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NAOMI MILLER loves to entertain. She has been performing since grade school, when she was discovered while singing in the acoustically tiled walls of the mikveh run by her parents for Paterson's Jewish community. Born in Landsburg, Germany, in a displaced persons camp after the War, Naomi's first language and first love was Yiddish. As she grew up to the sounds of the Jewish shows on WEVD radio, Naomi dreamed that one day she, too, would be on radio. And that dream has come true! The songs from her first two hit recordings, Yiddish is in My Genes and Keeping Our Dreams Alive are played on Jewish radio shows everyday from Boston to Miami, from Los Angeles to New York. Her newest tapes and cd, From Klezmer to Broadway and From Broadway to Klezmer, are just recently released and are sure to be hits. In her college years, Naomi joined with another singer and guitarist to form The Demoiselles, an international duo that performed in all of the folk, Israeli, and Mediterranean clubs in Greenwich Village, not to mention innumberable college hootennannies (remember those?). Later, as the lead in Naomi's Chevreh, a singing and dancing troupe, Naomi appeared on numerous cable TV and radio shows. She has continued to do so in her solo act, including regular appearances on Gary Wagner's Jewish Entertainment Hour. Naomi has performed concerts throughout the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Greece and Israel. For several years, she was a featured performer at The Wallington Exchange, an international nightclub, where she expanded her repertoire to include Pop and Broadway music. When Yitzhak Shamir, then the prime minister of Israel, arrived in the USA, it was Naomi who was selected to perform for him. When Cafe Baba, a noted Israeli cafe, selected lead performers to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Naomi also had the distinction of being selected as one of the top ten Jewish female performers in the country by Lilith magazine. Naomi's music has perpetuated a language that was almost lost in the Holocaust and has inspired new songs that touch our hearts and our minds. As one reviewer put it, "Every good Jewish feeling we've ever had." Naomi has the honor of studying with actress/singer Tovah Feldshuh, who received the Drama Desk Award for her one woman show, Golda's Balcony which is currently running on Broadway. Ms. Feldshuh was just nominated for a Tony award for best actress in a play. |
Naomi Miller - Touching Your Heart with Music |
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