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...people sing at Harvard, performing classical pieces, a capella songs, gospel numbers, and show tunes. Although few students decide to devote their lives to music, Ryan wants the challenge of professional singing and songwriting. After years of writing and performing, most recently with Wild Women and Cinnamon, Ryan has concluded that she will never end up "working in front of a computer screen." She accepts her musical "calling" with a conviction that reflects her childhood, her life at Harvard and her involvement in Wild Women and Cinnamon...
...music director of the Harvard-Radcliffe Callbacks for two years, not only did Ryan gain much vocal experience, but she also worked with fellow altos Lane Addonizio and Nara Garber--the two other members of Wild Women and Cinnamon. The group has been, from the start, rooted in a capella. Addonizio describes the beginnings of the group: "We were all friends and sang together in [The Callbacks]. Erin was always writing songs and trying them out on us. And we liked...
Although the three altos lacked a name, they decided to perform Ryan's music in public. After pondering names such as "Hair Club for Women," Ryan christened the group Wild Women and Cinnamon, after a feminist peace group called "Wild Wimmin for Peace" and a song lyric which used the word "cinnamon." Says Ryan, "People don't get the "wild" because we're mellow--Wild Women and Cinnamon on Sedatives would be more appropriate. One of my roommates in protest only calls us Women and Cinnamon. We're like the [Grateful] Dead or the [Rolling] Stones, but our name goes...
...three group members graduate in June, Ryan will keep singing with a local a capella gospel septet, Goddess Gospel, and she plans to pursue a performing career in Boston and eventually New York. But Ryan hopes the group will stay together. "I love Wild Women and Cinnamon. I'm so happy to have these wonderful women to sing with." As Garber says, "It's neat that we can do so much because technically, we're all altos...
...more musical input from Garber and Addonizio and to add more instrumentation. Garber, for one, swears that she will learn the saxophone within five years. And Ryan says, "I am very serious about a musical career, and if I get a recording contract, who knows? Maybe Wild Women and Cinnamon will be together...