High Country Jazz Fest: Jazzmeia Horn
Schedule
Sat Jun 08 2024 at 07:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Appalachian Theatre | Boone, NC
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Named by her jazz-loving grandmother, Jazzmeia Horn was born in Dallas, Texas, in 1991. She grew up in a close church-going family singing gospel music.Ms. Horn graduated from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, which was attended by other great artists such as Roy Hargrove, Norah Jones, and Erykah Badu. In 2009, she enrolled at The School of Jazz at The New School in New York City.
Ms. Horn won the 2013 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition and the 2015 Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Competition and, shortly after, was signed by Concord Records.
In 2017,she released her debut album, A Social Call, which was nominated for a Grammy Award. Ms. Horn continued to tour nationally and internationally, honing her vocal, performance and writing skills, to get across her message about the global need for love and social change in the world. In 2019, she released Love and Liberation which also received a Grammy nomination. The following year, she published her book, Strive From Within: The Jazzmeia Horn Approach, while recording her big band album, Dear Love.
Catch her performance at the Appalachian Theatre in Downtown Boone on Saturday, June 8, at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are available for the individual performance or as part of the High Country Jazz Festival package.
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Where is it happening?
Appalachian Theatre, 553 W King St, Boone, NC 28607-3536, United States,Boone, North CarolinaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
