All About Trish
The sexy deep soul that eminates from Trish Ribeiro comes from an incredibly passionate vocalist with a modest beginning. Patricia Alexandra Ferreira Ribeiro was born on November 9th in Lisbon, Portugal and shortly thereafter moved to Toronto, Canada where she was raised. As early as the age of two she was already craving the spotlight and by age 6 she was enrolled in Portuguese Folklore dancing and ballet. She continued dancing and expanded her training by taking various acting workshops with Anne Tait, Michael Caruana and TVI The Actor's Studio in New York. She also trained vocally with James McDonald, who was not only her vocal coach but her director, producer and conductor in various community theatre shows that she began honing her craft in. While she continued to work towards her ultimate goal of being an all around entertainer, she went to Ryerson Polytechnic University and acquired a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Radio and Television Broadcasting. Although she had done a number of high school plays, community theatre shows and been a back up singer for some prominant Portuguese performers, such as Roberto Leal, her singing career began formally at 16. It was then that she landed her very first audition for the Canadian theme park now known as "Paramount Canada's Wonderland" in a show called "Rockin' Scooby". Once she began University, she left her singing and dancing career behind her as she focused on television. It was then that she proved to be talented in every aspect of her professional life. She started working in multicultural television, specifically CFMT. She began reporting the Sports for a Portuguese Sports show called "So Desportos", then "Podium". From there she became the sports anchor for the Portuguese news, Telejournal. Once they saw that her talents excelled in the realm of entertainment, they decided to make her the co-host, then host of a popular Portuguese entertainment show, "Lamire". While working on this multicultural station, Trish also tried to find her niche on children's television and began interning at YTV, Canada's national children's network. After a few months of interning, she went to Los Angeles to shoot two episodes of the already popular "The Anti-Gravity Room" a show about youth pop culture. Then finally, her big break in Canadian Children's programming...YTV's ever popular "Uh Oh". The show had six very successful seasons and can still be seen in syndication on Fox Kids in Canada, Singapore and Austrailia. After three years of working simultaneously at two different television stations, Trish decided that it was time to get back to what really burned inside her...performing. In the spirit of making her dreams come true, she said goodbye to her family of five years at CFMT. Shortly after leaving Portuguese language television, Trish joined the musical comedy group "The Washed Up Blondes", who led her to her current home, New York, New York. Her first few years in New York were an incredibly arduous journey of self-discovery, but it led to the blossoming Blues singer that Trish has become. She has a voice that has been described as "a female Robert Plant" and has also been compared to the likes of Taylor Dane and Aretha Franklin. In her gritty and soulful live performances she conveys tremendous power, intense emotion and a dynamic energy that is further accented by her engaging stage presence. Trish has performed and worked with such distinguished musicians as Julio Fernandez and Joel Rosenblatt from the prestigious jazz band Spyro Gyra, Sheila E.'s electric violinist Lorenzo LaRoc, Richie Canata, (played Sax with Billie Joel), Keith Lambeth (Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding's bass player), Gerardo (Jimi Hendrix's congo player) and countless other celebrated artists including Toronto's own Jeff Healey, whose club hosted her solo debut in 2001. Her first album, "BARE" was released in Spring 2002. The album is available at any live shows and of course, on the website. Don't miss the fabulous opportunity to listen to a blend of soul, blues and funk with an honesty that looks deep in your heart and leaves you smiling.
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