Fancy some piano?

Get serenaded by a home-state heroine when Rebecca Abbott brings her singular style to the Lincoln City Cultural Center on Thursday, June 6.

Known for her clear voice and literary lyrics, Abbott was raised in Oregon before “bouncing happily” through musical theater, Western Europe and graduate school. Along the way, she studied the pipe organ, presented American spirituals to German teenagers and wrote a Christmas musical for 100 preschoolers.

Her voice has frequently been compared to Julie Andrews’ and her piano styles range from folk rock to cabaret to Schumannesque.

Abbott’s debut album, “As a Matter of Fancy,” was conceived in a three-day retreat and then took several months to perfect. The selections deliberately intertwine the sacred, the ordinary and the humorous, conveying a worldview saturated with meaning.

The album includes “As a Matter of Fact,” a light jazz piece sung by a character in a difficult marriage and “Fly to the Mountain” which imagines the perspective of someone caught up in the Arab Spring and can be extended to any of those who started out with revolutionary hopes and found themselves disappointed. Songs like “Gloria” connect sacred story to everyday life, while “Hat er noch alle Tassen im Schrank” gets a little raunchy but, luckily, will only potentially offend those fluent in German. 

The show begins at 7 pm at the Lincoln City Cultural Center, located at 540 NE Hwy. 101. Tickets for reserved cabaret table seating are $20. For more information, go to lincolncity-culturalcenter.org or call 541-994-9994.