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Carleen Anderson (Carleen Cassandra Anderson) was born on 10 May, 1957 in Houston, Texas, is an American soul singer (born 1957). Discover Carleen Anderson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

Popular As Carleen Cassandra Anderson
Occupation Musician
Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 10 May 1957
Birthday 10 May
Birthplace Houston, Texas
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1957

Carleen Cassandra Anderson (born May 10, 1957) is a US American born/UK resident Music Artist.

She was the vocalist, composer and musician for the Young Disciples and is known for her numerous, varied collaborations.

1979

After a brief marriage that resulted in the 1979 birth of her son, Bobby Anderson, Carleen Anderson lived as a divorced single mother in Los Angeles.

She received several scholarships to study classical and jazz music performance, as well as music education, at Los Angeles City College (LACC) and the University of Southern California (USC).

Anderson also studied Creative Literature at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA).

During her studies, Anderson worked as a student tutor to support herself and her child.

Anderson's goal at the time was to become a teacher of music, but her plans were thwarted when the Ronald Reagan administration removed Arts from the curriculum in government-sponsored schools.

With only one semester left before completing her music degree, Anderson was forced to take office-clerk jobs to make ends meet.

Anderson's first solo recording contract was with Virgin Records' Circa label.

1992

Her solo career began in 1992.

She is credited for composing and writing futuristic Operas.

By the time Anderson was three years old, she was singing solos in front of the congregation.

By the age of seven, she was playing piano by ear, directing the church choir and writing songs every week for the choir to sing before her grandfather delivered his Sunday sermons.

Anderson’s vocal skills were influenced by her paternal aunt, Betty Faye Anderson, a Juilliard scholar, Gospel singer and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s first soprano soloist.

1993

The initial marketing release was the EP Dusky Sappho in 1993.

1994

The freshman album True Spirit, released in 1994, had pop chart success with single releases "Mama Said", "Let It Last" and "Nervous Breakdown".

1998

Anderson's 1998 second solo album, Blessed Burden, gained commercial recognition with singles "Woman in Me" and a cover of Paul McCartney’s "Maybe I’m Amazed".

2002

Alberta’s Granddaughter was Anderson’s first independent and third solo album, released in 2002 on her own label, Dusky Sappho.

This work included a cover of Noel Gallagher’s "Don’t Look Back in Anger".

Anderson’s fourth solo album, Grace and Favours, was recorded live at the Glee Club in Birmingham, England.

From 2002 to 2007 Anderson taught and was Head of the Vocal Department at Brighton Institute of Modern Music (BIMM).

2003

It was released in 2003 by Orange Room Music on CD and DVD formats with clips that include interviews and impromptu performances with James Brown and Paul Weller.

2004

Universal Records released her fifth solo offering, Up to Now, in 2004.

It was a compilation of songs over her career up to that date.

2005

Her sixth album, Soul Providence, was released on Dome Records in 2005.

2006

She had a bi-annual residency at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in Soho, performing to packed audiences from 2006 to 2015.

She sang a varied repertoire of jazz classics, musical theatre and unreleased material, as well as her commercial hits.

2007

In March 2007, in celebration of International Women’s Day, Anderson had the honour of singing for Her Majesty The Queen.

2010

It featured her song “My Door is Open”, which was remixed by Richard Earnshaw in 2010 as a dance floor production and was featured on Earnshaw’s album, In Time.

2014

In 2014 Arts Council England awarded Anderson a grant to produce her Tribal Opera Cage Street Memorial.

2015

In 2015 she also received a grant from PRS Women Make Music to record her compositions from Cage Street Memorial, released as her seventh album on Freestyle Records in 2016.

2018

A Barbican Theatre stage production of the album in 2018 earned her a JazzFM Innovation of the Year nomination.

2019

In 2019 Anderson became an Associate Artist at Hall for Cornwall in Truro.

She was Choir Director for the BBC Singers and UK Vocal Assembly at the Royal Albert Hall for the August 2019 “Sacred Music” tribute to Duke Ellington at the BBC Proms and contributed to the performance as vocal arranger and curator.

2020

In June 2020 Anderson composed the music and was the featured vocalist and narrator for the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Harlem Renaissance author Jean Toomer's Cane, Drama of the Week in the BBC Sounds Electric Decade series.

In March 2020, Arts Council England awarded Anderson a grant to develop her second theatre piece, MELIOR, in partnership with Hall for Cornwall, Falmouth University and its Academy of Music and Theatre Arts (AMATA).

Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the music from this ocean-themed time-travel fantasy will be released online in anticipation of its live premiere and subsequent tour.

MELIOR introduces Anderson’s new music performance style, “Opus Griot”, a blend of storytelling, singing, poetry, visual art and music ensemble accompaniment.

It features the new gesture-controlled digital instrument developed by Imogen Heap, MI.MU Gloves.

Following the successful preview performance at Hall for Cornwall in November 2022, plans are in motion for new staging directives replacing the MI.MU Gloves with FX digital sounds to be synchronised with its theatre production development.