Tia Fuller

Tia w/Beyonce – Irreplaceable VideoTia w/Beyonce on Oprah ShowTia w/ Beyonce on Today Show – "Listen"Tia w/Beyonce on Today Show– "Irreplaceable"“ Tia Fuller stakes her claim to being one of the finest new musicians on the scene, ” states Terrell Holmes in an All About Jazz review. Originating from a musical family, Fuller Sound , Tia began her music education in piano and flute at the early age of three. She has studied saxophone with Joe Jennings where she graduated Magna Cum Laude receiving her B.A. in Music from Spelman College. As the full time Teaching Assistant in Jazz Studies by directing Jazz Ensemble II and III and teaching improvisation, Tia has also received a Masters Degree (M.M.) in Jazz Pedagogy and Performance from the University of Colorado @ Boulder . Later, studying with Wessell Anderson, Javon Jackson, Jesse Davis led her to perform with numerous jazz luminaries including, Ed Thigpen, Mikey Roker, Charles Fambrough, Tony Reedus, Benny Powell, Joe Ford, Ndugu Chancellor. Similarly, she has performed with big bands such as the Jon Faddis Jazz Orchestra, Nancy Wilson Jazz Orchestra, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Gerald Wilson Big Band, DIVA Jazz Orchestra and a featured artist with Don Byron in Stravinsky ’ s “ Ebony Concerto. ” She has also been a featured artist in Jazz Improv Magazine “ Saxophone Edition ” (2004-2005), New York ’ s All About Jazz Magazine and Hot House. Other honors include her performances at the following: Detroit Jazz Festival, Jazz Fest Vien (Vienna, Austria), and the Clifford Brown Jazz Festival. Tia has also been the winner of 1999 IAJE ’ s Sisters in Jazz Collegiate Competition, a winner of Vail Jazz Party ’ s Young Talent All-Stars, featured in DOWNBEAT article for Up in Coming Musicians and chosen as TA/ Clinician for IAJEs Sister ’ s in Jazz Quintet (2000) Over the past several years Tia has taught ensembles, master classes and lectures at the Stanford Jazz Workshop, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Duquesne University (lecture), Kansas State University (lecture), University of Colorado at Boulder Jazz Camp, University of Denver “ Colorado Jazz Workshop, ” and performed a week-long residency at Miami-Dade Community College where she served as a clinician/ guest artist in local middle school, high school and college ensembles. Tia was also selected as a guest artist/ clinician at Ohio State University ’ s “ Women in Jazz ” Symposium, a clinician at the International Association of Jazz Educators Convention (IAJE) and at Purchase College. Currently, Tia extends her talents and expertise through serving as the director of Jazz Museum in Harlem: Harmony Ensemble. This year she will also be serving a two-week term as artist in residence at New Mexico State University (2006), where she will tour with a nonet and clinic local schools and colleges. Through her efforts to reach the younger generation, this fall Tia will be presenting a lecture/performance for WBGO ’ s Children Series.Now residing in the New York Metropolitan area, Tia has released her “ exhilarating debut as a leader, Pillar of Strength “ (Holmes). In promoting this album, her quintet has been featured at the prestigious Lincoln Center ’ s Dizzy ’ s Club Coca-Cola , Spelman College, MIT as well as various New York Jazz clubs such as the Jazz Gallery, 55 bar, Pumpkins and Cecil ’ s. In addition, Tia has also recorded with Nancy Wilson Jazz Orchestra, Sean Jones Quintet (Mack Avenue Records) featuring master artisits such as Ralph Peterson and Mulgrew Miller, the Brad Leali Big Band, the Miki Hayama Quintet, Kit McClure Big Band and rap artist Joe Budden. In February 2007, Tia will be releasing her sophomore album "Healing Space" as a Mack Ave Record artist, as well as touring nationally and internationally with the R&B star BEYONCE, promoting her most recent album "B-day." In addition, Tia remains an integral part of the jazz community in continuing to tour with the Ralph Peterson Sextet, Sean Jones quintet, T.S. Monk Septet, Rufus Reid Septet, as well as her own quintet in clubs, festivals and universities thoughtout the United States.http://video.aol.com/video-detail/tia-fuller-breakthr ough/338394724