Ann plays guitar and a few other stringed things like lap steel and mandolin. As a composer/songwriter, she has: toured in Europe, consistently for 10 years, plays house concerts in the tri-state area and TEXAS, received lots of nice press from well known publications such as Billboard and HARP and from local papers both in the States and Europe; written music for three documentaries for French television (one on William Burroughs and two on sustainable agriculture); written music for THE ENERGY FACTORY (an organization committed to tackling the growing problem of child obesity in the United States; written music for Metro Music, Inc. (a hip and happenin' NYC music library situation). As a guitarist, she was a featured soloist with Ani DiFranco on several shows; she has had the honor of playing or recording with Kate Pierson of the B-52s, Joan Osborne, Darden Smith, PM Dawn, Toshi Reagon, Randall Woolf & Maurice Sendak (for a ballet of "Where the Wild Things Are"), Keri Noble, Sara Lee, Natalie Imbruglia, Mary Lee's Corvette, Jon King (of the Gang of Four), Eric Michael Gillett, the American Composers Orchestra (concert at Carnegie Hall), among others. She has also played on Broadway as the lead guitarist for Grease for several performances.
She was a guitar coach for Saffron Burrows in the film, "The Guitar", released in fall 2008. Ann has also produced a few artists with her partner, Tim Hatfield, of Cowboy Technical Services. Artists include: Sara Wendt (myspace/sarajwendt) for City Canyons Records and Tina Cernero (gospel). Ann was the recipient of a grant to attend the MacDowell Colony in the summer of 2000. In fall of 2005, she was invited as a guest teacher at the Danish Rythmic Music Conservancy along with 15 other teachers from NY and LA. Ann is also on the faculty at the 92nd Street Y School of Music (http://www.92y.org/)
Thanks for looking in.
cds available at:
EUROPE: http://www.ats-records.de/shope/
cdbaby.com
greatbigisland.com
more details and a whole lot of press: http://www.ann-klein.com
In Vienna, Austria playing "Hank Williams"
At the Cornelia Street Cafe with Rob Arthur (piano), Will Lee (bass) and Allison Cornell (violin) playing "CHOCOLATE PIE"
"DON'T LET ME HIT THE GROUND"
"SUNDAY MORNING"
a bit wobbly at the top, sorry.
