Tonight was the latest version of Scott Alan's Monday Night New Voices (mentioned earlier in the blog, possibly more than once). The guest composer was Jeremy Schonfeld, and there were several singers.
Most of them were kind of eh. Forgettable. And while I liked Schonfeld's songs, none of them stuck with me very much - I'll give his CD a listen, but I don't promise to buy it.
The girl in the clip below, on the other hand, blew me away:
She started the night with a performance of "My Funny Valentine," which is one of my favorite songs. Awesomely enough, Aaron Lazar insisted that she sing it from the top of the piano, and in fact lifted her up there; she was clearly surprised at this, but went with it and took direction like a pro. But most importantly, she sang gloriously. Her voice is luscious and rich, as you can probably hear in the clip above, and worked so perfectly.
The girl's name is Addi McDaniel. She graduated from Penn State last year, same class as Natalie "She's everywhere!" Weiss. I think I may like Addi more, but what an impressive pair by any measure.
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