Carmina Piranha

CARMINA PIRANHA (1995 - 2002) – the now defunct, highly regarded all-female Portland band whose most notable achievement was a collaboration with Oregon Ballet Theatre in April of 1998. Carmina Piranha performed extensively throughout the Pacific Northwest and released two recordings, REVENGE POEMS (soundtrack to the original ballet choreographed by OBT Artistic Director James Canfield) and LUCID (seven-song EP released in conjunction with the band’s farewell show in August of 2002). Original members were Lisa Stringfield (vocals), Lara Michell (acoustic guitar, vocals), Coley Smith (electric guitar), Kristin Converse (bass) and Kirsten Swanson (drums, vocals). In 1999, Smith and Converse left the band and the remaining members added Nancy Hess (bass, vocals) and proceeded as a quartet until Hess moved to NYC in autumn of 2002.