Above the Sound and Speed

Kelli O'Hara is one of Broadway's great leading ladies, currently starring in Nice Work if You Can Get It. Raised on an Oklahoma farm, she started singing as a young kid. She earned an opera degree in college, but acting was her real love. Now, in addition to numerous film and television appearances, her Broadway credits include Jekyll and Hyde, Pajama Game, The Light in the Piazza, and Sweet Smell of Success. Always, her second solo album, was released last year on Ghostlight Records. Clarinetist Steve Kenyon joins Kelli for this performance.

The DiGiallonardo Sisters - Daniela, Nadia, and Christine - started singing together when they were kids Brooklyn. They still call Brooklyn home, and they still love stacking up those three-part harmonies. Now, Daniela teaches social studies at Brooklyn's Mark Twain Intermediate School for the Gifted & Talented; Nadia is a pianist, composer, arranger, and singer; and Christine is a singer and actor. The trio's debut album, Shout Sister Shout, was recorded with Rob Fisher live at the Virginia Arts Festival.

Rob Fisher is an internationally recognized authority on American music and musical theater. He has been a guest of virtually every major orchestra in the U.S. as conductor or pianist, and he has made numerous appearances on the Lyrics & Lyricists series at the 92nd Street Y. For his work on the Tony Award-winning Encores! series at New York's City Center, he was presented the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Special Achievement.

Massachusetts-born, LA-based Erica Rhodes is known to many for her starring role in the popular Web series "Upstairs Girls," which posted more than 200 webisodes. She has also appeared in motion pictures, including Go West, Javatown, and the 2008 indie horror film Plague Town. These days, Erica performs her stand-up comedy in clubs across the country.