Annemarie
has been performing around the country for over 25 years. Beginning her career
in Sydney in big rock bands in the 1980s, Annemarie has traveled the country
performing a variety of music styles.
Beginning as a Rock Singer in the 80s where stretchy black (albeit fake) leather and big hair counted almost as much as vocal ability, Annemarie grew with the times and has developed and expanded her vocal style in dynamic ways.
With maturity came a stronger sense of humour. These days, Annemarie is as comfortable performing a heart-wrenching ballad as she is telling jokes and entertainining an audience with her own cheeky brand of wit, humour and sometimes some very silly parodies.
Having a big vocal range, both in scale and style, she can tackle just about anything vocally. She likes to describe her versatility as "the ability to do anything except yodelling and opera"!
Being likened to Bette Midler for years by fans & colleagues, Annemarie eventually took on the huge task of putting together her Bette tribute: The Divine Miss M tribute show.
"This was a huge endeavour" explains Annemarie, "the costumes, comedy, songs, antics and even ... yes! the mermaid, took a lot of research, but nothing has been more satisfying. I was looking for a new project that would stretch my abilities, but would also be something fantastic for me to get my teeth into ... and then it hit me ... I LOVE to do a mixture of ballads, jazz, rock, comedy, antics and costumes, and of course, there is one woman who has managed to do that for years... that ol' Redhead, the absolute Divine Miss Bette Midler."
