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.
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Wendy Sayvetz is also a member of Subway Records, a new and rapidly growing
record company that distributes the music - and supports the careers - of
a vast number of "underground" musicians in New York City. Check out Subway
Records by going to: subwayrecords.com.
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Andrew Schulman Internationally acclaimed 8-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 Hall, and his London debut in 1985 at
The Purcell Room. Since then, Mr. Schulman has appeared as a soloist at
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 as one of the last foreign
artists to tour the Soviet Union. Andrew Schulman appeared Sundays, from
1999-2005, playing as the first solo guitarist in the history of the legendary
Palm Court at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. With the closing of the
Plaza for several years of renovation, he now appeared on Sundays at The
Mark Hotel in NY from 2005-2007, and now has a steady engagement at the InterContinental/The Barclay, Wednesdays thru Saturdays, 7-11PM.
Mr. Schulman has made numerous television and radio appearances including
recitals on BBC 3, WQXR'S "Listening Room with Robert Sherman", WNYC's "Around
NY" and "Soundcheck" with John Schaefer, 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.
Andrew Schulman founded the Abaca String Band in 1991. The group has appeared
on the Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concert Series since 1995, and has also
been presented in concert at the Newport Music Festival, Chautauqua Institution,
and on many concert series throughout the U.S. They have performed for special
events at The White House and the Library of Congress, among many others.
Also a composer and prolific arranger for solo guitar and ensemble, Andrew
Schulman's music is published by Berben Edizioni Musicali of Italy, the
world's largest publisher of guitar music.
Mr. Schulman's combination of instrumental virtuosity and humor 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.
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