Candace Forest

Biography

I am a composer/lyricist/producer/performer living and working in San Francisco. I work cross-genre composing for soloist, chamber and orchestra. My theatrical works include Viva Concha! Rose of the Presidio, a full-length chamber musical and The Wizdom of Oz, a full-length modern dance version of the L. Frank Baum Oz story. As a performer, I perform chamber music with a variety of musicians and teach Elders singing through my Singercise Program for Older Adults. I maintain a teaching Studio in San Francisco coaching professional cabaret and opera singers and actors. I've won three Parents Choice Gold Awards for my recordings of children's music and my full-length orchestra program, All in This Together received its premiere from the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra