Alice Marie is a classically-trained electric violinist/violist and singer/songwriter who wrote her first song at 7 years-old. She has performed with several national acts, including an Ireland-England tour with the award-winning pan-Celtic Rock band, Barleyjuice, which was sponsored by the Irish radio station, Blarney on the Air. She also performed at the Shamrock Series/Fenway Park with Barleyjuice (an event which boasts about 30K people) and opened for the famed, national Irish-American act, Black 47, during several shows on their 2014 Farewell Tour. Most recently, Alice Marie backed the Grammy-nominated, G.Love, during Preston and Steve’s “Campout for Hunger” (93.3 WMMR FM) with her band, Jamison in 2022 and opened for the legendary Hooters during the same event in 2023.
Alice Marie plays across many different genres of music. She has performed and recorded with touring Hip-hop artist, Kuf Knotz (Philadelphia Magazine named “Best Rapper” of 2022); she also joined the Highway Women (Amelia Presley) to headline the non-profit festival-fundraiser, Yachtstock, back in 2017. In 2019, she joined activist and artist, Jea Street Jr. to play the Firefly Music Festival as an electric violinist. Over the past 10 years, Alice Marie has been featured on Good Day, Philadelphia as an electric violinist several times during their Christmas Specials.
Alice Marie holds Masters’ Equivalency and Tenure from The School District of Philadelphia; she also taught part-time for the prestigious University of Pennsylvania and Settlement Music Schools, with a specialization in Multicultural Education. She studied with the internationally-respected vocal coach, Don Marrazzo and the Philadelphia Orchestra’s own, Rachel Ku, while performing in the Grammy-nominated, Temple University Symphony Orchestra, in 2011-2012. Alice Marie is currently working on another solo album, Faded Nights, which will be a collection of original folk and rock tunes, with Latin and Celtic influences, to be released in the Spring of 2024.
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