Penelope Thomas

From Canada, Penelope Thomas came to NY to study dance with Merce Cunningham; then through a series of fortunate and unfortunate events, she wound up back in singing and acting. Credits include lead vocals with FauveMuseum on two albums and live at Symphony Space, singing back-up for Bistro Awards director Shellen Lubin at the Metropolitan Room, reading poet Ann Carson’s work at the Whitney, and touring North America and Europe with Mikel Rouse’s The End of Cinematics. In Toronto, she studied piano at the Royal Conservatory of Music and cello with the Claude Watson School for the Arts, and in New York she studied music theory with Mark Wade. She's taught in the New School’s Sweat musical theatre intensive and taught dance in public schools and conservatories.

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Club Review: Alex Leonard and The Sutton Place Trio

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Club Review: Rachelle Garniez’s “Gone to Glory” Album Release Concert

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Music Review: Artemisia LeFay— “Ghosts of Weimar Past”

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CD Review: Gary Negbaur—”You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught”

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