Presenting: Street Scenes at the Hill Center Spring 2020

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I am proud to partner with Hill Center on Pennsylvania Avenue to present the Street Scenes series. We had a great show in October with Herb Scott and friends as part of the HillFest DC. Below is a list of the Spring concerts. We hope to see you there! Friday, February 14, 2020 Shacara Rogers (vocals) (Please note: $25 tickets in advance, $28 at the door) https://www.shacararogers.com/bio Wednesday March 25, 2020 Washington Women In Jazz http://washingtonwomeninjazz.com/about/ Thursday, April 23 Leigh…

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For Immediate Release: The Hill Center Presents an Intimate Evening with Samuel Prather for Valentine’s Day, 2019

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Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20003 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                 Media Contact: Burnett Thompson, 703-489-8704, [email protected] The Hill Center Presents an Intimate Evening with Samuel Prather for Valentine’s Day, 2019 Washington, D.C. (January 22nd, 2019) -- Street Scenes at the Hill Center presents DC’s own genre breaking vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Samuel Prather on Thursday, February 14th, from 7:00 – 9:00 pm. Tickets are $18 in advance, $20 on the day of the performance…

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For Immediate Release: Amy Shook and the SR4tet to perform at the Hill Center, October 4th

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                                  Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20003 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Burnett Thompson, 703-489-8704, [email protected] Premiere DC Bassist Amy Shook and the SR4tet to open the Street Scenes Concert Series at the Hill Center on October 4th, 2018 Performing New Originals and Old Standards With a Star Studded Cast Washington, D.C. (September 9th, 2018) --…

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Announcing: The Hill Center Street Scenes Concert Series 2018 – 2019

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Announcing: The Hill Center Street Scenes Concert Series For a complete schedule and artist bios for the Hill Center Street Scenes Concert Series, curated by Burnett Thompson and Shannon Gunn, please visit www.pianojazz.com/hillcenter.htm. Ensembles in residence at the Hill Center provide exquisite concert performances coupled with children's programming in D.C. public schools. In its 7th season, the aim of the series is to bring the world’s rich musical universe to Capitol Hill and the wider Washington, D.C. community. Hill Center…

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Bullettes Little Big Band to Perform March 13 at Westminster!

Many thanks to Amy Bormet for having us back again for the Washington Women in Jazz Festival! I love this particular time of year because we get to see so many fantastic and talented women come out to perform. Amy has really built the WWJF into an amazing and high quality festival that everyone is still talking about throughout the year. I'm very thankful to get to play for the amazing audience at Westminster Church, one of the best venues…

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Bullettes Quintet is at the National Jazz Workshop on July 10th

I'm really looking forward to helping out and playing at the National Jazz Workshop this year! The Bullettes Quintet will be doing its favorite tunes from Hank Mobley/JJ Johnson/Curtis Fuller collaborations on Thursday, July 10th, at 3:30 PM in Armstrong Hall at Shenandoah University. The concert is free, so feel free to come on out and enjoy! This is a part of the National Jazz Workshop, one of the premiere jazz camps on the east coast. We will feature Anita Thomas on tenor, Lianna…

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Bullettes Septet at the Carlyle Club June 24!

For those of you who are interested in my performance schedule, I will be playing with a septet version of my all-female big band "Shannon Gunn and the Bullettes" on Tuesday, June 24th at the Carlyle Club in Alexandria, VA. This will be a swing dance in conjunction with Gotta Swing! This time we'll be joined by the illustrious Jessica Boykin-Settles on vocals! This is a swing dance so bring your dancin' shoes and good spirits. There is a $10 cover…

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Two shows this week!

I just wanted to let everyone know that we'll be playing two times this week- Tuesday night, April 22nd, is at the Carlyle Club for a swing dance with the whole big band, and Thursday night, April 24th, we'll be playing as a quintet at Twins for a tribute to JJ Johnson.  So come on out, celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM), and join us for good jazz and swing! Here are the details: Tuesday - April 22nd - 2014 Carlyle Club Swing Dance with Gotta Swing 411…

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Jazz Benefit Concert Feb. 15th

Looking for something to do with your sweetie for Valentine's Day? You might consider coming to a Jazz Benefit Concert this Friday, Feb. 15th, at 7:00 PM at Sudley United Methodist Church in Sudley Springs, VA (just north of the Manassas Battlefield.) We will be playing jazz standards with a little Portuguese and bossa nova mixed in. The concert is free with a free-will offering at the end to benefit a little four year old girl who was in a serious…

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