By Kathy Forste, Music Director 

AO Music is a pan-cultural music experience produced, composed and performed by Richard Gannaway, Jay Olivier and Miriam Stockley.  Their newest album is …And Love Rages On! It has already received huge critical acclaim and Grammy consideration. The three creative members of AO Music have worked with a diverse group of artists such as Sheryl Crow, Celine Dion and Chaka Kahn. They have also composed music for the 2008 Olympics and have recorded two other CD's under the AO Music moniker.

Recently while Richard and Jay were working in the recording studio I had a the great pleasure of speaking with one of the creative voices in AO Music, the innovative, talented and music legend, Miriam Stockley.  Miriam has had a long career in music beginning when she was 11 years old and performing with her sister in South Africa.  Later her talents took her to the U.K. where she worked with Praise, Karl Jenkins and Katrina Leskanich of Katrina and the Waves. Her film credits include the Elfen music in Lord of the Rings and music for 1999's Great Expectations. She now makes her home in Orlando, Florida and joined AO Music in 2006. Miriam's own "vocalese" overdubs fortifies AO Music's children's choral ensembles and her voice is the catalyst for AO Music's style.

Listen To Kathy's Interview with Miriam Stockley:

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