Heidi's voice has been described as "sweet, yet soulfully powerful", "light pouring through crystal." When she was age three, she took it upon herself to sign up to sing "Rise and Shine" in a talent show. Luckily the long, scary, vaudevillian hook they had back then didn't yank her off the stage, and she's been singing ever since. Over the years, she added the violin, trombone and piano to her musical arsenal. Heidi began composing music in high school, where she placed in a national contest and wrote her school song. Since then, her original compositions have appeared in narrative and documentary films, musical theatre and on websites.
After studying classical singing and featuring in operas for several years, Heidi transitioned over to musical theatre for a stretch. She began songwriting seriously about twelve years ago and has since then settled happily into performing in clubs around North America and Europe, singing her own songs as well as jazz and blues standards.
Currently, Heidi lives in New York City with her husband, composer and producer Rolando Gori, and her two-year-old "percussionist" daughter, Océane. She has just finished her album, "Us Lonely People" and has recently started a new website for Happiness Is Here, which brings artists, charities and those who love them together to find and multiply inspiration. She teaches The Craft of Songwriting at The Writers Voice, as well as private lessons in songwriting, singing and music theory; and, whenever she has the opportunity, touches the hearts of audiences with her dulcet singing.
Some other tidbits - Heidi has...
- A BA from Columbia University, where she spent much of her time studying music, playing in the jazz band, spinning records on the radio and singing opera.
- Also studied music theory, composition and orchestration at Mannes College of Music.
- Written a few children’s books she hopes to have published soon – perhaps when she releases her upcoming children’s CD
- Greatly appreciated the benefits of meditiation and the study of Nonviolent Communication (NVC).
- Been known to skydive on occasion.
- Performed onstage and on film as actor, singer, trombonist and, on one occasion, the top of a human cake!
Heidi is a member of ASCAP.