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Elizabeth Hynes |
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Elizabeth has loved to sing ever
since she was a little girl. She would listen for hours to her
Broadway musical records and try to emulate the styles of the
vocalists on them. Elizabeth remembers how her Mother would
patiently listen and critique her, saying "...hold onto that
note…”, or “…sing that a little slower and with more feeling..."
So, although Elizabeth doesn’t have what one would consider a
"professionally trained" voice, she feels she’s had some pretty
good vocal training, thanks to her Mom and her old record player.
Growing up in a large family with six siblings in Connecticut and
later South Florida, Elizabeth sang in school choirs and in
various school productions. When she was a teenager, she began
singing for her parish church, St. Jude. Elizabeth sang most
Sundays and led the congregation in song as a cantor (song leader)
for a number of years. After college and marriage, she returned to
South Florida and continued to sing for church services as well as
for funerals, weddings and other special occasions.
In 1994, Elizabeth and her husband moved to Georgia where she
began cantoring again at some of the local Catholic churches in
the area. Elizabeth still loves to sing and whenever an
opportunity to sing publicly comes along, she welcomes it. It's
something she’s always enjoyed and to Elizabeth, the thrill of
being on stage and singing to a receptive audience is like no
other.
In 2002, Elizabeth made the decision to make her first vocal
recording. It was a long road getting to that point, but once the
decision was made to record, all the details came together pretty
smoothly. "Serenity" is a result of a combination of efforts and
the songs selected for the album are favorite spiritual /
inspirational songs of Elizabeth and her family.
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