Nichelle Mungo
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Nichelle Mungo is a multiple Grammy Music Educator nominee, the three-time winner of Showtime at the Apollo, the recipient of multiple Best Artist (Gospel and R&B) awards from the New England Urban Music Awards, and the recipient of the Berklee Urban Service Award. In addition to her own international artistry, Mungo is a recording artist, educator, songwriter, and choral director with features on the critically acclaimed album What Matters Most by the Jeremy Turgeon Quintet, Studio Ghibli theme songs, and Indie Soul United I and II, which topped the U.K. soul charts.
Career highlights include work with Harry Connick Jr., Phil Perry, Kirk Whalum, and Sinbad, among others, and performances at the Chick Singer Tour, the Newport Folk Festival, the Annapolis Choral Festival, the Lord of the Rings Symphony, and the Final Fantasy Symphony, among others. Mungo has been the guest music director for Stax Records Music Academy and done commercial work for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. She's had a featured spotlight on Shine Boston and done vocal work for VH1 Divas Live winner Tarralyn Ramsey. She sang the national anthem for the New England Patriots, Boston Red Sox, Boston Celtics, and New England Revolution, and served as guest clinician for Chatting with the Masters with Grammy Award winner Dorinda Clark Cole.
- Singer-songwriter, choral director, performer, and certified music educator
- Recordings include Indie Soul United II, Indie Soul United I, Doobie Powell's The Time Is Now, Natalie Wilson's Good Life, MRF's Elevator Music, Harry Connick Jr.'s Love Wins, Glory Gospel Singers Anime, and Glory Gospel Singers A Capella
- Vocal director for Tarralyn Ramsey
- Featured on a comedy tour with Talent, Cedric the Entertainer, and Bro-Man
- Commercials for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health
- Performed the national anthem for the opening of the Reebok World Headquarters, the New England Patriots, and the New England Revolution
- Guest music director for the world-renowned Stax Records Music Academy
- Background vocalist for the legendary Doobie Powell
- Featured vocalist for the Jeremy Turgeon Quintet
- Guest clinician for Chatting with the Masters with Grammy Award winner Dorinda Clark Cole
- Performances with Kirk Whalum, Phil Perry, Shaquille O'Neil All Star Comedy Jam, Amel Larrieux, and Natalie Cole, among many more
- Choir master for the Lord of the Rings Symphony and Final Fantasy Symphony
- Vocal coordinator for Justin Timberlake and Alex Lacamoire for their Berklee honorary doctorate concert
- Recipient of the 2007 Best Female R&B Artist New England Urban Music Award
- Three-time recipient of the Best Gospel and R&B Artist from the New England Urban Music Awards
- Three-time winner of Showtime at the Apollo
- Three-time Grammy Music Educator Award nominee