Farnham began taking classical piano at the young age of three, and was gracing stages playing Mozart concertos and Chopin nocturnes by second grade. At age twelve, she began writing her own songs, combining her musical prowess with her childhood passion of writing storybooks. “Writing, for me, became a medium of healing and growth,” Kala explains. “Through the melodies, characters, and stories I explored… I was able to reach a place of revelation and solace within my own journey.” In high school she established herself as a working musician as a theater accompanist; in college, she furthered her studies in music performance and composition, with a double major in psychology. Two years shy of completing her Bachelors degree, Farnham took a break from her ambitious education to focus full time on music. “Through my art, I learned that we have the power to rewrite and alter the dead ends in our stories. And performing showed me how sharing our stories can invigorate others to realize their own potential, that we all have the power to reinvent our stories. I realized that writing and sharing my story was an integral part of who I am and what I wanted to do with my life.”
Maria Sangiolo Opens
Her voice, described by The Boston Globe is ‘angelic and pure…a born singer.’ Her “stage presence is like a veteran,” says Livingston Taylor. She delivers her songs “touching lyrics and understated melodies with depth, poise, and grace,” noted the San Diego Union Tribune. Her music show-cases her range of writing styles from heartfelt, melancholic ballads to rich narratives in the traditional folk form, to fun, contemporary folk. Sangiolo has shared the stage with Steven Stills, Patty Larkin, Cheryl Wheeler, Chris Smither, John Gorka, Livingston Taylor, David Wilcox, Tracy Grammer, Lori McKenna, Mark Erelli, Jim Henry, and Don White, to name a few.
