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Teresa Eggertsen Cooke Saturday, September 20, 2014 07:00 PM Metropolitan Room, New York, NY
  • 2 Beverage Min
 
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  • Ticket Price: $20.00 - $115.00
  • Door Time: 6:15 PM
  • Show Type: Cabaret
  • Restrictions: 2 Beverage Min
Description: Teresa, Singer & Pianist


This show is dedicated to our dear departed friend Pete Barquin, who passed away from  ALS (Lou Gehrig ’s disease).  Any support to the ALS Association is welcome. Thank you.
 
Back in April, 2014, April 23rd to be exact, Teresa Eggertsen Cooke made her New York City debut at our very own Metropolitan Room. She sang a combination of tunes dating from Irving Berlin’s 1924 classic “What’ll I Do?” to Carol King’s pensive “It’s Too Late”. Both are standards from distant eras, crossing decades. When the venue asked Teresa back this coming fall, Teresa thought, “I’ll do this again. These are the songs I love, the songs my audience loves.  When I see how happy my music makes people and the emotion that ensues, I am so humbled.”
And so, “Decades of Song” is coming to the Metropolitan Room, Saturday, September 20th at 7 PM.
 
And songs they are! “My Baby Just Cares for Me” penned in 1930 is one of the ditties Teresa will be singing. Another will be “Your Song” the very first hit from Elton John and Bernie Taupin. The songs will cross eras, moods and genres. From the 1920s, 1930s, 1960s, 1970s; up-tempo tunes and soft rock ballads and how they translate into a jazz motif, including “The Rose” and “Songs of Life” from Neil Diamond’s 1978 film “The Jazz Singer”. Teresa will include tunes written in the earliest days of popular song. Teresa remembers her father singing these songs to her to her, and this is what taught her to appreciate singing and performing.
 
Possessing a versatile vocal range and piano skills, Teresa Eggertsen makes each and every song her own.
 
Although new to New York City, Teresa is not new to performing. She currently resides with her family in Park City, Utah. She has been performing in Park City and in the surrounding area for many years. In 2013 she performed at the Waldorf Astoria in Chicago and The Ritz Carlton in Amelia Island, Florida. She began playing piano and singing at a very young age and continued for many years until she took a break to become an internationally ranked Mountain Bike racer. She then retired from racing in 2003 and came back to music. “It really is one of two of my FAVORITE things to do, the other is riding my mountain bike!”
 
And what about coming back to New York? Teresa says, “I can’t wait to come back! The Metropolitan Room took a chance on someone from Utah whom they had never met or seen perform. It has given me a lot of confidence. They are wonderful!”
 
Taking influences from jazz standards, to rock ballads spanning many decades, Teresa has created her own interpretive style. She will be joined by Ben Lepley on trombone and Lou Vito, guitar.
 
Here’s what’s being said about Teresa Eggertsen Cooke:
 
“Teresa Eggertsen Cooke has the unique ability to present and perform  songs they you may have heard over the years and make one feel as if they are hearing them for the very first time in your life. The combination of her beautiful voice and style of musical presentation set her apart from the rest of the crowd.  She stands alone in this field. Just an outstanding performer with amazing talent and charisma.  One of the very best I have ever heard”
—Alissa Grimaldi, New York City, NY
 
“Taking influences from Jazz standards, to rock ballads spanning many decades, Teresa has created her own interpretive style.”  “Teresa’s voice is liquid velvet and her soothing piano arrangements bring new life to a repertoire of hundreds of songs across many genres”
—Dr. Isaac Hurtado, Utah Vocal Arts Academy
 
“Teresa’s gentle intention possesses that touch of magic which carries many of us to tears by the sheer beauty of her message and her warmth.”
— Debra Cook, Utah Conservatory