Melanie DeMore, Singer/Songwriter; Composer; Conductor; Vocal Activist

This program is part of the 2015 Platforum series Music Matters, sponsored by Ernst & Young and the John and Marcia Goldman Foundation.

“A song can hold you up when there seems to be no ground beneath you,” says Melanie DeMore. With an established career of 30 years in music, Melanie has used her voice to inspire social and political change as well as preserving the African American folk tradition through song and Gullah stick pounding. Now Melanie brings her musical talent and Full Body Forward to The Commonwealth Club to show how one raises one’s voice with power, determination and energy. Participants do not need singing experience to attend.

For more information on Melanie please visit her website here.