INTRIGUE is regarded as one of the finest bands having been listed in Conde Nast Bride Magazine in the Top 150 Bands in the Nation and The KNOT Best of Weddings Pick. INTRIGUE’S versatility is featured in their wide array of their repertoire ranging from contemporary top 40 to big band – swing, Motown, oldies, disco, Latin, standards, classic rock, classical, sacred, hip-hop, patriotic, ethnic selections in Italian, Spanish, French, Hebrew, and Chinese.

INTRIGUE is an exciting and entertaining musical show featuring female lead vocalist and emcee Stella Actis Aldo, a University of Michigan School of Music graduate, who has owned and operated the group since its inception in 1983. Denise Stubbs WDIV “Give Me the Mike” winner, over twenty years with the band energizes each song with her soulful and gospel background. Cristina Aldo is our newest and youngest band member bringing her jazz background and passion for all genres of music. Key Bullard, Kevin Carter, Mark Heckert and Rick Swiecki magnify the group’s versatility with their male vocals.  The rhythm section, under the musical direction of Mark Heckert, who is the pianist and arranger, is complimented with the multi talented Kevin Carter on rhythm & lead guitar, Rick Swiecki on drums, Chris Kaercher on saxophone, flute, harmonica, and claves, John Douglas on trumpet, and Davey Lazar on trombone. Sonia Lee, violinist compliments the band with her extraordinary abilities for ceremonies, cocktails and dinner selections. Sonia has played with Michael Buble, Josh Groban, Billy Joel as well as, the Detroit Symphony and Il Volo. Each individual member of the band radiates personality and outstanding talent. Together as a group, they are simply incredible.

High profile engagements include the wedding reception for Rocky Izzo (MSU Basketball Coach, Tom Izzo) and Matt McDonald at The Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan Gubernatorial Inaugural Balls for Governor Rick Snyder in Lansing, Michigan, Michigan Economic Development (entertaining Japanese Governor and national government meeting planners), Venetian Festival in Charlevoix, Michigan, Henry Ford Health System Grand Balls and 100th Anniversary, a wedding at St. Peter’s Basilica and the reception at Villa Miani in Rome, Italy, wedding at Yellowstone Club in Big Sky, Montana and destination wedding in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Super Bowl XL, Pavarotti Farewell Opera Ball, the reception of H.S.H. Princess Caroline of Hanover and her ballet company, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, “The Three Tenors” rehearsal afterglow at the Detroit Opera House, Detroit’s Mayor’s Office, Under the Stars Ball for the Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall, Indianapolis Museum of Art Ming Dynasty Exhibit Gala, and Marine Military Academy Fund Raiser at the residence of Robert Lutz. Bob Lutz was the Chairman for General Motors North America.

INTRIGUE has provided music for St. Joseph Mercy Holiday Balls, Henry Ford Health System Galas, DTE Energy North American International Black Tie Charity Previews, Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Medallion Balls, Sparrow Foundation Galas in Lansing, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Promise Balls, The Event on Main for Mott Children & Women’s Hospital, Oakwood Foundation Red Tie Ball, Pricewaterhousecoopers at the Fox Theatre, General Motors as well as, the Children’s Center for the Detroit International Auto Show Black Tie Charity Night, Karmanos Cancer Benefit at Ford Field, St. John Hospital & Medical Center, Toledo Opera Sapphire Ball, Nordstrom Grand Openings at: the Mall at Partridge Creek, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis,  and St. Louis,  “Revvin with Ford” concerts in Birmingham for the Woodward Dream Cruise, Arts du Jour at Somerset Collection, Cigar Aficionado’s Big Smoke in Detroit and Chicago, and Quixtar in Nashville along with the Temptations. Additionally, INTRIGUE performed in Europe and in New York City for inaugural and press events for Norwegian Cruise Line’s “The Sky”, as well as on the “S.S. Norway” in the Caribbean for Sports Illustrated. The band has had appearances at the Motor City Casino, MGM Grand Casino, Greektown Casino and Soaring Eagle.

INTRIGUE has been the opening act for the Richard Marx, Laura Brannigan, Bruce Hornsby, Brantford Marsalis, Aaron Neville, John Secada, Go West, Dave Koz, Darryl Hall, Eddie Mony, the Spinners, Kool & The Gang, K.C. & the Sunshine Band, the Contours, and the Coasters.