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Crystal Dawn Bright (born April 9, 1981) is an award-winning musician and multimedia artist from Greensboro, North Carolina. She is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, music teacher, performance artist, theatrical director & producer, and holistic health coach / nutritionist. As founder and leader of the band Crystal Bright & the Silver Hands, she has released two albums, been reviewed internationally, and performed with the North Carolina Symphony. She won the Triangle Talent Search in September 2010, released an award-winning music video in October 2011, and was named Best Singer by the local ''Yes! Weekly'' in March 2012. She possesses a wide vocal range and plays many instruments. Her music has been called “carnival folk, fairytale pop and gypsy jazz” and was described by the BBC as “a pleasant kind of bonkers.”〔Talkington, Fiona, ("World on 3" ), ''BBC Radio 3'', June 22, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-05.〕 ==Education & awards== Bright was born in Annapolis, Maryland and raised in Mount Pleasant, North Carolina,〔Duncan, Charla, ("Future looks Bright" ), ''News & Record (Greensboro)'', July 14, 2010. Retrieved 2012-07-05.〕 where she began taking music lessons at the age of seven.〔Stasio, Frank, ("Crystal Bright & the Silver Hands" ), ''WUNC’s The State of Things'', May 18, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-05.〕 After performing in numerous high school musicals, Bright studied Drama〔Buchanan, Bruce, ("Show blends music, performance art" ), ''News & Record (Greensboro)'', October 7, 2010. Retrieved 2012-07-05.〕 before earning a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.〔("Sessions At Studio B With Crystal Bright And The Silver Hands" ), ''NBC’s Sessions at Studio B'', December 2010. Retrieved 2012-07-05.〕 She then earned a Master’s degree〔Bright, Crystal, ("Cakalak Thunder: The Meaning of Anarchy, Value, and Community in the Music of Greensboro's Protest Drum Corps" ), ''The Florida State University DigiNole Commons Virtual Repository for Electronic Scholarship'', April 21, 2006. Retrieved 2012-07-05.〕 in Ethnomusicology from Florida State University〔 while performing in a variety of genre-spanning acts. Inspired by P.J. Harvey, Björk, Tori Amos,〔Kane, Rebecca, ("My Interview with Crystal Bright" ), ''Coolgrrrls'', December 1, 2011. Retrieved 2012-07-05.〕 Tom Waits, Yann Tiersen, Gotan Project,〔Mellor, JG, ("Crystal Bright and The Silver Hands announce new album, Muses and Bones" ), ''Shuffle Magazine'', February 3, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-05.〕 Lhasa De Sela and The Tiger Lillies, Bright played in Mariachi, Balinese Gamelan, Chinese, Ugandan,〔Rainwater, Erin McClanahan, ("Meet an Artist: Crystal Bright" ), ''News & Record (Greensboro)'', February 29, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-05.〕 Brazilian Samba and Indonesian ensembles.〔 After graduate school, Bright traveled the world〔 where she studied flamenco dancing in Spain,〔 worked for the Montana Conservation Corps in Yellowstone National Park,〔 and became further acquainted with other cultures and their music. She won the Triangle Talent Search in September 2010〔HearNC Music Video Festival (). Retrieved 2012-07-05.〕 and was named Best Singer by the local ''Yes! Weekly'' in March 2012.〔Snyder, Ryan, ("Best Of: The Music Endorsements" ), ''Yes! Weekly'', March 7, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-05.〕 Her singing has been described as “captivating and mysterious,”〔Guerin, John, ("Crystal Bright and the Silver Hands / Dirty Bourbon River Show (Motorco Garage Bar, Durham, 1/13/12)" ), ''How Strange it is to be Anything at All'', January 14, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-05.〕 featuring her “mystical, even otherworldly”〔Fiander, Matthew, ("Crystal Bright & the Silver Hands" ), ''PopMatters'', March 27, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-05.〕 vocal inflections. Her “operatic voice teems with ethereal beauty”〔Wahl, Ashley, ("Why the Caged Bird Sings" ), ''O'Henry Magazine'', April–May 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-05.〕 and she plays many unusual instruments, including a musical saw, accordion,〔Johnson, James, ("Crystal Bright and the Silver Hand" ), ''FEED Magazine'', August 5, 2011. Retrieved 2012-07-05.〕 keyboards, concertina,〔Elmer, Kailas, ("Crystal Bright & the Silver Hands: Muses and Bones" ), ''Trebuchet Magazine'', February 3, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-05.〕 adungu (Ugandan harp),〔Guerin, John, ("Crystal Bright and the Silver Hands - Muses and Bones" ), ''How Strange it is to be Anything at All'', June 4, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-05.〕 bombo (Argentinian drum),〔 zheng (zither),〔 piano,〔 guitar〔 and vihuela. Bright is a certified〔 Holistic Health Coach / Nutritionist〔Ginsburg, Eric, ("Local Talent" ), ''Yes! Weekly'', January 25, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-05.〕 with a degree from the (Institute for Integrative Nutrition ) in New York City.〔Crystal Bright Holistic Health, (). Retrieved 2012-07-05.〕 She practices through her company (Crystal Bright Holistic Health ).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Crystal Bright」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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