Patrice Williamson, Jazz Voice Patrice Williamson, whose fluent scat style and sensitive ballad work have earned her Boston Magazine's "Best of Boston" award and several Boston Music Award nominations, is a favorite in Boston and beyond. She's been heard at both the Tanglewood and Marblehead Jazz Festivals, as well as at the International Women's Forum in Singapore. Both of her independent recordings, My Shining Hour and Free to Dream, have received high praise from jazz critics around the country. She is also actively passing on her knowledge and love of the jazz tradition through her teaching at The New School of Music in Cambridge, Wellesley College, and Milton Academy. B.M. University of Tennessee, Knoxville; M.M., Artist Diploma, New England Conservatory. Student of Dominique Eade and Susan Clickner. Regular Performances at the Regattabar, Performances at Tanglewood and Marblehead Jazz Festivals, Boston’s Symphony Hall, Jordan Hall, Hatch Shell, and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Awards: 1997 winner of Best of Boston; several Kahula Boston Music award nominations. Solo Recording: My Shining Hour. Member of NSM’s Vocal Ensemble in Residence, E.S.P. Visit Patrice Williamson's website