Jazzway 6004 Presents the winners of the 2009 Billie Holiday and Cab Calloway Vocal Competitions Kerensa Gray - 1st Place Winner of the 2009 Billie Holiday Competition Julian Quander - 1st Place Winner in the 2009 Cab Calloway Vocal Competition.   Marissa Muro - Ruby Award Winner (People's Choice) of the 2009 Billie Holiday Vocal Competition with Vince Evans - Piano Jeff Reed - Bass Eric Kennedy - Drums This concert will include a sumptuous dessert, fruit and cheese buffet.  All soft drinks are included in the price as well.  

Kerensa Gray is the 2009 1st Place winner of the Billie Holiday Vocal Competition.  Kerensa is a singer/songwriter who has performed professionally for almost 15 years.  She was a finalist for the Momentum Award Jazz Artist of the Year in 2008 and 2009 and has shared the stage and opened for artists such as Stellar award winner Isaiah Thomas and Grammy and Dove award winners CeCe and Vickie Winans.  Kerensa is currently working on a new project with renowned Baltimore jazz guitarist and producer Drew Davidsen.     Julian Quander is the 2009 1st Place winner of the Cab Calloway Vocal Competition.  Julian is a singer, songwriter, dancer and actor who has performed across the east coast.  He won first prize at the National Association of Teachers singing competition and placed third in the first annual Cab Calloway Vocal Competition.  Julian was a featured performer at a fundraiser for Presidential Candidate Barack Obama.   He counts Donny Hathaway, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Michael Jackson and Will Smith as his musical influences and is currently working on his first album, Better Late Than Never.     Marissa Muro is the Ruby Award Winner (People's Choice) of the 2009 Billie Holiday Vocal Competition. Marissa was born into a musical family and studied voice and piano at an early age.  A graduate of the Baltimore School for the Arts and the Peabody Conservatory of Music, she was featured in the Disney film, Washington Square.  Marissa performs in area clubs and teaches voice and piano to promising students in the Baltimore area.  Her recent performances include the Hippodrome Theatre, the Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Center Stage, Morgan State University and on HGTV.       Vince Evans - Piano and Musical Director - Vince Evans is a veteran musician and teacher of music. His talents as a music director are widely recognized in the music industry. Born and raised in Washington DC., Vince earned his BA in Music Production and Engineering from the esteemed Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA.  After graduation from Berklee, Vince worked with Pieces of a Dream and then became Phyllis Hyman’s pianist and musical director for 3 years. Vince is an artist that is a chameleon in the industry and he’s had extensive experience in many genres of music from classical to rock, R&B, jazz, blues, gospel. He has performed and recorded with many celebrities including Prince, Phyllis Hyman, Al Jarreau, George Benson, Eddie Murphy, MC Hammer, Joe McIntyre, Commissioned, Jonathan Butler, Bill Withers, Gerald Albright, Luther Vandross, Lenny White, Lalah Hathaway, Rene Marie, Isaac Hayes, Patti LaBelle, Angie Stone, Chuck Brown, Patti Austin and Dianne Reeves...to name a few.  Vince teaches vocal technique, piano technique, music theory, improvisation and music production. He bases his operations from a recording studio, rehearsal space and teaching facility in Lanham, MD. Tickets are on sale as of February 24th Ticket Link: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/101395