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TEACHING CAREER

On the faculty of New England Conservatory for over three decades. Dominique Eade has been the main voice teacher for the Jazz and CI Departments, teaching private lessons to vocalists and instrumentalists, jazz and songwriting ensembles, a graduate CI seminar, and the history of Jazz Vocal Traditions. Eade is also a guest coach and lecturer in NEC’s Advanced Vocal Pedagogy and the Classical Voice performance workshop, Song Lab.  

During Eade’s tenure, the vocal portions of the Jazz and CI departments have developed into world-renowned learning environments for creative singers from Luciana Souza, Roberta Gambarini, Michael Mayo, to Aoife O’Donovan and Sarah Jarosz.​

MUSIC CAREER

Poetic and passionate, American vocalist, composer and improviser Dominique Eade blends musical virtuosity with a songwriter’s straightforward emotional sensibility, creating music that has garnered critical acclaim, inspired audiences, and served as a creative signpost for generations of singers.  The New York Times called Eade “an exceptional singer” with a “wide vocal range and a grasp on the intricacies of style,” one “who weighs a chanteuse’s coolness against a jazz musician’s exploratory instincts.”  The Atlantic Monthly recognized Eade for her “rich voice and effortless delivery” while the Boston Phoenix called her music “sublime and daring.” Eade’s performances throughout the United States, Latin America and Europe include the Buenos Aires Jazz Festival, the Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival, Mountain Stage, the Rigas Ritmi Jazz Festival, the Panama Jazz Festival, the Molde International Jazz Festival, and the What is Jazz Festival, and clubs such as Los Angeles’ The Jazz Bakery, New York’s The Blue Note, The Five Spot and The Jazz Standard, D.C.’s Jazz Alley.  In addition to several recordings under her own name,  she has recorded with Bruce Barth, Stanley Cowell, Alan Dawson, Benny Golson, Fred Hersch, Dave Holland, George Mraz, Lewis Nash, and Steve Nelson, and has performed with Anthony Braxton, Bill Frisell, Mark Helias, Gene Bertoncini, Nilson Matta and Chico Pinheiro. 

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