The morning dj on my favorite radio station (KBCO in Boulder, CO) comments often that music is the soundtrack to life, and that is certainly true for me. I love singing and perfoming, I write songs now and again, I love arranging music for women's voices, I track every significant event and period in my life to music.
My style when arranging vocal music tends to be pretty layered with contrasting rhythms and/or melodic lines. I grew up singing along with my parent's hippie/folk records (Mamas & the Papas, Peter Paul & Mary and Spanky and Out Gang) and my sister's pop records (Queen, ELO and Earth, Wind & Fire) - I think all of these influenced my love of dense harmonies and true multiple-part arrangements.