Meet Shannon
Award-winning vocalist, composer, lyricist.
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Hi, I'm Shannon, and I'm so glad you're here!
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Singing music that transports you to a place of peace, love, or another time and space is one of my great passions. It's through singing that I touch the Divine and it's my intention to share that experience with you.
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What I do with music is a bit different from most mainstream performances; I use singing (and sometimes lyrics) to facilitate deep emotional and spiritual transformation.
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The songs I write and sing are often inspired by period and fantasy movies, and TV shows such as Outlander, Poldark, The Tudors, Maleficent, and Harry Potter. I also love to sing anything that connects me to ancient cultures, especially Celtic and Medieval cultures.
As an autodidact, I feel and express music intuitively. When I compose music and lyrics, it often feels more like a download from the Universe than something of my own making.
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English is my primary language, but I love to sing in Gaelic, French, Italian, & Latin.
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My musical mission is to use my voice to create healing, love, and peace on planet Earth.
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When not singing I usually spend time with my husband and my 2 kitties.
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The Detailed Version:
Visionary Vocalist...
Motivational Musician...
Composer of Myth, Magic, and Imagination...
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Nationally acclaimed, award-winning vocalist, composer, and recording artist, Shannon Modrell sings Music of Myth, Magic, and Imagination© (TM). Having attracted a global following, her one-of-a-kind performances receive standing ovations on stages at international conferences and holistic events from US coast to coast:
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NPR
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One Vibration Radio
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WUKY Radio
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POSI Music Awards (Grammys of Positive Music)
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MD Anderson Cancer Center
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United Centers For Spiritual Living
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Circle of Love Gathering/Eastern Conference
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Affiliated New Thought Network
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Theosophical Society Annual Conference
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TX Association of Addiction Professionals (TAAP)
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(NSAC) National Spiritualist Association of Churches Convention
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Holistic Chamber of Commerce
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Asian Chamber of Commerce
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Pray For The Children/Safe and Drug Free Fundraiser
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CASA Court Appointed Special Advocates (for abused children)
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Fort Bend County Child Advocates
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Herstory:
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Shannon Modrell grew up with a physical need to sing. As a child she sang everywhere she went: the bathtub, the playground, the car, in front of the TV, and of course, with her record player. She spent hours singing to artists like The Beatles, The Bee Gee’s, Jinny C. Riley, Three Dog Night, the soundtrack to Grease and every disco record Motown and K-tel ever made. She also discovered that singing could be used to alleviate pain in her body and began experimenting with sending the “feeling of the singing” into her abdomen or head if she didn’t feel well. It also proved to be a great salve for emotional pain.
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During the tumultuous teen years, singing was Shannon’s chief means of catharsis. She spent Jr. High and High School self-training her voice to anything and everything on the radio: Rock, Pop, Country, Showtunes, Folk, RnB, Easy Listening, '50s & ’60s music, 70’s Light Rock and Classic Rock, Adult contemporary – everything. In her own words: if it got airplay during the ’80s, she sang to it! She could never get enough of any one style of music! “I always had a wide vocal range, but I owe much of the power behind that range to the hours and hours of singing to Whitney Houston, Barbara Streisand, Sheena Easton, and believe it or not, the 80’s Hard Rock and Heavy Metal musicians!"
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Shannon always felt different from other kids and despite her social butterfly nature she often didn't relate to their ways of thinking and seeing the world. During her teen years (between marathon episodes of singing, socializing, and dating) she started to embrace “being different” and began to explore psychology and metaphysics, finding that both explained the thoughts and awarenesses she’d always had but never knew what to do with. She began practicing techniques such as visualization, affirmation, and self-hypnosis as early as 14 years old and set out on a path of psychological and spiritual development, heavily influenced by some close friends in 12-Step programs. Her passion for self-actualization and personal growth equaled her passion for singing but the two had not converged…yet.
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On her 18th birthday in 1987 Shannon was in a near-fatal auto accident that left her in a wheelchair for six months and on crutches for another year. The trauma of this and surrounding events catapulted her into a deep “initiation” process that spurred her spiritual growth exponentially. Meanwhile, singing remained a constant companion and tool for catharsis and transformation.
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Shannon began performing professionally with the six piece variety band “New News” in the early 1990’s, traveling widely within the Gulf Coast region. With mastery of a broad repertoire of music from all genres she received numerous opportunities to perform at weddings, Coffee Houses, Night Clubs, churches, Ordination Ceremonies, private concerts, holiday programs, and special events.
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With the dawning of the new millennium, Shannon began to focus her talents in support of the “Human Potential and Self Actualization” movements which she had been a part of for over 30 years, devoting her time to music that heals and inspires as well as entertains.
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She has served as vocalist and music director for 3 New Thought spiritual centers and as featured performer for the First Spiritualist Church of Houston and the West Houston Theosophical Society.
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