Treble Clef Voices

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Sara Holmes is a Soprano based in Los Angeles, CA. Described by colleagues as a, “vocal swiss-army knife,” Sara has a versatile sound, enabling her to sing in many styles including musical theatre, folk, pop and jazz. She has studied with Anita Cooper as well as attended/participated in masterclasses with Natalie Weiss and Reid Burton. She also participated in the NATS-LA and VO-CAL 2021 where she came in second in the adult musical theatre category. She has recorded for several composers on new works including multi-voiced tracks. Deeply musical, she understands how to bring out or blend the texture of her voice and is very adept at learning and creating challenging harmonies on the spot. Roles of note include Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Rosie in Mama Mia, and Ariel in Footloose. She currently studies with Dr. Janelle DeStefano at Santa Monica College. 

 Nicolette is a classically trained first soprano who loves singing alto with over a three octave range and a belt with 30+ years of training and experience. She is a songwriter, performer, writer and producer. Nicolette excels not only at singing lead, but at blending when singing backup vocals and finding harmonies.  She has performed in rock, pop and jazz bands.  Nicolette performed at Carnegie Hall and in Tosca and Turandot with the Riverside Civic Opera. In addition, Nicolette performs in musical theatre with some of her favorite roles being in Annie (Ms. Hannigan) and Mary Poppins (Ms. Andrews).  Nicolette has studied the Riggs Vocal Method under Chariya Bissonette (who has worked with Sir Elton John, Disney and many more), and classical voice under Dr. William Chunestudy and Marilyn Kim. She is currently working on co-writing the musical Savage the Musical (savagethemusical.com) You can find more out about Nicolette at https://nicoletteblount.com/ Click below for a sample of her vocals or search her one iTunes and Spotify. 

Jessica is a 21 year-old singer who recently completed a BA in music with a focus on vocal performance. She is a soprano, but loves challenging her range and enjoys testing her belt and learning new riffs! Her voice was once described by her college vocal instructor as “smooth as chocolate”! She enjoys singing many styles including theater, classical, pop, and more. Jessica has been singing in choir since elementary school, and was even the president of choirs in her undergrad. She also loved performing in her all-female a capella group and has a passion for theater. Her latest musical was Assumption University’s “Godspell” as Telly. 

At the age of 23, Rachel has been singing for over 15 years. Training from the age of 8, her experience ranges from choir singing, theater, solo gigs, and recording. Rachel has a voice that fits with modern musical theater (playing the roles of Sophie in Mamma Mia and Penny in Hairspray), but has also been compared to the likes of Stevie Nicks and Joni Mitchell. Most recently, Rachel trained with the incomparable Natalie Wiess.

Samantha is a warm toned mezzo-soprano with a wide range. Her warm soprano tone is a unique departure from a more common musical female lead's sound.  Samantha can sing R&B, Pop, Rock and many other music genres.   She performs in local theater productions, she has played "Deloris Van Cartier" in Sister Act , "Mimi" in Rent and most notably was featured as "Wanda Savage" along side other Broadway performers at the 2019 New York Musical Festival concert of Savage the Musical. She studies voice with Broadway’s Anita Anderson. Click below for a sample of her vocals or search Samantha Myburgh on iTunes or Spotify. 

Ryah is an incoming freshman at Belmont University, where she will be majoring in Commercial Music. Growing up in a musical family, she has always enjoyed singing and all things musical theatre. She participated in every high school production and additional productions at the local children’s theatre. After graduating, she took a gap year to travel with her father’s band, The Fabulous Equinox Orchestra, where she had the opportunity to perform around the country and learn more about the business side of the entertainment industry.

Christina Cerbone is a Mezzo Soprano with a large range from alto to Soprano. She has a background in acting, directing and playwriting as well as hair and wig design and styling. She has been active over the last 15 years in theater and musical theater including Renaissance festivals, outdoor theater and stage shows. She is the lead vocalist of local Pioneer Valley cover band, Stillwater, founded in 2017, which covers a range of music from classic, indie and alt rock to pop and country.

Dawn is a comfortable mezzo soprano/alto but has the soprano range for certain song types. She has been singing and performing with her local community theater group for 28 years. She has performed in over 55 musicals and a few of her favorite roles to date are Mother in "A Christmas Story," Alice Beineke in "The Addams Family," Edwin Drood in "The mystery of Edwin Drood," Hope Harcourt in "ANything Goes," and performing in the ensemble for "We Will Rock You" and "Mamma Mia." Dawn has a passion for singing and is interested in contributing lead and/or back-up vocals when needed.

Melanie Watson is a singer-songwriter who has found her niche in the musical theatre as a top line songwriter, writing both lyrics and melodies. Beginning as a musical theatre performer in childhood, she later brought this talent to her university experience where she performed in shows such as Into the Woods, Kismet, and Snow White. Watson appeared in various roles over more than a decade in the passion play, The Promise at the Texas Amphitheater, where she also served as choreographer. She performed in The Sound of Music at the Granbury Opera House. She has spent years serving her community as a member of the worship team at her church, leading with keyboard, guitar, and vocals as well as coordinating and leading the college worship band. Watson had a winning song in the Singing News Songwriter Search in 2016 and several cuts by national artists published on their albums, groups such as The Talleys and 11th Hour among others. , A proud native Texan, she resides in East Texas with her husband and her 6 musical children, who she informally refers to as the VonWatsons.
 

Socks Whitmore (they/them/theirs) is a multidisciplinary performer, composer, and storyteller. Whether they're writing a new musical, recording voice over, or testing their four-octave range in song, every aspect of their work is rooted in voice and text. Their journey as a vocal performer has stretched from venues such as the Grand Ole Opry, Carnegie Hall, and the Sydney Opera House to performances with C3LA (the Choral Composer Collective of Los Angeles) to their alma mater, the California Institute of the Arts, where they received a BFA Performer-Composer degree with minors in Digital Arts and Creative Writing. Listen for their voice on the soundtracks of The Bully Problem, We Are Here, Back to One: A Coming of Self Musical, and more. https://sockswhitmore.com/

HOLLY REED is the owner and Creative Director of Reed Creative Group, a graphic and web design studio, and MusicalWriters.com, an online resource and community to equip and encourage musical theatre writers. She wrote music and lyrics for “That’s What Friends Do” (along with husband/composer Kelvin Reed) for GIRLHOOD THE MUSICAL (CPA Theatricals). Holly and Kelvin also wrote the grade school musical CAMP MCAULIFFE and the new holiday show TRUE NORTH: A MAGICAL NEW HOLIDAY MUSICAL. Holly is also a vocalist, actor, music director and performance coach. She is a member of ASCAP, Maestra Music, and the Dramatists Guild and holds a BFA in design and music from the University of Texas at Arlington

German-Indian American mezzo-soprano Nandani Maria Sinha is internationally acclaimed for her passionate performances and presence. She is a favorite mezzo-soprano in Southern California, performing regularly with Los Angeles Opera, Long Beach Opera, Opera Santa Barbara, California Philharmonic, and Redlands Symphony. Her 2019-20 season includes: Ruth in Invisible for the Eurydice Found Festival and a workshop and concert with Renée Fleming (Los Angeles Opera); Hera and Drum in Sweet Land (The Industry); and high demand as a mezzo-soprano and alto soloist on concert works (Azusa Symphony Orchestra and Chorale, Joanna Medawar Nachef Singers, Palisades Symphony, Music at Westwood). She has been a first prize winner of the Franz Liszt International Competition and a Marc and Eva Stern Fellow at Songfest. Ms. Sinha’s upcoming engagements include a return to Opera Santa Barbara as Gertrude in Roméo et Juliette and two reprisals of critically acclaimed and wildly successful roles from her 2018-19 season, Netty in Gunfight at the Not-So-OK Saloon at the McCadden Place Theatre (2019 Hollywood Fringe Festival, Best of Fringe and Producer’s Award winner) and Ella in Romance Sonambulo with Mojacar Flamenco at the El Portal Theater. Nani sings fluently in German, French, Italian, Hawaiian, English, and Latin. She is proficient in Spanish, Mandarin, and Russain.