That's My Style: A Tribute to Peggy Lee
featuring Chelsea Packard
with pianist tyler driskill
Friday, May 6th @ 8:00 PM
This concert is also made possible with support from Kaleidoscope Genre Underwriters:
Greg & Deb Bolino, DG Reimagined.
Our Kaleidoscope Genre events embrace concerts that blur genre lines in compelling and unique ways.
Kerrytown Concert House is thrilled to present the final presentation of a three-part cabaret series this season by Broadway artist, Chelsea Packard (Wicked, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) paying tribute to iconic female singers!
Celebrating over six decades and fifty albums of music, Packard will guide us on a journey through the iconic music of Peggy Lee, featuring collaborations with Benny Goodman and Cy Coleman, songs written for herself as well as other notable artists, and more! Pianist Tyler Driskill joins Packard for a program of Lee’s hits, from swinging jazz melodies to tender love ballads.
COVID-19 Safety Policy for Indoor Concerts
- Moving forward, all patrons and artists who wish to attend or present performances indoors at KCH must provide a valid, complete COVID-19 vaccination card OR proof of a negative COVID-19 test performed by third party within the previous 72 hours prior to entry. Such proof must be presented at concert check-in, may be displayed on a smartphone OR presented as a physical copy, and must also be accompanied by a matching, valid ID for verification.**
- Additionally, according to current CDC recommendations, masks are required for audiences inside the House and can only be removed when seated with a beverage (when available). When performing, artists may wear a mask, or not, at their own discretion.
**Proof of vaccination exceptions will be made for children under 5. These guests must provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken within the previous 72 hours prior to entry.
Broadway credits include: Wicked, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, and the Original Broadway Casts of Promises, Promises, Hands on a Hardbody, and The Radio City Spring Spectacular. National Touring credits include: Kristin Chenoweth Some Lessons Learned Album Tour, Wicked. Select Regional credits: Marriott Lincolnshire: Legally Blonde, Buck’s County Playhouse: Meet Me In St. Louis, Summer of ’42, Paper Mill Playhouse: A Funny Thing…Forum, Kansas City Starlight: Aida, Public Theatre NYC: Rock Bottom. Her voice can be heard on the television show Smash and the Tony Awards broadcasts from 2014-2017, and A Christmas Story: Live. Chelsea is an Associate Professor of Musical Theatre Voice at the University of Michigan. She studies with world-renowned voice coach Joan Lader and sings with the Grammy-nominated gospel choir, the Broadway Inspirational Voices. Chelsea received her BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Michigan. She is a proud member of Actors Equity.
Tyler Driskill is a lecturer and collaborative pianist in the University of Michigan Departments of Musical Theatre and Dance. Recent music direction credits include Hair for the University of Michigan (Linda Goodrich and Justin Keyes, directors) and Smokey Joe’s Café and Always Patsy Cline for the Encore Musical Theatre Company. Tyler appears regularly at Kerrytown Concert House and serves as music director for Wine, Women & Song and as the host of the annual Valentine’s Day Cabaret. Additional music direction credits include Sweet Charity (Mark Madama, dir.) for the University of Michigan, and, for the Encore Musical Theatre Company, Fun Home (Vincent J. Cardinal, dir.), Crazy For You, Brigadoon (Wilde Award nomination for Best Music Direction), West Side Story, Sweeney Todd, Assassins (Wilde Award for Best Music Direction), Into The Woods (Wilde Award for Best Music Direction), My Fair Lady (Tony Walton, dir.), Into The Wild (Developmental Premiere, Mia Walker, dir.), Sondheim On Sondheim, and An Evening with Jeremy Jordan. Tyler has performed with jazz vocalist Brad McNett at the Metropolitan Room in New York City.
