UCF Freshman Nick Drivas has been invited to perform with Grammy Award-nominated entertainer Michael Feinstein as\u00a0part of the \u201cMichael Feinstein: A Sinatra Centennial\u201d concert Jan. 29 at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.<\/p>\n
A multi-platinum-selling performer, Feinstein is nicknamed \u201cThe Ambassador of the Great American Songbook.\u201d He is one of today\u2019s top interpreters of American standards with more than 200 performances a year celebrating and preserving American popular song \u2013 particularly with tributes to Frank Sinatra.<\/p>\n
Under the instruction of Feinstein at The Songbook Academy in 2014, Drivas attained invaluable lessons as he visualized the goal to expose the golden age of American popular music of the 1920s-60s to younger audiences.<\/p>\n
A national finalist in The Great American Songbook Academy and Competition that year, he received the opportunity of week-long master classes with Feinstein and to perform in his \u201cSinatra Centennial\u201d tour.<\/p>\n
\u201cMichael has given me incredible advice,\u201dsaid Drivas. \u201cHe is very kind, very gracious and being such a prominent artist he is I take every word of guidance very seriously. It has been incredible working with him.<\/p>\n
With a stop in Orlando\u00a0for his \u201cSinatra Centennial\u201d tour, Feinstein invited Drivas to join him on stage. Drivas will sing \u201cI Have Dreamed\u201d at the concert.<\/p>\n
The 18-year-old had\u00a0experience in numerous theatrical productions as a high school student\u00a0at the Manatee School for the Arts in Palmetto.<\/p>\n