MOUNT CARMEL - Northeast Pennsylvania singer/songwriters The Shannon Marsyada Trio will be on hand to help kick off the Mount Carmel Relay for Life event Friday.
Veterans of such legendary stages as The Bitter End, The Parkside Lounge and Characters in New York City; The September 11th Concerts; The Live at Best Buy Concert Series; The Songwriters Hall of Fame and Songwriters Circle showcases in New York City; Millennium, Launch and Steamtown Original Music showcases in Pennsylvania, the trio hails from Hazleton.
The trio consists of Shannon Marsyada on lead vocals, keyboards and guitar and Mike Marsyada on drums. On bass guitar is local art instructor Lisa Welch of Welch Art Studios, who operates teaching studios in Shamokin and Mount Carmel and taught art at both Transfiguration and Holy Spirit shools before they closed.
The band plays a mix of their own upbeat adult contemporary pop compositions as well as a variety of well known family-friendly cover tunes from the past four decades.
This month, they are set to release a CD of all original musientitled "For You" which has been in the works since last fall.
Three of the songs were recorded and produced in New York City at Peter's Planet with veteran producer Peter Bliss, who has earned gold records with such artists as Barbra Streisand and 'NSync. The remaining eight songs were recorded and produced in Pennsylvania; three with Harrisburg area producer Jason Shaffer of Full Tilt Productions in Camp Hill and the remaining five self-produced by drummer/guitarist Mike Marsyada in the band's home studio in West Hazleton.
One of the tracks on the upcoming CD, "Where Dreams Come In," will also be featured on the Songwriter's Hall of Fame New Writer's Disc later this year.
Also in the works for the trio later this year is a CD of praise and worship music in which they will collaborate with other local original musicians and songwriters. It will feature Shannon Marsyada's Christmas-themed song, "Alleluia, He Has Come."
For more information about the band, contact Shannon Marsyada on facebook or visit shannonmarsyada.com
