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Miranda's voice has been likened to Sarah McLachlan, Annie Lennox, and Eva Cassidy. Her early years of theater training taught her to find and deliver the story within the song. Over more than 20 years of professional singing, Miranda has honed her gift for interpretation and delivery. Considered a powerful and moving vocalist, her performance centers on nuanced treatments of varied songwriters' best works. A typical set may feature the work of Gillian Welch, Neil Young, Edith Piaf, Joni Mitchell, Billie Holiday, Richard Thompson, Paul Simon, the Rolling Stones, Gershwin, and Prince. Miranda's eclectic vocal style has been influenced by many great musicians, not the least of whom is her mother, folk music collector and singer-songwriter Daisy Nell. After studying acting at Emerson College in Boston, Miranda began working in many theatres in the New England area. After a season performing on tour in Europe, Miranda pursued her study of music. At Loyola University, New Orleans' College of Music, she underwent intense classical and operatic vocal training. While in New Orleans, she took performance notes from some of the world's foremost jazz and blues giants. Miranda has been seen acting and singing on stages from Cambridge to Cologne. Her early favorite shows include: The Serpent, at Emerson Stage; David Mamet's The Frog Prince, at Theatre in the Open, Way-y-y Off-Broadway with the Theater of Newburyport, Newburyport, MA. During three consecutive seasons at Gloucester Stage Company, (home theater to internationally celebrated playwright Israel Horovitz) she delighted audiences in Still Crazy: A Tribute to the Music of Paul Simon, Tapestry: A Celebration of the Music of Carole King, and Fascinating Rhythm, George and Ira Gershwin. Miranda has also impressed audiences and critics in her musical theater leading roles at New Hampshire's Seacoast Repertory Theater in Fiddler on the Roof, Jesus Christ Superstar, and My Fair Lady. Her first CD All the Pretty Little Horses - A Lullaby Collection has received rave reviews from parents, critics, and national magazines. She makes her
home on Boston's North Shore with her husband and their two young
children. Miranda Russell has vast experience performing at wedding ceremonies, memorial services, benefit concerts, galas, and other special events. Contact us to find out about availability in the New England area. |