Remember Mber: Eclectic Coloratura
Performed by Mber Rose
International vocalist Mber Rose performs arias of Mozart, Bellini, Stravinsky and Celtic traditional and original songs at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 13 and Saturday, April 28 in the sanctuary at St. Paul’s, 1600 Grant Street. Featuring special guest April 13 John Rassmussen, assistant principal oboe formerly with the Boulder Philharmonic, and on both nights vocalist & guitarist Gary Michaels from the Irish Band riverrun,and piano accompanist Paula Millar, musical director of The Adam’s Mark “Bravo Ristorante!”. The evening’s program includes Bellini’s Ah! Non Credea Mirarti from La Sonnambula, The Doll Song (Les oiseaux dans la charmille) from Tales of Hoffman by Offenbach, The Song of the Nightingale from Le Rossignol by Igor Stravinsky, traditional Celtic I’ll Tell Me Ma, and The Master, an original by Mber Rose. Tickets are $10 and will be available at the door at 6 pm. Doors open at 7:30.
Mber Rose (Ember) received her Bachelor of Arts in Music Education in 1995, and was the first freshman ever accepted into the University of Northern Colorado’s female vocal quartet “Sus 4”. In 1996 she enlisted in the U.S. Air Force beginning both her military service and professional singing career. Mber was one of the first five military entertainers to perform in Vietnam since the conflict in the early 70’s. Performing with the USAF Glen Miller Band as featured jazz soloist she toured Japan, Korea, Singapore and Guam and even entertained U.S. Secretary of Defense William Perry (who unexpectedly retired the next day.) This voice apparently influences politics!
In 2001, at age 29, Mber had a stroke. She was told that she might walk but she would never sing professionally again. Mber wouldn’t hold that thought for a second. After 5 years of hard work she has recovered beyond 100 percent, running her first marathon, practicing martial arts and writing her best songs. Her goal is to be the most versatile singer/composer in the field. She is presently studying music from Ireland, Eastern Europe and India as well as classical and opera. Spiritual, a student of The Ramtha School of Enlightenment and Tantra (The Art of Sacred Sexuality) she desires to intensify the global movement towards enlightenment through her performances.
Mber has performed with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir on their Sunday morning broadcast and has shared the stage as a soloist with Bob Seger, The Gap Band, Vital Information, Diane Reeves, and Stanley Gilbert. She dazzled Japanese TV viewers in 2000 singing her original song Too Late which aired as a commercial for Yokohama’s TVK 42 Sony Music Access and sang a nationally broadcast radio commercial for Japan’s cell phone company Do Co Mo. To hear Mber’s original home demos, go to www.broadjam.com/mber.
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