Jazz Festival brings award-winning vocalist to the CCU stage

The Department of Music presents the CCU Jazz Festival on April 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the Wheelwright Auditorium. Performers include guest artist Becca Stevens as well as the CCU Jazz Ensemble, the CCU Recording Ensemble and CCU faculty in the Department of Music.

Vocalist and composer Stevens is a North Carolina native who was voted “Best Rising Star Vocalist” by Downbeat Magazine in 2017. Downbeat gave her most recent album, “Regina,” a perfect five-star rating, and Rolling Stone described it as “majestic, delicate pop arrangements in perfect harmony with a royal theme.”

Stevens will debut new arrangements of her music with the CCU ensembles, appear with CCU artist-in-residence Steve Bailey in a preview of his upcoming album, and perform a set of her original music. General admission tickets are $17.

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