and raised in the Hudson Valley, Saltsman attended the Oberlin Conservatory where she earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance as well at a Bachelor of the Arts in Visual Art. She went on to earn her stripes as a professional chorister in New York City, where early on in her career she won recognition from several prestigious members of the classical music community. These connections came with opportunities to premier works by Joan LaBarbara and Grethe Barrett Holby in 2005, teach a workshop for The Wooster Group, and appear as a chorister behind the American Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic, and under the batons of Lorin Maazel and Michael Tilson Thomas among others.
Her recent performance credits include charter membership in the Downtown Voices Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Bard College Chamber Singers, as well as NYC appearances as half of a vocal harmony duo presenting historically accurate renditions of music from Golden Age of American Popular Song.
She has also written and recorded a demo-length album of original music, arranged and presented jazz versions of Purcell arias at SPECTRUM NYC, and toured Vermont as part of the shape note ensemble Bright Wings Chorus.
Leighanne has many years of experience in Arts Administration / Music Management, and her employers have included Judy Collins, Sharon Isbin, Mark O'Connor and Bethany Yarrow among others. Leighanne plays the ukulele.
Full performance resume available HERE