Anne Benjamin

: Musician ( flute,guitar, vocals) ,Composer/Songwriter, Actor, Playwright, Poet

Special Pandemic Services

During the pandemic , I am making facemasks from recycled and scrap fabrics, many of which have been donated. As a result I am able to sell them at very low prices. I donate a percentage to those in need. I keep the prices low because this is a "social justice" thing for me, and I think that for many costs for groovy fabric masks can be cost prohibitive. Besides, if we have to wear them, we should look cool! I am also teaching beginning flute and songwriting classes "on-line" and doing online live FREE concerts every Sunday night on my facebook page https://www.facebook.com/annie.benjamin.9

Artist Bio & Experience

Annie Benjamin’s music is a lot like the weather in Texas.... unpredictable and constantly changing. She has sung everything from country to smooth jazz, rock and roll to old timey gospel. As a performer, she feels at home on the theatrical stage, in concert halls and in piano bars and honkytonks. As a human committed to social justice, she performs in schools, at protest rallies and demonstrations, and in front of civic and business leaders. Annie believes passionately that the arts have the power to heal hearts and minds while inspiring to bring about social change.

Her music has been featured on NPR’s Car Talk and in films and documentaries. In 2013, she and several of her colleagues at Dallas’ Echo Theatre received the Dallas Column Award for best new locally written play for ”The Echo Room Presents: Her Song”, which went on to have five successful runs.

She won the prestigious B.W. Stevenson Singer/Songwriter Contest in Dallas in 2017. Annie collaborates with numerous local non-profits

and often writes specifically tailored lyrics and music for benefits and events seeking to raise awareness. In recent years, she has beenworking with organizations seeking to increase access to fresh, locally grown food in urban food deserts in North Texas. After raising her two sons, she received her Bachelor's Degree in English in 2019.