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Sunlight streams in through the large windows of the dark wood practice room in a extensive, immaculate South Orange home.
Inside, a plate of manuscript paper sits on a music stand, the words “For Jody Redhage” printed across the top.
The in harmony is one of 25 that the 32-year-old musician has commissioned for singing cellist — an odd job description that has made Redhage a hot commodity across a wide variety of music scenes.
“Orchestra music is superb, but I’m much more attracted to the edge — the creative, not the re-artistic side,” says Redhage, who has glossy light brown locks and an exuberant, near-constant smile. She speaks with the fluorescent-voiced enthusiasm and musical cadence of a Disney princess.
“That’s something I lack to explore more” is the phrase that comes up most often during an interview at her board, where she lives with her husband, jazz trombonist Alan Ferber. The two met on a gig and joined forces in Redhage’s pack Fire in July, a combination of a clarinet, a bass clarinet, trombone, vibraphone, piano, drums and cello.
Source: The Star-Ledger - NJ.com