Rachael Gold and Shannon Wallace
November 6 @ 7:30 pm
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With decades of international performance experience, Shannon Wallace and Rachael Gold blend their talents into a mix of musical genres. They move across jazz, contemporary, Broadway, classical and original compositions while incorporating humor and storytelling throughout the performance.
The show is shaped by both the performers and the audience. Designed to connect with everyone in the room, each performance is engaging and personal.
About the artists:
Rachael Gold
Rachael Gold is a composer and producer, as well as a studio and touring musician. Over the past 30-years, she has performed extensively as a multi-instrumentalist and singer throughout the United States, Canada and Europe.
She has recorded, toured and performed with many entertainers including Kathryn Crosby, Bernadette Peters, Frankie Valli, Bob Newhart, Rob Schneider (SNL), Sister Sledge, The Four Tops, The Platters, Donna Summer and William Joseph (David Foster/producer).
Rachael studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston. She graduated from the Dick Grove School of Music in Los Angeles where she studied arranging and composition under legendary composers such as Dick Grove, Nelson Riddle, Clare Fischer, Tom Scott and Lalo Schifrin.
Gold has produced, written and performed on albums, jingles, TV and film. Her music has been performed and recorded by Mickey Mouse, Sarah Vaughan, Sister Sledge, Eye on Hollywood, and locally at the Arizona Science Center and Fort McDowell Casino.
Rachael’s favorite quote:
“It’s all about the flow.” – Kenny Werner
For more about Rachael: rachaelnicolegold.com
Shannon Wallace
As a professional jazz vocalist, Shannon Wallace has performed nationally and internationally throughout Europe, Asia and North America over the past 30-years.
Whether performing as the front woman of a 20-piece Big Band Orchestra or leading her own jazz ensembles, Shannon has worked with George Benson, Walt Weiskopf (Steely Dan), Gloria Reuben (film and TV actress and singer), Donny Osmond, Grammy-winning jazz musicians Marty Ashby and Lewis Nash, and Charles Lewis, a beloved local jazz musician and Arizona Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame recipient.
Shannon continues to work in television, music, entertainment, music education and health care. She can be heard and seen as a radio, television and internet host, as well as a jingle singer, but her most passionate work is being in service to humanity through music.
Shannon is a certified dementia practitioner and founder and CEO of Musical Memory Care, an in-person, live online and on-demand interactive music and movement workshop that has served participants in 40 countries.
Shannon’s favorite quote:
“Ignorance and arrogance are the artist’s indispensable allies. She must be clueless enough to have no idea how difficult her enterprise is going to be, and cocky enough to believe that she can pull it off anyway.” – Steven Pressfield
For more about Shannon: