"And you’ll run around in circles for the easiest exit out
And you’ll seek a second opinion but the truth is never in doubt
‘Cos the mirror that you’re holding will never tell a lie
And your spirit knows the answer to every question why"
AUDIO SHOWREEL:  Samples of a few of my compositions  (with a couple of exceptions...  e.g I didn't write Choo Choo Ch'boogie!) I will be adding more individual tracks soon, and full demos are available on request.  But you can hear a couple of my songs on reverbnation.com/deboraheckman  or buy directly from my Bandcamp page here
Breaking news! Please visit my Dragon Elm Records page for details of my latest release - Dust - released on 14th February 2013.

Training/Experience

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'Guitar Girl' by John King
Based: London
Singing styles:   jazz, soul, pop, Indian classical, folk, musical theatre
Main type of work:  recording, live performance, session, freelance
Instruments played:  acoustic guitar
Skills:  harmonies, vocal arrangements, improvisation, lyrics
Sessions/Recordings include:  
London:
Recordings of own material featured on soundtracks for Manji (Indie short film) and Happy Now (feature film), as well as various independent compilation CDs  
        
Featured vocalist for Alexander Kyd on his album "These Waters Remembered" - alexanderkyd.bandcamp.com/album/these-waters-remember

Featured vocalist for Chiara Santevecchi (dj White Lady) on 3 tracks - Wake Up, Cold & Love, Trust in Me: soundcloud.com/whitelady/tracks

Session singer for 427 Studios run by Adam Fox. Includes sessions for Capital Radio DJ Justin Wilkes, and remix vocals for various independent projects

Member of Ambrosian Chorus for recordings of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker and Soundtrack for Santa Claus the Movie

Piacenza, Italy:
Featured vocalist on "William Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience", a new CD of original music set to William Blake's poetry by Victor Vertunni  victorvertunni.bandcamp.com/

Vancouver, BC:
Featured on “Master & Margarita” Musical written by Yuri Kouznetsoff & Ashley Lambert-Maberly, produced by Doug Paterson at Big World Sound  http://www.rukkushouse.com/

Featured vocalist on “3000 Days” CD (on 2 tracks, "Gates of Heaven" & "Waiting" ) written and produced by Murray Grant, recorded at Rooftop Studios, www.murraygrant.ca

Session Demo Reel:
Some of the above tracks are featured on this short audio file -
Live work includes:
London:
Featured performer of own material at various venues including 12 Bar Club, Rock Garden, The Smoke Rooms, Hope & Anchor, Borderline

 Ensemble for Music of Life Gala performance at Palace Theatre, directed by Simon Callow

Ensemble for Puccini’s Tosca at Earls Court, directed by Francessca Zambello
            
Lead Vocalist for Jazz/Blues Trio Realisation

Los Angeles, CA: 
Backing vocals for concerts featuring Matt Malley, Bass player with Counting Crows

Featured performer at various venues including Taix Lounge, Canter’s Kibbitz Room, Kulak’s Woodshed and McCabe’s

Vancouver, BC:    
Featured performer of own material for Alibi Unplugged at CBC Studios and Arts Club Revue Theatre and for Raw & Cooked – Live at the Western Front
   
Ensemble for Dregs the Musical written by Buff Schemmer and Emily Sadlier-Brown

Berkeley, CA:  
Featured vocalist for Shanti, fusion concert at Berkeley University.

India:
Various Classical Indian concerts in Nagpur and Mumbai supporting Pt. Arun Apte

Training:

London:                   3 year Performing Arts course at Italia Conti Academy
                                        Summer course at Jazz Academy, Tunbridge Wells, tutored by Trudy Kerr
                                        Four day Jazz course with Anita Wardell  
                                        Private tuition with various tutors  
Nagpur, India:     1 year Classical Indian singing at Late P K Salve Academy of Fine Arts & Music
Berkeley, CA:       4 months private tuition in Classical Indian singing with Shweta Jhaveri