Monday, May 26, 2008 8:00 pm (Blue Monday) featuring JoAnn Allen Boyce, Professional Jazz Singer and Clinton 12 student and Doug Davis, Composer and Head of the Music Department – Cal State, Fullerton (originally from Clinton, TN), Historic Ritz Theater (Only Ticketed Event - $25 reception and concert, $10 concert only)

JoAnn began her singing career as a child, singing in the choir of Mt. Sinai Baptist Church (and in duets with her sister). After moving to Los Angeles, she, her sister, and cousin teamed up to form "The Debs." "We sang on stage and made a couple of records (45’s) that were heard mostly back east”. Their then manager was Robert "Bumps" Blackwell, the manager of singer Sam Cooke. It was an exciting time in their lives. They still wow friends and family with their incredible ability to harmonize with each other. The group disbanded when (JoAnn) took on the marital role. In 1994, she began her singing career again, this time solo and instead of R&B, she became a “jazz singer.” She fulfilled a passionate dream of singing on stage in one of the most famous cabarets in Los Angeles, the Cinegrill in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. This was “the place” for both well established super stars and singers who were not as well known, but had a passion for the arts. JoAnn has performed in multiple cabarets and several “shows” and also has performed at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles. Even though she is not performing professionally anymore, singing is a gift that that she will never give up "because it is God given". Besides the gift of singing, she is also a published poetry writer.

Doug is the Director of the Cal State Bakersfield Jazz Program and organizer of the Bakersfield Jazz festival and a professor of music. He received his Bachelor of Music at the University of Tennessee, graduating summa cum laude and Phi Kappa Phi., and continued his studies at Harvard University, receiving his M.A. and Ph..D in musical composition. While at Harvard, he studied composition with Earl Kim, Leon Kirchner, Lukas Foss and Arthur Berger and was selected by Leonard Bernstein to be the student representative for the Norton lectures Discussion Group. In addition, he received the Harvard Graduate Prize in composition four of the five years of his residency. He is the winner of numerous fellowships, including the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, National Endowment of the Humanities Fellowship, and the Paine Traveling Fellowship. His compositions have also been awarded the Contemporary Recording Society Composition prize, Knoxville Symphony, David Van Vactor, and Delyz Composition for Dance Prize. His composition, “Psalm of an Orange Angel’ for orchestra was selected in the 2002 MACRO composition competition and was recently recorded and performed by the Hungarian Symphony Orchestra in Budapest under the direction of Matyas Antal. Among the jazz artist who have recorded his works on various labels are Chick Corea, Bennie Wallace, Eddie Gomez, Larry Coryell, Dannie Richmond and Steve Marcus. In addition, he has performed in concert with numerous jazz recording artists including Michael Brecker, Freddie Hubbard, Bob Mintzer, Bobby Shew, Glen Moore, Jack Six an John D’earth.  

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