This Summer Night
(Release date: April 8, 2005)
Check out the artwork from the CD!!!
Kelly J. Seager - Producer, drums, electric bass, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Keala Kaumeheiwa- upright bass
Education: B.A., with major in music from Brandeis University '96.
Instruments: Drums, percussion, guitar, vocals, bass, & trash can lids.
Production:VSK Productions - Extensive background with recording, editing, and mixing with Protools Digital Audio Workstation. Specializing in acoustic-oriented singer/songwriters.
Performance History: 25 years of playing drums locally in various musical groups and ensembles, including Vigyl (original rock), Snack World (original “New Wave” pop); The Magnetics (original progressive rock); Area Code 617 (cover classic rock); Brandeis University Jazz Ensemble; Eric Freelove and The Lost Magi (original progressive jazz); Zero Balance (original/cover jam rock); Da Vinci's Flying Machine (original rock); Primrose Path (original rock); Arielle Silver and the Honey Chile Band (original acoustic alternative); and a variety of short-term rock, jazz, and country projects. Semi-finalist in “ Boston 's Best Drummer” competition in 1989.
Sandi and I began working together several years ago when she was interested in working on a follow up cd to Rubbergirl . We toyed with a variety of her songs (of which she has many), each evolving in or out of the project, until a few songs appeared that seemed to fit. The result, is a combination of styles, feels, and musical colors; much like the allure of a true summer night in New Orleans !
Contact Information: Kelly J. Seager, VSK Productions kjseager@hotmail.com
Michael Carey plays saxophones, clarinet and flute. He received a B.A.in Afro-American Music with a minor in music theory from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. There he studied with Yusef Lateef and Adam Kolker. He later took lessons with Ravi Coltrane and George Garzone and has subsequently toured the US with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and performed with The Platters, The Crystals and Phil Woods, among others. After teaching at Deerfield Academy Summer Arts Camp, he toured Europe on a cruise ship. He now plays in the Boston area with Anita Coheleo, Sergio Brandao, his own quartet and teaches at Powers Music School in Belmont.
Contact Information: www.mikecareymusic.com
Svetlana Tsoneva, a native of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music with Bachelor in Music degree in Violin Performance. She made her Solo debut at age 9 with Chamber Orchestra “Plovdiv.” At 13 she won Violin Competition “S. Obretenov” and at 15—the renowned International Violin competition “Eugen Coca”. Ms. Tsoneva’s participation in radio show “From the Top” in November of 1999 brought her the “Best Choice of The Audience” award and broadcasted her performance on over 150 channels across the US.
Svetlana Tsoneva’s 2004-2005 season included a Carnegie Hall debut (December 2004), as well as participation in the Festival series “Flowering of Romanticism” and “The Late Romantics,” taking places at various prestigious New York venues. Her participation in the series “Musical Treasures from Bulgaria”, sponsored by Foundation ”St. Cyril and Methodius” took her to the Organization of the Americas in Washington DC and again to Carnegie Hall, NY. Other engagements of the season included “Classical Savion” with renowned dancer Savion Glover and “A Foreign Sound” with Brazilian singer Caetano Veloso.
Ms. Tsoneva is currently receiving a scholarship while working on her Master of Music degree at the Mannes College of Music, expected to graduate in May 2006.
Keala Kaumeheiwa was born in Oswego, New York and raised in Marquette, Michigan. He is a graduate of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz at New England Conservatory, where he performed with artists such as Jimmy Heath, Jackie McLean and Harry "Sweets" Edison. He continues to perform in the Boston area.
Daniel singing with Sandi at the CD release on April 8.