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Christine Fawson
Performer and Educator

Trumpeter and vocalist Christine Fawson hails from Northern California where she began playing the trumpet at age 10.
A graduate of Berklee College of Music, Fawson studied under Phil Wilson, Tiger Okoshi, Charles Lewis and Ken Cervenka. She has performed at music festivals all over the world including the Darling HarbourJazz Festival in Sydney, Australia, the San Jose jazz Festival, the Tri-C Jazz Festival in Cleveland, Ohio, the International Association of Jazz Educators Convention in Long Beach, California and New York City and the Boston Globe Jazz Festival. Fawson has performed in such venues as Carnegie Hall and the Apollo Theater. In addition, she has toured with various groups to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Samoa, Japan and Germany.

Fawson has performed with such artists as Paquito D' Rivera, Joe Lovano, Tim Hagans, Christian McBride, Phil Wilson, Kim Nazarian of The New York Voices and Tiger Okoshi. She has also played with the Diva Jazz Orchestra, the Honolulu Synmpony and the New York Pops, and was a member of the Disney Collegiate All-Star Band in 2000.

Fawson is a member of the jazz vocal group, Syncopation which released its first CD "A New Dance" in May 2003. The group visited Japan for a second time in 2003 and is scheduled for another Japan tour and the release of a second CD in the fall of 2004. Syncopation was asked to perform at the IAJE convention in New York in 2004.

At a young age of 23, Fawson was asked to join the brass faculty at Berklee College of Music where she began teaching in 2003.

Fawson's debut album "Happy Talk" was released in January of 2003 and features the arrangements and trombone playing of legendary Phil Wilson.

Christine Fawson
Artist Comments

"Wow! I love my Gen X trumpet! I haven't been able to put it down since I got it! It feels so good to play jazz on this horn. It has a centered sound and feels very smooth. This is like the dessert of trumpets. The even blow it gets reminds me that I am "playing" the trumpet, not working it. Thank you Edwards!"

Christine Fawson

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