STUDIO SESSIONS @ NMST PRESENTS
SPERO PLAYS NYRO (AND A TOUCH OF BACHARACH) w/ support by KALA FARNHAM
Saturday, September 16 at 8 pm in the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre
Spero Plays Nyro (and a Touch of Bacharach) performed by Christine & Elliot Spero, will headline the next STUDIO SESSION @ NMST, with support by CT’s State Troubadour, Kala Farnham! This intimate, acoustic performance will take place on Saturday, September 16 at 8 pm in the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre.
Tickets are on sale now!
Visit warnertheatre.org or call (860) 489-7180 for tickets and more information....
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STUDIO SESSIONS @ NMST PRESENTS
SPERO PLAYS NYRO (AND A TOUCH OF BACHARACH) w/ support by KALA FARNHAM
Saturday, September 16 at 8 pm in the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre
Spero Plays Nyro (and a Touch of Bacharach) performed by Christine & Elliot Spero, will headline the next STUDIO SESSION @ NMST, with support by CT’s State Troubadour, Kala Farnham! This intimate, acoustic performance will take place on Saturday, September 16 at 8 pm in the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre.
Tickets are on sale now!
Visit warnertheatre.org or call (860) 489-7180 for tickets and more information.
ABOUT SPERO PLAYS NYRO (CHRISTINE & ELLIOT SPERO)
In the one-of-a-kind show, “Spero Plays Nyro,” Christine Spero on keys and Elliot Spero on percussion maintain the integrity of Laura Nyro’s music while infusing it with their own unique personality. Christine has loved Laura's music from a young age when she was given a promotional copy of Eli and the Thirteenth Confession by a radio DJ friend. She was inspired by Laura's music to be bold in writing, singing, and playing piano. Laura Nyro was the quintessential singer/songwriter and pianist whose groundbreaking music crossed the genres of folk, rock, and jazz. She became one of the most covered artists in the 1960's and 1970's with such songs as “Eli's Coming,” “Stoned Soul Picnic,” “Wedding Bell Blues,” and “Sweet Blindness.” Her tragic and premature passing in 1997 shocked her fans and in 2012 she was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.
In 2015 The Christine Spero Group released "Spero Plays Nyro" their tribute CD. It will be available at the show and is available via www.christinesperogroup.com. Christine and the group have been written about in USA Today, Billboard, JazzTimes, JAZZIZ, Keyboard and Recording Magazines, Time Out New York, The Village Voice and ASCAP Playback. Christine was the winner of the USA Songwriting Competition Jazz category with her song, "He Wasn't Always That Way.”
They have shared the stage with Kevin Eubanks. Felicia Collins, Doc Gibbs, Steve Katz, John Sebastian, Blood Sweat and Tears, Kim Waters, Walter Beasley, Ray Vega, The Woody Herman Orchestra, Bobby Mattos, and Melanie.
ABOUT KALA FARNHAM
Armed with a voice and an entourage of instruments, songstress Kala Farnham set out into the world with one vision: To inspire through the transformative power of musical storytelling. Farnham has garnered numerous awards and recognition, including serving as the current Connecticut State Troubadour, 2020 Falcon Ridge Festival Emerging Artist, 2020 Great American Song Contest Finalist, and 2019 Rose Garden Performing Songwriter Contest winner. Farnham's 2020 album, "Your Spirit Is a Work of Art", is composed of thirteen musical vignettes exploring the imperfect beauty of the human condition; it has been described by Nick Noble of The Folk Revival as “a work of poetic insight… worth listening to again and again." Drawing from a classical education and professional career in musical theater, Kala presents a hallmark reinvention of the folk tradition: her lush musical arrangements, compelling vulnerability, and vivid storytelling draws her audience into imaginative vantage scapes of the familiar world.
STUDIO SESSIONS @ NMST occurs throughout the year in the Warner Theatre’s Nancy Marine Studio Theatre located at 84 Main Street in Torrington, CT. Each session will feature an acoustic set by area performers in an intimate setting. Cabaret-style seating will be available at the front of the theatre, as well as regular seating.
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