After Symphony of the Hills,
Donald Braswell II, a native of San Antonio, was presented at a Pops concert at Symphony Hills Hill Country in Kerrville, Texas, on June 27, Donald Braswell Fan Club Newsletter Editor, Doreen Lee, re-designed its extraordinary history of this beautiful singer new entry to the world of interpretation Symphony to reflect the experience of the event. This is not my job. Doreen is brilliantly written article and I decided to post it here intact:
Songs silence:
Donald Braswell's Impossible Dream
Doreen Lee
"Ed ho nel silenzio sentit Within Me A Voce."
(And in the silence, I heard a voice inside me.)
~ Paolo Limiti
When Donald Braswell took the stage June 27, 2009 as a concert soloist with the Symphony Orchestra Hills in Kerrville, Texas, few knew what to expect. Most of the audience consisted local people expect a night of classical music collection. The orchestra members probably used to accompany classical singers, entered in this performance as they would any other. However, when it jumped up Braswell tenor effortlessly through the passages of leggiero "You Fedele Di SE "Un Ballo in Maschera by Verdi, even those who knew her story hard to believe that there was a time during which they might not even pronounce a word. Before the night was over, was to captivate audiences with his interpretations of popular standards, including such classics as Bobby Darin and Sam Cooke. Even members of the band were moving to the beat of the music, enjoying the changes in tempo and sometimes become mesmerized the hearing itself.
Braswell has finally come full circle. The graduate of Juilliard and protected by Franco Corelli, the prince of the tenor, was formerly known and praised for her role as first tenor Cavaradossi in Tosca, Gianni Schicchi of Rinuccio, and Pinkerton in "Madama Butterfly", but at the height of his career, saw his dream broken in the final seconds of the fatal car accident hit and run some of that destroyed voice. The journey back to their place of honor with an orchestra took almost fourteen years, but again, met Donald Braswell search, this time exudes passion of a mature artist tempered by the agony of loss.
Mountaineering to fame and catastrophic fall
In late 1995, her tremulous vibrato resonated throughout the aria "Addio, Fiorito asil" ("Farewell, haven of flowers ") from Puccini's Madame Butterfly, Donald Braswell, if he does not know it at the same time, it was also tender" addio "to your career Premier tenor. Five years have passed since graduating Juilliard, and he was becoming an international star whose early musical brilliance equal to the Pavarotti, Carreras and Domingo. But success is promising what can be removed in an instant.
It is time for Braswell adversity while cycling through Wales Country. He was struck by a car and, consequently, suffered extensive damage to the soft tissues of the throat. Medical professionals reported, because the type of injury, that talk of a challenge and the singing was out of reach.
Braswell was devastated. Having grown up surrounded by music, he never imagined life in silence. His parents, Don Sr. and Jane, were artists from Broadway he met on the set of L'il Abner. "For me, classical music is deeply ingrained in me from the beginning, and I did not hear anything at that time, I was a child, "said Braswell." Then, when I was seven or eight years I played in a lot of things that [my parents] have been done … so what kind of natural sense that I go a day in the field of music in some As … I still remember the first smell of the theater, the lights and feel like a kid in the scene, and hearing the sound running of a public … was a world that I just account – is a world where I felt at home. "
Shortly after college, his wife Julie was persuaded to apply to Juilliard school with an acceptance rate of around 6%. He did it only for his humor, his thought was impossible for admission. Julie and her family are not only recognize talent Juilliard Braswell only accepted but also gave him several awards including the prestigious Enrico Caruso.
Thus began the journey that would lead to child next to the quiet hills of Texas to international stardom. His accomplishments, both at the Juilliard School and on stage earned him a scholarship from the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation entitling him to study with Franco Corelli, famous. Corelli Braswell him credit for the musician it is today: "The first time he worked with Franco Corelli, no I know what to expect. There was a mystery about how he taught the song that no one speaks for some reason. I think Corelli, because it really teaches you to sing. Singers showed where it comes from and how felt the music and why he felt the music and how [the] type of music it was created. "
Braswell is Corelli learn not only provide music, but also to create with a passion. This passion, along with his versatile lyric tenor-dramatic, because he the perfect yarn for many classic works of Puccini, Verdi and Donizetti. It toured the world for several years before the dramatic moment that marked the collapse worldwide.
A period of silence
In a television interview in December 2008, Braswell said it was only after his accident he understood what it meant to suffer from depression, consumed nearly two years while living in the silence that was imposed on him. Despite this, he dreamed of a way of expressing anguish of the most natural way he knew – through music. He has composed numerous songs, including "Look At Me" (which recently performed in several concerts dedicated to the homeless). The song captures the listener, precisely because of its simplicity and powerful touch "Look at me," begs the poetic voice of the audience: "I'm really somebody." He reminds us that the pain they must endure the music was booming and fiercely fight to be released.
Then he was silent, however, there was no any instrument that could release the music on it. That's when Braswell began to realize that, despite the pain I was going through, there was another source of happiness – Your family. His first son was born at the time, and named Aria. In March 2009, Braswell said Diane Bliss Detroit PBS: "An air is the song of love, rather than expression and emotion in an opera. I called him because when I had no voice, Aria's voice would be for me. It was my song when I had one. "But Inside, the music never died, Braswell continued to dream that one day his children would be able to hear him sing, to understand the wonder of his earlier career.
Journey through America's Got Talent
Years later, against all odds, a ray of hope entered in his world of dark music, when he slowly began to resume her singing abilities and realized that his dream can not lose. He assumed the yield potential with regional groups and his church, to strengthen their voice. When the time came, was Julie, who, as before, put it in a way that would lead to the world of music – he deserved. In 2007, when the third season of NBC's Got Talent America has been looking for new competitors, Julie sent in a video hearing on behalf of her husband. In September this year, was called to Dallas for a preliminary hearing. In a performance of 90 seconds, his life would change … again.
When announced that it would be Josh Groban singing "You Raise Me Up", you can hear the laughter and jeers from the audience followed. At the end of the song the whole crowd was cheering – unanimously to send the song to the next round. After listening to the audience Groban Braswell told the radio personality Billy Bush: "What a voice! Audience …] history [... obviously happening now open tubes ... I'm sure it will have a great race!"
After to hear this successfully, Braswell advanced but not for long time. To the indignation of the spectators, judges do not go before the Top 40, and Braswell - Throw your career the second time in his life - has returned to his previous job at the dealership, thinking that the song was not his destiny.
Fate would have otherwise. When an invitation to open in the Top 40 (Summer 2008), Braswell was one of eight candidates selected for the opportunity to return. The American public has been impressed by their ability to turn the public during his first hearing also were fascinated by her powerful voice and the grace with which she performed on stage. For these reasons and others, in large Braswell as related to the television audience and has attracted millions of viewers with a simple execution of 90 seconds and was elected again in the Top 40. He became one of the finalists when, after thirteen years saying that I could speak normally again, won the fourth place among the 250,000 participants. During the last season, NBC showed a video of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Braswell congratulate him on his performance of "Music of the Night" by The Phantom Opera and expressing the desire to work with him in the future.
His experience America's Got Talent Braswell opportunity to explore new genres of music. show's producer Simon Cowell, encouraged to sing "Unchained Melody" during the concert of finalists at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Braswell, hold in their classical roots, was skeptical first. However, Cowell awaiting trial, and today "Unchained Melody" is one of with his signature pieces, winning a standing ovation at each concert, including their sold out show four months later at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas. However, this classically trained singer performs a variety of genres, pop, rock, soul, and even the impressions of some of the larger ones, like Elvis, Dean Martin and Robert Goulet. At the same time, remained loyal to the people who have followed him through and before America's Got Talent, the concert is not complete without a classic piece tastes cross Andrea Bocelli and Mario Frangoulis.
Modification of symphonic music
Since returning to the music scene, Braswell had completed all the classics and popular both with a band of four pieces. However, when working with musical director and arranger José Antonio Bazzani Irizarry in preparation for their concert with the Symphony Orchestra of majestic hills, the result was a night of unexpected musical charm. Among the many surprises of the night included a tribute to Ennio Morricone, a piece titled simply "Ennio", a collaboration between composer and lyricist Bazzani Braswell. This was just a small part an eclectic mix of the night. The orchestra can be based on a small town, but it is definitely world class violinists even begun to scratch its instruments a guitar to spice Pops concert party. fully exploit the unique talents and versatility, Braswell and the symphony had the audience on a musical journey without fault 1832 (L'Elisir d'amore by Donizetti) today. They brought the best of the other, and Braswell shown that it is precisely here, in front of a full orchestra, it rightfully belongs.
A little over a year has passed since Braswell has been discovered by millions States Got Talent is USA. Curiously, when he was elected again in the Top 40, who chose to sing "The Impossible Dream", the magnum opus of the famous Man of La Mancha composed by Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion. Reaching an arm of the cheering audience, who bravely sang the last line of the song, with the promise of "getting the unreachable star. "His interpretation of this song (one of the biggest hits sung by the famous critic Robert Goulet) Vera Goulet invited to offer recognition and support. The piece, which became the official song of the International Fan Club, seems to describe perfectly their journey, two point in their lives, Braswell had been expelled from a career in music, but he fought hard.
Now, after successfully launched in the 2009-2010 season Symphony Orchestra of the hills, Braswell continues to contribute his talent to new trends orchestral music. He is currently touring Pops will give you the opportunity to play with symphony orchestras across the continent. Recently He teamed with the genius of composer and director Tim Janis in preparation for their second album. Janis not only Braswell wrote songs to accompany the existing parts, but also creates new provisions for the composition itself Braswell was in those eyes " a song dedicated to his wife. Janis soothing symphonic music includes elements of different genres - a feature that complements many Braswell own directory eclectic. On November 27, Braswell Janis participate in the upcoming PBS special, believe in dreams, at Carnegie Hall. A biography also is being prepared for publication in 2010. With everything he knew, Donald Braswell is in fact the life what was once an impossible dream. "
The bands involved in the planning of Donald Braswell Pops tour should contact James at: dreamentertainers@gmail.com.
For more Braswell information, please visit: www.donaldbraswellfanclub.org.
Learn more about the Symphony Orchestra of the hills, visit: www.symphonyofthehills.org.
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I am deeply grateful to Cherie Ohlsson, who did not only had the idea of this article, but has also played a key role in the editing process. My gratitude and appreciation also to Judy for her contribution Docter original of this article, as well as Serena Vignola, Julia and Barbara Hatton Nielsen for their suggestions and comments.
About the Author
Cherie is the President of the Donald Braswell Fan Club. Contact her at Cherie@donaldbraswellfanclub.org. Donald was a finalist on America's Got Talent, and is a fast-rising music entertainer and inspirational speaker. Cherie follows his progress in this column and gives people a close view of his activities. To learn more about Donald go to the Donald Braswell Fan Club or the Donald Braswell II website or listen to him on www.myspace.com/donaldbraswellmusic. Close knit fan club members, who call themselves “Braswellians”, can be spotted in audiences of all performances with their yellow roses.
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