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Fanfare plays a variety of styles of music with a great deal of, well…FANFARE! Fanfare features the lead vocalist Kittie
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Fanfare plays a variety of styles of music with a great deal of, well…FANFARE! Fanfare features the lead vocalist Kittie Moller whose vocals will capture and enthrall you. The music they play will take you all over the sound spectrum with music that includes Motown, R&B, Classic Rock, Disco, Pop, Country, Standards & Jazz, Big Band and music of today. They have been on the St. Louis music scene for 45 years. Fanfare’s “Musical History Tour” concert will take you from the Big Band Era to music of today. This is a great program for school kids and kids of all ages. They will get you singing, dancing and having fun on this musical tour through time. Don’t forget your dancing shoes!
Contact Name: Vincent Golomski
Address: 6263 Delor St, St Louis, Mo 63109
Phone: 314-752-4378
Email: vincent@fanfareband.com
Performance Fee Range: $500-$4000 Depending on travel requirements.
Technical Requirements:
We are self contained, meaning we have a full range of PA and lights for our show. We do need two 20 amp circuits.
Availability: Year-round.
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Singer/composer Erin Bode mesmerizes audiences with her striking stage presence, an irresistible voice, and a remarkable musical savvy that has
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Singer/composer Erin Bode mesmerizes audiences with her striking stage presence, an irresistible voice, and a remarkable musical savvy that has positioned her at the intersection of jazz, folk and pop music. Her band features top-notch players with distinctive voicings of their own.
Contact Name: Lori Beck
Address: 801 Craig Forest Ln, St. Louis, MO 63122
Email: lrbeck314@aol.com
Performance Fee Range: $2500 to $7500
Technical Requirements:
Available on request.
Availability: Year-round.
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Elizabeth Ann Townsend received the 2016 St. Lou Fringe Festival award for Best Production for her one woman performance piece: COUNT
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Elizabeth Ann Townsend received the 2016 St. Lou Fringe Festival award for Best Production for her one woman performance piece: COUNT TIME! The Life and Times of Patricia Prewitt! Other selected credits include: Houston: Stages Repertory Theatre: Stupid Fucking Bird (Emma – Best Supporting Actress, 2015, Houston Theater Awards); St. Louis: Repertory Theatre of St. Louis: Good People (Jean – Best Supporting Actress, 2014, St. Louis Critic Circle Awards) Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner; Tennessee Williams Festival: Small Craft Warnings; St. Louis Actors’ Studio: Gidion’s Knot; Talking Heads-Nights in the Gardens of Spain. Upstream Theatre: The Maids; Blood Wedding. New Jewish Theater: Awake And Sing. Cleveland: Cleveland Play House: A Christmas Story (5 seasons). Dobama Theatre: The Exonerated; Syracuse Stage NY: A Christmas Story. FILM/TV: The Makings of You; The Sopranos; Law & Order; National Commercials.
Contact Name: Elizabeth Townsend
Address: 2049 Ridgeway Dr, Arnold, MO 63010
Phone: (636) 321-8589
Performance Fee Range: $1500-$2500
Technical Requirements:
Very limited needs- Elizabeth will come with Stage Manager, van with three pieces of furniture and projection screen, and laptop equipped with QLab. We will require a brief spacing/tech rehearsal. Strike will take about half an hour. We will require a basic light and sound setup and a projector.
Availability: Year-round.
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An award-winning Irish singer, fiddle player, and dancer from the West of Ireland with 11 World Irish Music titles to
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An award-winning Irish singer, fiddle player, and dancer from the West of Ireland with 11 World Irish Music titles to her credit. Eimear has toured extensively and has taught at festivals worldwide. Eimear is proficient in the art of sean nos singing, a highly ornamented, unaccompanied style of singing in the Irish language. As well as being a performer, Eimear is also a qualified music and dance teacher. She holds a Performance Diploma in Traditional Music from the London College of Music (DipLCM) and a diploma in the instruction of Irish music from Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann (TTCT) and is a qualified Irish Dancing Teacher with An Coimisiun le Rinci Gaelacha (TCRG). In 2019 she was awarded LiveIreland’s “Best Newcomer” award and in 2020 she was granted an Artist Fellowship from the Regional Arts Commission of St Louis.
Contact Name: Eimear Arkins
Address: 3215 Halliday Ave, Apt 2W, St. Louis, MO 63118
Phone: (314) 225-5250
Email: eimeararkinsmusic@gmail.com
Performance Fee Range: $250-$1000
Technical Requirements:
2 microphones and 2 stands OR 1 vocal microphone and stand and an XLR for clip-on fiddle microphone.
Availability: Year-round.
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Ed Reggi is a nationally recognized and award-winning improv actor who brings his unique style of Viola Spolin Theater Games
Place Description: Ed Reggi is a nationally recognized and award-winning improv actor who brings his unique style of Viola Spolin Theater Games to schools and communities around the region.
Contact Name: Ed Reggi
Address: 500 North 13th Street, Apt 8L, St. Louis, MO 63103
Phone: (314)265-4756
Email: edreggi@gmail.com
Performance Fee Range: $325-$650
Technical Requirements:
The simplicity of Viola Spolin's Improvisational Theater allows Ed Reggi to require almost no technical requirements. A bare floor with basic lighting is the only requirement.
Availability: Year-round.
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Downstream is an acoustic blend of guitar, fiddle, mandolin, bass and percussion. The three members created a diverse sound when
Place Description: Downstream is an acoustic blend of guitar, fiddle, mandolin, bass and percussion. The three members created a diverse sound when they brought past musical experiences, skills, and expertise together.
Pat Frank has worked a musician for the past 30 years working with young children, solo performer and also a music collaboration with a storyteller.
Terri Brandt received a scholarship from the MO Folk Arts Council to be an apprentice to a master of fiddle, Vesta Johnson, for two years.
Rick Rahmberg, our bass, mandolin and percussionist has performed for over 40 years. Rick has a myriad of instruments- we never know what he will pull out of his magic music bag!
Downstream’s repertoire includes a collection -Americana, folk, traditional, blues and original tunes. This trio also can offer historical programs, in period dress, with traditional and original music. Our performances have included: festivals, music series and the Shaw Nature Reserve.
Contact Name: Ms. Pat Frank
Address: 5367 Hwy. South 94, Augusta, MO 63332
Phone: (636) 221-1648
Email: gibsongirl2@yahoo.com
Performance Fee Range: $400-$1500
Technical Requirements:
Downstream requires one hour set up time if a sound system is needed for the venue. If the sound system is available at the venue, we need: 8 jacks for microphones and instruments, 3 microphones and a monitor.
Availability: Year-round.
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Dianne Moran an award-winning Storyteller, Living History Performer and Chautauqua Scholar. Heritage Festivals feature her poignant portrayals including: Zerelda James
Place Description: Dianne Moran an award-winning Storyteller, Living History Performer and Chautauqua Scholar. Heritage Festivals feature her poignant portrayals including: Zerelda James (Frank and Jesse’s Mama), Miep Gies (Anne Frank Family protector), and condemned conspirator in the Lincoln assassination, Mary Surratt. Other recognizable personages include, Calamity Jane, Mother Jones, Lizzie Borden, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Titanic and 1904 World’s Fair characters. Schools augment their curriculums with her programs of Colonial America, Revolutionary War, Lewis & Clark, Civil War, Wagon Train, Ellis Island and The Holocaust. Programs feature a performance in historic dress, a Q and A with the audience and end with the viewing of a relic display.
Contact Name: Dianne Moran
Address: PO Box 223, Richwoods, MO 63071
Phone: 573-342-3004
Email: ozarkwmn5@gmail.com
Performance Fee Range: $200 for a single to $800 for 3 in the same day (includes mileage and lodging.)
Technical Requirements:
Microphone and a 6 ft. table
Availability: Year-round
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Dee Ban is a musician, teacher, and historian. She combines all three when she takes her autoharp into classrooms. Dee
Place Description: Dee Ban is a musician, teacher, and historian. She combines all three when she takes her autoharp into classrooms. Dee teaches history and other subjects by way of musical intelligence and primary source music. Lively discussions ensue as students encounter differing points of view passionately expressed in music. History comes alive as students learn that there are many voices of the past and they do not always agree. Her topics include: The American Revolution, Lewis and Clark, the Civil War, Black History: Slavery through Civil Rights, Songs of the Slaves, Immigration, the 1904 World’s Fair, 1960’s Civil Rights and Peace Movement, American Women’s History, Missouri History, Voting and Election Rights, Biography in Song, Reading/Library Week, Earth Day and Ecology and more. For more than a decade Dee sung in many venues including: The Missouri History Museum, St Louis County Libraries, National Park Sites, Missouri Botanical Garden, schools, educational conferences, folk life festivals, independent living senior centers, historical societies, and churches. With enough lead-time, Dee is happy to research and prepare new programs. Resume and brochure are available upon request.
Contact Name: Dee Ban
Address: 12815 Westledge Lane, Des Peres, MO 63131
Phone: 314-965-1191
Email: banfamily@sbcglobal.net
Performance Fee Range: $200-$500 plus mileage and lodging if necessary
Availability: Year-round
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Dave is a folk musician who plays guitar, banjo, and a singer of traditional songs with an emphasis on Missouri
Place Description: Dave is a folk musician who plays guitar, banjo, and a singer of traditional songs with an emphasis on Missouri traditions as they evolve. Dave worked with his late wife, Cathy Barton, for more than 40 years presenting traditional song and instrumental music, and produced more than a dozen albums. Dave has been the artistic director and performer at the Big Muddy Folk Festival in Boonville for 28 years. He plays in a couple of contra dance bands, and in 2019 scraped up a few friends for duos and trios on various steamboats as they were then playing America’s rivers.
Contact Name: Dave Para
Address: PO Box 33, Boonville, MO 65233
Phone: 660-537-7821
Email: dpara55@gmail.com
Performance Fee Range: $600-$2,400
Technical Requirements:
Sound system with 4-6 microphones with stands and booms (if room requires it), 2 chairs. We can also bring our own sound for an indoor setting.
Availability: Year-round
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This fun and diverse ensemble traces the evolution of Cuban music from its African origins to modern days and styles
Place Description: This fun and diverse ensemble traces the evolution of Cuban music from its African origins to modern days and styles of music, in a range of rhythms from Rumba, Son, Bolero, and Salsa. Its repertoire includes Spanish, Brazilian, and English songs, classics arranged with a very heavy Cuban touch, and also original material. It’s a perfect choice in different formats, from an intimate event to a fun dance party.
Michael McClintock, Founder/Director of Cubanisms, has been invited two years in a row to perform at the Jazz Plaza International Festival in Havana, Cuba. The invitation was extended in 2019 for Cubanisms. The band had the chance to perform as part of the Festival in two of the most important venues of the island “Fábrica de Arte Cubano” and “Centro Cultural Bertolt Brecht”.
Cubanisms has received 3 nominations in 2018 & 2019, by The Pitch and KC community: Best Local Band, Best musician (Michael McClintock) and Best Vocalist (Fedra Cooper, 2018) and (Bruno Bessa 2019)
Contact Name: Michael McClintock
Address: 9116 Charlotte St, Kansas City, MO 64131
Phone: (913) 944-7577
Email: cubanismsband@gmail.com
Performance Fee Range: $500-$8000
Technical Requirements:
Sound system (12 channel mixer, 2 monitors, 2 PA speakers, microphones, microphone stands, cables, and extension cords), if the venue doesn’t have these items we can bring ours for a fee.
Availability: Year-round.
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