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Veronica O'Brien

At age 18, jazz singer Veronica O’Brien (stage name Veronica Swift) is already a seasoned pro with 2 CDs as a leader (and a number as a sideman), festival appearances and headlining performances at major clubs around the country. In the summer of 2010 and 2011 Veronica was selected through a nationwide audition, as the first singer to be part of the Telluride Jazz All-Star Band and performed at the Telluride Jazz Festival in Colorado. She is one of 45 singers selected to participate in the Virginia Governors School for the Performing. Her style is unique and interesting as she presents her voice in a mature laid-back, easy swinging jazz style a la Peggy Lee. She’s capable of fast swing as well as slow ballads and can tackle some of the most complicated music in jazz vocal repertory, including Annie Ross’ “Twisted”, Jon Hendricks’ “Four”, and other numbers made famous by Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross. Veronica headlined at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Jazz at Lincoln Center in NYC, Blues Alley in Washington, DC and with her parents at the Jazz Standard in NYC as well as numerous festivals and clubs around the country. In the spring of 2011 Veronica was the featured singer at the premier of trumpeter John D’Earth’s symphony “Ephemera” at the Paramount Theater in Charlottesville, Virginia and perfomred with the 2012 Grammy Jazz Choir, appearing in concerts and recorded in the L.A. area Feb 3-13, 2012.

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