ANNOUNCING: MARQUEE FIVE

Here’s a nice big update for you! Introducing a new vocal group: Tight harmonies, clever arrangements, and an actor’s sensibility characterize Marquee Five, the collaboration of singers Mick Bleyer, Adam West Hemming, Vanessa Parvin, Sierra Rein, and Julie Reyburn. In the vein of The Manhattan Transfer, Marquee Five brings a spunky, intelligent flair to New York’s cabaret world with exciting […]

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“GetCrackin” video posted on 12seconds.tv

On another note, I shot, edited and uploaded this 12second clip for a Pistachio campaign on 12seconds.tv How Maria Callas Would Get Crackin on 12seconds.tv If you’re on Twitter, sign in, bump, comment (with a nicer tone than one of the previous commenters) and see if you want to join in the fun! The interesting thing about 12seconds is the […]

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Sierra for Hire in the Definitely Dickens Holiday Carolers!

For the third year in a row, I will sing with the Definitely Dickens Holiday Carolers, a professional company made up of 4-part groups who sing contemporary and traditional Holiday, Christmas and even Hanukkah songs a cappella. We arrive in festively traditional hoop-skirt-and-bonnet and top-hat-and-cape Dickens-era finery (but can also perform in classy black if you wish). Perfect for office […]

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Plugging Away!

I have to spend some time (now that I’m finished promoting the composer showcase I was in on Monday) to plug some of my friend’s upcoming work. First of all, I’ve already mentioned “Rob Langeder: Undead in Hell’s Kitchen,” October 30th and 31st, which I’m interested in checking out. The guy can do jazz and scat like no other, but […]

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It’s THE DAY of the Show “Smokin’: The Songs of Jay Alan Zimmerman”! Tonight! Monday, Oct 5th, 7pm – The Duplex, NYC

Smokin’! @ The Duplex WARNING: The Songs of Jay Alan Zimmerman You know you shouldn’t, but you’re gonna anyway: smoke, drink, eat donuts, fall in love with the wrong people. So come celebrate your vices with Jay and abunch of hot next-gen Broadway singers: Kevin Massey, Lori Marinacci, Matt Lutz, Mick Bleyer, Sierra Rein and her puppet (!) It’s all […]

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A very special “Sounds from the Subway”

Haven’t done one of these in a while, but I found the perfect opportunity to break my “no posting cool sounds and music I hear while in the Subway system” fast. Friday, my hubby Pete & I were on our way down to Trader Joe’s, taking the A line. Two young men entered, threw down their knit caps in the […]

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