In just a few days, on Sunday, November 10, starting at 7:00 p.m., the final show of the Fall season of South Street Jazz will take place featuring none other than Sarah Elizabeth Charles. Sarah is “…both technically brilliant and emotionally bold…” states Revive Music. “Sarah Elizabeth Charles is an exhilarating vocalist who clearly rises above the field. Every time she appears on a project of someone else’s, in some new configuration, or releasing work of her own, it’s a breath of fresh air and a reminder of how great and inspiring music can really be,” says Anthony Dean-Harris in The Art of Cool Project. Nate Chinen from the NY Times states, “Ms. Charles has a soulfully articulate vocal style, a mix of strong projection and subtle detail.” Whatever you do on November 10th, seeing Sarah Elizabeth Charles in downtown Peekskill at the South Street Jazz has got to be at the top of the list. Accompanying Sarah at South Street Jazz will be Jordan Peters on guitar and Keita Ogawa on percussion.
South Street Jazz is completely unique to Peekskill and transforms The Artist Spot at Antonia Arts at 925 South Street, Peekskill into an intimate 60 seat pop up Jazz Club.
Sarah Elizabeth Charles is a vocalist/composer based in Brooklyn, NY. She has released four critically acclaimed albums with her band, SCOPE since 2012. She is an active vocalist in a number of bands including SCOPE, Ajoyo, duo with Jarrett Cherner, Jesse Fischer and Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah. Charles has performed at many venues throughout her career including The White House, Carnegie Hall, the first annual Culture Summit in Abu Dhabi, The Kennedy Center, the Rose Theatre with Jazz at Lincoln Center and many more.
In addition to her performances, Charles is an active educator and artivist as well. She works as a lead teaching artist with Carnegie Hall’s Sing Sing Correctional Facility Musical Connections workshop, has a private lessons studio in New York City, is an adjunct professor at The New School for Jazz/College of Performing Arts, co-teaching an undergraduate course called “Jazz and Gender” and a graduate course called “New Narratives” with Dr. Caroline Davis and has developed an early childhood music education program with Rise2Shine, a non-profit organization based in Fond Parisien, Haiti. In 2019, she was one of five recipients of the Yale School of Music’s Distinguished Teaching Artist Award. In 2020, she was selected to be one of five members of the Joe’s Pub Working Group, was a recipient of the New York City Women’s Fund grant in support of her band’s fourth album, released in 2021 and was a recipient of Chamber Music America’s New Jazz Works grant. Since 2021, she has been an active member of the This Is A Movement initiative working toward creating more equitable spaces and connecting various individuals, organizations and activists working to do the same.
Sarah Elizabeth Charles is a talent with a voice that touches the soul. Tickets are $25 in advance via this link on Eventbrite and will be $30 at the door. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m. As Kristina Koller, the Producer & Founder of South Street Jazz and High Top Productions states, “there is a ton of work that goes into putting on an event from marketing, to booking the artists, paying for the space, paying for the sound technician, trying to get funding via sponsorship and grants, setting up the space the day of the show, and making sure everything runs as smoothly as possible. If you want the South Street Jazz series to continue, please come out and support these incredible artists that are coming to Peekskill.”
For more information, visit High Top Productions website and follow them on Facebook and Instagram accounts for all of High Top Productions and events including The Creative Hangout events, Speed Dating events. Also visit KristinaKoller.net for upcoming shows by Kristina Koller.
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