LIVE at Piedmont Piano Company
Songs & Stories:
Teresa Tam
Singer, teacher, and professional photographer Teresa Tam sings a varied set of songs, and talks about how Tango music liberates her and gets her out of her comfort zone, how life experiences can add to one's musical expressions, and how music carried her as a teenage immigrant. 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. Masking is encouraged but no longer required.
TERESA TAM
As a lifelong musician from Taiwan who began playing violin as a child, I fell in love with singing when I started singing with the Taipei Philharmonic Chorus as a preteen. I continued my vocal and violin studies after moving to the United States. My first professional debut was with the American Bach Soloist as a soprano soloist while pursuing my undergraduate degree at UC Davis. After obtaining my Masters in Vocal Performance from Boston University, I was diagnosed with a devastating vocal cord injury. With this significant setback, I shifted my career path towards Photography. After a decade off the stage, I gained deeper physical awareness and insights while rehabbing my voice with the help of Estill Voice Training. Having rediscovered the use of my singing voice, I am now able to explore various genres of music with my vocal instrument and approach each piece with greater precision, intention, and purpose. Though classically trained, my musical interests run the gamut from Jazz to Tango and many more in between. Since restarting my Argentine Tango dancing in 2018, I also dove into the passionate world of Tango music. Since then I have had the pleasure to collaborate with numerous Tango musicians across the US such as Corazón Tango, Fuego Tango, Las Almas Tango, Charles Gorczynski Tango ensemble, and my own Duo Telar with Argentine Tango guitarist Maxi Larrea. teresatammusic.com | instagram.com/teresatam.sing
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 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 other top jazz and classical musicians in both Northern and Southern California. sharmilaguhalash.com