Annual Mirror Selfie with my girls

28th Annual Narada Michael Walden Foundation Holiday Jam 2025

Back row: Sylvia Whitbrook, Izzy Shah, Jamie Haynes, Luciana Montesano, Lynn Asher, Maia Merciel, Sydney Sanders, Maya Lee 

Front Row: Juni Nicoletto, Roya Manshouri, Piper Buchanan, Kendall House and Lily Borri 

 

 

Family Forever Feat Maia Merciel

American Doll Raquel

My uber talented student Maia Merciel recorded vocals for American Girl last Fall (2024). I am thrilled to share that the video is now available on YouTube promoting their new doll Raquel. Special thanks to my long time friend Chris Manning of Salamander Sound for engineering and co-producing the audio recording session. 

Maia Merciel

Sylvia Whitbrook

A star on the rise

Originally from St. Paul, MN, Sylvia is a 14yr old triple threat living in the Bay Area. She has performed in multiple professional theater productions across the North Bay and some of her favorite roles include playing Susan in White Christmas, Hope Cladwell in Urinetown, Michael in Elf, Charlie in Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka, and Mal in Disney's Descendants.

This past year she trained and performed with the Broadway Artist Alliance (BAA) in NYC. At the same time she has begun to focus more energy on pop music. She has been a singer with the Narada Michael Walden Foundation for the past two years and has received the Rising Star award from the multi-platinum Grammy & Emmy winning Producer. She loves to sing with high energy, power, and emotion and has performed songs with Narada such as Whitney Houston's "How Will I Know" and Tina Turner's "We Don't Need Another Hero." She has recently been working on songwriting and composing original music as well!

Vera Woo

Recording at Renee Harcourt's studio

Vera is a 14 yr old singer, pianist who has been taking private voice lessons with me for the past 2 years. Vera has an extraordinary, angelic voice. She sang on the Gimme Shelter project I did with my students in 2024, and performed with the Narada Michael Walden Foundation's Annual Holiday Jam in 2023. 

From the first time I heard Vera sing, I wanted to go into the recording studio with her. 

Vera wanted to record her version of Billie Eilish's song Wildflower. Renee created a beautiful track and we recored her lead and extensive background vocals on March 29, 2025. I can't wait to share the final mix with you! Check this space for updates.