Sharp Radway

Sharp Radway is a pianist, prolific composer, arranger, recording artist, and author residing in New York City. He remains in demand throughout the country and abroad. He is a protégé of Dr. Randy Weston. Sharp is a formidableand seasoned bandleader, with decades of experience heading various groups of his own. He served as music director, pianist, and arranger for The Celebration of Lionel Hampton Big Band and The New York City Ska Orchestra. In addition to playing the piano he is also a prolific composer and arranger, having composed over 1,000 pieces.

Sharp has appeared in film with Mos Def, Beyonce Knowles, Cedric the Entertainer, and several others in the major motion picture Cadillac Records. He also acted and performed in the historic Off-Broadway play The Connection under the direction of Judith Malina.

In addition to being a seasoned performer he is also author of the book Musicianship 101(What They Don’t Tell You In School), published by Outskirts Press. In addition to lecturing and conducting seminars centered around his book, Sharp has decades of experience teaching extensively, and currently continues to enjoy teaching a roster of both professional and non-professional musicians of all ages. He has performed in a litany of music festivals and venues both domestically and internationally and remains highly in demand.

Jazzmeia Horn

Named by her jazz loving grandmother, Jazzmeia Horn was born in Dallas, Texas, in 1991. She grew up in a close church-going family singing gospel music.

Ms. Horn graduated from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, which was attended by other great artists such as Roy Hargrove, Norah Jones, and Erykah Badu. In 2009, she enrolled at The School of Jazz at The New School in New York City.

Ms. Horn won the 2013 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition and the 2015 Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Competition and, shortly after, was signed by Concord Records. In 2017, she released her debut album, A Social Call, which was nominated for a Grammy Award.

Ms. Horn continued to tour nationally and internationally, honing her vocal, performance and writing skills, to get across her message about the global need for love and social change in the world. In 2019, she released Love and Liberation which also received a Grammy nomination. The following year, she published her book, Strive From Within: The Jazzmeia Horn Approach, while recording her big band album, Dear Love.

Dear Love, an album of encouragement through poetry and spoken word addressing the aspects of her community, her love and herself, was released in September 2021.

All while performing and writing, Ms. Horn is teaching students and conducting outreach programs across the globe through The Jazz Horn International Vocal Initiative.

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