- Sold Out Blue Note Jazz Club in NYC 3 times in the past year
- Won the Apollo Theater Competition 3 times in a row
- Performed at Boston Symphony Hall with the Boston Pops
- Opened for Tony Bennett (Democratic National fund raising event)
- Performed for Vice President, Dick Cheney(Republican National Convention)
- Performed at R&B night at Tramps with Mary J. Blidge and Cee Cee Penderston.
- Performed at The Beantown Jazz Festival ‘06
- Has toured Internationally(ie. Cairo, Egypt), most recently in London (09/06).
- Regattabar & Scullers in Cambridge & Boston
- Iridium Jazz Club in NYC
- Ryles Jazz Club in Cambridge
- Sung National Anthem at Shea Stadium in NY in front of a sold out crowd
- Sung Solo at Lincoln Center
- Featured on the Tom Bergeron Show
Ellen O'Brien -- bio
Even when she was an eight-year-old kid in her hometown of Revere, Mass, everyone called Ellen O'Brien "the singer." Kids stopped her on the street and asked her to sing. And like a thousand other kids, she sang in school plays and dreamed of some day becoming famous.
But that was a long time ago. Before she went to Berklee School of Music. Before she won the Apollo Theatre competition three times in a row. Before she sang solo at Lincoln Center. Before she fronted her own band, touring the US and Canada. Before she became one of the most sought-after "event" performers in New York City.
When people hear Ellen live today, they all want to know, "How come she isn't famous yet?" and "Where can I get a CD?"
Small wonder. Ellen has the stage presence of a bad-ass Boston white girl cycled through a heavy dose of Chaka Kahn. She steps up to the mic, smiles that thousand-kilowat smile and right away she owns the room. Then out comes comes that big, big, BIG voice. There's R&B in her. Gospel. FM pop and straight-down-the-line jazz. But she's more than just a pro with amazing chops. You listen to Ellen for two minutes and you know she's not just about riffs and blowing you away with technique. Ellen can do that, all right. Only, way more important, she's got true soul -- and that's the starlight that shines when Ellen sings.
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