Edie Daponte with Joey Smith

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Wednesday, August 31st, 2016
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

With her sultry tones and soulful singing, Edie Daponte is establishing a reputation within the music scene of Vancouver Island and mainland BC as a dynamic and engaging performer, resulting in her nomination as "Vocalist of the Year 2016" by the Vancouver Island Music Awards.

While a regular performer in her home town of Sidney as the house singer for the Beacon Landing, Edie has enjoyed performing at numerous venues, private functions and festivals. Emotive and passionate, Edie's voice lends itself perfectly to a wide range of jazz standards, seamlessly moving from Bossa Nova to Jazz and back again, switching between Portuguese, Spanish and French numbers. You’ll find her accompanied by the talented, and very experienced, Joey Smith.

After touring for two-and-a-half-years with the Glenn Miller Orchestra as bassist and arranger, Joey was married in Victoria and moved to Rochester, N.Y. to study for his Masters degree at the Eastman School of Music. For the past 25 years he has been bassist for many local groups and collaborated with various artists during their stops in Victoria.

Joey has written numerous arrangements for such groups as the Glenn Miller Orchestra and the Victoria Symphony, also arranging some of the music for the Commonwealth Games in 1994. Currently several of his arrangements appear on the Bills, Marc Atkinson Trio and Edie DaPonte’s latest CD, "Young at Heart".

Together Edie and Joey create a wonderful atmosphere, engaging audiences large and small drawing audiences in and rewarding them with the classic numbers they love to hear.