Carol Lynn Maillard
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Carol Lynn Maillard (Born: March 4, 1951) is an American actress, singer, and composer. She is one of the founding members of the Grammy Award-winning a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock. first joining/staying in the group from 1973 to 1977 and then rejoined in 1990. she has been in Sweet Honey In The Rock ever seen then.
Early life and education
[edit]Born and raised in Philadelphia, Maillard was a student of the GESU SCHOOL in Philadelphia and also graduated from John W. Hallahan Catholic Girls' High School. She graduated from The Catholic University of America with a major in theater in 1973.
Career
[edit]Stage and Screen
[edit]Maillard has acting credits that include roles on Broadway (Eubie!, Comin' Uptown, Beehive); Off-Broadway (in several Negro Ensemble Company productions like Zooman and the Sign, and in New York Shakespeare Festival productions); television (For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Hallelujah!); and film (Beloved, Thirty to Life). Much of her career has involved participating in works that are Afro-centric and steeped in African American orality, as well as uplift and support of Black culture<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Music
[edit]She is a founding member of the group Sweet Honey in the Rock, and has composed and arranged many of that group's songs.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Maillard has described the creation of that group as something connecting to the social movements of the time, but also equally inspired by contemporary experimental theater and contemporary popular music.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> That group has been nominated for a Grammy multiple times, won a Grammy Award for their contribution to the Smithsonian Folkways A Vision Shared album, and have won multiple Washington Area Music Awards Wammies<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Most of her solo compositions are published via 4 Jagelish Music.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
In addition to composing and performing with Sweet Honey in the Rock, she has also been a guest vocalist for other artists, including Horace Silver and Betty Buckley.
Personal life
[edit]Maillard has a son, Jordan Maillard Ware, who is also a Los Angeles-based musician. He appears with her in the documentary Sweet Honey in the Rock: Raise Your Voice<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
References
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[edit]- 1951 births
- Living people
- 20th-century African-American women singers
- 20th-century American women singers
- 20th-century American singers
- American musical theatre actresses
- American women singers
- American sopranos
- Musicians from Philadelphia
- Catholic University of America alumni
- American film actresses
- American television actresses
- Actresses from Philadelphia
- Singers from Pennsylvania
- Sweet Honey in the Rock members
- 21st-century African-American people
- 21st-century African-American women