Lisa Keating, Jazz Singer

Ahmyo River Gallery hosts Cords & Strings in the Wine Garden, September 9th from 3 to 6 pm. Join us Friday evening. We'll be offering up some of our favorite end-of-summer, early autumn tunes to ease us all into fall in Santa Fe. The Wine Garden is at 652 Canyon Road, behind Ahmyo River Gallery. The entrance is through the gallery. The garden is large and lovely, graced with sculptures and mature trees with indoor and outdoor seating. We are looking forward to playing for you in this beautiful setting. Snuggle in, under the trees, or stroll through the garden with your wine in hand while drinking in the music.

Appearing with Cords and Strings in Santa Fe on Black Friday! Join me at Vivo Contemporary Art Gallery located at 725 Canyon Road on the day after Thanksgiving. Really looking forward to playing this very special event with master guitar player Jesse Vernier. Vivo is celebrating their best year ever! We’ve got an ambitious program of great music planned. Covering a wide range of material from Joni Mitchell and Burt Bacharach to Johnny Mercer and Irving Berlin, I’ll also help you get into the holiday spirit with a special reading of ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas set to music and a small selection of Christmas music putting the Santa in Santa Fe.

Join us for a romantic evening of stories and love songs at historic El Farol in Santa Fe (since 1835). We’ll take the stage at 7:30 pm in the Flamenco room. Reservations are required. Dinner service is from 6:30. Please request the show room when making your reservation. Show tickets are $20. Special Valentine’s Day menu available for dinner service. For more info and reservations call: 505/823-9912 or visit El Farol  or  Open Table video sample

A snap during set up for rehearsal in my husband's art studio. Here's a little live video from our show with Justin Bransford on bass and me and Jesse Vernier from Cords and Strings. This was our first outing on this material. Here I am dipping my toe in the waters of singing in Portuguese. I'm looking forward to exploring more lyrics in this poetic, liquid language of love. Enjoy, Lisa - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

It was a lot of fun singing these love songs to the stars and sky on one of the windiest days I have ever experienced! It was so windy the sky was red with dust and dirt, with gusts up to 65 mph. I had to smile to myself as I came to the lyrics "the wind is filled with songs, so many songs." After the show, the night was still. The stars shone with a brilliance and clarity in a sky scrubbed clean by the wind. The moon, a mere sliver slung low, yielded to the dazzling display of the now silent night.

Here we are taking Dindi out for a spin. I'm really looking forward to the evolution of this piece for us. I've just begun to sing a portion of the lyrics in the original Portuguese. Many, many thanks to my Brazilian friends Raquel and Alex for sitting with me and coaxing the rich and complex sounds of their native language out of me! Believe me, they deserve accolades! They are not my first Brazilian friends. Nor are they the first to encourage me to sing in their beautiful language, but it has taken decades for me to attempt this in public. Now, that I've dipped my toe in these foreign waters, I'm emboldened to jump in and take a deeper dive. Beinjinos, Lisa

Together at 7               Tickets There's music in the air in Eldorado. Join us for a unique evening of musical collaboration! Cords & Strings' award-winning actor/singer Lisa Keating and virtuoso guitarist Jesse Vernier dig into sounds from Brazil to Broadway in this elegant offering recently seen After Hours at Vivo Contemporary on Canyon Road. Popular Santa Fe bassist and New Mexico Music Award Nominee, Justin Bransford brings the Justin Bransford Group to the stage featuring Jerry Weimer on clarinet and Russel Scharf on trumpet. This evening of world-class performances comes to Eldorado at Santa Fe's Performance Space. Tickets are $20. (Food and drink available at La Plancha, or bring your own.) Tickets: $20 suggested donation. No one turned away.

Here is a little sample of our presentation style with a few short music clips recorded live. Enjoy! Once Upon A Time, Matchmaker, Alfie, Send In The Clowns, Don't Cry For Me Argentina from our Broadway to Hollywood program.

Here's a little sample from a LIVE set of Brazilian tunes we played at The Performance Space last week. I am loving working on this repetoire, so tender, sweet and sad with beautiful melodies and gentle rhythms. The sounds coming from Jesse Vernier's guitar are an inspiration. We've got some  Portuguese  tunes in the pipeline, too.  Subtle, rich and romantic this is my first guitar/vocal duo endeavor. I hope you like this material on us. Jesse and I are looking to Samba our way into Summer offering private house concerts, gallery events and dinner music programs from LA to Santa Fe.

Click picture for tickets Romantic Duets for voice and guitar in celebration of spring. Cords & Strings' award-winning actor/singer Lisa Keating and virtuoso guitarist Jesse Vernier deliver an evening of love songs in this elegant offering. Keating and Vernier take on the vast songbooks of American and Latin Jazz and soaring movie scores with a classical approach. Join us for an evening of world-class entertainment at The Performance Space in Eldorado at Santa Fe. Tickets are $20. Come early and enjoy dinner at La Plancha across the way or Arable across the street. Or stay late and raise a glass at Santa Fe Brewing Company's Eldorado Taphouse. Tickets: $20  DATE AND TIME Wed, March 21, 2018 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM MDT Add to Calendar LOCATION The Performance Space 7 Caliente Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87508 View Map Brought to you in part by The Teabag Project , creating world peace through inner peace, one cup of tea at a time.

Click picture for tickets C ords & Strings ' award-winning actor/singer  Lisa Keating  and virtuoso guitarist Jesse Vernier deliver an evening of love songs in this elegant offering sure to put you in the mood for celebrating your sweetheart. The popular duo recently appeared After Hours at  Vivo Contemporary  on Canyon Road. Join us for an evening of world-class entertainment at The  Performance Space in  Eldorado at Santa Fe . Tickets are $20. Come early and grab dinner at La Plancha across the way or Arable across the street. Or stay late and raise a glass at Santa Fe Brewing Company's Eldorado Taphouse. Click here for Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 day of the concert WHEN: Wednesday evening January 31st 7 pm (the first Blue Moon of 2018) WHERE: The Performance Space 7 Caliente Rd.Santa Fe, NM 87508 Brought to you in part by  The Teabag Project ,  creating world peace through inner peace, one cup of tea at a time. ...

Click picture for TICKETS A musical celebration of Christmas on the shortest day of the year; featuring the deep carols, traditional melodies, neglected verses and prose performed by Cords & Strings with a second act of excerpts and extrapolations from A Charlie Brown Christmas performed by Kodama Trio. Cords & Strings' award-winning actor/singer Lisa Keating and virtuoso guitarist Jesse Vernier dig deep into the sounds of the season in this elegant offering recently seen at After Hours at Vivo Contemporary on Canyon Road. Kodama Trio  (Jeremy Bleich bass, Milton Villarrubia III drums, Robert Muller piano) comes to us with a fresh and invigorating interpretation of A Charlie Brown Christmas after winning TWO 2016 New Mexico Music Awards (Best Jazz song, Best Jazz CD). This evening of world-class performances comes to Eldorado at Santa Fe's Performance Space . Tickets are $20. Come early and grab dinner at La Plancha across the way or Arable across the street. Stay...

"Keating sings like an angel." - Jody Montgomery "Thank you, this was sublime!" - Regina Hopely "Of course, the music was wonderful." - Patricia Pearce "Wow! I feel honored to have seen this." - Matthew Jarrard "I had no idea, we were in for such a treat . . . until they began to play." - Michael Anderson "Just perfect." -Marcia Hollander

Saturday, November 25th, 7 pm, ViVO After Hours: 725 Canyon Rd., Santa Fe, NM Mezzo-soprano, Lisa Keating Classical Guitarist, Jesse Vernier Appearing together for the first time on Canyon Road. This duo dives into the repertoire of traditional Christmas music and delivers a rich collection of often neglected verses for a deeper look at the stories behind the music. Set among the work of local fine artists, this uniquely Santa Fe experience is a delight for the senses. Traditional holiday refreshments, including mulled wine provided by the Gallery, are included in the ticket price. $25 505.982.1320 Call ViVO Contemporary Art Gallery to purchase tickets or order online.

Hi there! Thanks for stopping by. I'm excited to announce a new musical collaboration! I've joined forces with classical guitarist Jesse Vernier to stage a unique new sound. Pulling from the classical tradition of performance and the insistant freedoms of American jazz, this new duo delivers music honed over decades of individual experience and refined under the Zia sun of Santa Fe.