Sandi McMenamin Behind The Song
Presented by: Sandi McMenamin
Feb 25 - Mar 10
The Arch
Origin: VIC • World Premiere
Behind every song there is the inspiration, conception, exertion, creation, and ongoing peregrination. Adelaide-born entertainer, vocalist, pianist, and songwriter Sandi McMenamin takes you behind her songs and others in a joyous international experience that finally answers the question: "Why write a song about Adelaide?"
★★★★★ Stage Whispers/Barefoot Review
The Arch at Holden Street Theatres
Holden Street Theatres, 32-34 Holden Street, Hindmarsh, Kaurna Country
Step-free mobility aid access through the main entrance with an accessible bathroom.
Detailed venue info and space accessibility
Duration: 60 min
Sun 25 Feb: 2:45pm
Sat 02 Mar - Sun 03 Mar: 1:15pm
Sun 10 Mar: 2:45pm
Age Suitability: G
Family Friendly: Yes
Full price: $20.00
Companion Card: $0.00
High Audio Content
Audience members interact from the seated or standing area
Teaser
Sandi McMenamin: The Piano Medley
Meet the Team
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Sandi McMenamin
PRODUCER & PERFORMER
As a piano bar entertainer Sandi has traveled far and wide in Europe, London, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and of course Australia. Her musical parents encouraged her in classical piano (B Mus Adelaide Uni), leading to experience in musical theatre, songwriting, high school music teaching, music arranging, choir leading, accompanying, piano teaching, and solo cabaret performance.
Sandi's 3 albums of original compositions are available online. Her homage to SA icon Peter Goers HELLO HOW ARE YOU ROBE is on her website. And she has many YouTube videos, edited by Danish whiz-kid Walter Troelsen.
Sandi is very proud to be an unofficial ambassador of Adelaide and South Australia, especially with her compositions ADELAIDE YOU'RE A LADY, SPIRIT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA, and THE SEA DRAGON COAST.
https://www.facebook.com/sandimcmenaminpiano
https://www.sandimcmenamin.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@sandimc260
REVIEWS
Previous praise for Sandi McMenamin
★★★★★ Stage Whispers/Barefoot Review Fringe 2023
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The Entertainer
Sandi McMenamin is a world class act by any standard. Certainly she must be one of Australia’s most widely travelled piano bar entertainers, performing in piano bars, clubs, and concert halls from England to Egypt, Cyprus to Sweden, Gabon to Greece, Abu Dhabi to Bahrain, Norway to Japan, and Indonesia back to Adelaide Australia.
But Adelaide-born Sandi rapidly redefines the usual stereotypic image of a female entertainer. Depending on the audience and the song, she can vary from a low warm voice and sensual accompaniment to loud gutsy vocals and rhythmic piano bass especially for her rock and roll medleys). With a cosmopolitan personality and a huge repertoire of songs spanning 100 years, Sandi’s versatility is her key.
Behind that versatility is 17 years of formal classical training (culminating in a Bachelor of Music from Adelaide University), and also extensive experience in musical theatre, songwriting, rock bands/musicals, school music teaching, music arranging, and in her years as a solo entertainer.