Christine Fawson is a vocalist and trumpet player.
After attending Berklee College of Music, Christine recorded her debut CD Happy Talk, featuring the arrangements of Phil Wilson. The album has received great reviews in Singer magazine, Cadence and Downbeat. Christines talents have taken her all over the world, where she has performed at various jazz festivals as a soloist and clinician. She has been a featured soloist at such events as the San Jose Jazz Festival in California, the JVC Jazz Festival in New York, the Darling Harbour Jazz Festival in Sydney, Australia, the International Music Festival in Hong Kong, and the Women in Jazz Festival in Lucca, Italy.
Christine is a member of the vocal jazz group, Syncopation. In March 2008 they released the album Wonderful You, which features originals and covers that are in the jazzy/poppy idiom. The group has two other CDs; A New Dance and Of Blue, which have been widely successful both in the United States and Japan. Syncopation has been featured at festivals such as The Boston Globe Jazz Festival, the International Association for Jazz Educators Convention, the Cleveland Tri-C Jazz Festival and the Meihou Jazz Festival in Japan. The group has also performed at many prestigious jazz clubs all over the world, including New Yorks Blue Note.
Christine was a member of the DIVA Jazz Orchestra from 2004-2007. She performed with the band at such venues as Carnegie Hall, the Apollo Theater, and Lincoln Center in New York City; and with artists such as Anne Hampton Callaway, Maurice Hines and the New York Pops. She also played with DIVA at festivals and concerts around the world.
Christine is currently on faculty at Berklee College of Music, where she teaches trumpet. Christine is an Edwards Trumpet artist.
