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Ellie Martin: Verdant

by Dan Bilawsky
June 17, 2023

There is no time like the present to fulfill your dreams. The hands we are dealt often have a way of making that clear, as vocalist, composer and educator Ellie Martin knows all too well. After receiving a cancer diagnosis, beating the disease, starting a family and finding joy in watching her children bask in the beauty of their present, she realized that practicing carpe diem was the only proper way to carry on. So Martin did what she needed ...