Darlene Koldenhoven Book Release!

Fri Aug 07 2026 at 06:30 pm to 09:30 pm UTC-07:00

The Last Bookstore Studio City | Los Angeles

The LAST BOOKSTORE Studio City
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Darlene Koldenhoven Book Release!
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Darlene’s book/memoir will be released August 7. Pre-order your pre-autographed copy here. Click the Get Tickets button to buy.
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Music gave her a life she could never have imagined


Put Your Dress Down and Sing is the inspiring and often hilarious story of Grammy-winner Darlene Koldenhoven, known worldwide as the tambourine-waving choir nun in both “Sister Act” movies with Whoopi Goldberg and as the featured soprano soloist in “Yanni, Live at the Acropolis,” a top PBS-TV special and video seen by over 1.5 billion worldwide. We follow her journey as she overcomes many diverse challenges and obstacles growing up in a strict, repressive, Dutch Calvinist household on the South Side of Chicago. She finds her freedom in Hollywood, creating and maintaining her nearly 50-year career as an independent vocal artist in the entertainment industry, proving that with persistence, determination, and hard work, dreams can come true. She shares insider stories of her work with A-List celebrities as a studio singer for artists such as Pink Floyd and a stage background singer for Paul McCartney, who kissed her on the cheek onstage at the Hollywood Bowl! Mid-career, she made her way to the front of the stage as a successful indie artist herself. The book contains a short music glossary, study guide questions, and a selection of the 300 career pictures shown on the book’s website: DarleneKoldenhoven.com/book.

Also available on August 7 is Darlene’s solo piano album, A Grand Memoir, the companion to Put Your Dress Down and Sing, sold separately. Music from the album appears in the audiobook version of her memoir. All piano pieces came to Darlene in awakening dreams while writing her memoir.


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The Last Bookstore Studio City, 4437 Lankershim Boulevard, Los Angeles, United States

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