It was just like any other open-mic night at an Italian restaurant in Loveland, Ohio, until then-12-year-old Olivia Schwartz performed her first original song “The Spark” a cappella.
When she left the stage after completing the song, she was met by three guys in cowboy boots and country hats who introduced her to the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI), a not-for-profit professional and amateur songwriters trade association, and invited her to attend their local meetings in Cincinnati.
Seven years later, Schwartz, who performs as Olivia Frances, is now a sophomore at Clark University planning to major inenvironmental studies and minor in music. She released amusic video last spring to accompany her new song, “Great Blue,” off her second studio album, “Evergreen,” and is touringin Nashville and several other cities this summer before returning to Worcester in late August.
