ABOUT
Born and raised on New York City's Upper West Side, Phoebe Zara is a singer/songwriter and classically trained mezzo soprano. Her passion for music has carried her through four years in LaGuardia High School's vocal studio and on to pursue a Bachelor of Arts in Music at University of Miami's Frost School of Music, where she will finish her undergraduate degree in 2023, along with minors in Italian and contemporary songwriting.
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Phoebe is a vocalist who also plays piano, guitar, ukulele, and bass. She went from scribbling silly song snippets in a journal she wound up ripping apart out of embarrassment at age 8, to finding opportunities to make music in any way she can and sharing her creations with the world.
Performer
From singing in her elementary school's chorus, to starring in musicals at New York City's leading performing arts high school and performing her own music live at venues like The Bitter End, the Public Theater and Rockwood Music Hall, Phoebe is never far from the stage.
Private Instructor
Phoebe gives private lessons for beginner level ukulele, piano, guitar, and voice. Contact her below to schedule a potential lesson!
Multi-instrumentalist
Phoebe has been playing piano since the age of seven. It is the only instrument she has ever received lessons for. She taught herself ukulele at age fourteen, guitar at age sixteen, and electric bass at age nineteen.
Singer/songwriter
Phoebe started writing songs in elementary school, but stopped for years before she started taking songwriting seriously in ninth grade. After joining a new music elective in school two years later, she decided she wanted to continue her songwriting into college.
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Vocals: Phoebe Zara
Acoustic guitar and ukulele: Phoebe Zara
Lead guitar: Reese Ortenberg
Bass: Logan Renneker, Reese Ortenberg
Drums: Kyle Skarshaug
Keys: Sydney Miyao
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Recording Engineer: Dudley Merriam
Production: Reese Ortenberg
Mixing and Mastering: M. P. Kuo
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Cover Art: Natalia Jimenez, Phoebe Zara
*Recorded at L. Austin Weeks Recording Center and VuDu Studios
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Written by Phoebe Zara
Produced and Mastered by Reese Ortenberg
Mixed by Lia Murphy
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Phoebe Zara, vocals and acoustic guitar
Hunter Singewald, drums
Reese Ortenberg, bass
Sydney Miyao, keyboard
Lia Murphy, lead guitar
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Bliss - Live at Rockwood Music Hall, 2019
University of Miami Frost Festival, 2021
Philanthropy - LaGuardia New Music Ensemble Spring Showcase
GALLERY
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JOURNAL
 Jam SessionsSome of my best memories of playing music take place in my living room with my family. |  Meet My InstrumentsI'm slowly building up my arsenal of musical instruments. And yes they have names. Come meet them! |  Album ReviewsI find songwriting to be an unpredictable and fascinating art form, and I am always looking to examine other people's music in an effort to expand the boundaries of my own. |
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 My Personal FavoritesI love to stay true to my description of my music taste being "a little bit of everything," so here are some of my favorite artists in different genres |
