Bluer than Blue – 6:00-7:00 PM – Free concert featuring Nashville singer/songwriter Kristian Dambrino. Sponsored by McLelland Piano Studio as part of The 2015 Summer Piano Camp’s composition song-writing workshop.
After winning Miss Mississippi 2005 and competing in the Miss America Pageant, Kristian Dambrino completed a B.F.A. in Graphic Design and traveled around the world singing and dancing as a Production Vocalist for Celebrity Cruises.
Prior to this, Dambrino performed at benefits all ... view more »
Bluer than Blue – 6:00-7:00 PM – Free concert featuring Nashville singer/songwriter Kristian Dambrino. Sponsored by McLelland Piano Studio as part of The 2015 Summer Piano Camp’s composition song-writing workshop.
After winning Miss Mississippi 2005 and competing in the Miss America Pageant, Kristian Dambrino completed a B.F.A. in Graphic Design and traveled around the world singing and dancing as a Production Vocalist for Celebrity Cruises.
Prior to this, Dambrino performed at benefits all over the nation to help raise more than $15 million in hurricane relief aid and sang in the MSNBC hurricane relief benefit concert, Mississippi Rising. She also appeared on CNBC’s The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch. Kristian has performed with Morgan Freeman, Sela Ward, Faith Hill, Pam Tillis, Samuel L. Jackson, Delta Burke, Jean Smart, Mary Ann Mobley, Rita Cosby, Macy Gray, Ray Romano, Jason Alexander, Kathy Ireland, Brian McKnight, Gary Morris, and many more. In addition to this, Dambrino opened for Oprah Winfrey at her Boy’s and Girl’s Club in Kosciusko, MS. Kristian’s song, Pearlington’s Prayer, was recorded and produced on a DVD, The Pearlington’s Prayer Project, which is still being sold to raise more money for Katrina victims. A finalist in the Willie Morris Writing Competition and published author (Katrina: Mississippi Women Remember), she has written and copyrighted hundreds of original songs as well as two original plays.
Kristian lives in Nashville, TN, where she has worked as a Graphic Designer for Brentwood Communications. After gigging around town and obtaining a Masters in Music Business from Berklee College of Music (Boston, MA), she is now working on a Jazz / Blues collaborative project of originals with pianist Fish Michie of Merigold, MS.
Pre-show talk at 5:30 PM about songwriting. Enter through doors to right off courtyard on Highland Avenue side of church then take 2nd door to left, just before stairwell.
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