Shaina Taub Plays Ars Nova, 7/21

Shaina Taub plays a concert at Ars Nova on Thursday July 21st at 8 PM, featuring a ten-piece band of musicians and vocalists in an evening of all original music.

The concert will feature Taub on lead vocals, Justin Goldner (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson) on bass, Hiroyuki Matsuura (Revolting Rhymes) on drums, Adam Stoler on guitar and Dave Melton on piano.

The set will also feature vocalists Jo Lampert (Prometheus Bound, The Last Goodbye), Ato Blankson-Wood (Hair, Lysistrata Jones), Tom Hennes (The Last Goodbye), Grace McLean (The Last Goodbye), Kate Ferber (The Daughters), Ali Stroker (Spelling Bee).

Vermont-raised, New York-based singer/songwriter Shaina Taub and her band has played to packed houses at such famed venues as The Bitter End, The Living Room and Rockwood Music Hall. Her debut solo EP, What Otters Do, will be released on August 29th.

Shaina's folk-funk opera, The Daughters, was developed last summer at Mark Brokaw's Yale Institute of Music Theater, featured in the 2010 NAMT Songwriter's Showcase, workshopped at CAP21 Theater Company and was a 2011 Richard Rodgers Awards finalist. She recently received a commission to write a musical for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Shaina's concert is part of Ars Nova's Uncharted series, which is a part of their initiative to develop and present new work from emerging musical artists. Ars Nova is located at 511 W. 54th Street. All tickets are $15 and can be purhcased at www.arsnovanyc.com. Use the code WHATOTTERSDO for a free download of a single from Taub's EP.

For more information and media, please visit www.shainataub.com.

 

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