| Stefania Barr | |
|---|---|
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Stefania Noelle Barr |
| Born | December 4, 1994 Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| Genres | Indie-Alternative rock, pop punk |
| Occupations | Musician, Actor, singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, piano, keyboards, guitar, French horn, ukulele, mellophone, percussion, bass |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels | Unsigned |
| Website | https://www.facebook.com/shrinkthegiant |
Stefania Noelle Barr is an American actress, singer, songwriter, composer, and lead vocalist of indie-alternative band Shrink the Giant.
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Stefania was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on December 4, 1994, to parents of French, Scottish, Scandinavian, and Arabic descent. She is the middle child, two years apart from each of her brothers: Jean-Christian and Sebastian Barr.
She began taking piano lessons at the age of four, and started performing not long after.
At the age of seven, she started her acting career with her first role in the Disney Channel Original Movie, Right On Track. In the months and years following, she played both supporting and leading roles in television spots, commercials, and multiple films. Some of her films include Once Upon A Summer, The Last Sin Eater, The Dance, Unrest, Return to Halloweentown, award winning shorts The Doorstep, Fifty Cents, and more.
As a young performer, she has been praised for her work ethic and maturity on set. Director Jason Nacey of The Doorstep stated that she “stuck out like a sore thumb”, among other actors her age.
As her acting career grew, she continued developing her musical talents. In addition to the piano, she focused on vocal skills, and added new instruments to her repertoire. These included the French horn, guitar, mellophone, ukulele, melodica, dulcimer, accordion, and multiple percussive instruments.
She started her first indie-alternative rock band in early 2010 (called Metanoia) with two high school friends. Stefania sang lead vocals and played lead guitar, with Alyssa Kennington as backup vocals and rhythm guitar, and Thomas Flinders on drums. The trio played local venues together, including the Deer Valley Concert Series of Park City, Utah. After a few short months, they disbanded.
With the direction of manager and producer Jean-Marc Barr, Stefania formed a new indie-alternative band named Shrink the Giant, which includes guitarist Aaron Hurt. The duo has been in the studio since November 2010, working on their first (12 song) album. They plan on releasing the self-titled album online February 2012. Fans will be able to order autographed CDs as soon as the band's web-site shrinkthegiant.com is completed.
As a composer, Stefania was commissioned to score the independent film Life According To Penny, in which she also starred as the lead character "Penny" in May of 2011. Post-production on the film was completed January, 2012, and it will shortly begin touring festivals across the country.
Stefania's most current popular work of acting is Mainstay Production's "fan video" for The Hunger Games book series by Suzanne Collins, entitled Second Quarter Quell. She played the roll of "Maysilee Donner," an ally to one of Collins main characters. It continues to grow in popularity on YouTube.
She is also in the pre and post-production stages of a few music videos for Shrink the Giant, which will be released within the next year.
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