FMS: Jessica Boykin-Settles - Making Noise: Songs of Protest, Peace & Power

Jazz vocalist Jessica Boykin-Settles and her band, Making Noise, mine jazz standards and contemporary music to reveal messages of liberation and social justice. Performing a repertoire of original compositions and unique arrangements of jazz and pop standards this ensemble addresses issues such as racism and social injustice while encouraging healing through unity and understanding.

Vocalist, composer, arranger and educator, Jessica Boykin-Settles began her training at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC under the tutelage of voice teacher Dr. Mary Jane Ayers and saxophonist and jazz educator Davey Yarborough. She earned a BFA in Jazz Performance at New School University in New York City where she studied with jazz legends and musicians such as Reggie Workman, Junior Mance, Arnie Lawrence, Buster Williams, Dr. Richard Harper, Amy London, Sheila Jordan and Teri Thornton. Jessica earned an MM in Jazz Studies at Howard University and while there, she sang in the premier vocal jazz ensemble Afro Blue.

Host or Publisher Georgetown University Dept. of Performing Arts