BIOGRAPHY
Carolyn Arnold is a singer, songwriter, pianist, and vocal coach. She writes songs in an alternative pop style, similar to Joni Mitchell, Natalie Merchant and Tori Amos with rich and sweet high soprano vocals and lyrics full of metaphor, human connection and fantasy. Friends have described the quality of her voice as “angelic.”
Carolyn’s first record of original work was produced by recording engineer and musician Benji Marx and released July 29th 2016. The record includes 5 songs, all but one written 8-10 years ago. The songs follow a character through an inner and outer journey of exploration. She explores love, relationships, human connection, forbidden fantasies and the fear and exhilaration that come with opening herself to the world.
From a very young age Carolyn was surrounded by music. She sang with her family, studied classical piano, violin and voice through her youth, and began writing songs at age 22. Her roots are primarily in folk music of various kinds: Southern Appalachian, Blues, Folk Revival artists of the ‘60’s and ‘70’s, and Eastern European folk. She played fiddle, guitar and banjo in several folk and bluegrass bands from 2005-2011. She has also studied 1930's Jazz extensively, as well as Broadway show tunes and opera. She was a member of Resmiranda, an a capella early Western Classical music ensemble for 3 years.
Since 2006, Carolyn has taught music and singing to a wide spectrum of students. Since 2017, she has focused on teaching beginning singers and older adults who want to sing for fun, and improve their vocal tone and confidence.
Carolyn’s purpose in music and in life is to inspire joy, love and connection in herself and others. She hopes that her music and teaching deeply affect people, and spread positive energy throughout the world.
"Carolyn's imaginative imagery transports me into a whimsical fairytale filled with deep connection and important lessons. She ease-fully expresses the large extent of an emotion while keeping up a very delightful and lighthearted disposition throughout her set. Sharing in the experience of her music is a one-of-a-kind opportunity no one should miss."
-Kit Solowy, friend and fan