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Jazz Vocalist stops in Newmarket before historic date at Carnegie Hall

November 9, 2007 - News Release, Resurgence Theatre Company

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Resurgence Theatre Company will be presenting multiple National Jazz Award nominee Melissa Stylianou in downtown Newmarket as part of THE SOUND OF CHRISTMAS - an afternoon concert celebrating the sounds of the season on Sunday, November 25, 2007.

Melissa Stylianou appeared on the Toronto jazz scene eight years ago and quickly earned the esteem of the Canadian jazz community. She has headlined at major jazz festivals all over Ontario, at the famed Festival International de Jazz de Montreal and the Atlantic Jazz Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She performs regularly at the country's best jazz clubs, including a Friday night stint at Toronto’s The Rex Hotel from 2000-2005. Melissa has studied in New York with Garry Dial, Theo Bleckmann and Tom Schilling and continues to live and work in New York City. Her debut album, it never entered my mind (SBM), was released in 1999 and features Richard Whiteman on piano and Artie Roth on bass. In 2001, Melissa released her second album, bachelorette (SBM), to rave reviews. Both continue to receive airplay both locally (JazzFM, CLKN, CIUT) and nationally (CBC).

Following her appearance in Newmarket, Melissa’s busy Fall schedule includes appearances at New York’s legendary Birdland Jazz Club, New Year’s Eve at Toronto’s Roy Thompson Hall and a concert at Carnegie Hall marking the 70th anniversary of the historic Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall Concert in 1938.

THE SOUND OF CHRISTMAS is a benefit for the York Shakespeare Festival and will be presented on Sunday, November 25 at 2:00 pm at Christian Baptist Church, 127 Main Street South in Newmarket. Tickets can be purchased by calling Resurgence Theatre Company at (905) 953-2838 or online.

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