“A Tribute to George Gershwin" featuring Jazz Vocalist Debby Lennon

Proceeds from the concert will benefit the Suzy Shepard Jazz Scholarship Fund

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What/Who:

“A Tribute to George Gershwin" features Webster Jazz Faculty vocal instructor Debby Lennon. Lennon will be accompanied by Webster Jazz faculty members Carolbeth True, piano; Steve Schenkel, guitar; Paul DeMarinis, tenor saxophone; Jeremy Pfeffer, bass and Kevin Gianino, drums.

Proceeds from the concert will benefit the Suzy Shepard Jazz Scholarship Fund, established in 1985 to provide financial assistance for outstanding jazz studies students at Webster University.

When:

Monday, April 7, 7 p.m.

Where:

Winifred Moore Auditorium, Webster University
470 E. Lockwood Ave.

Cost:

$10 at the door, free to students with a valid school ID card.

More Info:

Call the Fine Arts Hotline at 968-7128.

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Debby Lennon, a member of the St. Louis Symphony Chorus for eleven seasons, made her solo debut with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in the 1992 Carnegie Hall premiere of William Bolcom’s “Songs of Innocence and Experience.” She is a frequent soloist at the SLSO Queeny Pops and Powell Hall with Bob Coleman’s Legacy Big Band and is an active free-lance artist in the St. Louis area. From 1992-1999, she recorded and performed with the nationally known a cappella octet, Pieces of 8, of which she is a founding member. Two years ago, Lennon performed as a soloist with the Space Coast Pops in “A Tribute to the Big Band Era” and in “An Evening of French Music” at the Sheldon Concert Hall. In addition to serving on the voice and jazz faculty at Webster University, Lennon serves at St. Joseph’s Academy as a vocal instructor and maintains a private voice studio.. She attended Fontbonne University and studied voice at Washington University and at the L’Ecole Hindemith in Vevey, Switzerland. 

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