It all began when a 15 year old girl with music in her heart and determination in
her soul saw
the ad for “Lead Singer Wanted.” The 30-somethings in the band wanted nothing to do
with her...
until they heard her voice. Many years and thousands of gigs later, Keely’s
incredible,
versatile voice and contagious passion for music has never diminished, no matter
what the venue,
music style, or project.
Keely’s experience encompasses a diversity of venues and locations— from the Denver
Jazz
Festival, nationally-broadcast sports events, and corporate events such as
Microsoft’s annual
meetings, to the Grand Opening Ceremony for the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon, a
Gustav Fauré
requiem at Carnegie Hall, and countless stages and events throughout the U.S. and
Canada.
Tina’s father was the highly talented and well known music teacher, Roland
Schanzenbach who
raised her with a rich musical background from a very young age. Tina learned to
play several
instruments and sang all through school winning multiple awards.
She went on to become a member of an original band call Exposure in the early 80’s
which
produced over 110 original songs and did showcases for major labels including
Columbia Records.
She has continued to sing in the Northwest professionally in bands such as Chain
Reaction,
80sINC, Rockshow, Souldout, Dance Factory and is now managing and fronting her own
project
Social Network, Seattle’s hottest top 40 dance band.
Tina is a gifted vocal talent who can reach the high notes that other singers only
dream about.
With her dance energy on stage and her strong versatile voice, your favorite tunes
will soar to
new heights!
Nikki Coleman is a professional vocalist and studio recording artist performing with
a wide
variety of Seattle bands and some of the areas best musicians. Nikki's love for
music began as a
child growing up in Phoenix, Arizona with gospel music singing in choirs and
developing a love
for sweet harmonies and soulful, heartfelt music.
Nikki continued her vocal training in Seattle with Robert Lunte of The Vocalist
Studio and with
powerhouse singer Keely Whitney.
Lena grew up in Scandinavia, where she was classically trained in vocals, choir,
violin,
composition and more, at the renowned elementary school of music Fryxellska
musik-klasser,
trained under the legendary Bror Samuelsson. In her youth, she attended competitions
with the
choir Mariakoren in Wales, Italy, Finland and more. She was introduced to American
soul music
and jazz at an early age by her father, and developed a passion to sing that same
music. She
began to sing and perform all over Sweden at an early age.
In her mid 20s, Lena moved to Copenhagen where she had an extensive career as a
studio recording
artist and she is featured on a multitude of albums by renowned Danish musicians,
including Stig
Rossen, Lis Sorensen, Marie Carmen Koppel, Universal Funk, Bamse, Anne Linnet,
Jorgen Emborg,
The Radio Symphony Orchestra, as well as Danny O'Keefe in the US. She has performed
in Europe at
the Jazzcafé (London), Jazzhouse (Copenhagen), The Roskilde Festival (Denmark), The
Daily News
Cafe (Stockholm) to mention a few. Lena has studied under Mark Murphy, Nina Brodd,
Sanna Hulten,
Anna Rosing, and Susanne Ørum and holds a certificate in jazz vocals. Lena teaches
vocals, piano
and violin.
JIM COCHRAN - KEYS
Jim Cochran has been a part of the Northwest music scene since 1977 beginning his
professional
career in the funk band Readymade Family while still in high school. After
additional schooling
at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA and the Cornish College of the Arts in
Seattle, Wa
Jim was invited to join at established "corporate casual" band by the name of OASIS.
After
spending more than a decade refining his performance skills at some of the Puget
Sound's most
elite events Jim performed shows with the Coasters, Drifters, and Sharelles both in
Washington
and Idaho and was next asked to put together the house band for Legends in Concert
at the
Muckleshoot Casino in Auburn, Washington where he performed for the next 4 years.
During that time Jim met Aaron Hennings while performing with the Groovin' Higher
Jazz Orchestra
(GHJO) as their principal pianist. Aaron and Jim went on to perform at many of the
Northwest’s
largest casinos with the Randy Linder Band and many other casual/corporate events.
Jim and Aaron
later met Tracey Hooker in the GHJO. In the winter and spring of 2012 Jim could be
found at the
grand piano in Tacoma's el Gaucho restaurant where he performed for 6 months and he
also
performs with the classic vocal group The Diamonds when they visit the northwest.
RICK HOULE - BASS, ARRANGEMENTS
A student from Berklee College of Music, Minneapolis music scene(Ricky Peterson,
Eric Gravatt,
Dick Oatts, Gordy Knudtson and more) and Seattle (Jay Thomas, Marc Seales, Julio
Jauregui,
Carlos Cascante, Dave Peterson, Hans Teuber, Darin Clendenin, Rick Mandyke, Milo
Peterson, Eric
Verlinde and so many more). Rick plays in many styles, many bands. Pocket is Rick’s
thing.
Wade has thirty-eight years playing professionally in clubs to 20,000 seat arenas with groups such as INXS, Richard Marxs, The Beach Boys, Shots, and The Edison Jones Band. He is currently a working musician, playing drums locally in: The Lenny Epps Band, Dysfunshun, The Hitmen, The Deville’s, The Rangers, The Steve Trembly Band, The Tommy Wall Band, the Edsels and of course Divas of Voice.
Joel is Washington Native that was born at a very early age. He started guitar
lessons at the tender age of 4.
"The F chord is very hard!" He states with physical and emotional fatigue...