Retro Lounge

Jacksonville, OR

$300 and up

Travels up to 150 miles

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Overview

Retro Lounge is a 1920's-1970's jazz, ballad, Broadway and musical theater piano/vocal duo. Hits from Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Rodgers and Hart and more!


Reviews

3 reviews

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Judy M.

March 29, 2023
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Sarah Kit Farrell and Jeremy Kurn a dynamic duo!

They were fabulous on all levels. What a joy to watch them perform. The audience was thrilled with their performance. So delighted we found them.

Hired as: Broadway Style Entertainment


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Rebecca O.

May 17, 2022
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The BEST!

We hired Sarah and Barrett to sing a medley of Broadway show tunes at a Broadway-themed party and it was PERFECT! They worked hard to put together an excellent set list, communicated SO well ahead of time and most importantly put on a show that was exactly what we hoped it would be. Our guests loved it! We feel very fortunate to have found these entertainers and hope we have a chance to hire them for another event in the future.

Hired as: Broadway Style Entertainment

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Retro Lounge

Thanks so much for having us! You were great to work with and we had a great time!


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Richard M.

October 12, 2019
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Sarah is wonderful!

What a vocal gift Sarah has. Our guests came to us after the performance and raved about her singing. She took all my requests and not only performed them but took them to the next level. Ask Retro Lounge to perform for you. You won't be disappointed.

Hired as: Broadway Style Entertainment

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Retro Lounge

What a special evening it was, and such a gift to get to know what a wonderful man David was. The space was beautiful and we thoroughly enjoyed performing for you and everyone there. It was so nice to get to meet you Ric, and help support the ceremony.

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Booking information

Price range: $300 and up

Languages: English

Gig length: 30 - 180 minutes

What to expect

We are a self contained professional performance group. We arrive with our own gear (portable keyboard, amp and microphone. Sarah is a charming, witty and interactive singer who gives some brief history of the music we are singing.

About

Sarah Kit Farrell is a seasoned performer with over two decades of experience in cabaret, musical theatre, operetta, and more. A member of Actors’ Equity Association, she has performed on stages in New York City and the Bay Area, where she was named San Francisco’s Best Stage Actor by SF Weekly. Retro Lounge is a distillation of her love for the music, film, and fashion of bygone eras. Sarah is also a mindfulness-based mental health professional, activist, and psychotherapist-in-training who works at the intersection of eating disorders and intuitive eating. (link hidden)

Raised in a disciplined classical world, Jeremy Kurn became a lifelong student of composition, improvisation, jazz, classical and musical theater. He took an unconventional journey to find authentic musical inspiration sourced by years of travel, spiritual practices, experimental music, mountain climbing and martial arts. Jeremy now works as a professional composer, arranger, producer and music director. He has completed three original musicals debuted locally and abroad, his arrangements have been played by orchestras and big bands throughout the country and he has worked locally with the DCPA, Town Hall Arts Center, DL Parsons Theater, Aurora Fox Theater, and others.

Additional booking notes

Electrical outlet

Past booked events

March 2023

24

Friday

Corporate Event

8:00pm - 9:30pm

Denver, CO

May 2022

14

Saturday

Bar/Bat Mitzvah Party

8:00pm - 8:30pm

Denver, CO

December 2021

18

Saturday

Christmas Party

6:00pm - 8:00pm

Evergreen, CO

11

Saturday

Christmas Party

6:00pm - 8:00pm

Boulder, CO

October 2019

11

Friday

Funeral/Memorial Service

6:30pm - 7:00pm

Denver, CO

Team

Jeremy Kurn Pianist
Sarah Kit Farrel Vocalist

Set list

Pre-1920:
How'd You Like to Spoon with Me - Kern & Laska, (phone number hidden)0s:
Second Hand Rose - Hanley & Clarke, 1921
The Man I Love - George & Ira Gershwin, 1924
It Had to Be You - Isham Jones & Gus Kahn, 1924
Someone to Watch Over Me - George & Ira Gershwin, 1926
Bill - Kern & Wodehouse, Hammerstein II, 1927
Happy Days Are Here Again - Milton Ager & Jack Yellen, (phone number hidden)0s:
Embraceable You - George & Ira Gershwin, 1930
But Not for Me - George & Ira Gershwin, 1930
Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries - Lew Brown & Ray Henderson, 1931
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - Kern & Otto Harbach, 1933
I Won't Dance - Kern & Harbach, Hammerstein II, 1934
I Get a Kick Out of You - Cole Porter, 1934
Why Don't You Do Right (from Roger Rabbit) - Joe McCoy, 1936
The Way You Look Tonight - Kern & Dorothy Fields, 1936
Johnny One Note - Rogers & Hart, 1937
They All Laughed - George & Ira Gershwin, 1937
Nice Work if You Can Get It - George & Ira Gershwin, 1937
You Go to my Head - Coots & Gillespie, 1938
I Love to Walk in the Rain - Harold Spina & Walter Bullock, 1938
All in Fun - Kern & Hammerstein II, 1939
All the Things You Are - Kern & Hammerstein II, 1939
We'll Meet Again¬ - Charles & Parker, (phone number hidden)0s:
Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered - Rogers & Hart, 1940
One Life to Live - Weil & Ira Gershwin, 1941
My Ship - Kern & Ira Gershwin, 1941
Blues in the Night - Arlen & Mercer, 1941
I'm Old Fashioned - Kern & Mercer, 1942
The Trolley Song - Martin & Blane, 1944
Sure Thing - Kern & Ira Gershwin, 1944
Long Ago and Far Away - Kern & Ira Gershwin, 1944
What Good Would the Moon Be - Weil & Hughes, 1946
Some Enchanted Evening - Rogers & Hammerstein II, (phone number hidden)0s:
So This Is Love (from Disney's Cinderella) - Livingston & Hoffman, 1950
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes (from Disney's Cinderella) - Livingston & Hoffman, 1950
He's A Tramp (from Disney's Lady & the Tramp) - Lee & Burke, 1952
The Man That Got Away - Arlen & Ira Gershwin, 1953
Cry Me a River - Arthur Hamilton, 1953
A Sleepin' Bee - Arlen & Truman Capote, 1954
So Many People - Sondheim, 1955
Somewhere - Bernstein & Sondheim, (phone number hidden)0s:
Make Someone Happy - Styne & Comden, Green, 1960
Moon River - Mercer & Mancini, 1961
Can't Help Falling in Love - Weiss, Peretti, Creatore, 1961
The Music That Makes Me Dance - Styne & Merril, 1964
Anyone Can Whistle - Sondheim, 1964
Maybe This Time - Kander & Ebb, 1964
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) - Sonny Bono, 1966
Strangers in the Night - Kaempfert & Singleton, Snyder, 1966
What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? - Legrand & Bergman, 1969

Post-1970:
What Can You Lose (from Dick Tracy) - Sondheim, 1990
Sooner or Later (from Dick Tracy) - Sondheim, 1990
When I Look at You - Wildhorn & Knighton, 1992
Gimmie Gimmie - Tesori & Scanlan, 2001

Influences and inspiration

We perform the popular stage and movie music from the 1920's all the way up to and including the music of the 1970's.

Setup requirements

Electrical outlet, shade or heat as required for outside gigs

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