Carolyn Montgomery (6/25/2021)

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here:  https://youtu.be/JeJgwTdqNao Richard Skipper and Carolyn Montgomery chat about her career and keeping creative in an ever changing world. Carolyn Montgomery is a MAC, Bistro and Nightlife award winning singer and songwriter. She performs in theaters and clubs across the country and in Europe, including Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, 54 Below, Crazy Coqs London, Davenports Chicago and The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. She composed a Choral piece called Rise (based on Maya Angelou's poem Still I Rise) and traveled to 11 cities in 14 months, performing the piece as a soloist with Gay Men's Choruses across the country. The piece is dedicated to Matthew Shepard's mother, Judy Shepard, who established the Matthew Shepard Foundation to carry on her son's legacy. Montgomery is also the Director of Education and Outreach for the American Songbook Association. During the pandemic lockdown period, she created WithCarolyn, a series of Virtual Culinary, Cocktail and Cabaret Classes that she currently teaches five days a week. Most important, Carolyn is a Mom to son Eli (16) and two Jack Russell Terrier rescue pups, Chipmunk (17) and George (11). They all live on the west side of Manhattan and divide their free time between the Adirondack Mountains and Cape Cod. Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CMontGoesThere