The 5th annual performance of A Child's Christmas in Wales

Greetings all,

the season is upon us...

Hope you can join us for this very special performance-

A Child's Christmas in Wales

An Austin Holiday tradition, A Child's Christmas in Wales returns this year

to St David's Episcopal Church to celebrate the season, giving the gift of Dylan Thomas and improvised jazz.

The glorious, sparkling text of Dylan Thomas' beloved tale of a young boy's delightful Christmas memories, comes alive with original music by Suzi Stern (vocals) and Rich Harney (Piano). Fantastic, beautiful and sometimes hilarious improvisations by Alex Coke (woodwinds and many fascinating toys and tools) as well as astounding colorful expressive solos by Buddy Mohmed (bass) make this an evening for the whole family you won't want to miss. A wonderful way to welcome in the season with a feeling of good will and warmth...great for creative music fans and children of all ages!

Please join Texas jazz musicians Suzi Stern, Alex Coke, Rich Harney and Buddy Mohmed on Friday, December 11, 2009 at 8pm in Bethell Hall at St David's Episcopal Church, 304 E. 7th Street, Austin, Tx for a wonderful evening of music and a classic Christmas tale.

And from the Aardvark Records Catalogue:

A CD recording of the original soundtrack to add to your collection of holiday favorites will be available at the performance.

General admission is $10 with discounts for children and seniors.

For reservations please call (512)440-0915

please visit: www.suzistern.com aardvarkrecords.com http://www.xs4all.nl/~alexcoke

Waterloo Records Sale on our latest C.D!

Thank you to everyone who ventured out in the freezing cold rain this past Tuesday to join us for the LEAP OF HEART c.d. release concert! It was truly a joy to sing in that space...one could hear a pin drop on a ballad, hearing even a breath or the most subtle nuances of a bass solo by John Fremgen , yet the acoustics in that hall could handle the most driving arrangements with Brannen Temple's unbelievable drum solos. George was in heaven getting to play on the newly tuned Steinway, and I thought Bobs horn sounded clear and sweet! We will definitely be booking concerts there again!

As of today at noon "LEAP OF HEAT" is on special, holiday rate sale at Waterloo Records on Lamar in Austin, and will be until Christmas, so that might be a great way to pick up some local color gift-y thing for a friend or loved one! If you're not in Austin check out c.d.baby.com or amazon.com or aardvarkrecords.com after Dec. 13th and you can purchase a copy on line.

Check out the catalogue with many exciting releases by Austin talent at: Aardvarkrecords.com

Stay warm, spread love and music around and hope to see you at the next gig!

Suzi

Join us this Tuesday Dec.1st!

This Tuesday Dec. 1st! C.D. release concert!

Aardvark Records presents:

"leap of heart"

an exciting collaborative project by George Oldziey and Suzi Stern

with Brannen Temple, John Fremgen and Bob Meyer

Beautiful new treatments of classic Jazz standards, and for a change they are not songs about unrequited love, but love found! Complimentary wine and refreshments will be served!

The First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin

in the main hall with that beautiful Steinway grand piano!

4700 Grover Ave. Austin Texas 78756 (Grover runs parallel with, and is in between N.Lamar and Burnett) the church is a bit south of Koenig Ln.

(512) 452-6168

Tickets are $12

Children under 12 are free!

C.D.s will be for sale at the concert. This might be just the christmas gift for the music lover on your list!

check out www.Aardvarkrecords.com

Many thanks to Barry Simon and Aardvark Records.

c.d. Release Concert Dec. 1st!!

Heads up on our exciting c.d. release performance on Tuesday Dec. 1st!

Aardvark Records presents:

a new project by George Oldziey and Suzi Stern

with Brannen Temple, John Fremgen and Bob Meyer

Beautiful new treatments of classic Jazz standards, and for a change they are not songs about unrequited love, but love found!

doors open at 7:30, performance at 8:00...meet the artists after the show and enjoy some complimentary refreshments!

The First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin 4700 Grover, Austin 78756 (512) 452-6168

Tickets are $12 C.D.'s will be for sale at the event!

Heads up on our exciting c.d. release performance on Tuesday Dec. 1st!

Aardvark Records presents a new project by George Oldziey and Suzi Stern with Brannen Temple, John Fremgen and Bob Meyer

Beautiful new treatments of classic Jazz standards, and for a change they are not songs about unrequited love, but love found!

doors open at 7:30, performance at 8:00...meet the artists after the show and enjoy some refreshments!

The First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin

4700 Grover

Tickets are $12

this evening at the Elephant Room Austin

Tonight, Thursday November 19th

from 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.

The Suzi Stern Quintet

Joining me will be...

Rich Harney, George Oldziey, Rob Kazenel, John Fremgen & John Mills

At:The Elephant Room

315 Congress Ave.

Austin Texas

no cover...how amazing is that?

I would be so honored to have you there creating the energy that helps make the music!

All the Best,

Suzi

Suzi Stern's November & December Jazz events

Hello everyone! Here's some news about upcoming events worth checking out (well, in my opinion they're worth checking out! )

What: Circle Thurs. Nov. 19th on your calendar and join us for what is becoming a very rare appearance of the S.S.Q. at the Elephant Room!

Where: The Elephant Room is located at 315 Congress in Austin Texas.

(512) 473-2279 for more info.

The Line up: 2 amazing pianists that evening...George Oldziey and Rich Harney, and on Bass the remarkable John Fremgen, & all the way from Canada to our fair city of Austin Rob Kazenel on drums, and I say this with all sincerity, one of the best tenor saxophonists in the entire world, John Mills. This is such an amazing group of musicians....I'm so honored to be singing with them!

We'll be performing from 9:30p.m. to 1:30a.m. (I know it's sort of late for a Thursday but hey...live a little!) It's such a great way to begin the weekend!

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Tuesday, December 1st a concert to celebrate the new much talked about...long anticipated new release on Aardvark Records of:

"leap of heart"

with Suzi Stern voice, George Oldziey piano, John Fremgen bass, Brannen Temple drums and Bob Meyer trumpet and Flugelhorn...

Come join us at the beautiful space with an outstanding Steinway grand piano and excellent acoustics!! The First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin, 4700 Grover Ave. in Austin.

doors open at 7:30. This is the way to hear these classic tunes performed with all of the beautiful dynamic range and integrity that George wrote into these new and exciting arrangements. I truly feel it will be a very special event and we would be so honored to have you there to herald in the new recording project!

On Friday Dec. 11th we will once again do our seasonal rendition of:

"A Child's Christmas in Wales"

with Alex Coke sax and toys, Rich Harney piano, Buddy Mohmed bass

Suzi Stern narration and singer of songs

We will be performing this year at: Saint David's (on 304 E. 7th Street) in Austin

from: 8:00 to 9:00 (doors open at 7:30)

There will be a small ticket fee which I'm not sure of yet! More info. to come...stay tuned! The glorious sparkling text is by Dylan Thomas and all of the music is written by yours truly Suzi Stern and Rich Harney, with fantastic, sometimes hilarious improvisations by Alex Coke and astounding colorful expressive solos by Buddy. It's definitely a wonderful way to bring in the season with a feeling of good will and warmth...great for young and old alike!

Looking ahead into 2010: Can you believe how that sounds?? 2010?? Several performances in the Big Apple, en route to festivals in Sweden and some club gigs in Amsterdam...stay tuned for all the details as I firm up and fine tune the events ahead!!

For more info. about the new release you can visit http://www.Aardvarkrecords.com

and http://www.cdbaby.com

Hope to see you at all 3 events and I send you my wish for a beautiful healthy autumn and a holiday season filled with music and peace.

Suzi