Dan Miller Quartet with Stephanie Nakasian at The Roadhouse Cafe

The Dan Miller Quartet and the Roadhouse Cafe tonight present world-renown jazz singer Stephanie Nakasian, who first came to international attention when she sang and toured from 1983 to 1984 with Jon Hendricks and Company. She has toured and recorded as a leader and with her late husband, jazz pianist Hod O'Brien, since 1980.

She has appeared frequently as a guest artist with the Jim Cullum Jazz Band on their internationally syndicated public radio show, Riverwalk Jazz, to portray a variety of jazz singers. More recently, Nakasian portrayed herself on the show with Dick Hyman for tributes to composers Hoagy Carmichael and Walter Donaldson. She appears at international festivals and national music education conferences including the MENC, MTNA, and IAJE nationals. She has appeared in concerts as a featured performer alongside important figures in jazz, including Urbie Green, Pat Metheny, Clark Terry, Scott Hamilton, Hank Jones, Roy Haynes, Philly Joe Jones, and Annie Ross. She also tours regularly....

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The Dan Miller Quartet and the Roadhouse Cafe tonight present world-renown jazz singer Stephanie Nakasian, who first came to international attention when she sang and toured from 1983 to 1984 with Jon Hendricks and Company. She has toured and recorded as a leader and with her late husband, jazz pianist Hod O'Brien, since 1980.

She has appeared frequently as a guest artist with the Jim Cullum Jazz Band on their internationally syndicated public radio show, Riverwalk Jazz, to portray a variety of jazz singers. More recently, Nakasian portrayed herself on the show with Dick Hyman for tributes to composers Hoagy Carmichael and Walter Donaldson. She appears at international festivals and national music education conferences including the MENC, MTNA, and IAJE nationals. She has appeared in concerts as a featured performer alongside important figures in jazz, including Urbie Green, Pat Metheny, Clark Terry, Scott Hamilton, Hank Jones, Roy Haynes, Philly Joe Jones, and Annie Ross. She also tours regularly.

Nakasian currently teaches voice at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia and the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. She has directed vocal jazz ensembles and gives numerous workshops each year to schools and conventions (including the Virginia Music Educators annual convention and at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond) on "Teaching Jazz Voice," "Coaching Jazz and Show Choirs on Jazz," and "How to Sing what's NOT on the Page."

Nakasian is also the author of the vocal jazz instruction manual, "It's Not on the Page! How to Integrate Jazz and Jazz Rhythm into Choral and Solo Repertoire," which was published in 2001.

Nakasian is the mother of singer Veronica Swift.

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