Storm Large

Singer and musician currently living in the Portland, OR region. She is also an actor, playwright, and author. Storm Large was born and raised in suburban Southborough, Massachusetts. From the age of five, she started singing and writing songs. She graduated in 1987 from St. Mark's School and then earned an Associate's degree in performance from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. Storm spent the 90s singing in clubs throughout San Francisco. While in San Francisco Storm formed the bands "Flower SF", "Storm and Her Dirty Mouth", and "Storm, Inc." She also performed with Michael Cavaseno as the duo Storm and Michael or Storm and Friends. Storm moved to Portland in 2002, originally planning to quit music and study to become a chef, but she stepped in for a last minute cancellation one night at the Portland club “Dante’s”, which turned into a standing Wednesday night engagement for Storm and her new band, The Balls. Since then she : - Appeared on Rock Star: Supernova in 2006 - lasting until the 2nd to last week before being eliminated. - Starred in Portland Center Stage’s production of Cabaret with Wade McCollum in 2007. - Created and performed the musical memoir Crazy Enough in 2009, with a 21 week run in Portland followed by a cabaret version which she performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Adelaide Festival in Australia, and other locations. - She debuted with the Oregon Symphony in 2010, and has returned for sold-out performances each year thereafter. - Starred in Jerry Zak’s production of "Harps and Angels", a musical featuring the work of Randy Newman in 2010. - Made her debut as guest vocalist with the band Pink Martini in April 2011, when China Forbes took a break for vocal cord surgery. Storm continues to perform and record with the band, touring internationally and is featured on their album Get Happy. - Storm made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2013, singing Weill’s Seven Deadly Sins with the Detroit Symphony as part of the Spring for Music Festival. Her memoir, Crazy Enough, was released by Simon and Schuster in 2012, named Oprah’s Book of the Week, and awarded the 2013 Oregon Book Award for Creative Nonfiction. Storm continues to tour and record and recently appeared on America's Got Talent signing her excellent rendition of "I've Got You Under My Skin,"