From New Hampshire Magazine, February 2013:
EMMA JOANIS
Songbird, age 13 She's the little girl with the big belt of a voice and her renditions of the national anthem performed for President Barack Obama at the Boston Garden before games of the Boston Bruins and Boston Celtics, in Fenway Park prior to the Red Sox first pitch and at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in front of 100,000 fans and televised nationally have garnered standing ovations. Her accolades include "awesome," "breathtaking," "fabulous" and "phenomenal."
"Emma is special, very special. You either have that certain something or you don't and you can't teach it. She's got it," says Rochelle Shulman of RKS Management, the New York City talent agency that represents the 13-year-old. "What sets her apart is her drive. She has something inside her where she is bound and determined to succeed. And she will."
The Windham Middle School eighth grader got her start singing at Little League games in her hometown and on Feb. 27 will perform the classic "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" at Madison Square Garden before a New York Knicks home NBA game. It's a song she's already mastered, having portrayed Dorothy in a Palace Theatre production of "Wizard of Oz," which is one of the 11 stage roles on her growing list of credits.
Emma, whose voice is pitch-perfect, gives a shout-out to the husband-and-wife team of Bill Carey and Michele Henderson of Carey & Henderson Vocal Studios in Nashua for getting her on her way and she still takes singing lessons from them. She also studies a variety of dance disciplines while honing her acting skills in regional community theatre productions.
"I am absolutely passionate about musical theatre, where you have to do it all well, and about performing," she says. "It's worth all of the hard work and the stress involved so that I can have the experiences I'm having now and then the ones I dream about."
Emma reminds Shulman, who represents a hand-picked roster of only 20 child performers from around the nation, of megawatt star Kristen Chenoweth. The young songstress dreams of following the Tony and Emmy Award winner to the Great White Way and she has already auditioned for several shows on Broadway. It's only a matter of time before she lands a dream role.
"Emma's future is very bright," says her agent. "For her I definitely see Broadway. And beyond."
Emma joanis photos by David Mendelsohn.
www.necn.com/news/new-england/_NECN__NH_Girl_Ready_to_Stun_at_NH_Motor_Speedway_NECN-251621081.html
http://militaryfamily.about.com/b/2012/07/20/13-year-old-wows-audience-with-impressive-performance-of-national-anthem.htm
http://windham.patch.com/articles/resident-sings-american-canadian-anthems-at-rainy-gillette
http://cabaret.broadwayworld.com/article/THIS-WAY-TO-BROADWAY-Features-Tony-Winner-Trent-Kowalik-with-Broadways-Youth-
http://www.playbillvip.com/show/vip/This_Way_To_Broadway/2013/This_Way_To_Broadway_3162/page/5
http://www.necn.com/searchNECN/search/v/59314638/nh-girl-ready-to-stun-at-nh-motor-speedway.htm
http://www.nhmagazine.com/home/989891-101/meet-new-hampshires-young-showbiz-stars.html
http://windham.patch.com/articles/windham-singer-to-take-center-ice-tonight-at-bruins-game
http://windham.patch.com/articles/windham-singer-to-peform-for-celtics-again
http://windham.patch.com/articles/windham-eighth-grader-to-sing-anthem-for-obama
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20120711/NEWHAMPSHIRE09/707119914/0/newhampshire
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/21/arts/music/comfort-ye-with-lauren-flanigan-at-symphony-space-review.html?ref=laurenflanigan
EMMA JOANIS
Songbird, age 13 She's the little girl with the big belt of a voice and her renditions of the national anthem performed for President Barack Obama at the Boston Garden before games of the Boston Bruins and Boston Celtics, in Fenway Park prior to the Red Sox first pitch and at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in front of 100,000 fans and televised nationally have garnered standing ovations. Her accolades include "awesome," "breathtaking," "fabulous" and "phenomenal."
"Emma is special, very special. You either have that certain something or you don't and you can't teach it. She's got it," says Rochelle Shulman of RKS Management, the New York City talent agency that represents the 13-year-old. "What sets her apart is her drive. She has something inside her where she is bound and determined to succeed. And she will."
The Windham Middle School eighth grader got her start singing at Little League games in her hometown and on Feb. 27 will perform the classic "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" at Madison Square Garden before a New York Knicks home NBA game. It's a song she's already mastered, having portrayed Dorothy in a Palace Theatre production of "Wizard of Oz," which is one of the 11 stage roles on her growing list of credits.
Emma, whose voice is pitch-perfect, gives a shout-out to the husband-and-wife team of Bill Carey and Michele Henderson of Carey & Henderson Vocal Studios in Nashua for getting her on her way and she still takes singing lessons from them. She also studies a variety of dance disciplines while honing her acting skills in regional community theatre productions.
"I am absolutely passionate about musical theatre, where you have to do it all well, and about performing," she says. "It's worth all of the hard work and the stress involved so that I can have the experiences I'm having now and then the ones I dream about."
Emma reminds Shulman, who represents a hand-picked roster of only 20 child performers from around the nation, of megawatt star Kristen Chenoweth. The young songstress dreams of following the Tony and Emmy Award winner to the Great White Way and she has already auditioned for several shows on Broadway. It's only a matter of time before she lands a dream role.
"Emma's future is very bright," says her agent. "For her I definitely see Broadway. And beyond."
Emma joanis photos by David Mendelsohn.
www.necn.com/news/new-england/_NECN__NH_Girl_Ready_to_Stun_at_NH_Motor_Speedway_NECN-251621081.html
http://militaryfamily.about.com/b/2012/07/20/13-year-old-wows-audience-with-impressive-performance-of-national-anthem.htm
http://windham.patch.com/articles/resident-sings-american-canadian-anthems-at-rainy-gillette
http://cabaret.broadwayworld.com/article/THIS-WAY-TO-BROADWAY-Features-Tony-Winner-Trent-Kowalik-with-Broadways-Youth-
http://www.playbillvip.com/show/vip/This_Way_To_Broadway/2013/This_Way_To_Broadway_3162/page/5
http://www.necn.com/searchNECN/search/v/59314638/nh-girl-ready-to-stun-at-nh-motor-speedway.htm
http://www.nhmagazine.com/home/989891-101/meet-new-hampshires-young-showbiz-stars.html
http://windham.patch.com/articles/windham-singer-to-take-center-ice-tonight-at-bruins-game
http://windham.patch.com/articles/windham-singer-to-peform-for-celtics-again
http://windham.patch.com/articles/windham-eighth-grader-to-sing-anthem-for-obama
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20120711/NEWHAMPSHIRE09/707119914/0/newhampshire
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/21/arts/music/comfort-ye-with-lauren-flanigan-at-symphony-space-review.html?ref=laurenflanigan
