StellaStella Bass

 

Stella Bass is a classically-trained singer and musician, whose versatile repertoire crosses over classical, jazz and popular music. She has performed in theatres and venues all over Ireland, as well as in the UK, France, Austria and Greece, and has TV/radio credits including "The Late Late Show", "Ireland AM", "Open House", "Let Me Entertain You" and "Theatre Nights". A BSc graduate of UCD, Stella is also an accomplished musician. She completed her music diploma in 2000, and won a High Achiever Award in singing in the Royal Irish Academy of Music in 2006. As well as performing, she teaches singing and piano in her native Dublin and is currently host and compere for Meath’s Got Talent, sponsored by Brady’s Suzuki Ratoath, LMFM and the Meath Echo.

In addition to being a church soloist, Stella sings with the accomplished jazz trio "Sweet & Lowdown" – who are constantly in demand for high-end corporate events such as the RBS Six Nations, the Curragh Races and the Ryder Cup, and with "Rewind" - the ultimate evening party band who, last Christmas, headlined the "Christmas at the RDS" party season, as well as playing the prestigious New Year's Eve 2007 Ball in Fitzpatrick's Castle, Killiney, having been invited back for a second year running. Christmas 2008 sees Rewind play the prestigious Jurys Hotel and the Berkeley Court Hotel (now D4 Hotel Group) Christmas Cabaret from the end of November through December.

Stella undertakes her first one-woman show in November. “Schall und Rauch” (Sound and Smoke) pays tribute to the music and cabaret of the inter-war Berlin period, made most famous by Liza Minnelli in the movie Cabaret and features the songs of composers including Kurt Weill, Friedrich Hollaender and Bertholt Brecht. Click here to view the promotional flyer.

Dates: 19th, 20th & 21st November at 8pm

Venue: Cobalt Café, 16 North Great George’s Street, Dublin 1 (off Denmark St – near Belvedere College/Barry’s Hotel)

Tickets: €15

Bookings: Ph – 085-1165775 (reserved tickets can be collected and paid for before 7.45pm on the night)