Biography

Crystal Starr is the Founder of Little Voices, as well as the President, Headliner, and Producer of Little Voices’ “She Sessions” concerts and youth activities. Through her visionary ideas, Crystal has been able to connect Little Voices to children and young adults exposed to the foster care system, engage at-risk youth in hands-on work within the concert events themselves, and connect at-risk youth with unique internships and job opportunities within the entertainment industry. Thanks to Crystal’s industry connections and drive, “She Sessions” concerts have featured renowned artists and performers, such as Judith Hill, Common, Andra Day, and Destiny’s Child’s Michelle Williams. Within each “She Sessions” event Crystal provides attending youth with the opportunity to write and perform their own song (with the help of producer, Harmony Samuels) and creates a VIP backstage experience (including hair, makeup, and a pre-show dance class).

Crystal Starr, a recording artist from Los Angeles, California, and the Founder of Little Voices expresses the following via https://www.gofundme.com/she-is-enough-4girls-in-foster-care: “It all began two weeks before Christmas in December 2011. With a heart for kids in foster care, one willing friend, Little Voices Co-Founder Kem Anyanwu, and $3,000 in my savings, I had an idea to produce a Christmas concert benefiting children in the foster care system, called "A Crystal Starr Christmas". I was told I was crazy and that it was impossible to produce such a large-scale concert within two weeks. I was told I should quit. Well, with a heart for others, I knew that anything was possible if you put your mind to it. So along with my friend Kem Anyanwu, we pursued this impossible dream of giving a child in care and their families the type of Christmas I always had as a child. I then asked my musician friends and performers if they would participate. Within two weeks, we had fiscal sponsor, a 17-piece all women orchestra led by Noriko, 5 celebrity performers, 2 choirs, a marching band, a theater in the heart of Hollywood, 1,000 gifts for the kids, an appearance from Santa, 300 kids in foster care (two of which were adopted that evening), and the biggest tree a child could imagine (donated by CAA). We pulled it off! It changed all of our lives forever and we knew we had to continue.