Sassy, smart, sexy. These are just a few of the adjectives that begin to describe Cassandra Kubinski, both the girl and her music. Weaving stories, exploring the opposites inherent in every person, and taking an ever-optomistic view of love, Cassan [+]Sassy, smart, sexy. These are just a few of the adjectives that begin to describe Cassandra Kubinski, both the girl and her music. Weaving stories, exploring the opposites inherent in every person, and taking an ever-optomistic view of love, Cassandra is an NYC based singer and songwriter, lover, dancer, coffee drinker, chocoholic.... Her music straddles the sophisticated storytelling of writers like Billy Joel and the red-hot vocals of divas like Carole King or Celine Dion, and she champions soaring melodies, rhythm, and wordplay.
Cassandra Kubinski began her performing career in Enfield, CT, where she was raised. She squeaked out "Somewhere Out There," the theme from the movie "An American Tale," at the ripe age of 3 and advanced quickly from there. Influenced by everything from Billy Joel's "Storm Front" to Barbara Streisand at an early age, little Cassie enthralled and annoyed her parents by singing endlessly. Involved in community theatre, voice, piano, and dance lessons, she performed in school and in town before being hand-picked by Martin Charnin, lyricist and original director of "Annie," to play Annie in the 20th anniversary revival of the show at it's birthplace, the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, CT. Roles in "Annie Warbucks" and a Goodspeed encore in Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt's "Mirette" followed, and Cassie branched out into film and TV as well with performances with Michael J. Fox in "Spin City," and Anna Paquin and Sean Connery in the film "Finding Forrester." She graduated valedictorian of her high school class in 2001 and jetted off to Florida State University.
It was in college that Cassandra first explored her talent as a songwriter..."I wanted to create something that I could sing instead of always being the interpreter. I loved music theatre and still do, but my voice was developing into something more suited for a pop or rock world...I was continually told that I wasn't "music theatre" enough," she remembers. Spending hours in the music department's practice rooms, Cassie penned 10 originals that caught the ear of former Bobby Brown studios producer Phreddie Thomas. He recorded the songs with engineer Mike Cerreta, and Cassandra played open mics around the university area honing her searing live vocals and
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