Volora Howell

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.. Layout Provided by CodeMyLayout.com -Myspace Layouts Who is Volora? Who is Volora? Volora Bridget Whaley Executive Producer of Sahara Entertainment . Producer for a production unit, creating original programming for television. President of Sahara Entertainment Inc, music enterprise The Volora show originated on Primetime New York Cable 850, 000 Viewers. Producer and Host Cable Award Winner "Woman of the Week" Talent Acquisition Recruiter for CNBC-TV, NYC Free-lance Reporter for NBC Affiliate Boston WBZ-TV Jazz journalist for WILD Boston Radio; Jazz Editor for Harlem Times. Nominated “Best Female Jazz Vocalist” in Boston. Associate Producer for Black News Boston (CBS Affiliate) Interviewed performers such as Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner, Art Blakey, Betty Carter and Opera Diva, Shirley Verrett, Melba Moore, Persuaders, Soul Generation, Donald Harrison, Ledisi, Rachelle Ferrell, Dianne Reeves just to name a few. Performs in New York City hotspots the Lenox Lounge, Blue Note, Sugar Hill Bistros, Copeland’s, the 5-Spot Volora has toured Italy, Japan, U.K, Trinidad and Tobago, and Grenada. Received The Diva Award for newcomer artist extraordinaire on the Piscataway, NJ Cable show “Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!!!” Earned an Masters from Cambridge College Earned a BS in Journalism from Suffolk University Graduated from the prestigious Arts High School as Vocal major. Studied voice at New England Conservatory. Founder of the Arts High Consortium :www.artshighconsortium.com Founder of the Arts High Hall of Fame www.artshighconsortium.com Volora™ CD is slamming!" Hughlyn Fierce, former CEO of Jazz@Lincoln Center : "Volora can sing anything” the late great Jazz Singer Etta Jones Although she has been compared to Phyllis Hyman, this soulful chanteuse has her own voice and style and a five-octave range that sends chills down your spine. Growing up in Newark, New Jersey Volora attended the prestigious Arts High, which produced such talents such as Sarah Vaughan, Savion Glover, Wayne Shorter, Tony award winner Melba Moore, jazz vocal legend Andy Bey, and James Moody. At Arts High Volora studied classical music, gospel, voice and music theory for four years, Studied Jazz @ The New England Conservatory of Music on scholarship. Volora was nominated Best Jazz Vocalist in Boston for her show 'A Tribute to Phyllis.' She will be appearing at the club with Isaac Ben Ayala (piano), Beldon Bullock (bass), and Dwayne Cook Broadnax (drums). http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/VoloraFanclub .. .. .. .. .. .. ....


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