Saturday nights at the Festival of Arts are for the birds- the song birds that is! Extraordinary singers from all over Southern California take the stage in this music series that will leave you saying “Wow- can they sing!”

Favorite songs from the movies, including “The Windmills of Your Mind,” (Thomas Crown Affair) “To Sir, With Love,” “Evergreen,” (A Star is Born)  “South American Getaway” (Butch Cassidy),  “Alfie”,  and many more.  Arranged by Grammy nominated arranger/pianist Tom Zink,  featuring song stylist Anne Walsh and top L.A. musicians; Ahmet Turkmenoglu on bass, and Chris Wabich on drums. 

Anne Walsh has been performing in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas for over a decade, and has headlined at such diverse venues as The Jazz Bakery, The Carpenter Performing Art Center, Spaghettinis and The Derby. Her sound? …A sultry night in Rio, a sunny day in Brazil. Contemporary jazz, Brazilian jazz, The Great American Standards song book, smooth airy vocals. New interpretations of classics from Sergio Mendes and Norah Jones to George Gershwin and Cole Porter. Harmonically rich, but always grooving.

Her 2009 release “Pretty World,” received a Grammy nomination in the category “Best Arrangement For Singer”. “Pretty World” includes the music of such jazz luminaries as Keith Jarrett, Sergio Mendez, and Don Grolnick. Carrying on in a contemporary jazz vein, Anne and husband Tom released “Go” in 2011 – an eclectic soundscape of contemporary and Brazilian jazz influences, which features originals, as well as a new take on the classic Wayne Shorter tune “Go”. Their 3rd album entitled “Brand New” features several original compositions including the title track Brand New, as well as “lyricized” versions of classic jazz and Brasilian jazz pieces and beautifully orchestrated classics like “Windmills of You Mind”, “Here There and Everywhere”, and “To Sir With Love”.

Her musicians are the finest in LA including her pianist husband Tom Zink who tour and record with such notables as Michael Buble, Herb Alpert, Sergio Mendes, Marc Anthony.