Libbie Schrader
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Elizabeth Brooke Schrader, professionally known as Libbie Schrader, is an award-winning singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 based in Brooklyn
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.

Schrader grew up in Portland
Portland, Oregon
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, Oregon
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 and moved to California to attend Pomona College
Pomona College
Pomona College is a private, residential, liberal arts college in Claremont, California. Founded in 1887 in Pomona, California by a group of Congregationalists, the college moved to Claremont in 1889 to the site of a hotel, retaining its name. The school enrolls 1,548 students.The founding member...

, from which she graduated in 2001. That same year, Schrader's group, The Wash, won the inaugural Pantene
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 Pro-Voice Competition. In 2002, Schrader's former group Think of England was chosen to be a part of Jewel's
Jewel (singer)
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 Soul City Café program, and opened three shows on her This Way tour.

After Schrader went solo, she was a featured artist on MySpace
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 in early 2006, and appeared in the Gilmore Girls
Gilmore Girls
Gilmore Girls is an American family comedy-drama series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. On October 5, 2000, the series debuted on The WB and was cancelled in its seventh season, ending on May 15, 2007 on The CW...

episode "Partings" later that year.

Albums

  • Letters to Boys (2004, self-released)
  • Taking the Fall (2005, self-released)
  • Libbie Schrader (2007, self-released)
  • Magdaline (2011, self-released)

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