Zen is the Charlie’s Angels of strings & vocals. This trio is the hottest new group to hit the music market branding the concept of “singing & playing” at the same time. Co-founded by lead singer T and her husband Trey, they show how magic can happen by combining her concept of “singing & playing” along with his extensive background in sound production. Together, they wanted to create a group unlike any other that was hot, edgy and unique. Continue reading →

They may look and sit poised as a traditional String Quartet, but when the first hair of the violinist’s bow glides across the strings you’ll soon realize, that’s about all that is “traditional” about ReString.

Your guests will delight when they realize they’re hearing some of today’s most popular music set to strings. A wide genre of music from contemporary to rock to alternative are covered by ReString. This collection of highly skilled string players’ set list reads like a DJ’s playlist with anything ranging from The Rolling Stones, U2, The Pixies, Lady Gaga, New Order, Journey, Coldplay, The Verve, The Beatles, Adele, Nirvana, The Police and more!

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This Stan Watkins group called TWO FOR TEA plays good old fashioned music. The kind you want to sing along with. We play for the older crowd who have been virtually forgotten by today’s musicians and the younger crowd that yearns for something a little old timey. Tin Pan Alley is where we live musically. Irving Berlin, The Gershwins, Cole Porter, Rogers and Hart and the many others of their ilk are our influences. Keith Droste’s virtuoso piano stylings set the tone for this musical stroll down memory lane with Stan lending a hand with his unique brand of vocals and trumpet playing. TWO FOR TEA is available for an elegant afternoon Tea or any type of occasion where everything old is new again.

Tracy Moss is one of today’s most exciting and unique entertainers. She started her training at the tender age of four in her native, southern California and has become on of those rare performers of many talents singing, dancing and acting, with a WOW! personality. That’s not all. Tracy Moss is the hottest jazz harpist you’ll ever see. She can really make it talk. She has appeared in numerous TV commercials as a spokesperson for various products and is also a big favorite in Las Vegas, where she has appeared in some of the top hotels, including the Sands, Riviera and Flamingo. A special room was built for her at the famed Tropicana hotel, where she had an extended, smash engagement and she has attracted faithful audiences in up-tempo Tahoe-Reno area, as well as Atlantic City.

It comes as no surprise that with Tracy’s Sensational training and talent she has appeared with the Los Angeles and Las Vegas Symphony Orchestra and shared the spotlight with pianist Roger Williams on a 30 city national tour. Ms. Moss’s following extends enthusiastically to far-flung corners of the world, as she has appeared on tour in the Far East, starred in the Château Luarier in Ottawa, Canada, and is big, in box offices in Caracas, Venezuela, where she has performed in nearly two dozen top TV variety shows.

Her act is dynamite. Variety says,…”zing…loads of personality – her act is well-rounded and so is she.

String Planet features violist Novi and composer-Stick player Larry Tuttle. In their music, Classical Crossover meets World Beat – 20th Century classical influences are combined with an ethnic percussion section and a pop-music aesthetic. Lyrical melodies soar over a moving bed of drums and hand drums.
Novi and Larry recorded and toured together for years, combining the Stick and viola with a world music rhythm feel.

LARRY TUTTLE – THE STICK

Growing up in Seattle, Washington, Larry Tuttle discovered the string bass at age nine and embarked on a childhood saturated in music, playing in school orchestras, All-City orchestras, Youth Symphonies, college symphonies, and just about every kind of ensemble imaginable. Larry studied classically at the University of Washington as a string bass major under James Harnett (principal bass – Seattle Symphony) as well as taking extensive private study with such notables as Ron Simon, Ring Warner and Oscar Zimmerman. A short study course in ear-training with jazz great Gary Peacock was a revelation, opening his ears to jazz and helping to develop deep listening skills and musical philosophy. Larry played principal bass for a summer at the National Music Camp in Interlochen, as well as sitting in with the Seattle Symphony as an honor student.

Discovering the electric bass and progressive rock bands such as Yes, ELP and Gentle Giant while in high school, Larry went on to play for ten years with rock group “Russia”, moving to Los Angeles and recording two albums for Warner Bros. Records.

After the Russia years, looking to expand his musical choices, he added The Stick to his repertoire of instruments. It was a life-changing move. The Stick opened up entire vistas of musical expression. As a new instrument with plenty of untapped potential, it offered both a challenge and an opportunity for creating a totally unique musical identity. The Stick’s two-handed playing technique and contrapuntal sound also made it an ideal instrument for expression as a composer.

NOVI NOVOG – VIOLA

Novi Novog and her viola have been heard and seen on recordings, films and concert stages all over the world. She is one of LA’s top session musicians, with a long list of credits including solos on Prince’s “Purple Rain” and “Raspberry Beret,” The Doobie Brothers’ “Black Water”, and album appearances for such diverse artists as Bonnie Raitt, Terrance Trent D’Arby, Michael Jackson, 10,000 Maniacs, Cher, James Taylor, Spinal Tap, Madonna, Tom Petty and Tangerine Dream. Her performing credits include such names as Frank Zappa, The Doobie Brothers, Aretha Franklin and Jennifer Warnes. A valley girl from North Hollywood, CA, Novi began playing piano at age four. When she was eight, she took up the violin, then moved on to viola. As part of the American Youth Symphony, Novi studied under Mehli Mehta, then attended California Institute of the Arts on scholarship under Louis Kievman, where she received the American String Teachers Award. In addition to her work in viola and piano, she studied composition at Cal Arts under Leonard Stein and Alan Chaplin.

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Cynthia Brogan, violinist/violist, graduated with honors and received degrees in Instrumental Music Performance from College of the Desert and from the California State University, Northridge. Mrs. Brogan maintains a busy schedule freelancing throughout the Southern California region and has performed with a variety of contemporary artists including Clay Aiken, Tony Bennett, Vicki Carr, Ray Charles, Robert Goulet, Shirley Jones, Wayne Newton, Olivia Newton-John, Smokey Robinson, Suzanne Somers and Dionne Warwick. A native of the Coachella Valley, she is the violin soloist at Temple Sinai in Palm Desert, CA and performs with many local ensembles including the San Bernardino and Redlands Symphony Orchestras. Mrs. Brogan is past-President and member of the Music Teachers of the Desert, the California Association of Music Teachers and Music Teachers National Association and is a private string instructor and a violin instructor at many local school within the school district. Cindy is also a member of the American Federation of Musicians and Professional Musicians. Cindy is professional, prompt and always delivers a quality performance.

A playlist for Cindy can be downloaded here:  STRING TRIO SELECTIONS