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KARLENE

MARIE

Soprano

 

"And if there come the singers and the dancers and the flute players, buy of their gifts also.

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For they too are gatherers of fruit and frankincense, and that which they bring, though fashioned of dreams, is raiment and food for your soul." -The Prophet Khalil Gibran

Productions

Karlene Marie bxw photo profile with hand resting on right cheek, promo with text in African Heritage month colours - Saraka, a jazzy musical meal with four piece jazz combo Sunday, February 26, 7 pm

Saraka! a jazzy music meal

Saraka! is a new production by Karlene Marie Soprano Songstress that takes its inspiration from a Caribbean immigrant mama’s name for day-old food mixed with a fresh, simple ingredient to bring one nourishing, completely delicious and affordable, new meal to the family table.

 

The inaugural event  Saraka! A jazzy musical meal happened during African Heritage Month, February 26, 2023, from 7:00 - 9:30 pm LIVE at The Carleton in Halifax, Nova Scotia with Karlene Marie (vocals) and the four-piece combo of Silvio Pupo (keys), Jeff Torbert (guitar), Kyle Tully (bass) and Andrew Miller (drums).

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The creativity of Saraka! is celebrated through the songs of prolific, inspirational artists of which Karlene chose 26 to share, 18 that she performed in the show leaving others to mix-in for the next time.

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The musical menu consists of feel good jazz and other tasty genre-adjacent songs from eras past and present made legendary by African-American composers and interpreters including Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Dinah Washington, Esperanza Spaulding, George Benson, Al Jarreau, Donny Hathaway, Anita Baker, k-os, Stevie Wonder and more.

MIKE HIRSCHBACH - Artist Director, Halifax Circus, NS

The energy and spirit between Karlene, the musicians and the audience was infectious. She interspersed entertaining chats on the history of jazz in between the numbers, priming us for her phrasings and interpretations of jazz standards and lesser known works. 
 
It was an electric evening, and appreciated by the receptive, full audience.
Spotlight:  Songs by Chopin & A. Keys.
Fair use notice, for educational purposes only.

Film Music

BeethovenKarlene M. Francis, cello
00:00 / 01:38
The Goose and the CommonKarlene Marie, vocals
00:00 / 01:26

Arranger/Performer  -  Beethoven Symphony No. 7, II. Allegretto

Arranger/Performer  -  The Goose and the Common, Traditional

Recorded November, 2021 at Unceasing Play Productions, Seabright.

Film:  "What Really Counts"  - shown at ALT EFF- 2024

MUSIC THERAPY

Individual and group therapy

PERFORMANCES

Live/Online

TEACHING STUDIO

Piano and vocal instruction

Contact

Get in touch for:

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  • ​engaging Karlene Marie for your next event​

  • booking as a side musician and/or session musician (cello)

  • individual music therapy sessions (winter 2025 not taking new clients)

  • piano and/or vocal instruction for children, youth and adults (join waitlist)

  • access to EPK

  • discuss collaborations 

  • arranging, voiceover work, acting

  • say hello

Get in touch

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