Surprise Duet ! ~ To Where You Are ~ Josh Groban & Anastasia Lee (14 yr. old Soprano) ~ Green Bay

My name is Anastasia Lee, I am 14 years old & I sing Classical Crossover, Opera, Musicals & the Classics.

NEWS ARTICLE FROM THE GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE:

On Saturday, July 9th, 2011 ~ at the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin.. Anastasia Lee & her mother attended a Josh Groban Concert, at the pre-concert event.. they asked a fellow concert-goer to Text a Question to Josh.. (As Anastasia and her family don't have cell-phones) The Groban Team would select Three Texts to Read & Answer during the concert..

Anya's Text ~ "My name is Anastasia Lee, I am 14 years old & I Love to Sing Opera.. Can I Sing a Duet with You"?..

If you were among the nearly 6,000 at the Resch Center on Saturday for Josh Groban's concert, chances are you remember more about Anastasia Lee (Johnson's) spontaneous duet with Josh than she does.

Groban invited audience members to text him questions prior to his concert. He picked three to answer during the show, including one from Anastasia, in which she told him she loves to sing classical crossover and could she do a duet with him.

Nobody was more surprised than she, as when he called her name she thought it was a mistake, and the lady next to her kept telling her it wasn't. Then he plucked her from the front row and told the crowd as they headed for a secondary stage, "This is 'Green Bay Idol' in the making, ladies and gentlemen.''

Once Groban headed her direction to escort her to the stage, it all became a 'blur' for the precious little middle school girl from Ashwaubenon/Green Bay WI, who made fans gasp when she broke into "To Where You Are'' with a voice that defied/tripled her age.

'It was an absolutely stunning REAL "Jackie Evancho-esque moment" if not better, from a little girl in the crowd.'

He allowed her to open the song by herself to an arena that gasped at the beauty of her operatic voice. The crowd was quick to its feet with a standing ovation before the little girl could even finish.
She got a standing ovation from the crowd and a high-five from Groban, who said, "That was awesome. ... Man, I was more nervous than you.''

While you wouldn't have known it from her poised performance, the self-taught soprano was extremely nervous.

"I was so scared I couldn't think,'' she said. "A mixture of being scared and thrilled at the same time..... I didn't know what to think at first. I had to sit in my seat to think what had just happened all over in my head and replay it.''

But she does remember this much about her very close encounter with Groban: "He was very nice and funny!''

After sending the child/little girl off the stage with an exuberant high five, and a big bear hug, a dejected Groban joked fans would have to make do with "just me'' for the rest of the night.

Fellow concert-goers said Josh spoke very highly of Anastasia after the performance.

All are Excerpts from (2) Kendra Meinert & the Green Bay Press Gazette Articles..

This one's for you Grandpa Del and Grandma Leona! This one's for you! Thank You both for being there with me. (I know you were both there don't try to deny it!)

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[TheAnastasiaLee]

The singing begins at 2:03.

Thanks!

~Anastasia Lee~

[ANGELOFMUSICify]

OMGOSH you got to sing with Josh Groban!!! Jealous!! :O hahaha that was awesome to! High 5! :)

[TheAnastasiaLee]

@ANGELOFMUSICify Thanks! It was fun!

You are an amazing singer! High Five you too!

~Anastasia Lee~

[daroni1000]

I think that you are fantastic Anya, And you should have stayed on the stage, And Josh Groban should have sat down, Brilliant

[TheAnastasiaLee]

@daroni1000 Thank You, but I think it happened as is should have, because after I sang I needed to go get water, and I was so excited I forgot to do that.

Thanks Again,

~Anastasia Lee~

[musicloverof95]

Wow, I have never heard a 14 year old sing a note like that (3:10) so perfectly in my life!! You are a great opera singer!

[TheAnastasiaLee]

@musicloverof95 Thank you very much! I really hope you liked it! :)

Thanks Again!

~Anastasia Lee~

[leftysergeant]

@TheAnastasiaLee And more power to you for that. It will take some courage, determination and discipline from here on out if you have any ambitions as a performing artist. Courage is not a lack of fear, but the will to do what some might fear to do, and relying on your skills and your judgement to pull you through. (You're getting this from a guy who thinks it is fun to drag a charged hose line into 5000 gallons of burning jet fuel just for drill.) Just keep your sense of humor. You need it.

[BORFILE]

Superbe voix !

merci pour la vidéo

Greetings from Paris

[Herfortz]

I wish I were there to share that moment to support you. I can only support you now and to everyday on.

[MartelKate]

Thank you so much for sharing this...one of your dreams come true. I wish you the very best with your career. :)))

[1PerfectSelenaGomez]

The Masterpiece of Masterpieces of FanTasTic Super OutStanding AWES(☆)MENESS !!

☆★☆★☆★☆INFINITE☆★☆★☆★☆STARS☆★☆­★☆★☆TO: (TheAnastasiaLee)

~You a Wonderful & talented person in all do Respect of The Arts...

[PierrePieroh]

So very well done, thumbs up!

[JEWELWI17]

Oh very nice!!! It's so amazing..woww Wonderful...Thank You ! A little angel is singing...

And You were to Green Bay, say hi to the Green Bay Packers for me !

Tess

[marinogonzalez8]

buenas tardes amiga mía! recibe un fraternal abrazo!

Gracias por tu valiosa amistad! eres una excelente interprete

de música clásica ,te felicto tienes todo un futuro por delante sigue

así y llegaras muy lejos, recuerda que la constancia y la perseverancia

son los mejores elementos para el éxito! Saludos...y recuerda "la música une a la gente".

[1955marioara]

SUBLIM!!!!

[AngelaJansen72]

Added to MY TOP videos !! (playlist)

[AngelaJansen72]

WOW !! Wooouuaaaawww !!!