Have You met Miss Kelly?
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tomas1
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If not you really should. She is a monster at 15 years old. She does it all, plays alto, writes her own tunes, has a great vocal style and she swings. You can hear samples of her here: http://cdbaby.com/cd/gracekelly3 What she’s accomplished in her first 15 years. Recipient of the ASCAP Foundation 2007 Young Jazz Composers Award for the title track of “Every Road I Walked” Winner of 2007 Downbeat Student Music Award, Arrangement “Summertime” (Every Road I Walked) Berklee College of Music Superior Musicianship Award at 2007 Berklee High School Jazz Festival. Winner of four 2006 Downbeat Student Music Awards, Jazz Instrumentalist, Pop/Rock/Blues Instrumentalist, Original Composition – “Fast Metabolism” (Times Too), Jazz Vocalist – Outstanding Performance. Grace Kelly was the youngest ever winner of Fish Middleton Jazz Scholarship at the 2006 East Coast Jazz Festival. Winner of two International Songwriting Contests in 2006 & 2007 for her composition “Filosphical Flying Fish” (Every Road I Walked) Grace Kelly was judged the top woodwind soloist and the top vocal alto soloist at the 2007 Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. Grace currently studies saxophone with Lee Konitz, Jerry Bergonzi, and Allan Chase. Grace has also studied jazz with Cedar Walton, Phil Woods, Jimmy Heath, Dr. Billy Taylor, Dr. Nathan Davis, Curtis Fuller, Chip Jackson, Winard Harper, Carmen Lundy, Rebecca Parris, Steve Wilson, Willie Jones III. Grace has completed the four year certificate program at New England Conservatory Prep School as well as Brookline Music School Some Notable upcoming performances : Dave Brubeck Quartet, |
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