Originally from Rhinebeck, New York and now living in Brooklyn, Leighanne Saltsman has created her own milieu for social change through her passion for music.
Rooted in the study and practice of singing jazz, folk, western sacred and classical music; nurtured by an in-depth exploration of grassroots music marketing and life-long research on the evolution of traditional performance venues nationwide; and inspired by both contemporary musicology writings and a desire to engender better practices of biological and spiritual stewardship, Leighanne is re-imagining the synthetic framework the economics of music have been confined to for the past century and is now working toward a new gift economy of sound.
Through her words, music, and her work bringing “like-minded” spirits into the commercial classical management echelon via her position at a respected music management firm, she paints an accessible, sustainable, community-oriented future based on classic Americana traditions that will hopefully inspire the modern human spirit to reach out to other “like-minded” spirits and find a place to flourish. This project is called “Rooms of Joy”.
Leighanne is former professional choral singer, and has performed hundreds of concerts with a diverse roster of musicians from the NYC premier of Paul McCartny’s second work for chorus and orchestra at Carnegie Hall to shapenote sings in rural Ohio. Leighanne currently strives to create inspiring sounds by blending blues, jazz, folk and classical into evenings that leave listeners smiling.
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