Lynne Shankel to Release Double Album BARE NAKED Featuring Original Songs Including Music from BARE: THE MUSICAL

On January 24, 2017 composer and orchestrator, Lynne Shankel will release her debut album as a songwriter, BARE NAKED which will feature 21 of her original songs including songs she wrote with lyricist Jon Hartmere for bare: The Musical, which played at New World Stages in 2012.

The album is produced by Shankel and Michael Croiter for Yellow Sound Label. It will be available for download on iTunes and wherever digital music is sold and in hard copy on Amazon and at YellowSoundLabel.com. The album is available for pre-order now. 50 percent of the proceeds from album sales will go to benefit the Tyler Clementi Foundation.

Shankel states: "The first nine tracks, BARE, are the songs Jon and I wrote for bare: the musical. The next twelve tracks, NAKED, are songs I've written for some of my favorite people over the last few years. It's rock, pop, a little country, a little R&B and a lot of me. The album is called BARE NAKED because it's about me looking at you and you looking at me, just as we are. No filters, no games, no pretense.

When we were working on bare, we partnered with the Tyler Clementi Foundation for a lot of events and talkbacks. I was really moved by the work they were doing and when it came time to make this album, giving back to them felt like a very natural thing to do. All of their work in the arena of anti-bullying couldn't be more important than it is right now. "

The release will be celebrated with a concert at (Le) Poisson Rouge on Monday, January 23, 2017 and will feature performances by Whitney Bashor, Katie Rose Clarke, Jenn Colella, Melinda Doolittle, Derek Klena, Bonnie Milligan, Taylor Trensch, Noah Zachary, cast members from bare: The Musical and many more. Doors open at 7pm, show at 8pm. Tickets are now on sale at lpr.com.

Check out the promo video!

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TRACK LIST:

DISC 1 - BARE
1. A Million Miles From Heaven (the Bare ensemble)
2. Drive You Outta Your Mind (the Bare ensemble featuring Bonnie Milligan)
3. You Don't Know (Lilli Cooper and Elizabeth Judd)
4. Best Friend (Taylor Trensch and Alice Lee)
5. Hail Mary (featuring Missi Pyle and Taylor Trensch)
6. What If I Told? (the bare ensemble featuring Taylor Trensch and Michael Tacconi)
7. You're Not Alone (Missi Pyle)
8. Best Friend REMIX (Christopher J. Hanke, Patti Murin and the Bare ensemble)

DISC 2 - NAKED
1. Anything Can Happen (Caissie Levy)
2. Too Little Too Late (Melinda Doolittle)
3. I Will Make Thunder (Jenn Colella)
4. Anytime, Anywhere, Any Day (Lindsay Mendez and Derek Klena)
5. I Got Real Good (Whitney Bashor)
6. Mountain Of Sand (Chester Gregory)
7. Full Moon In July (Lindsay Mendez)
8. Drivin' With The Top Down (Alice Lee)
9. Postcard American Town (Katie Rose Clarke)
10. Brand New Day (Derek Klena)
11. You Gotta Live Your Life (Telly Leung and choir)
12. Pieces of Me (Lynne Shankel)

ABOUT LYNNE:

Lynne Shankel is an award-winning orchestrator and arranger living in the New York City area. Lynne was recently the music supervisor/arranger/orchestrator for ALLEGIANCE starring Lea Salonga and George Takei on Broadway. Her diverse musical background has led her to write orchestrations and arrangements for everyone from Chita Rivera, the New York Pops and Raul Esparza to Tony Award winner/Bon Jovi member David Bryan and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. She was music director/arranger for the B'way production of CRY-BABY, as well as the resident music supervisor for the Tony-award winning revival of COMPANY, for which she conducted the Grammy-nominated cast album. She was music director/arranger for the Off-Broadway hit ALTAR BOYZ, for which she received a Drama Desk nomination for orchestrations. Lynne received a second Drama Desk nomination for her work on THE EXTRAORDINARY ORDINARY (by Paul Loesel and Scott Burkell) in 2010. In 2012, she received the Craig Noel Award for Outstanding Orchestrations in San Diego for her work on ALLEGIANCE. In 2014, Lynne was orchestrator/arranger for the world premiere of CHASING THE SONG (music by David Bryan, book by Joe DiPietro ) at La Jolla Playhouse. She was orchestrator/music director for the acclaimed revival of ONCE ON THIS ISLAND at the Papermill Playhouse (directed by Thomas Kail) and the music supervisor, arranger and co-orchestrator for BARE THE MUSICAL. She also collaborated with lyricist Jon Hartmere to provide the new songs for that production which are featured on her new album, Bare Naked. Proud graduate of the University of Michigan. Visit www.LynneShankel.com for more.

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