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Giuliana Amaral Presented Young Artist Award Stratford, Ct

Giuliana Amaral will be presented New England Music Hall of Fame Young Artist Award at The Main Street Tavern, 1884 Main St, Stratford, CT

The New England Music Hall of Fame www.nemhof.com founded in 2019 its mission is to “to educate, unite, promote, and preserve the integrity of New England music scene and the people who represent it. We want to support not just the music but the musicians. Music has no gender or race and just like it, we don't discriminate. “

The best young artist award was created to promote young musical talent under 21. Child prodigy Veronica Lewis https://www.veronicalewis.com/ was the first recipient of this award.

The 2021 recipient of this award is composer, bassist, and vocalist 19 year old Giuliana Amaral . Amaral is attending Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. Giuliana was a victim of bullying throughout her life and has overcome much at her very young age.

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She will be awarded the 2021 New England Music Hall of Fame Best young Artist Award at The Main Street Tavern, FRIDAY AT 8 PM EDT – 12 AM EDT, 1884 Main St, Stratford, CT

The award will be presented by NEMHOF President Pamela Santaromita, Award Winning filmmaker and Co-Founder Christopher Annino https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0030399/ , and world famous drummer Kathy Steahle http://steahle.com/ (SisterFunk). She will also be performing with her acoustic project "Giuliana & Damiano Duo" at The Main Street Tavern.

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"We are very proud of her and she has overcome great obstacles. If she continues at this pace we will be seeing her at a national level" said Annino.

She is influenced by the band Queen and Freddy Mercury . This is her rendition of Queen’s Melancholy Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w-kTibjUJ8&fbclid=IwAR05EqdaRPWpKErVmEWtHpVpWf2HR33jSEPzl1TEj-3Ez0H0vkhZpouzSVs

Somebody to love is another great she pulled off effortlessly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t-9S6zk-AU

Giuliana is also a bassist and lead singer for "Band Inc "a band she formed while still in high school at the age of 16. She has also performed in New York City at the iconic Bitter End several times. In 2020 she was nominated for Best Female Vocalist of the Year for the Limelight Music Awards and her band was nominated for Best Cover Band of the Year by The Worcester Music Awards.

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