Brooke Fox is an award-winning Brooklyn-based vocalist, pop songwriter, theatrical composer, lyricist, disability advocate and international performance artist.

As a Singer/Songwriter, Brooke received rave reviews at The Cutting Room, Bitter End and The Living Room and showcased at the BMI Acoustic Roundup, New York Songwriters Circle, and ASCAP Pop Songwriters Workshop. Her music has been heard on ABC, SoapNet, NPR and XM. To date, she has performed for audiences in 24 states and three countries. Her second self-produced record, “Breathe The Same Air” (July 2005) is a “CDBaby Best Seller” and named one of the best Female Singer/Songwriter Albums of 2006 by Just Plain Folks.

Her songs have been performed by Eden Espinosa (Wicked, Brooklyn the Musical) and recorded by Kathy Brier (Hairspray, Bat Boy, ABC’s One Life To Live).

In the summer of 2009, Brooke was invited to Italy to co-create and perform the performance piece MOTH with artist Francesca Grilli for the Drodesera Festival. The piece, which incorporates voice & live flame is scheduled to return to Europe in April 2010 at the TUPP festival in Uppsala, Sweden.

Brooke grew up in Northern California, creating music at the family piano as soon as she could reach the keys and making her performance debut at age five. She looked on as her Grandmother wrote music for Melodramas for a yearly hometown festival. Young Brooke often performed, helped build sets and sat in the pit to turn pages.

80’s Pop radio tuned her adolescent ear to write power ballads and synthesized dance tracks on her Casio. At 17, Brooke won a scholarship to sing opera but went East to study songwriting at Berklee College of Music. She delved into lyric writing, learned to play acoustic guitar and moved to Nashville upon graduation. Soon after, she released a CD of her original folk-rock, “NightLight”, garnering critical acclaim and comparisons to Patty Griffin, Ricky Lee Jones & The Sundays.

As a disability advocate, Brooke speaks to media outlets (Fox News, CNN, ET, KROQ) on behalf of NOAH (National Org. of Albinism and Hypopigmentation). Her goal is to raise awareness about albinism, her rare genetic condition which results in a lack of pigment in the hair and skin along with legal blindness and sensitivity to light. In 2006, Brooke and NOAH challenged Hollywood to “retire the evil albino cliché” as the motion picture release of “The Da Vinci Code” marked the 68th such character in cinema since 1960. 

In 2002, Brooke began collaborating on musical theatre projects with husband Kurt Gellersted and playwright Will Brumley. In 2006, the writers were walking to the Fox/Gellersted house in uber-hip Williamsburg, Brooklyn. As they passed skinny hipsters, fashionistas and glass-box condos the ridiculous modern folly of the neighborhood struck them: “Williamsburg! The Musical”. They brought in comedic actress Nicola Barber and developed the piece to premiere at the 2007 NY International Fringe Festival where it ran for five oversold performances at the Village Theatre. Frank Scheck of The New York Post hailed Williamsburg’s “Witty songs ("Peter Luger Lullaby," "Craigslist Hook-Up," "Million Dollar Crackhouse"), exuberant staging and choreography and energetic cast”. Out of nearly 200 shows, Williamsburg! won the festival’s award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics.  The Original Cast Recording is now available on iTunes and CDBaby.

Brooke’s theater work continues as she is currently working with Brumley & Gellersted on the original musical “Punk” and composing music for "The Ballad of Rom & Julz" with playwright Andrea Lepcio and Lyricist Cheryl L. Davis.

At their By The Bridge Studios, Brooke and husband Kurt work on their own projects and produce music for film and TV including the theme for “Bizarre Foods”  (Travel Channel), “Next Top Pop Group” (MTV), “Martha Stewart Show” (NBC), “Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List” (Bravo) and “Bringing Home Baby” (TLC).

HOMETOWN: Vacaville, CA

CURRENT HOME: Brooklyn, NY

HER GUITAR: Taylor 714CE

NYC VENUES PLAYED:

Knitting Factory, Cutting Room, Living Room, Bitter End, BMI Acoustic Roundup, NY Songwriters Circle ASCAP Pop Song workshop

“A bell-like voice and powerful arrangements. Contemporary Folk at its best!” – Tom May, River City Folk (NPR)

MAJOR CITIES PLAYED:

NY, LA, Boston, San Francisco, Nashville, Chicago, Sacramento, Atlanta, Seattle, Toronto, Philadelphia, Madison.  

VIEW EPK ONLINE AT WWW.SONICBIDS.COM/BROOKEFOX

EPK: PRESS KIT DOWNLOADS 

"NIGHTLIGHT" SONG BY SONG / ACOUSTIC LIVE ARTICLE / B&W HEADSHOT / COLOR HEADSHOT

STAGE PLOT: TRIO / STAGE PLOT: DUO / STAGE PLOT: SOLO