2008 Bar Scott Sings

Bar Scott Sings! / Songs of Her Own / Songs of Others

with Peter Tomlinson on the piano

For eleven consecutive years, Bar Scott has been an ASCAP Special Awards winner. A singer’s singer, Bar possesses a glorious voice and her Fringe debut will include original songs from her repertoire which includes 11 full-length recordings and 9 CDs. Her most recent release, “A Little Dream,” is a gorgeous collection of standards. Accompanying herself on piano and guitar, she will be joined on stage with pianist Peter Tomlinson and upright bassist, Lou Pappas. Bar has performed in venues including the Beacon Theater and The Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York City, to the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, The Maverick , The Kleinert, and The Colony in Woodstock. She has sung with Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, Phoebe Snow, Mindy Jostyn, and Beth Nielson-Chapman, among many others. This concert, performed in the acoustically perfect Byrdcliffe Theatre, is a sure pleasure to the ear and heart. For more information and to hear some of her music, visit www.barscott.com.

BAR SCOTT is an independent artist who “sings because she cannot NOT sing.” She has recorded six CDs of original material and three of cover songs. She has performed live with many musicians including Ian Anderson, Phoebe Snow, Beth Nielsen-Chapman, Mindy Jostyn, Donald Fagen and Peter Schickele. She has been an ASCAP Special Awards winner for eleven consecutive years. Bar also owns Lucy Max Productions in Woodstock, New York. In the studio she wears many hats including writer, producer, performing artist, assistant engineer, and meal-provider. She arranges and performs almost all of the harmony vocals on her studio recordings, which have become a trademark of her sound. In concert, Bar plays piano and guitar, but is also heard singing >a capella especially in places where you wouldn't normally expect a singer to break out into song. It has been said that “Bar Scott creates Beauty” a description that warms her heart because creating Beauty is exactly what she hopes to do. She has sung in venues large and small including The Beacon Theater in New York City, The Tarrytown Music Hall, The Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, The Cathedral at St John the Divine in NYC as well as The Tin Angel in Philadelphia, The Kleinert-James, Byrdcliff Theater, Woodstock Playhouse, Colony Café all in Woodstock, NY and house concerts and smaller venues around the north east. She is also well known for her support of multiple causes, which she does through benefit concerts. Beneficiaries include Ronald MacDonald House, Hope's Fund, Kodi's Kids, AHA Artists Helping Artists, Pennypack Trust, Woodstock Land Conservancy, and many other local, environmental and social agencies that help those in need. Bar has received many outstanding notations including Performing Songwriter's Top 5 CDs of the Year for Parachute in 2007; on of Top 5 CDs chosen by Chuck Eliot of WXPN Radio Philadelphia for Parachute.

PETER TOMLINSON (Piano, Bar Scott Sings!)) teaches jazz piano at Western Connecticut State University as well as Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY. He has recorded with Jimmy Cobb, Dave Douglas and Dick Oates. His most recent album is with guitarist Peter Einhorn called For Evans' Sake. In addition to performing the piano accompaniments on Bar Scott's 2007 release A little Dream, Peter also recorded with Betty MacDonald on her new CD called A Tribute to Billie Holiday.