With special guests: Alex and Janel, Grace Kalambay, Tishon & Caits Meissner, Julian Pollack, Natalie Tenenbaum, Rabbi Darkside (MTV's Made Coach), iLLspoKin, WhyG?, and More!
Symphonics Live is a multidisciplinary evening produced and hosted by Shawn "Mr. Symphonics Live" Randall. The event showcases the finest singer-songwriters and poets in NY. Along with elements of dance and improvisation, the show promotes generosity, love, and creativity through the continual exploration of humanity through performing and visual arts. The show has sold out shows at the Blue Note, Zipper Factory Theater, and the Bowery Poetry Club in New York.
Founder and executive producer of Symphonics Live Shawn Randall is an actor, poet, singer, writer, producer, and freestyle emcee. He competed in the National Poetry Slam with Team NYC URBANA of the Bowery Poetry Club, and he has extensive experience in Off-Broadway theater, including working with the acclaimed Blue Man Group, a staged reading of Middle Finger at the Joseph Papp Public Theatre, and performances at the Bardavon Opera House, Ensemble Studio Theatre, La Mama E.T.C., and BAM. His film appearances include Slings and Arrows, an independent that won Best Feature at the Avignon/NY Film Festival.
Tonight's show will feature performances by Grace Weber and Duv, as well as a host of special guests, including Alex and Janel, Grace Kalambay, Tishon & Caits Meissner, Julian Pollack, Natalie Tenenbaum, Rabbi Darkside, Why G?, iLLspoKinn, and more!
Grace Weber
Grace Weber may have the disarming beauty and down-to-earth charm of the girl next door, but you don't mess with her. She's a force to be reckoned with. The Milwaukee native, who now lives in Brooklyn, has sung on the famed Showtime at the Apollo in Harlem, at The Kennedy Center, at The Ella Awards, and on The Today Show. She was recognized at a young age by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts and their core program YoungArts, which named her a National Winner in Popular Voice and a Presidential Scholar in the Arts. Grace has even graced the Oprah Winfrey Show, handpicked by Oprah herself from hundreds of thousands of entrants in a national video to perform on the program.
Duv
Duv is an R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and poet dedicated to making quality music that he believes in. Since the age of 14, he had hoped to find other artists to make music with who shared the same vision of creating sounds without the negativity that consumes so much of music today. He found his quarry when he met Baba Israel and Yako 440 of Open Thought Productions. Duv's heartfelt lyrics and soulful vocals combined with the hip-hop and reggae-influenced production and musical expertise of Open Thought, paving the way for the birth of Duv's debut album, Urban Artistik (2008). In addition to recording and performing, Duv has performed at various venues such as the Blue Note and The Zipper Factory Theater with Shawn Randall. He is also featured on Baba Israel and Yako 440's album Beatbox Dub Poetics (2006).
