Melissa Marquais

Concert clip (When You Wish Upon A Star)



ALL MUSIC ON THIS PAGE IS COPYRIGHT OF MELISSA MARQUAIS MUSIC, ASCAP.(Affiliate of ASCAP, NARAS & THE NSAI)
All of the songs on my record were written by my late grandfather, Ernest G. Schweikert and his co-writer Frank Reardon and have been lost for over fifty years. Having written songs for legends such as Billie Holliday, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Guy Lombardo, The Four Aces, Dinah Shore, Carmen MacCrae, Al Hibler, Perry Como etc, and not getting the writers royalties owed to him, my late grandfather threw every musical composition he had ever written in the garbage and never spoke of his music again because it was too painful for him. I was four when he passed away. I promised my grandmother that I would find the lost compositions of my late grandfather. She passed away the next day completely unexpected and so it was that my journey began
I am honored to have the ability to share these beautiful works with all of you. I was able to perform some of my late grandfathers music in Paris and England. With the positive reception, I came to realize that this music has the power way beyond limitations of different languages and cultures. I hope you enjoy it!
I am also working to get certain copyright laws ammended to appropriately benefit songwriters and their heirs. I am specifically interested in addressing the lifetime of US Copyright Protection as well as the restoration of works that have fallen into the public domain.



I'm doing a lot of writing and I'm very excited about the writing process. It is an amazing experience to be able to take your emotions and put them into a tangible form of expression that someone else can feel. It's amazing to play what you just wrote and be able to HEAR how you FEEL! I hope you all like what I'm writing. Thanks for standing by me in my creative/life process.
ALL OF THE SONGS ON MY PAGE ARE COPYRIGHT PROTECTED AND PUBLISHED BY MELISSA MARQUAIS MUSIC, ASCAP. ANY UNAUTHORIZED USE OF MY MATERIAL IS COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND PUNISHABLE BY LAW.