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Molly Holm

Molly Holm is an unconventional singer and composer who blends jazz, improvisation, and North Indian Raga, reflecting her studies with master vocalist Pandit Pran Nath. For more than eight years, Molly was a key member of Bobby McFerrin's original Voicestra, a group that toured internationally with numerous television appearances and recordings. She has also performed with minimalist composer Terry Riley (Khayal); tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain (Rapt, No Strings); choreographer June Watanabe (E.O. 9066); and the avant-garde George Coates Performance Works (Actual Sho). Molly has been strongly influenced by African-American Roots Music vocalist, Linda Tillery, through collaborations on multiple ensemble projects (Voicestra, SoVoSó, Vocal Front, Jukebox). More recently, her compositions for Marcus Gardleyʼs multi-racial plays, Love is A Dream House in Lorin and This World In a Woman's Hands, garnered outstanding reviews. Other credits include writing the lyrics to saxophonist George Brooks' composition, The Light Never Leaves Your Eyes, which Molly recorded on his CD, Night Spinner.

Molly's solo CD, Permission—produced by pianist/arranger Frank Martin is infused with the creative talents of drummer Famoudou Don Moye, saxophonist Larry Schneider, and bassist Jeff Chambers, as well as special guests Wayne Wallace, Bill Bell, Eddie Marshall, Deszon Claiborne, Marc van Wageningen, Paul van Wageningen, Antonia Minnecola and David Frazier.

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CD RELEASE SHOW Molly Holm's Debut CD "PERMISSION" SUN., APRIL 21, 2013 FREIGHT & SALVAGE 2020 Addison St., Berkeley, CA 94704 [email protected]

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Album Review

Molly Holm: Permission

Read "Permission" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Vocalist Molly Holm has had a potent progressive ("Avant-garde") presence in the Bay Area for three decades, having been an original member of Bobby McFerrin's Voicestra and was a featured singer with Terry Riley and Zakir Hussain. Creatively, Holm never grew up into the proper, standard-singing chanteuse that many of her contemporaries did, rather she has remained on the cutting edge of jazz vocals--exactly where she belongs. Permission is an eclectic collection of vocal jazz standards -- ...

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Take Five With Molly Holm

Read "Take Five With Molly Holm" reviewed by Molly Holm


Meet Molly Holm:Molly Holm is an unconventional singer and composer who blends jazz, improvisation, and North Indian Raga, reflecting her studies with master vocalist Pandit Pran Nath. For eight years plus, Molly was a founding member of Bobby McFerrin's original Voicestra, a group that toured internationally with numerous television appearances and recordings. She has also performed with minimalist composer Terry Riley (Khayal); tabla virtuoso }}Zakir Hussain}} (Rapt, No Strings); choreographer June Watanabe (E.O. 9066); and the avant-garde George ...

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Singer/composer Molly Holm Debuts With "Permission," Feb. 19

Singer/composer Molly Holm Debuts With "Permission," Feb. 19

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity

Molly Holm has been a visionary presence on the Bay Area music scene—as an original member of Bobby McFerrin’s Voicestra, as a featured singer with Terry Riley and Zakir Hussain, as a Mills College adjunct faculty member—for more than three decades. Her far-ranging artistic pursuits, however, have not included recording an album of her own—until now. Holm’s overdue and highly anticipated debut, Permission, showcases her unique, fully-formed jazz vocal artistry. The CD will be released February 19 on her Rinny ...

Primary Instrument

Vocals

Willing to teach

Advanced only

Credentials/Background

*BA in Music from Mills College, specializing in Jazz Voice; *MA in Composition from Mills College (teachers: Terry Riley, Pandit Pran Nath, Lou Harrison, W.A. Mathieu); *35 years private teaching experience in the SF Bay Area; *Mills College, Adjunct faculty, Music Department,14 years: Private Instruction in voice and Director of Flux, Vocal Jazz Improvisation Ensemble;

Clinic/Workshop Information

Vocal Jazz Workshop; Scat-singing; Modal improvisation, Free-form Vocal Improvisation; Voice technique; Rhythmic work for Singers; Understanding jazz harmonies; Ensemble Tuning, blend and balance,

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Permission

Self Produced
2013

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