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Brandon Victor Dixon, Amber Iman, Jarrod Spector & More Set for Lyons & Pakchar Album Release at Rockwood, 12/9

By: Nov. 18, 2013
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New composing team LYONS & PAKCHAR will digitally release their debut album #Love December 2nd! #Love ,an 11-song album that mixes pop, R&B and theatre, explores "the good, bad and awkward roller coasters in human relationships. The two began collaborating while touring with 1st National Tour of The Book of Mormon. Douglas Lyons and actor onstage and Ethan Pakchar a guitarist in the orchestra.

On December 9th at 9pm the release of #Love will be celebrated in concert at Rockwood Music Hall. The talented cast for 12.9 includes Brandon Victor Dixon (Motown the Musical), Jarrod Spector (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), Amber Iman (Soul Doctor), Krystal Joy Brown (Big Fish), Carly Hughes (Ghost the Musical), Alison Cusano (A Night with Janis Joplin), Mykal Kilgore (Hair),Christine Dwyer (Wicked) E. Clayton Cornelius (Wonderland), Rashidra Scott (Sister Act), Aaron Lavigne (Spiderman:Turn off the Dark), Marty Thomas (Xanadu), Katie Thompson, Alexa Green, Bradley Greer & Talia Thiesfield.

Track Listing for #Love follows:
"Kinda Over You" - Adrienne Warren featuring Afi Bijou
"Smile" - Eric Michael Krop
"Free" - Raena White
"The Sexy Song" - Cedric Neal
"Let Go" - Christine Dwyer
"1st Song of Summer" - Lyons and Pakchar
"Sweet Pea" - Melody Madarasz
"Not Meant to Be in Love" - Anastacia McCleskey
"Who I Am" - Corey Mach
"Inside" - Ben Roseberry
"Crush" - Mykal Kilgore

Douglas Lyons (Lyrics & Music) is a actor & songwriter originally from New Haven, CT. Currently Douglas is appearing in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical on Broadway. Broadway: The Original Cast of The Book of Mormon. National Tours: RENT, Dreamgirls (Apollo/Tokyo) and The Book of Mormon 1st National Tour. Regional: Pirates (Huntington Theatre Company), To Kill a Mockingbird (Hartford Stage Company). Workshops: Band Geeks ( Goodspeed Musicals) and also Tupac Shakur's Holler if Ya Hear Me directed by Kenny Leon. He holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from The Hartt School.

Ethan D. Pakchar (Music & Orchestration) is a New York City and Atlanta-based composer and guitarist. He has received awards and honors for his compositions from the New York Art Ensemble and the New York University Music Department. He was awarded the Orchestral Residency for the NYU Symphony Orchestra and the Woodwind Quintet Residency at NYU as well as a commission for piano trio from CMC Atlanta. Additionally, he has received a Dean's Research Grant and a four-year music scholarship from New York University. As guitarist, banjoist/mandolinist, Ethan has played for the Broadway productions of Wicked, Book of Mormon & Newsies, Duncan Sheik's Off Broadway workshop of "The Aenied," the Detour New Music ensemble and the NYU Symphony Orchestra as well as several productions of community musicals including Little Shop of Horrors, Children of Eden, Bye Bye Birdie, and 42nd Street. Currently is playing guitars for the 1st National Tour of The Book of Mormon.

Tickets for Lyons & Pakchar at Rockwood are $10.00 plus a one drink minimum. Rockwood Stage 2 is located at 196 Allen St. New York, 10002

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