<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hello Melissa, I am Chela Robles, I'm a singer and trumpeter learning piano and guitar and have a harmonica just for fun and I have a Christmas album on band camp. which you could look up by going to bandcamp.com and then searching for my name Chela Robles. It is called Christmas With Chela. I use studio recorder, but would love to venture out and try reaper someday when I get to it I am actually studying to be a certified braille, transcriber and proofreader of literary Contant under the NFB and NLS. here is an article I shared back in October so you can better get a chance to know me. I also performed on the we're with you for the Ukrainian benefit last year and talked back-and-forth with your husband about possibly teaming up him on guitar and me on trumpet doing Oye Como Va, and I am still working on that for him.<div>It really is a fun tune to do.</div><div>Here is the link to the article about me.</div><div><div style="display: block;" class=""><div style="-webkit-user-select: all; -webkit-user-drag: element; display: inline-block;" class="apple-rich-link" draggable="true" role="link" data-url="https://pioneerpublishers.com/meet-a-concord-musician-who-doesnt-let-blindness-thwart-her-ambitions/"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;-webkit-user-select:none;width:300px;user-select:none;-webkit-user-modify:read-only;user-modify:read-only;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;" class="lp-rich-link" rel="nofollow" href="https://pioneerpublishers.com/meet-a-concord-musician-who-doesnt-let-blindness-thwart-her-ambitions/" dir="ltr" role="button" draggable="false" width="300"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:#E9E9EB;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody><tr><td vertical-align="center" align="center"><img style="width:300px;filter:brightness(0.97);height:150px;" width="300" height="150" draggable="false" class="lp-rich-link-mediaImage" alt="BEat_Robles-Pioneer-FB-1.jpg" src="cid:C2C221E0-7072-4275-826B-9BDDA1FA63D0"></td></tr><tr><td vertical-align="center"><table bgcolor="#E9E9EB" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;table-layout:fixed;background-color:rgba(233, 233, 235, 1);" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 0px 8px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px 0px 16px;overflow:hidden;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-topCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://pioneerpublishers.com/meet-a-concord-musician-who-doesnt-let-blindness-thwart-her-ambitions/" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#000000" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);">Meet a Concord musician who doesn’t let blindness thwart her ambitions -</font></a></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-bottomCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://pioneerpublishers.com/meet-a-concord-musician-who-doesnt-let-blindness-thwart-her-ambitions/" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#A2A2A9" style="color: rgba(60, 60, 67, 0.6);">pioneerpublishers.com</font></a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div><br></div><div>I’ve been told I’ve got a great talking voice to not that that helps you when it comes to narrating things but I have been on the radio a few times. I’m looking forward to my annual gig that I do called the Concord Crawl. last year it took place the day before Father’s Day so I’m thinking it will take place the day before Father’s Day again, but we shall see. Before Covid hit it took place the day before Mother’s Day, and it was under a different name. A much longer name called Concord. Art wine, beer walk thank God for the name change though. It’s really fun because I had a chance to get to be a cohost last year of a stage. Looking forward to doing that again.</div><div><br><div dir="ltr">My birthday is April 6 and I will be 38 years old. Anyway, nice to meet you. If ever, anybody needs a trumpet player, give me a shout out. You can write me off list at. </div><div dir="ltr">cdrobles693@gmail.com</div><div dir="ltr">I do sing tenor as well, just so you all are aware. Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Feb 19, 2023, at 5:09 PM, Masha Sten Clanton via Perform-Talk <perform-talk@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>Hi Melissa and all! I highly recommend improv classes! Have fun.</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>-----Original Message-----</span><br><span>From: Perform-Talk <perform-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Melissa</span><br><span>Ann Riccobono via Perform-Talk</span><br><span>Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2023 4:06 PM</span><br><span>To: perform-talk@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>Cc: Melissa Ann Riccobono <melissaariccobono@gmail.com></span><br><span>Subject: [Perform-Talk] Introduction</span><br><span></span><br><span>Hello everyone,</span><br><span></span><br><span>Many of you may know me, but let me introduce myself. My name is Melissa</span><br><span>Riccobono, and I live in MD with my husband and our three children. I have</span><br><span>been a singer my whole life, but really began to sing seriously in middle</span><br><span>school and beyond. I have recently begun to play the autoharp, and am really</span><br><span>looking forward to being able to have an instrument to play while I sing. I</span><br><span>may even begin to compose my own songs, as I have certainly written poetry</span><br><span>from time to time, and have written a few songs in my head over the years. I</span><br><span>also have an idea for a musical. Perhaps I will get that put onto paper</span><br><span>someday.</span><br><span></span><br><span>In addition to all of these performing outlets, I am interested in taking</span><br><span>improv classes, and will probably do that in the next year. I also am</span><br><span>beginning to learn a lot about audio recording, editing, and restoration.</span><br><span>This has fascinated me for years, but I am finally in a place where I can</span><br><span>devote time to it. </span><br><span></span><br><span>I would love to network with other singers, autoharp players (if there are</span><br><span>any on the list) and also those who do audio work of any kind, and/or</span><br><span>podcast or voice over work, audio book narration, etc. These are other areas</span><br><span>I am very interested in.</span><br><span></span><br><span>You can reach me off list at</span><br><span></span><br><span>MelissaARiccobono@gmail.com <mailto:MelissaARiccobono@gmail.com> </span><br><span></span><br><span>I look forward to hearing from all of you, being a member of this list, and,</span><br><span>I hope, helping with future Performing Arts Division projects.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Melissa</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>--</span><br><span>This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.</span><br><span>www.avast.com</span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Perform-Talk mailing list</span><br><span>Perform-Talk@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/perform-talk_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for</span><br><span>Perform-Talk:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/perform-talk_nfbnet.org/morningglow%40veri</span><br><span>zon.net</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Perform-Talk mailing list</span><br><span>Perform-Talk@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/perform-talk_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Perform-Talk:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/perform-talk_nfbnet.org/cdrobles693%40gmail.com</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>