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Sunny Cowell is an attorney licensed to practice law in Maryland, as well as a musician. Sunny also is a professor at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) teaching Intellectual Property Law in the Business and Design Graduate Studies Program. Growing up in the household of her jazz composer and musician father, Stanley Cowell, Sunny began singing and writing music at an early age. She wrote her first song, “Hear Me One” at 5 years old which became the title tune on one of Stanley Cowell’s albums in 1997. At 8 years old, Sunny began classical training on the violin. By 12 years old, she had begun classical study of the viola. Sunny was featured as a jazz violist and vocalist at the Montreal International Jazz Fest in 2004. She was also featured on a week-long music tour in France which included Sunside Club in Paris, Festival La Seyne Sur Mer, and Jazz Festival Foix in 2005. During her high school years, Sunny served as Concert Master for the Burlington Township High School String Orchestra and played the viola as a member of the Philadelphia Sinfonia Orchestra. She also performed on viola as part of her father's Asian Art Suite at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.

 

While attending Swarthmore College, Sunny was a vocalist and composer in Essence of Soul, Swarthmore’s R&B and Soul a cappella group, and she was a member of the Fetter Chamber Quartet. During her time in college, she began teaching herself to play the guitar, adding it to her arsenal of musical instruments. In 2010, Sunny was featured as a singer and violist on Stanley Cowell’s album “Prayer for Peace.” In 2014 she appeared on a Mezzo Live HD TV, France show on vocals and viola with her dad, Stanley Cowell. In 2010, upon graduation from Swarthmore College, Sunny attended the University of Maryland School of Law, and served as the Music Director for the school's a cappella group, Legally Sound. She continued to perform and write her own music for voice and guitar while obtaining her J.D. In 2015, Sunny released her first solo EP-CD "Insecure," a recording of original songs influenced by genres of popular music.

Sunny graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law in 2013, and served as Co-President of the Maryland Intellectual Property Law Student Society (MIPSA). Currently, she works as a Staff Attorney at the MD Legal Aid Bureau in Baltimore City, MD. Sunny is also an Officer of the Piano Choir Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to promoting music education in schools. In addition, Sunny volunteers with the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (MDVLA), providing legal advice to local artists and musicians.

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