USAREC Muscial Outreach Entertainer Sgt. Corrin Campbell performs before hundreds of students at Forest Hills High School in Queens, N.Y., in September.
Soldier, Singer, Songwriter,
Performs in N.Y.
By Tina M. Beller, USAREC, N.Y. Battalion
Oct. 27, 2014
When the average person thinks of a Soldier, a musician passionate about her music doesn’t come to mind.
But for singer, songwriter Sgt. Corrin Campbell, she’s as much Army as she is entertainer.
Performing before approximately 500 students during three September performances at Forest Hills High School in Queens, N.Y., Campbell showed the audience a different face of the Army.
“Music has a really unique way of bridging the gap between the Army and students and teachers,” she said. “It creates a connection with someone you don’t know and allows them to see they are not alone.”
Serving her country as an entertainer and musician has allowed Campbell to show audiences that Soldiers are passionate, unique individuals who support their country in different ways.
“My goal when I get on stage is to connect with whomever it is listening. Sometimes it's children and teenagers, sometimes it's adults,” said the combat veteran who has played all over the world, alongside entertainers such as Sarah McLachlan, Sara Bareilles and Toby Keith.
Some of her songs are about topics which teens can relate, such as, self esteem and peer acceptance.
Seventeen year old senior Eazyara Peña was one of several students for whom Campbell autographed a CD and posed for an Instagram photo.
“Most students think the Army is about fighting,” said Peña, who stayed late at school to check out the Army Musical Outreach jam session. “They don’t know about these things, singing and performing in the Army.”
Campbell explained to the students, “I originally came into Army as a guitar player. I didn’t know about professional singing. But over the years, I've been exposed to so many musicians from other backgrounds at different duty stations, and it opened my mind to possibilities. I would never have been able to record albums or explore songwriting without my Army experiences.
“What the Army has done for me in the last nine years is exponential,” she said. “They took me from one little possibility to endless possibilities." Campbell performs throughout the year at venues such as schools, fairs, and at professional sports arena.
She and her tour manager, Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Staudacher - an Army musician as well - drive across the country in an Army-branded truck towing 14,000 pounds of equipment. Their latest six-week tour has taken the Army Musical Outreach program to 18 schools, two national anthem pregame shows for the Cleveland Indians, and garnered them seven media appearances.
"It's nice to see a different side of the Army," said Forest Hills High School 10th grade English teacher Amanda Levin.
Follow Sgt. Campbell at: www.goarmy.com/usarmysinger
Chat with her on Facebook and Tumblr at: /usarmysinger and on Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat at: /corrincampbell
By Tina M. Beller, USAREC, N.Y. Battalion
Oct. 27, 2014
When the average person thinks of a Soldier, a musician passionate about her music doesn’t come to mind.
But for singer, songwriter Sgt. Corrin Campbell, she’s as much Army as she is entertainer.
Performing before approximately 500 students during three September performances at Forest Hills High School in Queens, N.Y., Campbell showed the audience a different face of the Army.
“Music has a really unique way of bridging the gap between the Army and students and teachers,” she said. “It creates a connection with someone you don’t know and allows them to see they are not alone.”
Serving her country as an entertainer and musician has allowed Campbell to show audiences that Soldiers are passionate, unique individuals who support their country in different ways.
“My goal when I get on stage is to connect with whomever it is listening. Sometimes it's children and teenagers, sometimes it's adults,” said the combat veteran who has played all over the world, alongside entertainers such as Sarah McLachlan, Sara Bareilles and Toby Keith.
Some of her songs are about topics which teens can relate, such as, self esteem and peer acceptance.
Seventeen year old senior Eazyara Peña was one of several students for whom Campbell autographed a CD and posed for an Instagram photo.
“Most students think the Army is about fighting,” said Peña, who stayed late at school to check out the Army Musical Outreach jam session. “They don’t know about these things, singing and performing in the Army.”
Campbell explained to the students, “I originally came into Army as a guitar player. I didn’t know about professional singing. But over the years, I've been exposed to so many musicians from other backgrounds at different duty stations, and it opened my mind to possibilities. I would never have been able to record albums or explore songwriting without my Army experiences.
“What the Army has done for me in the last nine years is exponential,” she said. “They took me from one little possibility to endless possibilities." Campbell performs throughout the year at venues such as schools, fairs, and at professional sports arena.
She and her tour manager, Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Staudacher - an Army musician as well - drive across the country in an Army-branded truck towing 14,000 pounds of equipment. Their latest six-week tour has taken the Army Musical Outreach program to 18 schools, two national anthem pregame shows for the Cleveland Indians, and garnered them seven media appearances.
"It's nice to see a different side of the Army," said Forest Hills High School 10th grade English teacher Amanda Levin.
Follow Sgt. Campbell at: www.goarmy.com/usarmysinger
Chat with her on Facebook and Tumblr at: /usarmysinger and on Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat at: /corrincampbell
Sgt. Corrin Campbell autographs CDs for students at Forest Hills High School in Queens, N.Y., in September.