JoAnne Spies is a singer songwriter who has led people on sound improvisations through the Norman Rockwell galleries, created paintings and group improvisations called 'Singing the Painting' in a month-long Storefront Artist residency, and has worked the past eleven years co-creating songs with Alzheimer's groups, elders, teens and everyone in between with the CATA Art Cart.
JoAnne grew up in Chicago influenced by Muddy Waters, John Prine, and a Sicilian grandmother who sang songs for every occasion. She has produced 3 CDs of original music: "2 x 3" with Jack Douglas; "Me and Melville;" and "North Avenue Honey" with Todd Mack.
JoAnne has received a fellowship as composer at the Millay Colony and has written six songs for an interactive environmental program funded by the Westfield River Watershed Association and Marmalade Productions called “Watershed Waltz.” She co-created "Sounding Mohican Pathways," a walk through Stockbridge, MA learning the history of Stockbridge Indians through music.
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