We are a group of women who live on the eastern end of Long Island, NY. We got together because we love to sing and harmonize together. Our music is taken from many sources and arrangements are often re-written by us to suit our voice mix. The group has been together in one form or another for several years, with some members coming and going. Our music is sung acapella or with piano or guitar accompaniment.
Marcia Previti is a retired architect who has interests in music, gardening, sculpture and travel. The daughter of renowned opera singer Elisabeth Carron, Ms. Previti is a soprano with the Choral Society of the Hamptons, the premier choral group of the East End. She has also been a member of the Oratorio Society and the Brearley Singers of New York. The Previti/Gumpel Sculpture Garden is a frequent highlight of the Garden Conservancy's Open Garden Day Tours and the Amanda Selwyn Dance Theater annual Green Afternoon Dance event. Her garden sculptures have been exhibited locally.
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Jane Hastay holds a Masters Degree in Jazz Piano Performance from Manhattan School of Music. She toured Japan with the all woman Kit McClure Big Band, and has played with Etta Jones, Michael Carvin, Frank Wess, Houston Person,and Della Griffin. Jane is the director of music and organist at the First Presbyterian Church of East Hampton. In addition to her freelancing as a pianist/vocalist she frequently acts as musical director in cabaret shows and theatrical productions and is a member of the Choral Society of the Hamptons.
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Debbi Coen lives in Montauk and is the director of the Coffee House concert series at the Montauk Community Church...
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Lisa Shaw is a frequent performer on both the North and South forks of Long Island...
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Elizabeth (Liz) Sarfati came to NYC in the sixties and worked in children’s theatre, did some stand-up comedy and sang with the Choral Society of NYC. She moved to East Hampton in the 70’s and continued singing and dancing in musicals with the Guild Hall Players. Recently she took part in a One-act play reading, written by Jan Buckaroo, at Bay Street Theater. Liz worked at the East Hampton Library for 17 years. She considers it great fun to be singing with the Chick Peas.
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Ashlynn Manning is a part time participant in the Chickpeas. She is a singer/songwriter from Montauk, now part-time in Brooklyn, NY. She grew up singing with musician parents, studied classical voice and theater at Oberlin and Walnut Hill School, and comes from the downtown NYC performance art scene, as half of the duo Suspicious Package. Ranging from soul and R&B to Broadway to electronica, these days she sings gypsy jazz with the Hot Club of Montauk.
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