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By Adam Feibel
Lucy Wijnands is this year’s winner of the Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition, the Blues Alley Jazz Society announced on Friday.
The singer from Kansas City, Mo., was one of five finalists who competed virtually in the fourth annual event on April 24 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
Wijnands recently graduated from SUNY Purchase’s Conservatory of Music, where she was named the college’s Ella Fitzgerald Scholar and received both a President’s Award for Achievement and a Downbeat Student Music Award for outstanding jazz vocal soloist.
She has completed a five-month residency with the Birdland Big Band and has performed with acclaimed musicians such as Joe Lovano and Kenny Washington.
Donna Britt was a champion for the ALS community before she was diagnosed with the disease
Donna Britt was a champion for the ALS community before she was diagnosed with the disease By Chris Rosato | January 21, 2021 at 9:49 PM CST - Updated January 22 at 9:03 AM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - âShe wanted to do more, and we knew that about her, she always wanted to do as much as she could, and then some,â said Dr. Jessica Boykin with the ALS Association.
Donna Britt was a champion for the ALS community, even before she was diagnosed with the disease.
âShe did the ice bucket challenge, I donât know if a lot of people know this, but she did the ice bucket challenge way back in 2014 and was a supporter long before her diagnosis,â said Dr. Boykin.