[1] The first platform they chose to upload the four-minute video to was Instagram. [10] Savanna transferred from her high school to virtual school to give her the ability to spend her energies on making music. [2] With funding from a vocal performance scholarship, he studied at Weber State University, where he graduated with an accounting degree. His mother required him to read the book before he could watch the show. [30] On December 1, 2020, the Shaws were the first performers in the Temple Square Christmas concert "Celebrating the Light of the World" during which they sang "O Come, All Ye Faithful". We take that responsibility seriously. To remain connected with her friends, she created her first social media account, an Instagram account. After a video of them singing "The Prayer" went viral, Mat … O Holy Night is a popular song by Mat and Savanna Shaw | Create your own TikTok videos with the O Holy Night song and explore 0 videos made by new and popular creators. Mat and Savanna Shaw, a viral daddy-daughter singing duo sharing hope through music. The fourth song is a jazz arrangement and mashup of "Let It Snow" and "Walking in a Winter Wonderland". You've done obviously such good for so many millions … of people that this is just a little small something to say thank you from all of us on Broadway. [a] In his youth, Mat Shaw was passionate about singing and had aspirations to become a Broadway performer and create music. [23] The second song is "I Hope You Dance" and was recommended by Nelson, their arranger. [4] Shaw was a member for eight years of the Army National Guard. About Pop singer and songwriter who rose to fame as one-half of the father-daughter duo Mat and Savanna. [28][29], In The New York Times music critic Jon Caramanica's review of the album, he said that their cover of "Mary, Did You Know?" She and [23] The sixth song is the Colbie Caillat song "Try" and the seventh is "Only Hope", which had been sung by Mandy Moore, whom Savanna admired. They started releasing music videos at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. [10] The Shaw children assisted and received pocket money. He even had a vocal performance scholarship. [5] In an AllMusic review, critic Marcy Donelson gave the album 3.5 stars out of five, and praised the duo for their "graceful, stage musical-friendly singing deliveries". 34,286 talking about this. They don’t know how long it will last, but they will keep going as long as they can. Mat and Savanna have another version of "Hallelujah" that they made with Peter Hollens. After selling 12,000 copies, the album was ranked number one on Billboard's Emerging Artists and Classical Albums charts and 54th on the Billboard 200. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on demand smart link service to help share music, podcasts, or anything. 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Caramanica noted that in their album Mat "booms like a drill sergeant" and Savanna "sings with airy sweep". As of Tuesday, 3 November 2020, Picture This is #1 on the Billboard Charts. Here are the 7 songs", "Utah's viral father-daughter duo hit No. After Shaw's father died when Shaw was 14, the family experienced monetary difficulties and he moved with his family from Los Angeles to Kaysville, Utah. was very shy, and it was hard for her to share her voice. A dad and his daughter who love singing together. Their next song is coming on Valentine’s Day, and their second album is coming this spring. People are actually watching it!” said Savanna. [23] The fifth song was suggested by their audience and is "What the World Needs Now Is Love", which they published a cover for in September 2020. To their surprise, people from around the globe were drawn to their music and their message. Plan [11] The Shaws organized a food drive on November 24, 2020, in Sandy, Utah, and Kaysville, Utah, after they discovered that the Utah Food Bank was having difficulty in meeting the strong need for food caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Listen now on your favorite streaming service. They recorded “A Million Dreams” next, and that duet also got millions of views. The third song is "Mary, Did You Know?" [25][26] After it sold "12,000 equivalent album units" based on MRC Data, it was ranked first on Billboard's Emerging Artists chart on November 7, first on its Classical Albums chart, and 54th on the Billboard 200. The New York Times's music critic Jon Caramanica said the father and daughter duo "became a quarantine-era YouTube success story for their acoustic duets of religious-esque songs that were pinpoint … That video now has 8.2 million views. They have another release coming up this weekend, and a second album out soon. While playing the audio recording of their closet performance, they sit at their kitchen table to videotape themselves singing to it. For easier chords transpose -4 and capo on 4th fret. By a few days later, it had 2,700 views and 60 shares and by three months later, it had received more than six million views. [4] Shaw was a student at Farmington Junior High School, where he performed in a play adaptation of the novel The Best Christmas Pageant Ever in 1994. If you are hoping to reach a specific member of our team, you can also contact them directly through our bios, here. [20][23] They released their first album on October 23, 2020, containing 13 songs. Now, this father-daughter duo has a gig in Utah. Around 2009, the father and daughter were audience members at a recital where Nelson was playing the piano and singing "Hallelujah". Let the Light In - Mat and Savanna Shaw with Peter Hollens (Peter Hollens … When Mat was a youth, he watched The Phantom of the Opera as his initial live performance. The Shaws were interviewed by Good Morning America, The Kelly Clarkson Show, and a show in Japan. The album was ranked first on the iTunes pop and classical charts, ranked third on the iTunes chart that included all song genres, and ranked third on Amazon. “I remember him sending me a screenshot when it was at 3,000 views. We CAN'T wait! [23] The third song is "Picture This", an original song that the father and daughter began composing in July 2020 to describe how they suddenly became famous. [10] Mat put in less time on his real estate firm, which had had its business diminished at the beginning of COVID-19, opting to devote his time to singing practices, recording, and encasing their albums. You can follow along with the Shaws on their website here. Buy Mat and Savanna's CDs Buy Mat and Savanna's CDs Home Cart 0 Search Home Menu Cart 0 All CDs Search All CDs Picture This Our first album "Picture This" Select Follow Us Twitter Facebook Instagram YouTube . Plus your entire music library on all your devices. 1 on iTunes. A post shared by Mat and Savanna Shaw (@matandsavanna), “Our mission is to spread hope and shared joy through our music,” said Savanna. A father daughter duo that uses music to share hope and spread joy. [14] By May 2020, they had over 400,000 YouTube subscribers. But it all started with a happy accident. They published their cover of it as a single in July 2020 and it was the initial song they made in "professional" recording studio. [23], The duo released an extended play on November 20, 2020, titled Merry Little Christmas that had seven songs. Now with nearly 40 million views on their YouTube channel, this Father-Daughter Duo are a source of inspiration for many … This Sunday, July 26th (my birthday), we're going to show you a song that will be in our upcoming album. [10], The duo use a closet as their recording studio and practice location. During his high school years, Shaw was a choir member and musical theater performer. We use music to Share Hope and Spread Joy. But we also love it,” he said. Listen to their new song here", "7 Questions with Emmy: Mat and Savanna Shaw", "The father-daughter duo's 'Picture This' opens atop Classical Albums", "Classical Crossover Albums the week of December 5, 2020", "Mat & Savanna Shaw: Merry Little Christmas. "[19], In a July 2020 livestream video, Mat Shaw said the duo were "intentionally vague" regarding the topics of religion and politics. As their popularity grew, the Shaws released an album and sang in concerts. But life got busy with time in the Army National Guard, starting a business and starting a family with his wife, Brooke. She put it on a new Instagram account as her first social media post, and her dad shared it with family on Facebook. The New York Times's music critic Jon Caramanica said the father and daughter duo "became a quarantine-era YouTube success story for their acoustic duets of religious-esque songs that were pinpoint precise, verging on stern".[5]. She dragged in her dad Mat from working in the yard to sing “The Prayer” with her so she wasn’t alone. The Shaws chose to include the song in their album very late into its production. And that also went viral, and then at that point we’re like, oh my goodness, let’s keep on going,” said Mat. This story about Mat and Savanna Shaw is part of KSL NewsRadio’s ongoing Heart of Utah program to highlight good news around the state that airs Wednesdays. The Shaws have become incredibly popular during the pandemic because they say they are sharing hope through their music. Sierra Boggess was the director of the concert. On October 23, 2020, they released an 13-song album titled Picture This, which had an eponymous original song that told the story of how they shot to fame. And so singing, I set aside a little bit,” he said. He introduced them to the Broadway actress Sierra Boggess, who has played Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera and whom Savanna greatly admires. Savanna Shaw was 15 years old last year at the beginning of the pandemic and needed to record a video for her choir. The fifth song is "O Holy Night" and was the second most asked for by their audience. Their next song is coming on Valentine’s Day, and their second album is coming this spring. Pennie Jean Shaw, Mat's six-year-old daughter, joined in by contributing to the label by writing her initials and penciling in a small heart. “It was just kind of our feelings on what was happening. “Savanna pulled me in from doing yard work to sing that song with her, and it really reignited that passion of music and allowed me to express myself musically again where I haven’t been able to do that for so long.”. Mathew Shaw and his daughter Savanna Shaw are an American musical duo based in Utah. For their Christmas EP, they relocated the packaging work to their basement where they labored at night to encase the CDs. She dragged in her dad. “Luckily, I’ve been able to really work on that this year and I feel like a whole different person. They also like Broadway, musicals, big band, and songs from the 50s and 60s. [4] He is married to Brooke Shaw, whom he lives with in Kaysville, Utah, with their four children, Savanna, Easton, Eric, and Pennie Jean. [16] They received a substantial amount of attention on Facebook and then started their "Mat and Savanna Shaw" YouTube account on March 6, 2020. But we also love it,” he said. Savanna approached Mat Shaw, her father, while he was doing yard work to ask him to sing the song with her. But she was very shy, and it was hard for her to share her voice. To their surprise, people from around the globe were drawn to their music and their message. They enlist a small mic connected to an iPad and supported by some pajama pants to record their singing. Upcoming performance dates for Mat and Savanna Shaw ©2020 Mat and Savanna Shaw. Mat said, "This song is about just being brave, and what if all it takes is a moment believing, a single moment of courage, putting yourself out there, and you just never know what will happen, what kinds of opportunities, what kinds of dreams will come true. [10] Their house turned into a repository for CDs, and they worked in the living room and kitchen to prepare the albums. They started releasing music videos at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. ", "Thankful", and "a well-harmonized" "O Holy Night". Davenport offered to pay for the father and daughter to travel to New York and watch the musical live after Broadway shutdown ended. For her first post on the account, she asked Mat, her father, to sing "The Prayer" with her since she was too shy to sing by herself. [4] In May 2020, Ken Davenport, an executive producer for Andrew Lloyd Webber, interviewed the Shaws. [6][8] Shaw served as a missionary for two years beginning in 2000 in Cebu in the Philippines. is "poignant and elegantly spacious, almost nervy in its conviction", their performance of "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" has surprising parallels to the Extreme song "More Than Words", and their cover of "Thankful" has the two "harmoniz[ing] into billowy bliss". [4] The shy Savanna became friends with the choir members. [7] He attended Davis High School, where in 1996 he played the banker Bobby Childs in the musical Crazy for You and in 1997 he played the factory superintendent Sid Scrokin in the musical The Pajama Game. I think to just have a platform and able to lift heavy hearts through something that we love to do is just a really great thing.”. “I think to just have a platform and able to lift heavy hearts through something that we love to do is just a really great thing.”. After several months of performing from their kitchen table, Mat and Savanna Shaw will soon be taking a significantly larger stage: the Maverik Center in West Valley City", "Utah's viral daddy-daughter duo goes on 'The Kelly Clarkson Show,' sings from Temple Square", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mat_and_Savanna_Shaw&oldid=1006925300, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 15 February 2021, at 15:43. [33], "Mathew Shaw" redirects here. [29], On November 28, 2020, the duo performed at a live virtual concert titled "What The World Needs Now: An Evening of Music and Inspiration with Mat and Savanna Shaw". to use music to share hope and spread joy. have become incredibly popular during the pandemic because they say they are sharing hope through their music. Instead of just releasing a single song, they decided to create an album since they had wanted to make one. [10] Shaw concentrated on building up his real estate firm and spending time with his new family. [11][21] They decided against signing with a label because they wanted to have full power over what music they could make and what events they could attend. “We didn’t intend for it, but we are trying to use music to share hope and spread joy. It's going to take a lot of hard work, but it's work we absolutely love! The sixth and seventh songs are "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" and Josh Groban's "Thankful" from his album Noël. to sing “The Prayer” with her so she wasn’t alone. [23] The eighth song is the Coco song "Remember Me". “You know, life gets real,” he said. [4][11][12], Savanna Shaw was born in 2004[b] and is the oldest of her three siblings. "[4] They recorded a cover of "The Prayer" at the end of February 2020. The Shaws have become incredibly popular during the pandemic because they say they are sharing hope through their music. AllMusic Review by Marcy Donelson", "See Mat and Savanna Shaw in WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW Live Virtual Concert", "Christmas on Temple Square kicks off with concert, virtual tour of the lights", "They became an online sensation. Savanna wanted Mat to become more presentable as he had on a Brigham Young University hat and a family reunion T-shirt but he brushed her off, saying, "Savanna, your choir friends aren't going to care what I’m wearing. We would love to hear your good news! Mat and Savanna Shaw Take the Music Industry by Storm Mat and Savanna Shaw’s debut full-length album, Picture This , has literally skyrocketed in the music charts. If you have a heartwarming story of something awesome happening around the state send us an email at heartofutah@ksl.com. [31], On December 5, 2020, the Shaws performed at two shows at the Maverik Center alongside Gentri, a trio of tenors, for a concert titled "’Tis the Season — A Christmas Concert with Gentri and Friends". [16][17] As they had little technical experience, they spent multiple hours to complete the YouTube upload. [15] The account was her inaugural foray into social media. In his review of the album, The New York Times' Caramanica found that Mat "booms like a drill sergeant" and Savanna "sings with airy sweep". As her initial post on the account, she wanted to record a cover of the Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli song "The Prayer". Mat & Savanna Shaw, the dad-daughter duo and One Voice Children’s Choir perform moving cover of ‘O Holy Night’. [27], The first song is a mashup of the songs "Fly Me to the Moon" and "Come Fly with Me". "[4] At home, Shaw continued to sing and his voice sparked his daughter, Savanna Shaw, to start singing. [10] The duo placed a second order for 10,000 additional CDs. After a video of them singing "The Prayer" went viral, Mat … For the English association footballer, see, Savanna and Mat Shaw performed in a livestream Christmas concert hosted by the, "Viral father-daughter duo Mat and Savanna Shaw wishes to collaborate with Filipino Broadway star Lea Salonga", "An album? All Right Reserved The second song is "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and has their arranger Stephen Nelson playing the piano. Mat and Savanna Shaw are a daddy-daughter duo from Utah that rose to prominence during the COVID-19 quarantine. 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