At the age of 15, while still in high school, Allie Farris formed her first… Read Full Bio ↴At the age of 15, while still in high school, Allie Farris formed her first band and begun playing small coffee shops and venues around her hometown of Flower Mound, Texas. In the fall of 2007, Allie made her first live studio recording at the Dallas Sound Lab, which was released the following May(“Songs Written Upside Down“). In 2008 through early 2009, Allie performed at well-known Dallas venues like Six Flags Over Texas, the Brooklyn Jazz Cafe, Dunn Bros. Coffee, and the Maximedia Studios Live Soundstage. She also won first prize in the Gorilla Productions Battle of the Bands, earning the opportunity to record a full album at the prestigious Maximedia Studios of Dallas. The Album, All You Can Eat, was released in June of 2009.

After four years of vocal lessons from renowned coach Tom McKinney and three years of jazz piano/performance from virtuoso Julie Bonk, Allie left her hometown for the University of North Texas, where she studied jazz vocal performance for one year. During this year (2009-2010), Allie competed in the UNT Songwriting Contest, placing first; and the Wildflower! Songwriting Contest, in which she was one of the four top winners. Allie then went on to perform at distinguished venues like Uncle Calvin’s Coffeehouse, Grapevine Palace Theatre, Poor David’s Pub, Opening Bell Coffee, and Kerrville Folk Festival. In early fall of 2010, Allie left her home in Texas to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts as a songwriting student. After only a semester attending the school, she was elected by Berklee professors to perform alongside two other students in Berklee’s Songwriting Master Class.

Allie Farris (age 21) moved to Nashville, Tennessee in January 2011 to begin her life as a full-time singer/songwriter. She has already had the opportunity to perform in Nashville venues like Hotel Indigo, Pick’s in Nashville, and the Vanderbilt Hotel. She is currently working on her new EP recording in Nashville, to be released in early 2012.