BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Paradise City Music//paradisecitymusic//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Vienna Teng DTSTART:20260920T230000Z DTEND:20260921T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260818T212608Z UID:event-40@paradisecitymusic DESCRIPTION:Some songs are the life of the party. Vienna Teng&apos\;s are the back-porch conversation you still remember years later.Her subversive choral piece "\;The Hymn of Acxiom” turns up in media literacy class es as well as drum corps shows (plus David Byrne’s blog\, and the occasi onal flash mob choir in government buildings). The angst and effervescence in “Stray Italian Greyhound” has inspired anime music videos - and br idge-building political conversations. Americana-tinged "\;City Hall&q uot\; has quietly become a queer anthem\, a soundtrack for coming-out jour neys. The electro-pop exhortations of “Level Up” have powered many a d octoral dissertation\, first novel\, and courageous battle with illness. “Harbor” is a beloved first dance at weddings and a graduation gift. “Lullabye For A Stormy Night” has been woven into countless bedtime ri tuals. These are songs that not only age well\, but remain trusted friends throughout people’s lives.It helps that Vienna&apos\;s sound has never stood still. Her warm\, delicate mezzo has drawn listeners since 2002\, wh en her debut Waking Hour landed appearances on NPR&apos\;s Weekend Edition \, The Late Show with David Letterman\, and the top of Amazon’s charts. But she’s built different worlds around that voice from album to album: the string-laced intimacy of Warm Strangers\, the hushed jazz of Dreaming Through the Noise\, the eclectically ambitious Inland Territory\, the shim mering electronica of Aims. She’s world-built for other voices too\, as composer for original stage musical The Fourth Messenger. You can hear how she’s metabolized influences like Paul Simon and Tori Amos\, particular ly their adventurousness and attention to songcraft. But Vienna Teng doesn &apos\;t quite sound like anyone else.Her perennial curiosity extends beyo nd music. In the 2010s\, Vienna took a detour into graduate school and the n professional work on climate solutions\, turning in stints at the Univer sity of Michigan’s Erb Institute\, consulting firm McKinsey’s sustaina bility practice\, and environmental nonprofit Delterra. She also became a parent: first as a new addition to her partner’s family\, then as a birt h mother herself. Those years of carrying many truths at once led to her i ntricate 2024 release\, We&apos\;ve Got You: two songs designed to be play ed simultaneously\, as well as standing on their own.Her love of multi-lay ering now informs her work with music fans as well as songwriting. In 2025 \, Vienna was named one of Grist&apos\;s 50 climate innovators to watch\, for the "\;music x action"\; community she has cultivated across t he US and internationally\, working one-on-one with her listeners to buy t heir first e-bike\, start a green initiative at work\, or even change loca l clean energy laws. Her workshops\, held in music venues on tour\, have b een described as "\;life-changing\,"\; "\;rocket fuel\,"\; "\;the perfect antidote to despair."\; Those back-porch conversat ions aren’t just metaphors. Little by little\, they’re becoming a move ment.\nTickets: https://ironhorse.org/shows\nFull listing: https://www.par adisecitymusic.org/show/40 LOCATION:Iron Horse Music Hall\, 18 Center St.\, Northampton\, MA URL:https://www.paradisecitymusic.org/show/40 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR