Christian Howes & Southern Exposure

Date:  March 13, 2015 (Friday)
Time:  7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7:00)
Price:  $15 per person | $12 alumni | $8 student (Reserved seating.)

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Christian Howes, considered to be a world class jazz violinist, as well as a respected educator, brings his group Southern Exposure to Richardson Performing Arts Center.  His music combines modern jazz with latin musical influences from Argentina, Spain, and Cuba, and Brazil. Adding the accordion as another melodic instrument, “Southern Exposure” is a unique performance full of energy, master musicianship, and passion!

In August 2011, Christian was ranked as the #1 “Rising Star” violinist in the Downbeat Critics Poll and nominated for the Jazz Journalists Association’s “Violinist Of The Year”. In 2012, he was voted among the top three violinists in JazzTimes’ “Expanded Critics Poll“. The same year, he received the Residency Partner Award from Chamber Music America for his educational outreach with school orchestra programs. He now regularly tours throughout Asia, Europe, and the U.S. as a leader of his own groups and a soloist with orchestras.

"Arguably the most intriguing young violinist in jazz."
- Minneapolis Tribune

“The whole album swims in a favorable climate of lyricism with flights of accordion crisscrossing those of the violin in rivalry with each other, in perfectly mastered dizzying arabesques, which are evidently the summit of the art.”
-JazzMan Magazine - January, 2013 (translated from French)

“…The triumph of “Southern Exposure”… shows that both accordion and violin are poised to play key roles in contemporary world jazz.”
-Wall Street Journal - April, 2013

“… this is [Howes]’s show, and he shines throughout.”
-JazzTimes Magazine - April, 2013

“...a masterful journey.”
-Downbeat Magazine - February, 2013