Kelly Moore & Emerald Dreams
Music For Mankind®  

Kelly Moore & Emerald Dreams are performing concerts to benefit humanity in its darkest hours.

Proceeds of the concerts will be contributed to the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) and other organizations nationally and internationally dedicated to providing humanitarian relief in major disaster areas including war zones, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, and famines. Initiatives of these and local organizations provide food, clothing, shelter, medical aid, job training, job placement, as well as other initiatives.

Margot Hoerrner, Vice President of Outreach, Friends of The World Food Program has formally endorsed Kelly Moore's efforts. Read the endorsement here.

Michael Nouri has announced his endorsement of Kelly Moore's Music For Mankind®program. Click here to read this endorsement.

Recently the Friends of the World Food Program spotlighted Mr. Moore in the Donor Spotlight of their newsletter. Read More.

Kelly was interviewed by Mitch Wertlieb on Vermont Public Radio's Morning Edition about the Music For Mankind® series. Listen to the interview.

Ron Della Chiesa of NPR's WGBH in Boston exclaimed, “A unique blend of sounds and music from a multi-talented artist and composer. Highly recommended!”

And Jenny Ivors of Rambles Magazine proclaimed his music, “impeccably performed!”

With two highly acclaimed CDs under his belt, Guitarist, Composer, Singer Kelly Moore and his ensemble Emerald Dreams, are captivating audiences with a musical blend of Celtic, folk, classical and jazz influences. This unique and acclaimed sextet performs lush harmonies and beautiful instrumentals with violin, flute, piccolo, guitars, bass, percussion and three vocalists. With a warm and humorous stage presence, Kelly Moore & Emerald Dreams delight audiences wherever they go.

Jane Gilbert of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra called Mr. Moore, “a truly talented musician and singer!” He has performed with such notables as Roy Acuff, Minnie Pearl, Pete Seegar, and Elisabeth Von Trapp, and was a studio musician in Nashville for 15 years.

The touring members of Mr. Moore's ensemble, Emerald Dreams are all classically trained musicians.

Violinist Heather Sommerlad, originally from El Paso, Texas, has performed with the Gilbert and Sullivan Theatre in El Paso; performed as second flutist for the El Paso Symphony and also performed with the Sage City Symphony in Bennington, Vermont. She lives in New York City where she teaches violin when not touring.

Flutist Robin Matathias has performed live and on radio and recorded with numerous symphonies and opera companies, including Opera on the Sound, Long Island, NY; Santa Cruz Symphony, Santa Cruz, CA; Ensemble Nova, Baroque Trio, and The Santa Cruz New Music Works, all of Santa Cruz, California.

Robin has taught at The University of California, Santa Cruz; Sonoma State College, Rohnert Park, CA; the City College of New York, NYC; and is currently a professor of Flute at Keene State College, in Keene, NH and also teaches at the Brattleboro Music Center in Brattleboro, Vermont.

Bassist Robert Zimmerman has performed on and off-Broadway in such hits as A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Oliver. He performs with the Albany Symphony, The Syracuse Symphony, The Schenectady Symphony, The Vermont Symphony and the Berkshire Symphony. He holds a Doctorate of Music from Eastman School of Music, and is on the faculty of Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

Vocalist and percussionist Lindsay Dyett performed as Maria in the European tour of “West Side Story”, has toured with Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Cats", the Mantovani Orchestra, and has performed with Stacy Keach in "The King and I", and with Carol Channing's tour of "Hello Dolly". She received the Lily Stoates Award in Orlando, Florida for her performance of Eliza Doolittle in "My Fair Lady", and performed as Christine in Ft. Worth's production of "Phantom of the Opera".

Scottish vocalist and percussionist Anne D’Olivo has given numerous solo and chamber recitals as well as performing with choruses and orchestras in Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Hull, Scotland, including the Scottish National Orchestra Chorus, and the University of Hull Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Hull, Scotland.

In the US, Ms. D’Olivo has performed with the Great Lake Opera in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; the Oconomowoc Summer Theatre in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin; the Weston Playhouse in Weston, Vermont and the Dorset Theatre in Dorset, Vermont, and Main Arts in Saxtons River, Vermont.

She has performed as percussionist with the Hull Philharmonic, the Edinburgh Grand Opera, the Kent Youth Orchestra (performing at the Royal Festival Hall in London), the Lydian Youth Orchestra, and in the US has performed extensively with the Opera Theatre of Weston in Weston, Vermont.

For more information and bookings, contact:

Ceol Productions
ceol@awakenrecords.com
802-362-3806
www.awakenrecords.com

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