Sandrina Sedona

Sandrina...
... has been working as a studio and live singer for many years. She passes on her vocal and compositional skills at workshops all over Europe. Furthermore, she teaches and runs her own school, the "Sedona Music Academy & School of Singers", in Munich, where her recording studio and record label "Sound of Sedona Records" are located. As a vocal coach and sought-after songwriter and lyricist, she has supported many international singers on their way to becoming professional musicians and producing their own CDs. Sandrina also works for record companies as a vocal coach for well-known artists and also organizes numerous vocal workshops, both at home and abroad.

Sandrina`s education…
Sandrina learned vocal improvisation from Bobby McFerrin`s voicestra members (Berklee teacher Rhiannon, David Worm, Joey Blake), as well as composition & arrangement with Roger Treece (composer & arranger Bobby McFerrin and many others),  Juan Garcia Herreros (Hans Zimmer) and Victor Wooten in Nashville, Melissa Cross (Metal & Rock) and David Gilmour (Masterclass-lecture Songwriting). Sandrina made her masterclass certificate in "Science of sound recording" in 2015 with Alan Parsons, at Abbey Road Studios in London. After that, her path led her to Peter Gabriel`s Realworldstudio in Bath, where she had the opportunity to work as a composer, musician & producer. Sandrina brings many international experts to her Academy in Munich for workshops.

who wants to know more......
The multiple award winnig soloist and composer has released 22 CD`s .She wrote also over 150 titles for other artists.  In 2010 her self-produced concept-album "Songs for the Y-lien- A fairytale about love" was released worldwide, with which she delivered a ONE-WOMAN-PRODUCTION to the last detail. The album placed in the UK indie charts with 3 tracks. This concept album was also performed live on stage. Besides productions for Bavariafilm (as actress & composer) and for german TV-Channel  “BR”, (A Portrait about Sandrina), she also gave her voice to Disney characters (e.g. in Mulan, Pünktchen & Anton, Barbar, Rudolph, Dollar Dogs,) or the big advertising jingles (e.g. Mc Donalds, Maggie, Ford, Citroen, Media Markt, Saturn, Beck`s Bier, Bennetton, RTL, SAT1, ZDF, Kaufhof, Moet Chandon , Wrigleys, Kabel 1, Ludwig Beck, Schöller, Ericcsson, Tempo)....and many more.
At the Swiss "Festival della Canzone" she could win awards, as she wons all first 3 places with her own compositions. Due to her love for musical theater, she has performed in musicals such as "Rocky-Horror-Show", "As time goes by" or Rockoperas such as "Othello" and "Faust" on many European stages. She was also represented in the Eurovision Contest in 1991 as a soloist on the 2nd place in the German preliminary round and in 3 further years for Austria and San Marino as a keyboardist and BV-singer. At the Schlagerfestival she won an award with a german ballad.

on tour and / or on CD she sang for artists like...
... Bobby Kimball (Toto), Jimi Jamison (Survivor), Alannah Myles, Paul Young, David Hasselhoff, Johnny Logan, Albert Hammond, Cutting Crew, Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet), Nik Kersaw, Mandoki`s Soulmates (Mike Stern, Randy Brecker, Till Brönner, Mark Hart (Supertramp), Melanie C (Spice Girls), Klaus Doldinger (Passport), John Helliwell (Supertramp), Tony Carey (Rainbow,) Bill Evans), Midge Ure, Chris Thompson (Manfred Mann), Martin Fry (ABC), T`Pau, Kathrina Leskanich (Kathrina & The Waves), Bananarama, Kate Ryan, Maggie Railley (Mike Oldfireld), Nina Hagen , Sam Brown, Lisa Fitz, Jennifer Rush, Udo Lindenberg, Weather girls, Lou Bega and also many Italian artists like Toto Cutugno, Al Bano, Pupo, Drupi, Milva,. ...

But people also know her voice as a front woman through numerous live performances with her bands "Electric Ladyland", "Wild Cats", "Piano Project",
"Gintonic", "Inflagranti" , "YO", "Dr. Noise", "Anorak", "Off the cuff", "Sand Francis Co" and through her tour with Joe Cocker as a keyboardist of Ali Khan Band.

Sandrina about music and singing:
"When I make music, I feel so light in my soul " and....True singing, with which you touch people deeply and fill your soul, begins when you love what comes out of you.
But to do that, you must first love what is inside you.
Sandrina Sedona