Anna Brooke

"All the world's a stage....."

Anna Brooke loves theatre and music, and in her lifetime, so far, she has been a dancer, an actor, a drama student, a piano & guitar player, community volunteer, and a People to People ambassador to China.

Anna Brooke's main ambition is to be a singer, mostly of the country genre. Her repertoire includes songs by various artists such as Adele, Sara Evans, Martina McBride, Faith Hill, Natalie Maines, Shania Twain, Alison Krauss, LeAnn Rhimes, Jennifer Nettles, Sara Barielles, and Christina Aguilera. Anna Brooke also performs Italian opera and Broadway-style music. She prefers performing arts, but is also interested in writing and traveling, and aspires to become a country music or Broadway performer.

Anna Brooke is close to her family and friends, and loves meeting new people. She has always been optimistic and friendly, enjoying life to a maximum with the gratification and pleasure of music. She is a enjoys French, world history, astronomy, political science, and international relations. Anna Brooke has always lived in Alabama, but travels often, and has been to France, China, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Ireland, and the UK. She is a student of La Bella Voce, Red Mountain Theatre Company, and Brett Manning.

After placing first in a talent search in Booneville, Mississippi and second in Selmer, Tennessee, Anna Brooke had the opportunity to perform with legendary singers Kay Bain and Kerrie Lewis in Tupelo. She has also appeared several times on local television shows, including Cooper & Company in Athens, WYAM56 TV, and the MixShow in Decatur. In July 2006, she sang Born to Fly and Long Time Gone, and placed 4th in the Loretta Lynn Talent Search in Hurricane Mills. In August, she placed first in the MixShow Ultimate Diva Challenge, sponsored by the Fye store and EnuffCed Productions. Recently, she recorded at Method Studio in Seattle, Washington and at Sublym Soundz Productionz in Huntsville. Although musical theatre is Anna Brookes passion, she plans to continue recording country and pop music, and is beginning to write original lyrics.

Check out countrymusicpedia.com and digitalrodeo.com/annabrooke, youtube.com/annabrookemusic, myspace.com/annabrookemusic, and annabrooke.com.

Millie Lewis American Modeling and Talent Competition, Orlando, FL, 2nd Place, Country Singer, August 6, 2007; Music City Rising Star, CMA, Nashville, TN, 8th Place finalist, June 9, 2007; 3rd Place, Colgate Country Showdown, Gordonsville, TN, Saturday, June 2, 2007; 1st Place, MidSouth Fair Preliminary at PACT Family Fun Day, April 28, 2007; 2nd Place, Alabama Chicken & Egg Festival, Lawrence County, AL, April 2007; 2nd Runner-Up, Spirit of America Festival, Decatur, AL, July 4, 2007; 1st Place, Spirit of America Festival, Spirit Idol, Senior Division, July 3, 2007. Shoals Star II, Muscle Shoals, AL, September 2007, 1st Place Online Video Voting; 2nd place finals. Top 6, MidSouth Fair, Senior Preliminary, September 2007. 3rd out of 158, Open Round, Famecast.com, Country Stage, September 2007; Panoply Finalist, Bridge Street, Huntsville, AL, April 2008; 2nd Place, Alabama Chicken & Egg Festival, Moulton, AL, April 2008; 1st Place, as Duet "High Society" with Jack Palmer, MidSouth Fair Preliminary, April 2008; 1st Place, Colgate Country Showdown, Wartburg, TN, 2008; 4th Place Overall, CMA's Music City Rising Star, Nashville, June 8, 2008; 1st Place, Division, CMA's Music City Rising Star, Nashville, June 8, 2008; 1st Place, Talent Expo, Alabama Music Hall of Fame, Tuscumbia, June 28, 2008; 1st Place, Spirit of America Festival, Spirit Idol, July 3, 2008; 2nd Place, Halloween Hoot, MidSouth Fair Preliminary, October 2008; 3rd place, WZYP's Kick-off at Ketchup at Bridge Street, January 2009. 1st Place Duet with Andrew Velez, Midsouth Fair Preliminary, April 2009; 2nd Place, Panoply Arts Festival Homegrown Talent, April 2009; Top 10 at The WholeStage Theatre's Take the Stage Talent Competition, Guntersville, AL, June 2009; Famecast, 1st Place on the Country Stage, February 2009; Famecast Fenom Finals, Top 5, May 2009; Doublehead Resort Star Spangled Talent, 1st Place, Senior, July 2009.

1st Annual WOOFStock in Florence, Alabama, November 30, 2008
Fundraiser for the Animals!

"My Home" written by Hayward Franks; Lead Vocals (Anna Brooke) recorded at Sublym Sound by Keith Reeves, Huntsville, AL; Music arranged, recorded and mixed by Robert Wilson at Method Audio Studios, Kirkland, WA; Backing vocals by Kristen McNaughton.

"The Pink Side" written by Sherry Wheeler for a breast cancer survivor. Lead vocals (Anna Brooke) recorded by Kim's World Records, Lexington, AL; Darrell and Kimberley Glover.

Opened for Linda Davis in Crossville, Tennessee, June 2008. youtube.com/annabrookemusic

OTHER ARTIST WEBSITE:  myspace.com/annabrookemusic

HOME TOWN: 
Decatur, Alabama

GROUP/BAND MEMBERS: 
Anna Brooke, aka Anna Brooke Higdon
annabrooke.com

INFLUENCES: 
Musical Theatre: Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Rent, Wicked, Spamalot; Adele, Natalie Maines, Shania Twain, Martina McBride, Alison Krauss, Linda Ronstadt, LeAnn Rimes, Lee Ann Womack, Sara Evans, Carrie Underwood, Patsy Cline, Faith Hill, Jennifer Nettles, Norah Jones, Christina Aguilera, Michelle Branch, Lily Allen, Sara Bareilles, Natasha Bedingfield, Adele, Ingrid Michaelson, Fergie, Alicia Keyes, Leona Lewis, Amy Winehouse, Feist, Regina Spektor, Evanescence, Italian Opera.

ON MY PLAYLIST:  N/A