The Shawn Williams Quintet - Sets at 6:30pm & 9:00pm Shawn Williams is
a Colorado based jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger and educator.
Shawn holds a B.M in Jazz Studies from California State University,
Northridge (2009), an M.M in Jazz & Contemporary Media from the
Eastman School of Music (2011) and an M.A in Teaching from Santa Clara
University (2016). Shawn is expected to complete his Doctor of Arts
degree in Jazz Performance/Composition from the University of Northern
Colorado in Spring 2020. Prior to moving to Colorado, Shawn thrived in
the San Francisco Bay Area and performed with groups such as: Electric
Squeezebox Orchestra, Foreverland, RAFA, the Bad Five, Dick Bright
Orchestra and the Shawn Williams Quintet. Shawn has performed at the
San Jose Summer & Winter Festivals, the Stanford Jazz Festival and the
Monterey Jazz Festival. Shawn has gained nationwide attention through
his involvement with the National Trumpet Competition, where he was a
finalist in 2011, 2015 and 2016 and received third place in both 2015
and 2016. In 2012 and 2013, Shawn played the jazz trumpet chair in the
Glenn Miller Orchestra of which he travelled to forty-seven states,
Japan and Portugal. An artist fee of $18 per guest (per set) applies
to this show. Reservations highly recommended! Weekend Music Times:
Set One: 6:30-8:00pm | Set Two: 9:00-10:30pm
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