FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, April 28, 2022
STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller will headline the 60th annual Tarleton Jazz Festival, April 29-30 at the Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center in Stephenville.
This year’s festival, billed as the biggest ever, features 35 bands and 600 musicians and has been expanded to include high school student performances.
Blending creativity and the performing precision drawn from her academic and stage experience, Fuller is a force in the jazz world. She was selected for the all-female band touring with Grammy winner Beyoncé, and she was the saxophone “voice” of Dorothea Williams in the Disney/Pixar movie Soul.
Fuller will perform at 7 p.m. Friday with the Tarleton jazz faculty and at 7 p.m. Saturday with the Tarleton Jazz Ensemble.
She also will present two clinics, “History of Women in Jazz: From Early 1900’s to Beyoncé” at 3 p.m. Friday and “From Beyoncé and Beyond: Music Business, Performance and Leadership” at 1 p.m. Saturday.
For more information contact jazz studies director Dr. Andrew Stonerock at stonerock@tarleton.edu.
A founding member of The Texas A&M System, Tarleton State University is breaking records — in enrollment, research, scholarship, athletics, philanthropy and engagement — while transforming the lives of approximately 18,000 students in Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Bryan and online. For 125 years, Tarleton State has been committed to accessible higher education opportunities for all while helping students grow academically, socially and professionally through programs that emphasize real world learning and address regional, state and national needs.