ASA Executive Director Carolyn Montgomery interviews Craig Pomranz, who underwrites the Pomranz Performance Grant, and the 2022 recipients, Kathleen France, Alexis Faye Gach, and Tim Keller. Watch at Facebook.com/americansongbookassociation or at youtube.com/user/CabaretScenes
Craig Pomranz commented, “My work on the Board of the ASA has put me in touch with so many wonderful artists. I am truly delighted to get this program started and hope these grants will encourage performers to keep the Great American Songbook in the public eye.” Craig is an internationally known performer and children’s book author who, through these grants, seeks to preserve the legacy of the Great American Songbook.
Kathleen France is an award-winning singer and voiceover actress. She is the official voice of Lincoln Center in New York City and has been nominated for an Emmy Award for her voiceover narration work on Blueprint: NYC, an historical documentary TV series. This AEA actress has had the opportunity to see the world, working at Tokyo Disneyland in Japan, singing in tours across Europe and the US, as well as singing in nightclubs in New York City. She loves doing cool things with sound waves—shooting them into patient’s bodies to see their beautiful hearts during the day, and recording songs or audiobooks at night.
Alexis Fae Gach is a native of Los Angeles. A lover, a fighter, a friend, a singer. Alexis has lived in the redwoods, in Italy, and on the East Coast in pursuit of her drive to connect through song. Her love affair with the Great American Songbook began during her studies at the Berklee College where she graduated with a dual degree in Songwriting and Vocal Performance. Her journey started as a singer-songwriter performing originals and folk covers. Alexis revels in the intimacies of cabaret and intricacies of jazz. She has made her home back in L.A., and is deeply grateful to any walking companion she has for their patience as she stops to pet every dog she sees.
Tim Keller is best-known work is starring as Jack Skellington in The Triple Door theater’s musical dance spectacular This is Halloween, a role he has reprised yearly since 2010. He spends his days performing for assisted living and memory care patients at Seattle-area nursing homes and he also works as a church musician. He has appeared in shows with the 5th Avenue Theater, Village Theater, Puget Sound Concert Opera, and Lyric Opera Northwest, and is a frequent featured soloist with Seattle Rock Orchestra. Tim is currently developing his first full-length rock opera, The Chronicles of Lazer, scheduled to debut in summer of 2023.
