CHRISTMAS AT COE HALL

Andrew Schulman 8-string guitar
Wendy Sayvetz vocalist

Internationally acclaimed eight-string guitarist, Andrew Schulman, lives in New York City. He made his New York debut in 1982 on the Guitar-N.Y. series at Carnegie Recital Hall, and his London debut in 1985. Since then, Mr. Schulman has appeared in Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the White House. He has performed throughout Europe in the Festival European International in Geneva, the Carnival of Venice in Italy, with Larry Adler in the Royal Albert Hall in London, and in 1991 Mr. Schulman was one of the last foreign artists to tour the Soviet Union. Mr. Schulman has made numerous television and radio appearances including recitals on BBC radio, WNCN's Live from Citicorp Center, repeat appearances on WQXR'S Listening Room with Robert Sherman, WNYC's Around NY, and NBC-TV's Fantasy with Leslie Uggams. He has two worldwide releases on the Centaur label; The Baroque Style (transcriptions for Eight-string guitar), and Lullabies, Reveilles (and Siesta!). Both recordings have been critically acclaimed and have received extensive international radio play. In 1990, Mr. Schulman founded the Abaca String Band, an ensemble of guitar, mandolin, violin, viola, and double bass. This unique group has performed on the Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concert Series since 1995 and they have also appeared at the White House, the Newport Music Festival, the Library of Congress, and Chautauqua Institution among others. Public Radio International broadcast their debut CD, Live from Chautauqua, nationwide in 1999, and will do so again of a concert recorded in 2003. Mr. Schulman's unique style of concert presentation made him popular in the NY comedy clubs such as The Improv, Catch a Rising Star, and Dangerfield's. His use of humor on the concert stage gives his solo and chamber performances an unexpected spin on traditional classical music. Mr. Schulman appears every Sunday playing as the first solo guitarist in the history of the Palm Court at the Plaza Hotel in New York City.

Wendy Sayvetz began her career in January of 1990, performing at Grand Central Terminal and Penn Station as part of the MTA's Music Under New York (MUNY) Program. Since then she has sold over 20,000 copies of her first four (self-produced) albums, and has appeared at numerous local arts centers and clubs in addition to her weekly MUNY performances. In 1995 a CD of her first recording was played in the Oval Office for President Bill Clinton - a Christmas gift from one of his top advisors, also a Grand Central Station commuter! Ms. Sayvetz has been a featured guest on National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Sunday with Liane Hansen, WQXR's Woody's Children with Bob Sherman, WNYC's Folk Song Festival with Oscar Brand, and WOR's Rambling with Gambling with John Gambling. Her "underground" career was the subject of a nationally syndicated feature story in New York Newsday and her rendering of Amazing Grace in Grand Central Station opened the
CBS television special, Grand Central Nonstop. Wendy has appeared in concert at: The White House, The Fast Folk Cafe, Caffe Lena, BargeMusic, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Carnivale di Venezia (Italy), Planting Fields Arboretum, The Howland Center, and The Rye Arts Center, among other venues...and as a guest artist of Andrea Marcovicci at both Symphony Space and the Algonquin Hotel/Oak Room. Just before Christmas of 2001, she had the honor of performing "Silent Night" for New York City's Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Wendy recently released her fifth recording – a debut album for zoomTone Records…Wendy and the Lost Boys – Track 39. She is joined on this recording by her husband, guitarist Andrew Schulman, and her producer, clarinetist Sam Parkins. Wendy’s concert programs combine both classic and contemporary songs from the folk music and musical theater genres.