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Songs & Stories:
Amy Fogerson
Vocalist and poet Amy Fogerson sings songs that represent the different hats she has worn as a singer: student, chorister, soloist, teacher, lyricist. There will be music by Alan Chapman, Reena Esmail, and Dante de Silva, as well as songs composed by 5th graders and women experiencing houselessness in Los Angeles. She’ll share stories about making a living as a non-famous singer, her work with LA-based nonprofit organization Street Symphony, and collaborating with composers as a poet. Followed by audience Q & A. Hosted by vocalist Sharmila G. Lash.
$25 General Admission
We are offering a limited number of tickets to attend this performance in person. Advance purchase is recommended.
AMY FOGERSON
Vocalist Amy Fogerson appears regularly with the Los Angeles Master Chorale, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and other LA ensembles. Her solo appearances include Steve Reich’s Tehillim at Lincoln Center, Louis Andriessen’s De Stijl with the LA Philharmonic, and the alto solos in Handel's Messiah in the first performance of the work at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Amy’s voice has also appeared on more than 100 feature films, including recent releases Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Avatar: The Way of Water, and she was a featured soloist in Season 4 of ABC’s A Million Little Things. She has worked with the non-profit organization Street Symphony since 2014, and has facilitated collaborative music-making events in Skid Row, LA County jails, and CA state prisons. She is the founding Director of the Street Symphony Chamber Singers. Amy is also a poet whose texts have been set by composers Reena Esmail, Zanaida Robles, and Kent Carlson. Her collaboration with Esmail on the multi-movement work Quarantine Madrigals is part of the US Library of Congress’ “Performing Arts COVID-19 Response Collection.”
SHARMILA G. LASH
Sharmila G. Lash is sought after as a jazz and classical singer, as well as for her voice-over work. She is a private voice instructor, works as a session singer for film and television, and is a regular chorister with the Los Angeles Master Chorale. Teaching steadily since 2004, she incorporates her vast professional experience to help guide students to find their own voice. Sharmila began her music studies with piano lessons at age six and singing lessons at age eleven. She was a music student at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts and continued on to study classical voice at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she discovered her passion for jazz. She has performed on the some of the biggest stages in California, led by Gustavo Dudamel, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Michael Tilson Thomas, Zubin Mehta, and others, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Kronos Quartet, Volti, Carmen Lundy, Don Shelton, Luciana Souza, as well as with many of the top jazz and classical musicians in both Northern and Southern California. sharmilaguhalash.com