Kerry Butler, Patina Miller, et al. Featured on OUT OF OUR HEADS Album; Released Today!

By: Jun. 28, 2011
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2010 Jonathan Larson Grant Winners Michael Kooman and Christopher Dimond release their new album OUT OF OUR HEADS: The Music of Kooman and Dimond on iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody and Napster today, June 28, 2011. The album features Tony Award nominees Kerry Butler (Catch Me If You Can, Rock of Ages, Xanadu, Little Shop of Horrors), Christopher Sieber (La Cage aux Folles, Shrek, Spamalot) and Patina Miller (Sister Act), as well as Broadway performers Heidi Blickenstaff (The Addams Family, [title of show], The Little Mermaid), Anderson Davis (Les Miserables), Matt Doyle (War Horse, Bye Bye Birdie, Spring Awakening), Chris Mann (Glee), Kyle Dean Massey (Next To Normal, Xanadu, Wicked), Phoebe Strole (Spring Awakening), and Natalie Weiss (Everyday Rapture).

An album release party with live performances will be held on Monday, July 18, 2011 at Birdland, the world-class Jazz club located at 315 West 44th Street, NYC.

Out of Our Heads is a compilation of self-contained songs that blur the lines between musical theater and pop. Featuring songs and characters that run the gamut from the absurd to the sublime, the album takes listeners on a journey that is equal parts hilarity and heartbreak.

About their album, Kooman and Dimond stated, "More than anything, we want this album to be representative of our journeys as songwriters. Each of the songs means something special to us. Some are highly personal, autobiographical stories. Others are among the first songs we wrote together. And some of them, well, we just think they're funny. This album gave us the chance to present these songs in their most fully realized forms, complete with full orchestrations. It's been an incredible experience to see them brought to life by an astoundingly talented group of performers."

Michael Kooman (music) and Christopher Dimond (book & lyrics) received the 2010 Jonathan Larson Grant. Their first musical, DANI GIRL, has been workshopped and developed at the Kennedy Center, American Conservatory Theatre, Cherry Lane Theatre, and the ASCAP/Disney Musical Theater Workshop. The show has recently been produced in Toronto, Dallas, Boston, and Australia. The duo's other works include GOLDEN GATE (Williamstown Theatre Festival), HOMEMADE FUSION (London's Ambassadors Theater), and the family-friendly Christmas musical JUNIOR CLAUS.

Michael and Chris received a fellowship at the O'Neill National Music Theater Conference, attended the Johnny Mercer Songwriting workshop, and are two-time finalists for the Fred Ebb Award. Between them, the have received the Burton Lane Award, the Harold Adamson Award, the KC/ACTF Musical Theatre Award, an Anna Sosenko Grant, and numerous ASCAPLUS Awards. They are currently working on a commission from the Kennedy Center.

Michael and Chris are graduates of Carnegie Mellon University and proud members of the Dramatists Guild, ASCAP, and the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop.

Out of Our Heads was produced by Jesse Vargas & Michael Kooman, with musical supervision by Jesse Vargas. Sound engineering and mastering by Paul Vasquez.

To order the album now, visit www.koomandimond.com/store.

 

 



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