RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 21, 2016. CATALOG #201607. UPC : 191018270285

Melanie was born and raised in Grand Haven Michigan, where she began singing and expressing her love for music at the age ofseven.  By the age of ten, she had performed in the musical Sweeney Todd with Tony Award Winner George Hearn and Pamela Meyer.

Melanie graduated from Hope College with a BA in Musical Theatre.  She has studied opera in Buenos Aires, Argentina at Instituto Universitario Nacional de Arte and trained at Hillsong College in Sydney, Australia.

Since moving to New York, she has sung at Birdland, The Plaza Hotel, The Carlton , Toshi's as well as other venues.  Her influences are Billie Holiday, Stacey Kent and Nat King Cole.

Musicians on this album include:

Guitar Masami Ishikawa, Bass Elias Bailey, Drums Alvin Atkinson, Keyboards Art Hirahara

TRACKS INCLUDE:     

1. I'll Go Mad 

2. Spanish Harlem 

3. Dance Me to The End of Love 

4. Love Ain't Easy 

5. Smile 

6. Running Back to You 

7. Corcovado 

8. Candy

9. Quizás, Quizás, Quizás 

10. People Will Say We're in Love 

11. Isn't This a Lovely Day

12. Somewhere Over the Rainbow 

13. Besame Mucho 

14. Everybody's Talkin'  

ITI RECORDS CAT #201607

https://youtu.be/n0CaTryZvNU