CHRISTINE FAWSON COMES TO SOUHEGAN HIGH SCHOOL FOR JAZZ NIGHT #3
The Souhegan High School Music Department will host the third
Jazz Night of the year on Friday May
16 at 7:00pm. This year marks the 12th anniversary of the
Jazz Night series of concerts hosted at SHS. For our third show of the season,
we are proud to welcome jazz trumpeter and vocalist Christine Fawson and her Trio to
SHS.
Christine Fawson
is a trumpet player and vocalist. Her debut CD Happy Talk, featuring the arrangements of Phil Wilson received
great reviews in Down Beat, Cadence Magazine and Singer Magazine. Since 2002,
Christine has been a member of the vocal jazz group, Syncopation. The group has
recorded three CDs; A New Dance, Of Blue and Wonderful You which have been widely successful both in the United
States and Japan. Syncopation has been featured at festivals throughout the
United States and Japan. The group was featured with the Boston Pops Orchestra
at the 2009 4th of July Celebration in Boston. Christine played
trumpet with the DIVA Jazz Orchestra from 2004-2007. She performed with the
band at such venues as Carnegie Hall, the Apollo Theater, and Lincoln Center in
New York City; and with artists such as Anne Hampton Callaway, John Pizzarelli,
Maurice Hines, Johnny Mandel and the New York Pops. She has played and sang
with DIVA in concerts and festivals in Europe and throughout the United States.
Christine has been a solo artist at festivals and concerts around the world
including, Darling Harbour Jazz Festival, in Sydney, Australia, World Music
Festival in Hong Kong, Hanover Jazz Festival in Germany, and the Women in Jazz
Festival in Lucca, Italy. In 2009, she was featured in the Mexican premier of
Gil Evans’ Porgy and Bess with the
Guadalajara Jazz Orchestra.
Christine is an
active freelancer in the New England area, where she plays in brass quintets,
R&B bands and jazz ensembles. Christine is a member of the brass faculty at
Berklee College of Music.
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The Christine Fawson Quartet will be joined by jazz ensembles from
Souhegan HS, Woodbury MS, The Stage Coach Women’s Chorus and another special
guest. General Admission at the door is $10.00. Doors will open at 6:30pm. For more information on Christine Fawson,
go to www.christinefawson.net . For
event information, please contact Carl Benevides at cbenevides@sprise.com.
