"Her clear and lyrical voice reminded me of Eva Cassidy, while her phrasing was reminiscent of Chaka Khan’s jazz work. Four stars!"
-Sara Schwabe, Entertainment Editor
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http://knoxville520.com/Sanda is a professional vocalist and does voiceover for radio and television. She hasn’t yet done animation, but would love to add that to the list!As a vocalist Sanda has worked in a wide variety of styles including R&B, Pop, Acoustic, New Country, Rock, and Jazz, though she’s best known for possessing a silky, soulful sound.Her grandmother said Sanda was singing before she could talk. And, she began winning talent contests while still in elementary school. During her career Sanda has won the honors of Jazz Vocalist of the Year, First Prize in songwriter’s competitions, received a full scholarship to Berkeley School of Music in Boston, which is a rare honor from that respected institution, and was a featured vocalist at the ESPN Celebrity Golf Classic in ’04. Sanda has had the honor of working with many gifted musicians including: Donald Brown (renowned Jazz keyboardist), Larry Graham (Sly and the Family Stone), Morris O’Connor (Guitarist, Stevie Wonder), Deron Johnson (Keyboardist, Miles Davis, and many others), and Scott Mayo (Sax, Earth, Wind, and Fire among others), and Alec Milstein (Bass/Writer, Chaka Khan, Jeff Lorber, Michael Franks).Harrambee Rhythm Music, the name of her music publishing, is a reflection of her heart and passion. "Harrambee," a Swahili word meaning, "together in one spirit", is apropos for many reasons. Just one reason is the wide variety of musical styles that influence her own, including traditional Jazz, Rap, Classical, and world music by such gifted artists as Salif Keita, Youssou N’Dour, Gilberto Gil, and Angelique Kidjo.As a voiceover talent, she’s been chosen to be ’The Voice’ of Tennessee Public Television and you can hear her doing all of their station ids and promos. Check out her voiceover website ( http://sandaallyson.voices.com/ ) where you can read more about her voiceover talent, as well as see and hear many samples of her work.Sanda also does some writing for commercials and featured articles. One of her articles was widely quoted in the media and featured on The Center for Bioethics and Culture website. You can read that article here: http://www.thecbc.org/redesigned/end_of_life.phpSanda’
s also done some acting, modeling, on-camera work in television, television production, and radio.You can check out some of her voiceover work here. And, soon, you will be able to hear some of her music as well. Stay tuned! In the meantime, check out the great artists here on this page. Peace!
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