Peter Hollens is an American entrepreneur, educator, and is best known as a classically trained vocal artist specializing in a cappella music on Youtube and Facebook. With over 5 million followers and subscribers on his content and over a billion total views since 2011. Hollens was a founding member of the YouTube creator advisory board and advises many companies including Patreon, Loudr, and Tubular. Hollens has collaborated and performed with many outstanding artists including David Archuleta, Brian Wilson, Jason Mraz, Hunter Hayes, Gladys Knight, Lindsey Stirling, George Watsky, Jackie Evancho, and ThePianoGuys.

He has released over 160+ digital singles and continues to release new music every other week.

In December of 2017, Hollens launched his digital education platform, Creator Education. A robust, online education video series that teaches aspiring creators the key entrepreneurship skills and strategies needed to live their passion in the digital age. Hollens’ first course, How to Make a Living Online, has over 1,000 students and is also being taught at American Universities.

Hollens was a founding member of the YouTube creator advisory board and advises many companies including Patreon, Loudr, and Tubular.

Siri Vik is recognized within the Northwest music scene as a singer of versatility, power, and emotion. Since winning Grand Prize at the International Lotte Lenya Competition 15 years ago when still singing opera, Siri found a niche interpreting songs ranging from classical to pop to jazz to musical theater—-songs with history, edge, theater, and a healthy dose of human suffering. For several years Siri has created and premiered cabaret evenings at Eugene’s John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts, and has since performed concerts devoted to this eclectic repertoire throughout Oregon and the Northwest region, most often reprising her two shows rooted in old-world cabaret: Moon Shines Red: Weill & Brecht, and La Môme Edith Piaf.Recent performances include singing the Acid Queen with Eugene Ballet’s production of The Who’s Tommy, opening for comedian Bob Newhart at Seven Feathers Casino and for Tori Amos at Britt Festival, and appearing with her band The Red Propellers on the vaudeville stage at Oregon Country Fair. In 2015 Siri performed her third album tribute show with the Joe Manis Quartet at Jimmy Mak’s in Portland, Christo’s in Salem, the Shedd, and at the Pleasant Hill Jazz Festival. She is a frequent featured soloist with the Emerald City Jazz Kings, and at Oregon Festival of American Music. In 2016 and 2017 Siri created 2 additional musical tribute at The Shedd: Do I Move You?, honoring her most beloved musical icon, Nina Simone, and Femme Fatale.

The program includes:

• Johann Strauss, Jr., Champagne Polka, and On the Beautiful Blue Danube Waltzes

• Rodgers & Hammerstein, “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music , Evynne Hollens, vocalist

• Rodgers & Hammerstein, “Edelweiss” from The Sound of Music, Peter Hollens, vocalist

• Richard Rodgers, Waltz from Carousel

• Alan Menken & Howard Ashman, “Part of Your World” from The Little Mermaid, Evynne Hollens, vocalist

• Alan Menken & Howard Ashman, “Beauty and the Beast” from Beauty and the Beast, Evynne & Peter Hollens, vocalists

• Alan Menken & Alan Zippel, “Go the Distance” from Hercules, Peter Hollens, vocalist

20 MINUTE INTERMISSION

• Leonard Bernstein/arr. Peress, Overture to West Side Story

• George Gershwin, An American in Paris (with cuts)

• Stephen Sondheim, “Children Will Listen” from Into the Woods, Evynne Hollens, vocalist

• Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, & Ryan Lewis, “Rewrite the Stars” from The Greatest Showman, Evynne & Peter Hollens, vocalists

• Lin-Manuel Miranda, “You’ll Be Back” from Hamilton, Peter Hollens, vocalist

ENCORES:

• Johann Strauss, Sr., Radetzky March, Evynne & Peter leading audience participation

• Traditional, “Auld Lang Syne”, Evynne & Peter leading audience participation

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