Born in Long Beach, California, to a family of musicians, it’s no surprise Todd started piano lessons at only four years of age. Musical influences ranging from Claude DeBussy to Ray Charles, Bob Seger, Richard Carpenter, Elton John and Jerry Lee Lewis would inspire him on to performances at Carnegie Hall all the way to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Schroeder has had the honor of being invited to perform with the Boston Pops, Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Duke Ellington Orchestra, and has performed, musical directed and collaborated with a coterie of distinguished performers, including: Angela Lansbury, Tom Jones, Rita Coolidge, Jason Alexander and Sam Harris; the latter for whom he’s acted as musical director and collaborative partner for over 20 years, which helped him earn the coveted recognition of “Musical Director of the Year” from BroadwayWorld.com. In addition to composing his own original music, for which he has had the opportunity to record and release six albums. Schroeder has also composed music for a variety of television series, films and musicals. He’s appeared on TV, acting as musical director on a number of prominent television talk shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Rosie O’Donnell Show and The Late Late Show as well as the musical director for the popular Youtube sensation “Postmodern Jukebox.” For more on info: ToddSchroederMusic. com and followed on Twitter at @TSchroedermusic.
The Sound of Karen Carpenter
"YESTERDAY ONCE MORE"
Do you remember the first time you heard the voice of Karen Carpenter?
Do you remember the feeling you had the first time you experienced that sound?
Let this show take you right back to that time and make it yesterday once more.
This is a celebration of those songs and ‘that’ sound told via the velvet voice of singer/actress Joanne O’Brien. Through a cavalcade of iconic classics, Joanne illuminates the musical diversity, pop culture, and political climate of that time in history when the world first fell in love with the magical sound of Karen and Richard Carpenter.
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Born in Long Beach, California, to a family of musicians, it’s no surprise Todd started piano lessons at only four years of age. Musical influences ranging from Claude DeBussy to Ray Charles, Bob Seger, Richard Carpenter, Elton John and Jerry Lee Lewis would inspire him on to performances at Carnegie Hall all the way to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Schroeder has had the honor of being invited to perform with the Boston Pops, Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Duke Ellington Orchestra, and has performed, musical directed and collaborated with a coterie of distinguished performers, including: Angela Lansbury, Tom Jones, Rita Coolidge, Jason Alexander and Sam Harris; the latter for whom he’s acted as musical director and collaborative partner for over 20 years, which helped him earn the coveted recognition of “Musical Director of the Year” from BroadwayWorld.com. In addition to composing his own original music, for which he has had the opportunity to record and release six albums. Schroeder has also composed music for a variety of television series, films and musicals. He’s appeared on TV, acting as musical director on a number of prominent television talk shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Rosie O’Donnell Show and The Late Late Show as well as the musical director for the popular Youtube sensation “Postmodern Jukebox.” For more on info: ToddSchroederMusic. com and followed on Twitter at @TSchroedermusic.
Audiences have long enjoyed a wide range of musical stylings from singer/songwriter Joanne O’Brien. Hailed the “Carole Lombard of cabaret,” Joanne infuses humor, sultry charm, and a vocal quality that stands alone. Her soaring soprano and sultry chest tones are rooted in classical training with a degree in Opera from The University Of The Arts in Philadelphia. She has mastered the bridge from classical to broadway and pop while using her dulcet tones to perform inspirational music having been the opening inspirational artist for best-selling authors Marianne Williamson, James Van Praague, Dan Millman and most recently Shawn Achor, author of The Happiness Advantage and PBS regular. She has performed in concert in over 300 cities from New York to Los Angeles. Her debut solo recording, Isn’t It Always Love received a rave review in BILLBOARD magazine. Her latest recording The Heart of the Matter is a collection of inspirational and love songs. Both can be found on itunes and the LML Music label.(www.LMLmusic.com) Other theatrical credits include My Fair Lady at The Hollywood Bowl, Assassins & On The Twentieth Century with REPRISE!, Sweeney Todd, The Sound Of Music, Oklahoma and Joan Crawford in Judy’s Scary Little Christmas. Joanne is the co-host of The Amazing Hour Radio Show on the UBN Radio Network. Visit Joanne at www.joanneobrien.net and on Facebook www. facebook.com/theinspiredsiren
Audiences have long enjoyed a wide range of musical stylings from singer/songwriter Joanne O’Brien. Hailed the “Carole Lombard of cabaret,” Joanne infuses humor, sultry charm, and a vocal quality that stands alone. Her soaring soprano and sultry chest tones are rooted in classical training with a degree in Opera from The University Of The Arts in Philadelphia. She has mastered the bridge from classical to broadway and pop while using her dulcet tones to perform inspirational music having been the opening inspirational artist for best-selling authors Marianne Williamson, James Van Praague, Dan Millman and most recently Shawn Achor, author of The Happiness Advantage and PBS regular. She has performed in concert in over 300 cities from New York to Los Angeles. Her debut solo recording, Isn’t It Always Love received a rave review in BILLBOARD magazine. Her latest recording The Heart of the Matter is a collection of inspirational and love songs. Both can be found on itunes and the LML Music label.(www.LMLmusic.com) Other theatrical credits include My Fair Lady at The Hollywood Bowl, Assassins & On The Twentieth Century with REPRISE!, Sweeney Todd, The Sound Of Music, Oklahoma and Joan Crawford in Judy’s Scary Little Christmas. Joanne is the co-host of The Amazing Hour Radio Show on the UBN Radio Network. Visit Joanne at www.joanneobrien.net and on Facebook www. facebook.com/theinspiredsiren
