OluShola Cole is a Connecticut based performer, musician and singer/song writer. As a national performer with Broadway’s percussive sensation Stomp and artistic collaborator with various artists, including Harmonious Soul, RubyFruit and Bobby McFerrin, Ms Cole is inspired by music, improvisation, performance and teaching. She has appeared on various national and international talk shows including Otro Rollo and Late Night with Carson Daly, and has made her professional vocal debut at Carnegie Hall. As one of Connecticut’s emerging teaching artists, she has co-opted her belief of Improvisation as Movement and Movement is Life to innovate and successfully teach her Body Vocality! Workshops, which are vocal improvisation and movement classes geared towards exploring creative expression and designed for all levels and abilities. In addition to teaching artistry, Ms. Cole also challenges herself by honing her artistic philosophies in an academic context. She is working towards a Bachelors of General Studies with a Social Science Concentration, with the her personal tools of Music, Improvisation, and Life.
May 13, 2009