It is with great sadness that I write this. I met Adrienne at KlezKamp back in 1990 when I moved to New York City. Along with many other musicians and artists, I was inspired and taken in by her passion and strength. nearly 20 years later, I began working with Frank London and others on some new work and I called Adrienne to reconnect about some work I was doing about new immigrant and refugee kids. In January 2010 she organized a benefit concert for Haiti Relief right after the 2010 earthquake and she asked me to MC. I was honored to reconnect in that way. We immediately began talking about how to do a concert featuring her songs of Women and War for an audience of kids who have come from conflict zones and war-zones. We never got a chance to produce that event but I did ask her to help me with a particular show and I began working with Adrienne as a vocal coach back in 2009-2010. Her insights, skills, power, and critical ear helped me through a very difficult time and she showed me an expansiveness. Her openness to being engaged where ever a human need revealed itself is a rare trait and I hope I can emulate that passion and wisdom. She leaves a legacy of her art, her voice, her music, and her love.
It is with great sadness that I write this. I met Adrienne at KlezKamp back in 1990 when I moved to New York City. Along with many other musicians and artists, I was inspired and taken in by her passion and strength. nearly 20 years later, I began working with Frank London and others on some new work and I called Adrienne to reconnect about some work I was doing about new immigrant and refugee kids. In January 2010 she organized a benefit concert for Haiti Relief right after the 2010 earthquake and she asked me to MC. I was honored to reconnect in that way. We immediately began talking about how to do a concert featuring her songs of Women and War for an audience of kids who have come from conflict zones and war-zones. We never got a chance to produce that event but I did ask her to help me with a particular show and I began working with Adrienne as a vocal coach back in 2009-2010. Her insights, skills, power, and critical ear helped me through a very difficult time and she showed me an expansiveness. Her openness to being engaged where ever a human need revealed itself is a rare trait and I hope I can emulate that passion and wisdom. She leaves a legacy of her art, her voice, her music, and her love.