Rhys Tivey & Lady Deryn

1.5.2026

Mount Ida Preservation Hall

548 Congress St, Troy, NY 12180

Doors open at 6:30pm, show at 7pm

About:

Rhys Tivey

Rhys Tivey is a performance artist spanning multiple disciplines. As a singer, trumpeter, music producer, songwriter, composer, he has released three recording projects, No Voice No More, Backward EP, and Unsteady
( rhystivey.com ). He has recorded and collaborated with a diverse range of artists, including Tiger Darrow, Halima, John William Watkins, Natti Vogel, Paul Weinfield, Nisa Lumaj, Jean Michel Pilc, Phase One. As an actor / performer, he has performed at La Mama Ellen Stewart Theatre, HERE Arts, New Ohio Theatre, Mercury Story Residency, NACL, Keshet NM, Theatre for New Audience, Abrons Arts with Marcel Dzama, Phish “Cerealist Bowl”, Romania Sibiu Fest, and more. As a teacher, Rhys combines research-based sustainable vocal technique with yoga, qi-gong, holistic intuitive embodiment, vocal improv and songwriting, offering individual private lessons and group facilitation ( voicebrave.com ). He grew up in the Albany area, performing as a trumpet player with ESYO, at SPAC, Tanglewood, Carnegie Hall, and in Austria, Germany, and the Czech Republic.

Lady Deryn (Natalie Deryn Johnson)

Natalie Deryn Johnson is a lyricist, vocalist, and interdisciplinary artist whose work bridges song, performance, and poetic inquiry. With a long history as a performer and writer, her practice is grounded in embodiment, emotional precision, and an attunement to the subtle intelligence of the body.

Her new music project, Deryn, is a collaboration with Rhys Tivey, who serves as producer and instrumentalist. Together, they craft genre-fluid songs that balance intimacy and spaciousness, blending atmospheric production, melodic restraint, and improvisational nuance. Johnson’s lyrics and vocals lead the work—direct, sensuous, and emotionally exact—held by Tivey’s musical depth and refined arrangements.

The result is a body of songs that feel quietly powerful and deeply present, shaped by years of performance experience and a shared commitment to craft, collaboration, and feeling.