I'm a French-American Drama Desk Award-nominated actor and composer raised in the mountains of North Carolina. At age nineteen I earned a BA in Theatre and Creative Writing from Bard College at Simon's Rock. I then earned an MFA in Acting from The New School for Drama. My debut album, 'songs with words,' was released in 2015. Based in New York, I've loved traveling across North, Central, and South America, Europe, and the Middle East, including Iraq in 2009, for projects. I play fiddle (and classical violin), mandolin, guitar, and sing songs.
Estelle was hired for a sing-a-long hayride for a Thanksgiving event. Even though not her typical gig she took it on like a pro by preparing samples for review and learning specific songs requested of her. She arrived with her violin and mandolin and a big smile with amazing energy that brightened up the room (and hayride). I recommend her without hesitation for any event wanting talent....and a ray of sunshine!
Price Range: $125 and up.
Gig Length: 45 - 240 minutes
Languages: English, French, Spanish
If I'm not early, I feel late.
When playing solo, my set up is simple. I have an amp that helps me fill a large hall if need be, though I also love the intimacy of small acoustic sets.
Playing live music is a great pleasure for me, and I love learning and writing new material for specific events, so please reach out so we can talk about what you're after, be it a classical wedding set on the violin, a round of campfire folk songs with vocals, mandolin, guitar and fiddle, or a mix -- from originals to country to slavic punk to blues and everything in between.
ESTELLE BAJOU is a French-American Drama Desk Award-nominated actor and composer raised in the mountains of North Carolina. At age nineteen she earned a BA in Theatre and Creative Writing from Bard College at Simon's Rock. She then earned an MFA in Acting from The New School for Drama. She's an enthusiastic member of the Brooklyn based band Kotorino, and an Acting Ensemble Member/Resident Composer with One Year Lease Theater Company. Her debut album, songs with words, was released in 2015. Based in New York, she's loved traveling across North, Central, and South America, Europe, and the Middle East, including Iraq in 2009, for projects.
UPCOMING: Starring Austin Pendleton (Music): Tribeca Film Festival April 14-23; Fireworkers (Composer): Nashville Film Festival April 16-18; please excuse my dear aunt sally (Composer/Live Musician): Edinburgh Fringe Festival Aug 3-28.
Broadway: ONCE (Actor/Violinist, First National Broadway Tour). TV: Boardwalk Empire (Actor, HBO); Ken Burns' Prohibition (Musician, PBS). Feature Film: Fireworkers (Composer); Chaplin of the Mountains (Actor, Set/Filmed in Iraq); subHysteria (Actor/Musician, Improvised Film); Occupy, Texas (Song Placement); Beneath Disheveled Stars (Composer); The Quitter (Song Placement). Short Film: Starring Austin Pendleton (Additional Music); Broke (Actor); Lullaby for Ray (Actor/Co-Composer, Best Short: Toronto Independent Film Fest); Henry Buys a Hat (Actor/Composer, Gold Remi Award: WorldFest Houston Film Fest). Off-Broadway: Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally (Composer/Live Musician, One Year Lease, Drama Desk Award Nominee: Outstanding Music in a Play); Kushner's Mother Courage (Actor: Eilif/Live Musician, Dir. John Gould Rubin, Harold Clurman Lab); pool (no water) (Actor/Composer, One Year (link hidden) Street Theater); Laura Eason's The Undeniable Sound of Right Now (Actor, Rattlestick/Rising Phoenix Rep.); David Adjmi's Marie Antoinette (Actor: Marie Antoinette, The New School for Drama); The City Beneath (Actor, LaMaMa ETC); Ixomia (Actor, HERE Arts); Bryony Lavery's Stockholm, Skin Tight, What We Know (Composer, One Year Lease); Tommy Smith's Little Rock (Composer, The Lark PDC - workshop); In the Blue (Live Musician, New Dramatists - workshop, Dir. May Adrales); Romeo and Juliet (Composer/Live Musician, Theater for a New Audience - workshop, Dir. Danya Taymor).
What she longs for as she approaches each new artistic opportunity is to continue—or begin, is it?—her development and practical education by working on material that feels perilous, unachievable, purposeful, and pleasurable, with inspired collaborators who dazzle her with work beyond her current capacity.
For an intimate acoustic set, I just need a corner to set up and I'm good to go. To fill a larger hall I generally use an amp (and sometimes a vocal mic), so I'd need access to a power outlet, and that's it! :)
| December 03, 2016–December 04, 2016 • 10:00pm - 12:00am | Cello's Wine Bar - Americana Duo |
| November 24, 2016 • 1:00pm - 2:00pm | Holiday Party (Other) |
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