Saturday, December 28, 2019
7 pm Doors // 8 pm Show
$17 Advance // $22 At The Door — On sale Friday, November 8
All Ages
Powerhouse vocalist PaviElle and her band present an intimate evening of soul and jazz to usher in the New Year.
"People say that one person can't change the world and I just don't believe that, because we've seen it time and time before. And so when you are yourself, it is revolutionary." - PaviElle
PaviElle is an acclaimed interdisciplinary artist and Emmy Award and Sage Award winner. She is known for her powerhouse vocals and performing with her equally powerful six-piece band. In 2015, PaviElle was voted "Best R&B Vocalist" (City Pages), her band was named one of First Avenue's Best New Bands, and she was a featured artist on TPT's "Lowertown Line." In 2019, she was featured in an extensive profile on TPT's "MN Original." In addition to composing and performing, she works as a voice-over artist and is an award-winning actress.
Most recently, PaviElle won an American Composers Forum Grant funded by the Jerome Foundation for her classical composition, A Requiem for Zula (2019), written in celebration of her mother. In collaboration with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, A Requiem for Zula had its worldwide premiere at The Ordway in February 2019 as part of the Tapestry '19 Festival. Also this year, she had the honor of serving as a special guest opener for Rev. Sekou and the Freedom Fighters.
PaviElle hails from Rondo, a historically Black neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota. She honed her craft as a teenager at the Penumbra Theatre and the SteppingStone Theater, and with the Hip Hop soul collective, EduPoetic Entertainment.
Growing up in a family steeped in music, she says that she wants to make music that honors and represents the Black aesthetic. As a songwriter, PaviElle always has a way she wants her songs to “swing,” and it’s this free-style emotion, in the scatting and vocalizing, that brings a millennial’s heart-born, contemporary vision to a classic soul music sound.