Emma Hedrick and Chris Pitts perform as a part of the Marianne Tobias Music Program at Eskanazi Health
Welcome
Emma Hedrick is a 7-time DownBeat award-winning, vocalist, composer, and arranger. She is currently based in The Hague, Netherlands. Emma received the prestigious Holland Award to attend the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague. There she is following a Master of Music degree in Vocal Jazz Performance with a focus on Composition. She is studying with Anka Koziel (Voice) and Wolfert Brederode (Composition). In 2023, Emma was a DownBeat Student Music Award winner in the Graduate Vocal Jazz category. The Indianapolis native received her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Jazz Performance, Magna Cum Laude, and Presser Scholar, from the Frost School of Music, University of Miami under the tutelage of Dr. Kate Reid (Voice) and Dr. Stephen Guerra Jr. (Composition). At the University of Miami, she received four Downbeat Student Music Awards. In 2021, Emma was selected as a mentee in Jazz Composition for the Women In Jazz Organization, where she studied with Rosanna Eckert. In 2019, Emma was a finalist in the International Ella Fitzgerald Vocal Competition where she placed 3rd. Emma had the honor of performing in the Telluride All-Stars Ensemble at the Telluride Jazz Festival in Colorado in 2018 and she was the selected vocalist for the Aspen Summer JAS Academy directed by Christian McBride in 2020. At just 23 years old, Emma has also headlined at various venues including the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival (with the Helios Jazz Orchestra), Indy Jazzfest (NextCon), and The Jazz Kitchen. She is looking forward to being a vocalist for the Jong Metropole Summer 2023 tour in the Netherlands and Germany. In high school, Emma was a YoungArts winner and a two-time winner in the DownBeat Student Music Awards. Emma aspires to take her audiences through the story of each song she sings and strives to use the voice in traditional and nontraditional ways.
Recent Releases
Upcoming
Emma Hedrick and Kenneth Fary at Bangkok Thai.
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Emma Hedrick and the Kenneth Fary Trio perform Jazz Standards at Bangkok Thai.
Emma Hedrick Quintet at the Blockhouse
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Emma Hedrick Quintet and Jam Session with Connor Rohrer, Shane McCandless, Greg Niemi and Gavin Gray
Two sets followed by a jam session
Emma Hedrick Quintet at the Elkhart Jazz Festival
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Emma Hedrick performs the show "Standards Rearranged" at the Elkhart Jazz Festival Featuring: Shane McCandless, Saxophone Greg Niemi, Drums Gavin Gray, Bass Connor Rohrer, Piano
Join Emma Hedrick, (Voice) Connor Rohrer, (Piano) Shane McCandless (Saxophone) Gavin Gray (Bass), and Greg Niemi (Drums) for their set of Standards Rearranged at Indy's finest, the Jazz Kitchen.
STANDARDS REARRANGED IS A SHOW OF OLD FAVORITES (AND NEW) FROM A FRESH PERSPECTIVE. THE BAND FEATURES AN ALL-STAR LINEUP OF UP-AND-COMING JAZZ MUSICIANS FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
$15-$25
Jong Metropole Summer Tour feat. Soloist Emma Hedrick
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Let the Good Times roll conducted by Chris Walden
In “Let the Good Times roll” the Jong Metropole Symphonic Jazz Orchestra plays music by famous ‘crooners’ like Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin en Nat King Cole. A crooner is described as ‘a singer who performs using a smooth, intimate style’. The Jong Metropole pays a tribute to this style and famous performers with well-known titles such as ‘The Lady is a Tramp’, ‘Fly me to the Moon’ and ‘Let the Good Times roll’.
Let the Good Times roll conducted by Chris Walden
In “Let the Good Times roll” the Jong Metropole Symphonic Jazz Orchestra plays music by famous ‘crooners’ like Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin en Nat King Cole. A crooner is described as ‘a singer who performs using a smooth, intimate style’. The Jong Metropole pays a tribute to this style and famous performers with well-known titles such as ‘The Lady is a Tramp’, ‘Fly me to the Moon’ and ‘Let the Good Times roll’.
Jong Metropole Summer Tour feat. Soloist Emma Hedrick
(CEST, UTC+02) (CEST, UTC+02)
Let the Good Times roll conducted by Chris Walden
In “Let the Good Times roll” the Jong Metropole Symphonic Jazz Orchestra plays music by famous ‘crooners’ like Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin en Nat King Cole. A crooner is described as ‘a singer who performs using a smooth, intimate style’. The Jong Metropole pays a tribute to this style and famous performers with well-known titles such as ‘The Lady is a Tramp’, ‘Fly me to the Moon’ and ‘Let the Good Times roll’.