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Media Press Kit
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GRAMMY Winner
Darlene Koldenhoven
CONTACT INFORMATION
Bookings, PR, Press
Now Hear This
Bruce Wawrzyniak
(813) 854-8000
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Record Label & Music Publishing Company
TimeArt® Recordings & Publications
ph. 818-378-7841
Click to email TimeArt Office
BIO BULLETS
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GRAMMY® Award Winner & 3 GRAMMY® Nominations
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A Hotshot Debut at #4 on Billboard Classical Crossover Album Charts the first week out with "The Grand Piano Spa"
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First inductee into the IMC INDIE MUSIC HALL of FAME® April 28, 2019
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Lifetime Achievement Award/Hall of Fame from One World Music Radio (2022)
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Outstanding Legacy Award from The Akademia Awards (2022)
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2019 Music of the Year for "Chromatones" from COVR Awards
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Featured soprano soloist in "Yanni, Live at the Acropolis" seen worldwide by over 1.5 billion viewers
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Choir nun and production vocal coach/choir director for "Sister Act" and "Sister Act II: Back in the Habit" with Whoopi Goldberg
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Vocalist/Vocal contractor: Pink Floyd "A Momentary Lapse of Reason"
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Author: "Tune Your Voice: Singing & Your Mind's Musical Ear," a Music Education Book/7CDs & digital
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Creator/Publisher: Darlene Koldenhoven's The Grand Piano Spa Songbooks
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Thirteen albums & 9 singles on her TimeArt® label
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Several #1 albums on ZMR Worldwide radio charts, Australia's SoundsLikeCafé radio charts and more
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20 Award Wins & 35 Nominations in various competitions for "Color Me Home"
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Lifetime Awards LINK
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Solo Artist Discography (newest to oldest) LINK
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Discography of Darlene singing or playing piano for others LINK
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Vocalist with 5 Octave Range, Pianist, Producer, Composer, Arranger, Keyboardist, Lyricist, Actor, Voice Teacher/Coach, Author, Credentialed Sonic Therapist
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Cover of SkyLounge Magazine autumn issue 2021 and 11 page interview ​





ALBUMS
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Most Recent Albums of Thirteen and 9 Singles on Darlene's TimeArt® label.
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Traveling the Blissful Highway (10/14/22)
• New Age, Ambient, World Music - Instrumental
• Winner Grand Music Award Best Ambient/Instrumental Album by The Akademia Awards
February 2022
• Winner Best New Age Contemporary Instrumental Song "Cheerful Mohana" by New Age Notes Radio
• Debuted #1 Australia SoundsLikeCafé Radio Charts (11/22)
• Debuted #1 Norway New Age Music Guide (10/22)
• Debuted #2 ZMR Radio Charts worldwide (10/22)
• "Cheerful Mohana" became a crossover hit on The Wave KRWV-FM Smooth Jazz, Phoenix AZ
• 12 Original Instrumental Tracks, 4 with vocal background. Runs 53:46 minutes
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The Grand Piano Spa: Legacy (10/22/21)
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Classical Crossover, New Age, Solo Piano
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Hot Shot Debuted #4 Billboard Classical Crossover Albums Chart (5/21)
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Winner Best Classical Album by The Akademia Awards August 2021
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10 Original Piano Compositions 46 minutes total run time
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The Grand Piano Spa (5/14/2021)
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Classical Crossover, New Age, Solo Piano
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Debuted #8 Billboard Classical Crossover Albums Chart (11/21)
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GOLD Medal Winner Best Classical Crossover Composer (8/7/21)
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Winner Best Classical Album by The Akademia Awards (5/17/2021)
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9 Original Piano Compositions 38 minutes total run time
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Color Me Home (4/21/17)
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Best Vocal Album voted by ZMR broadcasters worldwide
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Debuted #1 ZMR Radio Charts worldwide 5/17
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Winner of 20 Awards & 35 Nominations in Various Competitions
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11 Original Tracks, 55minutes total run time
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New Age Vocal: 6 Songs + 5 Vocalese-Instrumentals
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24 p. Coloring Book incorporated with liner notes, lyrics, credits
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Chromatones (6/1/18)​
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2019 Music of the Year by COVR/International New Age Trade Show
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Gold medal by COVR/International New Age Trade Show
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Debuted #1 on New Age Guide Radio Charts
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11 Original Instrumental Tracks, 54 minutes total run time
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Winner Best Easy Listening Song "Red Savannah" by IMC Radio Awards
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Winner Best Easy Listening Song " Prism of Time" by IMC Awards
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Winner Best Easy Listening Recording "Vibrant Worlds" by IMC Awards
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Winner Best Special Songwriter (of all genres) "Golden Dawn" by IMC Awards
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The Butterfly Samba 11/23/2020 (jazz samba full track, single)
Sequoia Serenade 10/9/2019 (classical crossover, piano & violin duo, single)
AUTHOR - BOOK
"Tune Your Voice: Singing and Your Mind's Musical Ear"
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Music Education Book (94p.) with 7 instructional CDs & digital for all ages and levels to train the mind's musical ear to improve singing, songwriting, and music appreciation.
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Produced by Darlene Koldenhoven for TimeArt® Publications
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formerly distributed worldwide by Alfred Music Publishing, Inc. & to New Age bookstores through New Leaf Distribution & DeVorss and Company.
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Read more & hear clips at tuneyourvoice.net
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AUTHOR - Published Articles
"The Prescription is Music" Keys of Light Magazine columnist in bi-monthly online series 6/2019 - 12/2020
"Nurturing Your Inner Mother Nature" Creations Magazine 5/2017
"Come Guarire con la Voce" New Age and New Sounds, Italy, Fall 2007
"Healing Power of the Voice" Evolve Magazine, Fall 2007
"Working with a Great Vocal Contractor "- SCL's The Score, Winter 2002



"Wisteria" from The Grand Piano Spa - Concert 2019 Mark Taper Amphitheater



Darlene singing "Aria" in Yanni, Live at the Acropolis
Appearance Highlights

USA (alphabetically by state. *solo concert)
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Gerald C. Wilson Auditorium, Kodiak, AK*
Sedona Creative Life Center, Sedona, AZ*
Dorothy Joseph Auditorium, Bishop, CA*
Wilshire Ebell Theater, Los Angeles, CA
The Jazz Bakery, Culver City, CA*
Mark Taper Foundation Amphitheater, Beverly Hills, CA*
Vitello's, Studio City, CA
NoHo Arts Center, North Hollywood, CA*
East West, Mountain View, CA*
Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, Ojai, CA*
Newport Film Festival, Newport Beach, CA*
Carnegie Stage, So.Pasadena, CA*
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Denver/Jefferson, CO
Symphony Center, Chicago, IL
Arie Crown Theater, Chicago, IL
Theosophical Society Center, Wheaton, IL*
Grape & Grain Co., Homewood, IL*
Insight Awareness, Homewood, IL*
McPherson Opera House, McPherson, KS*
Joy Theater, New Orleans, LA
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Tanglewood, Lennox, MA
Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI
Dale Williams Fine Arts Center, St. Louis, MO*
Henderson Events Plaza Amphitheater, Henderson NV*
Edison Ballroom, New York, NY
10 Hudson Yards, New York, NY
River Arts Center, Prairie du Sac, WI*
John F. Welsh Auditorium, Casper, WY*
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Worldwide
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The Acropolis - Herodes Atticus Theater, Athens Greece
Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Iwaki Auditorium, Melbourne, Australia also: Sydney,
Adelaide, Perth, Canberra, Gold Coast
Queen's Palace, Bangalore, India
Vidhana Soudha, The State House of Karnataka, India
The Dome @ NSCI, Mumbai, India
The Kerani Studio, Stein, Netherlands*
Atlantis Center, Sint-Truiden, Belgium*
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Zoom Concerts from Los Angeles (2021)*





