Free Holiday Musical Jazz Offering:
"A Jazz Christmas" presented by Jazz Saxophonist Sarah Hanahan and her Quartet

Sarah Hanahan, a wiedely known jazz saxophonist from New York City will present a free special holiday presentation, "A Jazz Christmas" on Sunday, December 11, 2022 at 10:30 AM at Center Church in downtown Hartford. On a full scholarship, Sarah studied jazz performance at the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at the Hartt School of Music as well as at Julliard in New York. She studied with well-known jazz saxophone performers Javon Jackson and Abraham Burton and has performed with accomplished jazz musicians such as bassist Nat Reeves and trombonist Steve Davis. Sarah and her band have played at renowned festivals and clubs such as Smalls, Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, The Detroit Jazz Festival, The Side Door Jazz Club, the Paul Brown Monday Night Jazz Series, The Rubber City Jazz Festival and many more. The Sarah Hanahan Quintet was also awarded 2019 Best Jazz Band by CT Now Readers Poll.
Center Church is located at the corner of Main and Gold Streets in Downtown Hartford. There is free street parking on Sundays and there is also free parking available in the Traveler's Plaza Garage (one block east) located on Prospect Street next to the Hartford Club. The church website is www.centerchurchhartford.org and church phone is 860-249-5631.
Other concerts in this year’s Music and Arts Series include the Annual Greater Hartford Handel's Messiah Community Sing on Sunday January 1, 2023 at 4 PM and Jazz Bassist, Nat Reeves on Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 4:30 PM.