Anna Gracemann is an 11-year-old singer-songwriter, born and raised in the beautiful Southeast Alaska. Her mother played classical music to her before she was born and after she was born her mother spent many hours singing, reading and playing music to her. At just a few months old her parents started displaying flashcards for her to read and gain word association. All of this together sparked her love of music and words and her natural confidence in the medium of music and song.
Much of the inspiration from her songs comes from her home in Alaska, as well as from the work of other musicians and her family and friends.“Take Me Where I want To Go” and “Paradise” draw on imagery from hikes and walks in Alaska in the company of family and friends.
She enjoys seeing how much people like her music and is encouraged by the fact that through her music she has the ability to affect people in a positive way, but says even if she had no audience, she would still feel the need to perform “it is also about expressing what is inside of me. I think that even if no one listened to my music; I would still do it. It is something inside of me that I just need to do.”
She has always loved to sing and at 18 months was singing the melody of complete songs. By the time she was 2 she was happy to sing to large groups, her audiences astonished at her ability at such a young age. At 4 she started learning to play the piano seriously, writing her first song “So I Cried” at 6 years old while still in first grade. Her deep lyrics and early understanding of musical composition has amazed many.
As a rule in her house there is no cable T.V. and other entertainment is limited, so when Anna is not playing her piano or singing she spends many hours reading and writing stories. She loves to write mythical stories. She also enjoys swimming or riding her bike in the summer and skiing or sledding in the winter. She is a great down hill skier! She spends many hours practicing her music: singing, playing piano and writing. She currently takes classical piano lessons and is learning how to play the guitar. She loves her Big Baby Taylor!
She has a love of learning, encouraged through the Montessori program and wants to be a singer, song writer and story writer in the future. Many thanks to her piano teachers, school teachers, school counselors, parents and other family members for their encouraging confidence in her that has and still motivates her success.
Anna Graceman loves her homeland Alaska. She is moved by the beautiful and stunning scenery and devoted and friendly community. Anna has a gift that she wants to share with all in hopes that through her music she can make a difference in this world; that she will encourage others, especially children, to find and nurture their gift and use those gifts for good on this earth.
She has written many songs, both lyrical and instrumental, 35 of which have been released in various forms.
Some of the songs she has written:
“Army of One”
“Believe”
“Dancing on Cobblestones”
“Don’t Bring Me Down”
“Dressed in Blue”
“Give me your Heart”
“Have I Told You?”
“Heart and Hands”
“Hush Little Baby”
“It’s Love”
“Longer and Longer”
“Me and My Piano”
“Silly Dreamer”
“So I Cried”
“Take Me Where I want To Go”
“Paradise”
“You Knew Me”
“You’re My Gift for Always”
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