Nite Spot Nights: Harmonius Holidays! at Milford Arts Council

Ring in the holiday season with the Duchess Trio, a sparkling three-part vocal harmony girl group. From traditional favorites (“Silver Bells,” “ What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve”) to playful holiday novelties (“Santa Baby,” “ Mele Kalikimaka”), these gals will set hearts aglow and toes a-tapping!

Sure-footed swing, sweet-toned harmony and ever-insouciant charm are embodied in the new jazz vocal trio Duchess, featuring notable New York singers Amy Cervini, Hilary Gardner and Melissa Stylianou. Blending the classic and the contemporary DUCHESS has quickly earned a reputation for beautiful singing and big fun at the group’s shows of “girl-on-girl harmony,” as the three so saucily put it. The New York-based threesome made its debut on record with the eponymous Duchess, released by Anzic Records in February 2015. The album channels the 1930s inspiration of the virtuosic Boswell Sisters into a wonderfully entertaining package.

“Three fine singers...join together in swinging harmony to whip up music that traffics in delight…this fresh-voiced triumvirate plays it straight from the heart, leaving any trace of camp or post-modern irony at the door.”
— The New Yorker

“DUCHESS…is a serious musical force, but it makes some seriously friendly music.”
— Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz