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SHENEL JOHNS & LATVIAN RADIO BIG BAND

G.GERSHWIN 120

Concert series: RIGAS RTIMI


Listeners of Rigas Ritmi 2018 will be the first to hear the program's first performance dedicated to Gershwin's 120th anniversary. The program will also rarely hear the already popular pieces in the new arrangements created by New York's trombonist and arranger Dave Gibson.

Shenel is the winner of the Riga Jazz Stage Contest in Riga, Latvia, and was featured in the Hartford Jazz Festival with the Harford Symphony Orchestra as part of an Ella Fitzgerald Tribute. She has also premiered works at New York’s Museum of Modern Arts (Jacob Lawrence Installation of Northern Migration) and is a member of the George Gee Swing Orchestra that performs regularly in-and-around New York City.

Shenel Johns has emerged as one of the shining stars of her generation. A native of Hartford, CT, Johns has been performing since she was fourteen years of age, and has developed a distinctive, eclectic style that has increasingly caught the attention of her peers and some of the industry’s top performers.

 

 

28. June, 19:00
RIGA CONGRESS CENTRE