Erika Lloyd is a freelance singer and painter living in (and loving) Brooklyn. She is most widely known as the lead singer and composer for the indie rock band, Little Grey Girlfriend. She is also the soprano for the Renaissance quartet, The Good Pennyworths, a performer in Choral Chameleon and other Choirs around NYC, and an event music singer. She also works as a commissioned artist, with projects ranging from family portraits to logo design.
A great example of her work in cross-genre performance and composition is her new working relationship with the Grammy Award-winning choral group Chanticleer! This world renowned ensemble (of whom she is a big fan) will be performing a choral arrangement of Erika’s song, “Cells Planets” (from Little Grey Girlfriend’s second album of the same name) on its upcoming world tour! Erika is very excited about this choral arrangement by director and composer, Vince Peterson, and the upcoming performances.
Erika loves applying her classical training to her rock, folk, and pop singing, and vice versa. You can also hear a lot of her visual language from being a painter in her lyrics. To her, the arts are the highest form of human communication yet. She is passionate, expressive, and unique, and it shows in every one of her creations.
She received her Bachelors of Voice Performance, Early Music, from Indiana University’s School of Music in 2005. While studying there, she was a featured soloist in Pro Arte and The Women’s Choir, and was taught and coached by world-renowned early music musicians, such as Paul Elliott, Nigel North, and Elisabeth Wright. As part of the Early Music Institute of I.U. she developed a love for Renaissance and Baroque repertoire and was able to perform in chamber concerts and recitals with fantastic musicians, all on period instruments. She also took a semester in Vienna, Austria, where she performed at The Palais Corbelli and studied with the Coloratura, Donna Robin, of the StadtsOper, Vienna.
Welcome to erikalloydmusic.com! For examples of Erika’s music, photo galleries, and more information about her musical ensembles, click on the page links (nifty little cut-outs) above.
