Home for Christmas with Lynn Beach Smith & Gabrielle Richardson Henning

🎶 part of the Stanton Guest House Music Series 🎶

Join Gabrielle and Lynn as they sing your favorite Christmas tunes...duet style! Holiday fun, with Julian Jones on piano! Christmas tunes, in the jazz and musical theater style, will lift your spirits and help you ring in the holiday season. 

starting at 6:00 pm on Saturday, December 12, 2020

Featuring by Julian Jones on Piano

Admission $30 per person • includes white wine and entertainment

Seating is limited to 25 per performance.

This event produced by Vizyon Tours & Entertainment Consulting • The Stanton Guest House & Concert Hall is a Natchez INNsider property.

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Lynn Beach Smith resides in Natchez, MS, where she sings regularly at Saint Mary Basilica for weddings, mass and special services, gives private concerts in homes for groups, and holds public concerts for sale through her company, Vizyon Tours and Entertainment Consulting, LLC.

With 35 years of singing experience, Lynn's interpretations of songs from every genre is unique and awe-inspiring. With rave reviews for the past 6 years from Road Scholar and other tourism companies across the country, she has established herself as a creative and gifted entertainer. With multiple performances for the Natchez Festival of Music, FestivalSouth, Hattiesburg Concert Association, and the University of Southern Mississippi, Lynn developed her love and knowledge of Jazz.  

Jazz is her favorite genre, but Lynn has had the opportunity to sing every genre in her career. With 13 years of collegiate vocal training, multiple stage performances, that include opera, cabaret, musicals, recitals and concerts, Lynn brings a wealth of musical knowledge and interpretation to every performance. She has performed in Europe, with one professional group, touring Spain, and has had opportunities to sing in England, France and Austria, as part of her educational, vocal training.  

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Ann Gabrielle Henning, lyric coloratura soprano, hails from historic Rodney, MS, and no matter where she travels in life, she always considers Natchez to be home! A crossover specialist, she has collaborated locally with the Natchez Festival of Music, Mississippi Opera, Mobile Opera, the Southern Opera and Musical Theatre Company, the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, and the Mississippi Academy of Ancient Music. Internationally she has performed with Woodlawn Opera in London, Clyde Opera in Scotland, and IPAI in Germany. Gabrielle holds a DMA from The University of Southern Mississippi and has served as Assistant Professor of Voice/Director of Opera at Troy University, Professor of Graduate Research at the University of Mobile, and Professor of Voice at the International School of Music, Washington D.C. She now teaches at the Vancouver Music Academy as well as serves as online coach with Belcanto Opera Studio in Columbus, Ohio. In addition, she maintains a blog for military spouses, "Simple Life of a Navy Wife": runs a freelance editing business; and offers online voice lessons for students nationwide. Her husband, Brendan, is an active duty officer with the US Navy, and currently they are homeported in Vancouver WA. Gabrielle is excited and grateful to return to Natchez to collaborate with dear friends Lynn Beach Smith and Julian Jones, and she hopes that despite Covid, hard times, and a stressful year, a little jazz and camaraderie will be just the needed remedy to usher us all into a joyful Christmas spirit!

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Julian Jones, pianist and tenor, is a native of West Monroe, Louisiana, and has been a performer and patron of musical arts since childhood. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy at the University of Mobile in Mobile, Alabama, under the guidance of Dr. Maryann Kyle as his major professor. He serves on the Voice and Piano faculty at Northwest Florida State College, Niceville, FL, as an Instructor of Applied Voice and Piano. He has been involved in many events produced by the Natchez Festival of Music through the years and is thankful to be back in this beloved and beautiful town.