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Who I Am & Where I Live
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Name:
Patrice Quinn
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City:
Los Angeles, California
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Country:
United States
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Lead singer for saxophonist and bandleader, Kamasi Washington; featured vocalist (and lyricist) on his 2015 release, "The Epic". Vocalist on his EP, "Harmony of Difference". Featured vocalist (and lyricist) on Kamasi Washington's upcoming, as yet untitled release due May 2018. Member of the musical collective, The West Coast Get Down. Currently touring with Kamasi Washington & The Next Step. Featured vocalist on Ryan Porter's new children's classic, "Spanglelang Lane". Featured vocalist on Brandon Coleman's upcoming release on Brainfeeder, which includes the song performed on the Epic Tour, "Giant Feelings". Currently recording album in collaboration with Brandon Coleman, Kamasi Washington and The West Coast Get Down, and featuring the song, "Black Man".
My Life & Work
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Bio:
Patrice Quinn records & performs with Kamasi Washington & The Next Step; The West Coast Get Down; & Grammy Award winning bassist and composer/arranger, Kevin O'Neal. She is currently embarked on a world tour in support of Kamasi Washington's 3-CD release, "The Epic", (Brainfeeder). She will record and release her solo album with the members of Kamasi Washington & The Next Step, aka The West Coast Get Down in the new year.
2003-2007: Taught Third Year Acting and Commedia Del Arte at Arts High School (LACHSA) in Los Angeles, under the leadership of Lois Hunter, directing several productions there. Other directing: "Alices: Adventures In Wonderland", Marlborough School (adaptation, production and costume design); "Blurred", Robey Theatre; "Uppa Creek" - an anachronistic parody of the Antebellum South, inspired by MacArthur Genius, Kara Walker's silhouette etchings "The Means to an End..." and written by Keli Garrett; and several productions at Occidental College One Act Play Festival.
Founded ArtsExpand, program for at-risk youth in Los Angeles; led workshops for: Blue Line Theatre, Zoo District, Blue Panthers Theatre Co.; UCLA, Bang Improv & for Sarah Ruel's (Pulitzer nom.) "Orlando" at The Actors' Gang (Joyce Piven, dir); and privately.
Studied at Circle In The Square Theatre School, NYC; Piven Theatre Wkshp., Chicago; Anne Bogart's S.I.T.I. Company (Viewpoints, Suzuki); & Commedia Del Arte with New Crime Prods, Chicago and Corn Exchange, Dublin, IRE.
Stage credits include Macbeth (Lady Macbeth), with Harry Lennix ("Matrix", "Julie Taymor's Titus"); John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer winning play, "Doubt" (Mrs. Mueller), with Academy Award Winner, Linda Hunt at Pasadena Playhouse (nom., Ovation Award, Best Featured Actress); (Georgia) "The Exonerated" directed by Bob Balaban (NYC, and US tour); and the title role in Ntozake Shange's jazz operetta (with music composed by jazz trumpeter, Baikida Carrol), "Betsey Brown" at Joseph Papp's Public Theatre, NYC.
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