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Shanna

About Me

I am a classical/country/jazz/pop singer with a penchant for rambling while the guys set up. I'm still really new to this singer/songwriter world, a little less new to the singer...piano world but I never played and sang at the same time. Gee its hard. I figured if I am singing an 8 page Donizetti aria.... in Italian or whatever I can have the accompanist but when all you really need are variations of a block chord I guess its unneccesary. I do LOVE classical music especiaally Debussy, Fauré, Handel, Bach and Saint-Saens. I can sing a few songs in Zulu and lived in South Africa for about 2 years and have traveled quite a bit I also adore Josh Ritter, Bonnie Raitt, Patti Griffin, Linda Rothberg, MIKA! and I am still a musical theatre dork. I played Louisa in The Fantasticks, Fiona in Brigadoon, and have appeared numeroud times on the Lincoln center stage, Carnegie the NJPAC and Trenton War Memorial. I also like to go camping and eat Mango's and 50% of my shows will probably include an appearance by my nephew and grandma. I am currently on the move to Florida where I will be earning my master in voice perf. so classical music is once again taking over my life, woohoo.
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Member Since: 20/04/2008
Influences: Bonnie Raitt, Ray Charles, Jennifer Larmore, Dixie Chicks, Cecilia Bartoli, Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday, Elle Fitzgerald, Ladymith Black Mambazo, Mika, The Beatles, Handel, Purcell, The Boss, Debussy......
Sounds Like: Myself strong voiced mezzo that I am
Record Label: Unsigned

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excerpt from a review from fellow musician Al-Vis

Cavico and a small backup group. Then Dominick Riccio (brother of Cats On ASmoother Surface drummer Paul Riccio, more about them later!) did a few ofhis originals, followed by the up-and-coming Shanna...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:36:00 GMT

Oh hurray

Me Cookie and the boys from MPH had a great time ummmm tearing up that Saint saturday night. I guess you wouldn't generaly say clsssicly influenced piano pop tears anything up but we had a g...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:26:00 GMT

Twisted Tree

Thank you to Cook Michael and Matt plus the Jerry's who did an awesome job. The show went really well including the addition of a self composed song about what else my ex boyfriend...more to follow it...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:01:00 GMT

Shanna the basics the begining

ok first I have beem singing since I was a baby. I dragged my mom on countless auditions. Until I got into Westminster where I majored in music. so I studied classical music for 4 years, sand lots of ...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:55:00 GMT