featuring Paula Byrne, vocals
Jack Krouscup, piano
Open Door Wine Bar
303 West Hood Street
Sisters, Oregon USA
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Paula Byrne's voice is like chilled champagne on a hot summer day. She moves easily between songs that are lush and beautiful to highly rhythmic, wild rides. Her sense of humor, revival of obscure songs and new twists on old standards keeps the audience engaged and enraptured.
Paula is eclectic in her choice of musicians with whom to perform, including many of Portland's best: Randy Porter, Gordon Lee, George Mitchell, Craig Bidondo, Joe Millward, Ron Steen, Dennis Caiazza, Rich Turnoy, Glenn Holstrom, Andrea Niemiec, Kevin Dietz, Christopher Woitach and Darin Clendenin, Matt Tabor, Craig Snazelle, Dave Captein, Vince Frates, Dan Gaynor, John Gilmore, Mike Horsfall, Greg Goebel, Dan Presley, Carlton Jackson, Gordon Lee, Todd Marston.
Born to a jazz drummer (father) and figure skater (mother), she has been a lover of music and movement since birth. Paula teaches dance locally and internationally, and has been a moving force in the dance scene in Portland since 1996. She is the creator of the Wild Grace™ and DanceQuest™ movement meditations, and is Founder of SomaSpace ~ Studio of Movement Arts in NE PDX.
Paula was an Oracle software developer in the corporate high-tech field for 20 years. She left that career in 2005 to devote herself full-time to her soul-work in assisting people to remember and reconnect to the body as a source of wisdom, pleasure and joy in the present moment.
Paula's YouTube Channel : YouTube
Paula's Transformational Dance Website : www.WildGrace.us
Paula's TED Talk on Everyday Dancing :
Jack's many hats include: Working musical shows at the Tower Theatre, jazz gigs with his own trio at Broken Top Country Club and other venues plus backing vocalists, Music Director, Pianist and Arranger for Cascade Music School Christmas shows, Director of Music for Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, Richmond CA. He was a contemporary piano and contemporary music theory instructor and ensemble coach for students in the jazz band Patten University, Oakland.
He is Owner and President of Borderline Productions Inc., a full music services company, and has a Bachelor of Music in Composition, Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts.
