Indie Music Channel
Darlene Koldenhoven
Female
Studio City, CA
United States
Profile Information:
- I am an:
- Indie Artist
- Artist's or Band's Name
- Darlene Koldenhoven
- City & State
- Studio City, CA
- Country
- United States
- Music Genre(s):
- New Age, Ambient, World, Classical Crossover
- Bio:
- GRAMMY® Winner and three-time GRAMMY® Nominee Darlene Koldenhoven is an accomplished American soprano, pianist/keyboardist, songwriter, arranger, composer, lyricist, record producer, author, actor, educational speaker, music industry consultant, credentialed international voice teacher, touring artist, and certified sonic therapist.
Her first solo piano album, "The Grand Piano Spa," hot-shot debuted #4 on Billboard's Classical Crossover Albums Chart in May, 2021. Her second solo piano album, "The Grand Piano Spa: Legacy," debuted #8 in November.
Darlene's latest album, “A Grand Memoir,” 8/7/26. (DarleneKoldenhoven.com/agm) is the companion to her book, “Put Your Dress Down and Sing – A Memoir.” (DarleneKoldenhoven.com/book) The new album has already won Best Classical Crossover Album LIT Music Awards in London; Best Classical Crossover Album Clouzine International Music Awards; 2 Gold Medals from the European International Music Awards for Best Contemporary Classical Album and Best Classical Solo Piano Single “Impressions,” plus several more. Darlene’s memoir, “Put Your Dress Down and Sing,” is published by Sibylline Digital First Press and comes in book, e-book, and audiobook formats, which she narrated, recorded, edited, mixed, and mastered herself. She used music from “A Grand Memoir” to underscore the audiobook plus added some sound effects. All the music for the album came to Darlene in awakening dreams while writing her memoir. Sheet music available.
She is the first inductee into the Indie Music Hall of Fame from the Indie Music Channel, held at the GRAMMY® Museum in 2019. One World Music Radio honored her with a Lifetime Achievement Award 2022 and Hall of Fame induction. The Akademia Awards presented her with the Outstanding Legacy Award 2022. Her instrumental New Age album “Chromatones” won the 2019 Music of the Year from the COVR Visionary Awards.
Darlene is known globally as the featured soprano soloist in the PBS television special and DVD, “Yanni, Live at the Acropolis” and as the tambourine-waving choir nun in both "Sister Act" films with Whoopi Goldberg including the production vocal coach, vocal contractor, and music director.
She has an MVP award from the Los Angeles Chapter of NARAS (The GRAMMYS®) for "Best Studio Singer" for singing on over a thousand recordings in film, TV, albums, commercials, live shows, and more. She has a Platinum album for her vocal work on Pink Floyd's "A Momentary Lapse of Reason." Darlene has two Telley Awards for her song/video, "Love is an Action Word." Several of her albums have debuted #1 or reached #1 on the ZMR Radio Charts and have been voted by Broadcasters worldwide for Best Vocal Album.
Darlene authored and published “Tune Your Voice: Singing and Your Mind’s Musical Ear,” a comprehensive music program with 7 instructional CDs and downloads. (TuneYourVoice.net)
Darlene has also taken her music knowledge to become a certified sonic therapist. Sonic music therapy is an allied health profession and one of the expressive therapies, consisting of a process in which a music therapist uses music and all of its facets—physical, emotional, mental, social, aesthetic, and spiritual—to help clients improve their physical and mental health.
She is a true independent artist, never having a manager or agent, and starting her own indie record label, TimeArt Recordings, with 14 award-winning albums and several singles. She books her own concerts and vocal workshops worldwide. Darlene has traveled the world singing/performing 3 times in India with triple GRAMMY® Ricky Kej as featured soloist, at the Acropolis in Athens Greece as featured soloist with Yanni, as featured soloist with David Byrne in Prince Albert Royal Festival Hall, London, England; in Australia, Japan, France, The Netherlands, Belgium, and in Sierra Leone, West Africa, to name a few.
Learn more at DarleneKoldenhoven.com
IMC Members 2
Anne Roos
Gorgeous music! Thank you for connecting with me, Darlene :-)
Jul 20, 2020
Darlene Koldenhoven
Much gratitude to the Indie Music Channel for the certification of two categories: #1 Radio Charts Ranking and Performing Before Over 500,000 People. Such a delight and boost to my career. Go IMC!
Oct 21, 2020
Darlene Koldenhoven
May 3, 2021