Emily Bindiger is a NY singer who has performed on hundreds of recordings, including commercials, movie soundtracks, industrials and records, as well as concert stages worldwide. She was preparing for a career as a classical clarinetist but got sidetracked by her sister's guitar and folksong records and began playing clubs in Greenwich Village at age 14, then moved to France at 16 where she performed in musicals and on TV and released an album of original songs. She made her Broadway debut in "Shenandoah", immediately followed by the revival of "Hair", and for seven seasons she starred as "Frannie" on the Peabody Award-winning children's TV show, "The Great Space Coaster".
Emily has recorded and/or performed with such diverse artists as Leonard Cohen, Geroge Benson, Buster Poindexter (David Johansen), Ann Hampton Callaway, Joan Osborne, Lou Reed, Steve Van Zandt, Debbie Friedman, Oscar Brand, Mary Fahl, Andy LaVerne, The Uptown Horns, The Klezmatics, Peter White, Kevin Mahogany, Deodato, Billy Mernit, Michael Amante, Lesley Gore, Kathie Lee Gifford, David Friedman, Christine Lavin, Ben Vereen, Bobby Caldwell, Black 47, Irish singing star Red Hurley, Laurie Beechman, Patti Austin, Ronnie Spector, Catherine Russell, Ina May Wool, Susan Tedeschi, Lucie Arnaz, Julie Gold, and the legendary Neil Sedaka, with whom she toured for several years.
National jingles include campaigns for Advil PM, Downy, Pepsi, VH1, Wendy’s, DHL, Kodak, Fancy Feast, Crest, Verizon, Bounty, American Express, Gillette, Toyota, Hanes, and Disney World, among many others. She has sung on "As The World Turns", "Radio City's 75th Anniversary Spectacular", HBO's "Smoke Alarm", "The Miss America Pageant", “Dennis Leary’s Merry F!@$in’ Christmas” for Comedy Central, “One Life to Live”, and "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee", in musical comedy skits on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and "The Drew Carey Show", and can be heard on dozens of movie soundtracks including Woody Allen's "Bullets Over Broadway" and "Everyone Says I Love You", "Donnie Brasco", "The Hudsucker Proxy", "Michael Collins", “Mission to Mars”, “The Stepford Wives”, "Shining Through", "Joe's Apartment" (she played a singing bug!), "A Chorus Line", "Mr. Nanny", the animated feature "The Tune", "Hot Rod", and the upcoming movie version of the Broadway show, "Nine". She sang the theme song for Disney Channel's "The Babysitters Club" and is known by fans of Japanese anime for her voice work in “Cowboy Bebop”, “.HACK”, and the new "El Cazador de la Bruja".
Emily’s work crosses many genres, including modern classical works such as “Desire Under The Elms”, which received a Grammy nomination for Best Opera Recording, the U.S. Premiere of Louis Andriesson’s “De Stijl”, with the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Robert Spano (in Dutch!), and the world premiere of Vox Lumiere at L'Opera d’Avignon, France. She also sang in the choir and was a soloist in the annual holiday fixture, the beloved "Downtown Messiah", at the much-missed Greenwich Village club, The Bottom Line.
She produced and performed on a holiday CD for popular folk artist Christine Lavin called “The Runaway Christmas Tree” to glowing reviews, and produced, co-arranged, played and sang on “The Girl I Found”, the latest CD from Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Julie Gold. She is currently producing a CD project for renowned NY songwriter, David Friedman, and wrote the choir arrangements for "Open Heart", a musical by actor/director/composer Robby Benson.
A producer, songwriter, contractor and vocal arranger, she is a member of the multi-award-winning a cappella group, The Accidentals (www.myspace.com/therealaccidentals). as well as the Hebrew a cappella group, The Shalom Singers (www.shalomentertainment.com).
You can also check Emily out at these websites:
www.nysingerscollective.com, www.nymusicproducers.com, and
www.theaccidentals.com/emily.htm.
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