Sunday, February 13, 2011, 7 p.m.
VENUE: Carriage House Theatre
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Valentine's Celebration Dinner!
Join us for a romantic evening the night before Valentine's Day! We are offering a special dinner prepared by the gourmet chefs at Le Papillon and served in the historic Villa at 5pm, followed by the Spencer Day performance in the Carriage House.
For $120 per person (not including wine, tax, or tip), you will enjoy an elegant candlelit 3-course meal, after which you can take your seats in the Carriage House to see Spencer Day (tickets to the concert are included with the price of dinner).Call 408-296-3730 to make your reservations today!
Menu:
(Full vegetarian menu available upon request)
- Chef's selection of Hors D'oeuvres
- Artichoke Soup with Roasted Porcini Mushrooms
- Grilled Medallion of Beef Topped with Butter Poached Prawns and Cognac Jus
- Bittersweet Chocolate Tart with Orange and Chestnut
“Put him in the company of Rufus Wainwright, Nellie McKay and other young singer-songwriters who have open hearts and something new to say.” - Time Out New York
Vocalist-songwriter-pianist Spencer Day is an artistic vagabond, a modern-day musical nomad. Born in Utah, raised in rural Arizona, currently living in Los Angeles with extended residencies in New York and San Francisco, Day has called many places home. Along the way, he has wandered amid the expansive and diverse landscape of American music, developing an artistic sensibility that borrows from numerous sources: jazz, musical theater, cabaret, soul, folk, traditional pop, and contemporary pop. Day uses intuition and improvisation as his primary tools to craft a sound that is traditional and familiar, yet fresh and innovative at the same time, creating a blend too subtle to parse into neatly defined categories. He has drawn comparisons with the likes of Michael Bublé and Harry Connick, Jr.
By his own account, Day got a bit of a late start on his journey of artistic self-discovery. Largely self-taught, he grew up listening to a wide cross-section of composers, including Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Joni Mitchell, John Lennon and Paul Simon. He also counts "all those old MGM musicals" he watched as a kid among his primary influences. He didn’t start performing in public until age 21, mostly singing standards in piano bars and retirement homes. "I was probably three or four years into that when I realized it wasn’t totally satisfying to me," he recalls. "I needed to write as well." That’s when things got into high gear.
Day performed at the 2007 San Francisco Jazz Festival, and has been a recurring headliner in a number of high-profile Bay Area clubs, including Yoshi’s, the Plush Room, the Great American Music Hall and the Herbst Theatre. On the opposite coast, he has earned raves for performances at the Town Hall, Joe’s Pub and the Canal Room in New York City, and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
Vagabond, his new release, cements his reputation as a balladeer for the new century.
TICKET PRICES : $35/$30 Members: $31/$27
Or call the Box Office at (408) 961-5858 10am-4pm Mon-Fri.
Service fees are significantly lower when purchasing tickets through the Montalvo Box Office. Box Office is open one hour prior to all show times.