User:Dr Mariam Berkeley/Sandbox

Isabel Aimee was born Mariam Fraval on December 12 1971 in Bishops Stortford, England. Singer song-writer for INSPIRITION (2006-present day), Churorkestra ( Quasi) ( Berlin), Dancer with Mother Demon ( Julia KAMI Julia KAMIproject Homeing) and singer with [http://yihaproductionsrecords.net/ Yiha Productions/Black Dolphin Records]( Chic Virgin) and The Barrelhouse Blues Orchestra (2006-9). Family background/early history: Her grandfather Ronald Berkeley was an oera singer with the Covent Garden Opera House until he caught TB ad had to move to KENYA where he met and married isabel's grandmother. her mother's uncles Rex and Laurence Whistler have their works in the Queens' private collections at Windsor Caslte. Her father Hanafi Fravalwas of French Breton and English heritage and was an electrical engineer and pyysicist working asd a entrepreneur in the UK and USA. Isabel's first singing expereinces were winning her primary school competition at the tender age of five. Aged four she had her mother write down her first song. Isabel Wrote a PhD in participative planning with children entitled Planning for Learning in 2000 at the Scottish Heriot Watt University with Dr Faozi Ujam. She went on to join the Mother Demon dance company where she sang choreographed and danced in three projects in Berlin alongside Claudia Berg and four other women trained in contemporary and butoh dance. After training as a free-jazz singer with QUASI of the Churorkestra every week at the Laabsaal, Isabel began solo projects with Matthias PfisterRene Thun, and Chic Virgin. In 2005 Isabel moved to the UK in order to start her own band- INSPIRITION, which she originally co-founded with Gren FraserSInce having to leave her children in germany despite a custody battle, Isabel has worked with chidren teaching voice and drama at Perrott Hill School. Isabels's music has been lauded by Stevie Nicks ( of Fleetwood Mac)and hger voice has contuinually been compared to Kate Bush due to its timbre and wide vocal range. isabel's first solo album, "Truth Telling" was released in 2009 with notable reviews by Dave Smith of Ravenheart Records and Muse Magazine. Isabel is also a qualified Landscape Architect and still designs the occasional unusual garden. her art has been exhibited in Berlin and Somerset, Wiltshire and Dorset galleries.