I began life as singer and an actress in Flint, Michigan in various local productions. The victim of a high-priced education, I have a Bachelors of Music from Webster University College of Fine Arts in St. Louis and a Masters of Music Degree from Manhattan School of Music. In 2006 I spent a week exploring American Popular Song at the Sundance Institute with the Mercer Foundation. This experience inspired me to return to my roots in Musical Theatre and American Song as a "belter". Now working together with my Music Director Tedd Firth and Director Mary Cleere Haran; in 2007 I brought my cabaret show THE ART OF THE CAHN, featuring the Sammy Cahn Songbook, to New York City's Triad Theatre & The Metropolitan Room, this show won the 2008 MAC Award for Best Female Debut. In 2009 we received rave reviews for a new Cabaret, THE FRIENDLIEST THING. In 2008, I also started a small, but ambitious project: SuCa Productions, dedicated to getting new New York songwiters heard by producing showcases that are performed by both established & emerging singers from New York's growing & varied music scene. This year & this blog is devoted to recording my first studio album.