Beth El is an Emmy Award recipient with the McDonald’s Choir Director Dr. Cissy Houston (mother of Whitney Houston) and is a voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences since 2004 (Grammys). Some of Beth El’s more recent voice-over work was for the movie God’s Not Dead, in 2014. Beth El is a passionate, prolific singer and songwriter. She is very focused and extremely dedicated to any project she sets her mind and talents to such as screenwriting. New York City was her playground first. As a singer, she played most every club in New York, CBGB’s, Bitter End, Madison Square Garden, Cat Club, Great Adventure Park and throughout the world. Beth El has written, performed, and published numerous original songs. Her works have aired on multiple radio stations (WBAI, WRTI, and Radio Malaspina in BC, Canada, to name a few), television (MTV, etc.), web, and in print worldwide.
Beth El is a premier voice instructor. She has created a CD/download series entitled Singing Properly with a Spirit of Excellence that has helped many advance in life and in their respective careers. Beth El attended The Aspen Music School Summer Juilliard Program and had the honor of singing “Summertime” by George Gershwin with a 36-piece band in the Aspen Tent. Beth El Kurchner has performed live over 1,000 times to audiences totaling more than 20 million. Beth El is also a Member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.
Her albums include Armed and Dangerous and Make Me Whole which were both produced by Grammy-Award-winning producer Dennis Ferrante on RCA/BMG and are also available on iTunes. Beth El founded The Studio For Urban Music which is dedicated to innovative musical programs in New York. She has taught over 4,000 students — seven of whom have achieved success on Broadway. Beth El was invited to judge the East Coast Music Conference and New World Harlem Talent Show in New York.
She sang “The Star Spangled Banner” at The Continental Airlines Arena for The NJ Nets and Atlanta Hawks. Among other charity work and community outreach, Beth El performed a concert for over 800 Special Olympics contestants. In all, Beth El has had the honor of performing in a variety of independent projects and feature films. In 2011, she won Arizona’s Sedona Superstar and sang and played the harmonica on her blues song entitled “Jump in the River of Life” at The Sedona International Film Festival, opening for actor Nicolas Cage. Beth El teaches singing privately in her studio or online remotely. She gets results with her clients and they are amazed!
One of her greatest passions is writing and story telling for children. .While attending college, she wrote about a boy jumping into a bowl of alphabet soup. Dancing on a carrot, suntanning on a cracker, and becoming the ultimate hero when he binds up the evil letter “D”, he makes it to the top of the wave. Nothing can stop Him!
There are seven manuscripts that are now done. Next step for Nathaniel will be inside a hard cover book with a bonus song. The series will be out !