Ann Marie Boyle

Ann Marie Boyle grew up on the far southside of Chicago. She received a BA in music from DePaul University and a MM in early music vocal performance from the Early Music Institute at Indiana University. Most recently she is a soloist and guest conductor for Early Music Michigan in Kalamazoo as well as a private voice teacher and music instructor.About this Project One of the main goals with writing these songs was to try and write interesting pop songs. Growing up I listened to the radio, my brothers' and sister's records as well as going to see my Dad perform with the Chicago Symphony Chorus. Eventually I went to concerts, music fests and all ages shows from classical to punk rock and everything in between. All of these music experiences influenced me as a person, a musician and here now as a songwriter. As a trained musician I spend all of my time singing other people's music-amazing music. So the idea of actually writing my own is quite intimidating. I have to say that I highly recommend diving in creatively. It is truly satisfying. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I did writing and recording it. This project is the culmination of a year long collaboration with Jeff Moehle. Jeff helped with the development and arrangment as well as recording the whole thing in his home studio. He played drums, guitar and keys and was generally awesome to work with throughout the whole process.