How is it that Teresa’s partner and Seattle Angel Band Collaborator Laurie Katherine Carlsson ended up onstage with British pop artist Imogen Heap at the renowned Paramount Theater last Monday night?
In case her work is somewhat off your radar, Imogen writes tunes with lush, layered vocals, interesting beats, and often an environmental message or two. She’s extremely supportive of local musicians and general community involvement (which makes us love her all the more), having tailored her set list for each city of her current tour via online voting, and inviting vocal groups to submit audition tapes for the role of accompanying her onstage for the a cappella tune “Earth.”
Laurie and T’s partner banded together with 5 of their singing/songwriting friends to take on the daunting task of learning the twenty-two-page score. They were informed that their group had been selected only five days before the show and the group, dubbing themselves “Sintonía,” – Italian for “in tune with, or on the same wavelength “ – threw together a set of four original tunes which they were afforded the honor of opening the show with. The Sintonía collective had such a blast together that they’ve decided to move forward, with plans for another show in the fall. You can watch the video of the performance HERE.
