Available as solo piano or duo - Minneapolis - St. Paul - Twin Cities Pianist and piano-vocal duo
Available also as a full live band - variety to pop!
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Available as solo piano or duo - Minneapolis - St. Paul - Twin Cities
Pianist and piano-vocal duo
Available also as a full live band - variety to pop!
Audio Demo Clip
Any type of music, pop, oldies, country, rock, background.
Bio:
She grew up learning the musical styles of her time. She began piano lessons at 4 and guitar training as a teenager, but always liked singing better than playing. Perhaps that was her heritage showing through -- her grandmother was an opera singer in Europe.
After joining a professional touring band at 19, she discovered her knack for performing popular tunes. Since then she has been lead singer at local venues including Eddie Webster�s and Rupert�s nightclub and has cultivated much younger audiences with the rollicking kids group "Splatter Sisters" trio.
With bands such as Nightrain and Inside Out she has built a reputation for her rock and country stylings. Her recordings have received strong airplay in Europe; one topped the indie charts, while another reached the top 10.
�My gigs have taken me to many places that I wouldn�t have had a chance to go otherwise," she says, "from snorkeling in Hawaii to rounding up cattle in the mountains of Wyoming.�
With this duo, she is indulging a long-held yearning: Sing the music she likes the way she likes with a pianist who shares her musical tastes. It gives her the chance to perform many types of songs in a style she�s never done before so the vocals really stand out.
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DAN (pianist) counts himself fortunate for inheriting the musical sensibilities of his mother and his grandfather, who in his day also accompanied a singer. Dan has blended classical training with an ability to play by ear.
A news reporter by trade, he has performed everywhere from an airplane hangar, cruise ship and Army base to fine restaurants, the Minnesota State Fair, the Minnesota governor�s office and the president�s residence at the University of Minnesota.
A reviewer put it this way: �He weaves poetically distinctive counterpoint into each individual theme (all improvisation and not twice alike)�His rhythm is bedrock, his nuance carefully and soulfully contrived. Although he plays sans affectation, Wascoe obviously lives and feels what he does.�
He helped found the duos Two Spruce and Sharone & Company, and his original music has been performed on Twin Cities-area radio and TV and by school choirs. He has written songs for special occasions as well as tunes based on current events. He also is a volunteer bell-player at Minneapolis City Hall.
With this duo he works on developing tasteful, understated arrangements that complement her stylings.