MP3 Shirley Ritenour - Both Sides Now
A bare bones, honest rendition of classic songs by a voice equally at home in pop & opera: "Popera". Musical Direction & Piano Arrangements by Christopher Marlowe - 20% of the proceeds from the sale of this cd will be donated to Gilda''s Club New York City
14 MP3 Songs in this album (48:47) !
Related styles: POP: New Romantic, EASY LISTENING: Love Songs
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20 % OF THE PROCEEDS OF THIS CD will be DONATED to:
GILDA''S CLUB NEW YORK CITY
Provides meeting places where men, women and children – living with cancer – and their family and friends – can join together to guild social and emotional support as an essential supplement to medical care. GCNYC offers support and networking groups, lectures, workshops and social events in a beautiful, homelike setting. All of our programs are offered free of charge.
BIOGRAPHY
Shirley Ritenour was born in California and raised in Georgia and Virginia. She began her musical career at a young age – first by accompanying herself with guitar and then as part of the singing group, Two Dots and a Dash with her older and twin sisters. Shirley and her sisters hit the local talent circuit as well as the Rotary Clubs in Georgia until the family moved to Virginia.
A trained classical musician and honors graduate of Catholic University in Washington D.C.; Shirley has also completed graduate studies at the Boston Conservatory. She has performed in a variety of venues, notable among them, operatic performances for various Ambassadors in Washington, as a Cabaret performer in Manhattan and the Anthem singer for the WNBA’s New York Liberty at Madison Square Garden.
Shirley’s life experiences – she was a black jack, roulette and baccarat dealer in Vegas, an opera singer in Graz, Austria and a singing bartender in Greenwich Village – influence the life and love themes of her performances which are known to move audiences to laughter and tears!
Today, Shirley enjoys giving back by sharing her music to benefit her favorite charities. Her debut CD, "Both Sides Now", is currently in release and 20% of the proceeds of the sale of this CD will be donated to Gilda’s Club, New York City. Shirley, resides in Brooklyn, New York.