OnStage: Taisha Estrada

OnStage Concert Series

Taisha Estrada

Saturday March 5, 2022

7:30pm

McGuireWoods Gallery in Building W16

COVID PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES: For the safety and comfort of our valued guests, staff, and performers, all persons attending will be required to show proof of Covid vaccination or proof of a negative Covid test within 48 hours of event time, in order to be permitted entry to the venue. (A card, printed facsimile, or photo on mobile device will be acceptable). All Workhouse staff and performers are working under this same requirement. Masks are required, unless eating or drinking Thank you for understanding.

Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Taisha Estrada grew up with grandparents who felt a strong devotion to la patria, their homeland. The rhythms of salsa, bomba, and plena course through Estrada’s veins. Though she moved away from the island when she was young, her passion for Latin culture has only grown with time.

Estrada’s style, which blends Latin jazz, r&b, and pop, is comparable to artists such as Omara Portuondo, Elis Regina, Natalia LaFourcade, and iLe. Lyrically, she is heavily influenced by the sensory experience of the Caribbean, and her work explores the beautiful and mystifying bond between humanity and the earth. Estrada’s performances evoke power and grace.

Having only just begun her career, Estrada has been very warmly received. She has performed for various audiences at venues including Mr. Henry’s, Bossa Bistro, Jojo’s, The National Press Club, the Strathmore’s AMP and the Smithsonian Museum. In 2020, she won second place in Blues Alley’s Ella Fitzgerald vocal competition. In 2021, she was selected as one of the Strathmore’s six Artists-in-Residence. She looks forward to May, when she will have multiple performances there. 

This performance will take place in the McGuireWoods Gallery in Building W16 on the campus of the Workhouse Arts Center. Tickets are available for purchase from $20 per person. Beer, wine, soft drinks, and snacks available for a la carte purchase in the venue.

Taisha Estrada

Saturday March 5, 2022 at 7:30pm

Tickets: $20

Advance purchase is highly recommended, rates may increase as ticket sales progress.

Venue will open 60 minutes prior to curtain, seating opens 30 minutes prior to curtain

SPECIAL THANKS

The 2021/22 Performing Arts Season is made possible in part with funding from the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG)

Select performances in this series are partially supported by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and National Endowment for the Arts.