TRÈS’ WORK IS TRULY INTERNATIONAL. RUNNING THE GAMUT FROM CONCERTS, THEATRE, TV, FILM, AND RADIO, SHE’S RETURNED TO HER MUSICAL ROOTS. NOW A RECORDING ARTIST AND LYRICIST, WITH HER MOST RECENT ALBUM SHADES OF DARKNESS.
BORN IN JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, TRES SPENT MUCH OF HER CHILDHOOD HOLIDAYS WITH FAMILY IN THE UK. AS TEENAGE PROTÉGÉ OF LEONARD BERNSTEIN, SHE ATTENDED THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL OF MUSIC WHEN SHE WAS CHOSEN BY HIM TO SING AS THE PRINCIPAL FEMALE SOLOIST IN ONE OF THE LAST GREAT COMPOSERS SERIES AT LINCOLN CENTER WHICH HE CONDUCTED HER SINGING HIS TOUR DE FORCE 'GLITTER & BE GAY' FROM CANDIDE AND MORE.
SHE WENT ON TO PERFORM IN NUMEROUS MUSICALS IN THE U.S. AND ABROAD, INCLUDING MY FAIR LADY (ELIZA) AND CAMELOT (GUINEVERE). AND POLLY IN A LONDON REVIVAL OF THE BEGGAR’S OPERA.
BEING A DUEL NATIONAL, TRES CHOSE TO MAKE LONDON HER PRIMARY HOME.
U.K. TV CREDITS INCLUDE AS TIME GOES BY, CASUALTY, HALE & PACE, MURDER MOST HORRID. AND BBC COMEDY MY HERO.
FILM CREDITS INCLUDE THE ROLE OF ROBERT DOWNEY JR.’S MISTRESS IN RICHARD III, STARRING SIR IAN McKELLEN, AND MOUTH TO MOUTH (AKA BOCA A BOCA (in Europe) OPPOSITE 2008 OSCAR WINNER JAVIER BARDEM.
IN TV COMMERCIALS HER CHARACTERS WERE DIVERSE, FROM QUIRKY PORTRAYALS AS THE ‘BOUNCY’ RUBBERMAID LADY (USA) , TO THE WHOLESOME KELLOGG’S CORNFLAKES GIRL (Germany) TO THE GLAMOROUS AND FUNNY NCR (National Cash Register) COMMERCIAL OPPOSITE TOBY JONES, WHICH WAS SHOWN WORLDWIDE ON CNN and OTHER INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS.
SHE WAS PROBABLY BEST KNOWN IN THE LATE 90s THOUGH VARIOUS PARTS OF EUROPE AS “THE BACARDI GIRL”.
HER 2006 DEBUT CD TRES BROADWAY RECEIVED RAVE REVIEWS AND TOOK THE #1 SPOT 9 WEEKS RUNNING ON PLATINUM BROADWAY RADIO. IT WAS FOLLOWED BY A EUROPEAN DANCE SINGLE DANCE OF THE EURO DIVA - ERIC SERRA composer) RELEASED SUMMER 2007 AND SUBSEQUENT EURO-POP ALBUM EURO DIVA. HER 3rd ALBUM A SIREN'S ODYSSEY (2013) IS AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SONG CYCLE CONTAINING SONGS COMPOSED BY CLOSE FRIENDS.
HER MOST RECENT PROJECT - WHICH SHE PENNED THE SONGS LYRICS - WITH MUSIC BY DANIEL MOCTEZUMA IS SHADES OF DARKNESS (2020)
TRÈS (PRONOUNCED "TREY" AS IN THE FRENCH 'VERY') IS A VEGAN AND ANIMAL ACTIVIST. SHE IS MARRIED TO PAUL MILLMAN, A NYC ARCHITECT/ENGINEER AND ENTREPRENEUR. THEY LIVE IN BOTH THE USA AND UK.
PROFITS FROM HER MUSIC GO TO HELP ANIMAL GROUPS AS WELL AS CHARITIES FOR HIV AND THE BLIND.
Eric Serra is a French composer. He is best known for composing the soundtracks for Golden Eye, Léon: The Professional, and The Fifth Element.