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AUDREY JOY: A Life Of Music Dedicate to Dolores Goldberg
Audrey Joy performance at The Cutting Room was a night of `Sheer Musical Joy` and Entertainment. A versatile singer, songwriter and pianist, Audrey Joy mesmerizes the audience with her alluring voice, singing cabaret classics and her own original songs, peppered with very humorous personal stories that make for an unforgettable evening!
Karen Freid, Publicist, after seeing Audrey Joy show at the Cutting Room in New York City
Audrey Joy, also known as & the Walking Jukebox is a singer/songwriter and keyboard player who entertains at various piano bars and nightclubs around New York City and beyond. She takes audience requests in every pop music genre from jazz standards of the 40s through today's hits, including show tunes. The music, which also includes her original compositions, is interspersed with comedic stories.
Although Audrey Joy has been blind since birth, she's never let her disability keep her off a stage. In fact, said Audrey, who attended regular public schools where she was always the only blind student, and I was always the first one to sign up for a show.
Audrey had been a high school music teacher for the New York City Public Schools, and in addition to
teaching the regular music curriculum, she taught songwriting and music business classes. She also directed
school musicals (and others).
One year, Audrey took a break from teaching high school and served as a music teacher for the Special Ed Division (District 75). When teaching her special ed classes, Audrey made sure she could put her students in shows. Some of the students were nonverbal, but they held up a sign so they could also participate.
As for her own education, Audrey graduated from New York University with a degree in music business and then got her masters from Hunter College in music performance piano/vocal.
Audrey began her music at the early age of 2 when her grandfather bought her a toy grand piano as a holiday gift. She was able to plunk out whatever songs she heard like & Mary Had A Little Lamb.
When she was 7, Audrey began taking piano lessons, playing everything she could learn by ear and liked, especially songs from The Sound of Music. When there seemed to be no more she could learn that way, Audrey went to the Lighthouse Music School where she learned to read Braille music. When Audrey and her family moved to Monticello (upstate New York), she continued to study with a local piano teacher; the Braille music pieces were borrowed from the Music Section of the National Library Service for the Blind.
Audrey is the founder and Board Chair of AJL Music, a nonprofit program that prepares students for careers in music and the entertainment industry. Please visit www.ajlmusic.org to learn more.
Currently, Audrey Joy is preparing for her performance & at various nightclubs in New York City, Atlantic City, Foxwoods, and other major performance venues.
Great show tonight, Audrey! The room was full even though the weather was bad; everyone had a great time.
Robert Sanchez, Manager, the Palm
