Next week is performance week!

Hello friends,

A week from today, Friday, December 7, I'll be debuting my new EP, Grateful, at Piedmont Piano with my trio. I'll be performing music from the EP as well as some new music that hasn't yet been recorded, as well as a few covers tunes, arranged in a VT way : >

I hope to see you at the show!


Friday, December 7, 2012
8pm

Victoria Theodore: Grateful
EP RELEASE PARTY AND CELEBRATION

Piedmont Piano Co.
1728 San Pablo Ave.
on the corner of 18th St. (next door to the Oakland Ice Center)
Oakland, CA 94612

Advance tickets (510) 547-8188
$15 General/ $5 Students
"Grateful" CD - $5 with Admission


You can catch a few of my songs at my performance in Vallejo on Wednesday, December 5. I'll be performing with two other special guests.


Wednesday, December 5, 2012
7pm-10pm

Wednesday Night Ramble
with Don Bassey and the North Bay All Stars
Special Guests: Ariane Cap, Ashling "Biscuit" Cole & Victoria Theodore

Empress Theatre
330 Virginia Street Vallejo, CA 94590
707.552.2400
$7/advance and $9/door

Arranging

When creating a musical set list (an agenda for a live performance), if performing music that the audience will be familiar with, one has to consider: do I choose to perform the chosen songs in a manner that reflects the original recording or do I change the style / key / meter / instrumentation, etc? I've chosen 6 cover tunes for my upcoming show at Piedmont Piano (shameless plug: Dec 7 @ 8pm - don't miss it!! Victoria Theodore - Grateful EP Release Concert), including a Stevie Wonder tune that I infused with a little Bach flavor! I'm really happy with my arrangements, but wow! It was more work than I anticipated. Now they're done and it's time for me to focus on practicing and being performance ready. So, on that note, I log off of the social networks...again...and get to the keyboard as I sit in my quiet little hotel room. I say it all the time, offering it as a suggestion to you, my readers, but also to myself: Carpe Diem!

December Performances: Update! Happy Thanksgiving!

"The lessons, the blessings
even the mistakes,
the sunshine and the rain,
I'm grateful for it all today!"
– "Grateful" by Victoria Theodore & Amy Levine

Hello friends!

I've got a few changes to my performance calendar.  Check it out and I hope to see you soon!

Friday, December 7, 2012
8pm

Victoria Theodore: Grateful
EP RELEASE PARTY AND CELEBRATION

Piedmont Piano Co.
1728 San Pablo Ave.
on the corner of 18th St. (next door to the Oakland Ice Center)
Oakland, CA 94612

Advance tickets (510) 547-8188
$15 General/ $5 Students
"Grateful" CD - $5 with Admission

I have a few other upcoming shows:

Wednesday, December 5, 2012
7pm-10pm

Wednesday Night Ramble
with Don Bassey and the North Bay All Stars
Special Guests: Ariane Cap, Ashling "Biscuit" Cole & Victoria Theodore

Empress Theatre
330 Virginia Street Vallejo, CA 94590
707.552.2400
$7/advance and $9/door

Saturday, December 15, 2012

7:30pm
Stevie Wonder
House Full of Toys
Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
777 Chick Hearn Court Los Angeles, CA 90015 | 213.763.6000

Tuesday, December 18, 2012
8pm
The Not-So-Silent Yule Party
featuring Victoria Theodore with Kevin Wong & the BASSment
510 Embarcadero West  Oakland,  CA 94607, (510) 238-9200
$15 adv / $18 door

Victoria Theodore: Grateful

"The lessons, the blessings
even the mistakes,
the sunshine and the rain,
I'm grateful for it all today!"
– "Grateful" by Victoria Theodore & Amy Levine

Hello friends!

At long last, my first compilation of original music has arrived!  “Grateful” is a 6-song preview (an EP in music business terms) of my upcoming full length CD, featuring a musical hybrid of jazz, pop and R&B, reflecting my training as a classical pianist.  I'm having a release party and celebration at Piedmont Piano on December 7.  I hope to see you there!

Friday, December 7, 2012
8pm

Victoria Theodore: Grateful
EP RELEASE PARTY AND CELEBRATION

Piedmont Piano Co.
1728 San Pablo Ave.
on the corner of 18th St. (next door to the Oakland Ice Center)
Oakland, CA 94612

Advance tickets (510) 547-8188
$15 General/ $5 Students
"Grateful" CD - $5 with Admission

I have a few other upcoming shows:

Wednesday, December 5, 2012
7pm-10pm

Wednesday Night Ramble
with Don Bassey and the North Bay All Stars
Special Guests: Ariane Cap, Ashling "Biscuit" Cole & Victoria Theodore

Empress Theatre
330 Virginia Street Vallejo, CA 94590
707.552.2400
$7/advance and $9/door

Please check out my web site to see a full, up-to-date listing of when and where I'm performing. I'd love to see you at one of my performances. Please come say hello! Just click on one of the links and then click the button that says "SHOWS".

I wish you all a very happy, gratitude filled Thanksgiving!  I'm grateful for your support, encouragement, kindness and love.  Keep sending it my way!

Writing success

I completed another song with a couple of songwriters today!  Yay!  This one is kind of a bossa nova, but with some alterations.  My daily writing practice appears to be paying off, because the lyrics flowed rather easily.  We all felt like we were in the creative flow and loved what we did.  What a great feeling!

Carpe diem...

Strategy

So, I have the new EP, and I love it!  A few people have gotten their hands on it (thanks to coming to my gig Saturday night!).  I'll be making it available soon.  But first, I have to set up more gigs, figure out the where, the how, the why, blah blah blah.  Business.  Yes, music is a business.  Anyway, just taking a few minutes to check in.  So much to do...so little time....