Singers are Professionals.
They Deserve to Be Paid.
Meet the PSA Project.
What a year. In addition to the global stress this situation has put on everyone, professional performers have the added fear that they’ve lost any way to support themselves and their families.
Despite these circumstances, many students still took regular lessons with me throughout the first few months of the closures. Even when there was no prospect of an upcoming audition or performance, they still prioritized their training and put their financial resources into my business. And now I want to do my part to give back to them.
Introducing the…
In this case, P.S.A. stands both for “Professional Singing Athlete” and the traditional “Public Service Announcement” meaning. My intention is to remind my students (and everyone viewing this page) that singing is a job as well as an art form. It deserves financial compensation as well as heart emojis .
For this project, I reached out to every student who had lessons with me between March and July.
I offered them $100 each to record a video of them singing a song of their choice. Forty-five of them took me up on the offer.
Their songs are below, alphabetical by the performer’s last name.
If you want to support artists, watch these amazing singers do their thing. If you find someone whose work you connect with, reach out to them. You can hire them to sing a song for a special occasion, a gift, or just because.
I am investing my own money back into singers, because they are my people on this earth. If you feel that way too, hire them.
And if you like this project and you want to support my business, here’s how:
PSA Project Videos:
Special Donation Challenge: When the videos on this page reach a collective 5,000 views, I’m going to donate $250 to the Broadway Advocacy Coalition. Keep watching!
Liz Asti/Andrew Byrne
“For Forever” from Dear Evan Hansen/”Mile After Mile” from See Rock City
Music and Lyrics: Benj Pasek/Justin Paul and Adam Mathias/Brad Alexander (Medley by Liz Asti)
Ari Axelrod
“Bring Him Home” from Les Misèrables
Music: Claude-Michel Schönberg/Lyrics: Alain Boublil
Tom Berklund
“Will Power” from Something Rotten
Music and Lyrics: Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick
Jessica Bishop
“Two Little Words” from Steel Pier
Music: John Kander/Lyrics: Fred Ebb
Becca Brunelle
“Astonishing” from Little Women
Music: Jason Howland/Lyrics: Mindi Dickstein
Nolan Burke
“Valjean’s Soliloquy” from Les Misèrables
Music: Claude-Michel Schönberg/Lyrics: Alain Boublil
Joanna Carpenter
“Get Out and Stay Out” from 9 to 5
Music and Lyrics: Dolly Parton
Caitlyn Caughell
“A Quiet Thing” from Flora The Red Menace
Music and Lyrics: Kander and Ebb
Lindsay Nicole Chambers
“If Love Were All” from Bitter Sweet
Music and Lyrics: Noël Coward
Sarah Dacey-Charles
“What Am I Doing?” from Closer Than Ever
Music: David Shire/Lyrics: Richard Maltby
Beth DeMichele
“How Can I Keep From Singing?”
Adapted by Eva Cassidy/By Robert Wadsworth Lowry
Ally Dixon
“Doin’ It the Hard Way” sung by Betty Hutton
Music: Jimmy Van Heusen/Lyrics: Johnny Burke
Michael Einav
“Somewhere Over the Rainbow” from The Wizard of Oz
Music: Harold Arlen/Lyrics: Yip Harburg
James Ferko
“Til I Hear You Sing” from Love Never Dies
Music and Lyrics: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Meg Flather
“Try to Remember” from The Fantasticks
Music: Harvey Schmidt/Lyrics: Tom Jones
Jenny Hoofnagle
“I Get a Kick Out of You” from Anything Goes
Music and Lyrics: Cole Porter
Jessica Humphrey
“Fly Fly Away” from Catch Me if You Can
Music and Lyrics: Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman
Priya Mahendra
“That Would Be Enough” from Hamilton
Music and Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Megan Marod
“Feed the Birds” from Mary Poppins
Music and Lyrics: Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Stacey Merwin
“What the World Needs Now is Love”
Music: Burt Bacharach/Lyrics: Hal David
Gina Morgano
“Back to Before” from Ragtime
Music: Stephen Flaherty/Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Nora Moutrane
“Somewhere” from West Side Story
Music: Leonard Bernstein/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Monica Owen
“If I Loved You” from Carousel
Music: Richard Rodgers/Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II
Madison Claire Parks
“The Red Dress”
Music: Ricky Ian Gordon/Lyrics: Dorothy Parker
Samantha Joy Pearlman
“Near You” by The Andrews Sisters
Music: Frances Craig/Lyrics: Kermit Goell
Alex Prakken
“Out There” from The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Music: Alan Menken/Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz
Eleanor Reich
“Omar Sharif” from The Band’s Visit
Music and Lyrics: David Yazbek
Ashley Ricci Garcia
“Someday” from The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Music: Alan Menken/Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz
Steve Schroko
“Something Was Missing” from Annie
Music: Charles Strouse/Lyrics: Martin Charnin
Alanna J. Smith
“Vanilla Ice Cream” from She Loves Me
Music: Jerry Bock/Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick
Meg Supina
“It’s Amazing the Things That Float” from The Flood
Music and Lyrics:Peter Mills
Amy Suznovich
“Two Little Words” from Steel Pier
Music: John Kander/Lyrics: Fred Ebb
Sheila Townsend
“The Next Ten Minutes” from The Last Five Years
Music and Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown
Cara Treacy
“A Sorta Love Song” from The Extraordinary Ordinary
Music: Paul Loesel/Lyrics: Scott Burkell
Ellen Warner
“On the Steps of the Palace” from Into the Woods
Music and Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Kristin Wetherington
“At Long Last” from Bright Star
Music and Lyrics: Edie Brickell and Steve Martin