Carol Emanuel - Harpist, Singer, Songwriter
Carol Emanuel is one of New Yorks leading contemporary harpists. Her music encompasses Western classical, new music, and Afro-Brazilian idioms, which she combines in her improvisations. After earning degrees from the University of Rochester and the California Institute of the Arts, she worked with Ran Blake at the Third Stream department at the New England Conservatory of music in the 1970's.
In the new music field, he has performed with Anthony Braxton, Earl Howard, Bobby Previte, Arto Lindsay, Lawrence "Butch" Morris, and John Zorn. She was a featured artist in "Women in Improvisation" at Symphony Space, and her group "Verde" performed her compositions at the Kitchen. Her theatrical credits include Martha Clarke's "Vienna: Lusthaus" and Joseph Papp's New York Shakespheare Festival. She performed in John Zorn's "Track and Field" at the Kool jazz festival and she has appeared at jazz festivals in Germany, Holland, and Austria.
In the classical field, Emanuel has performed with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and with the Goldovsky Opra company. She was a featured soloist with the Gregg Smith Singers a Alice Trully Hall, and in contemperory music festivals in San Diego, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles, and in chamber recitals at the Brooklyn Museum, Wave Hill, and the Bloomingdale School of Music. In Las Vegas, she has performed in shows headlined by Peter Allen, Juliet Prowse, Neil Sedaka, and Steve Lawrence and Edyie Gorme, among Others.
Her music is featured on 14 records, including Leo Smith's critally acclaimed "Sprirt Ctacher" (Nessa Records) with her two sisters, Ruth and Irene, also harpists. She is also on recordings by Bobby Previte, Oingo Boingo, Seigan Ono, John Zorn, and Hal Willner.