Artist description straight-ahead jazz violin, swing, be-bop, cajun, celtic

Music Style violin - straight-ahead, swing, fusion, cajun, folk

Musical Influences Stuff Smith, Eddie South, Stephane Grapelli, Michael Doucet

Similar Artists Darol Anger, Johnny Frigo, Joe Kennedy, JR., Vassar Clements

Artist History Sheri Margrave, a native of Louisiana, began violin study at age 5 and made her classical solo debut at the age of 11 with the New Orleans Philharmonic. A 1993 violin performance graduate of Stetson University, she studied violin with Alvaro Gomez, the protege of David Oistrahk. There she was co-concertmaster of the Stetson University Symphony and Chamber Orchestra. Ms. Margrave has served both as Concertmaster and as principal for many symphonies and chamber groups internationally. She has also toured as concertmaster and soloist with the national companies of " Sunset Boulevard", "Evita", "The Sound of Music", "The Kiss of the Spider Woman", and many others. Highly in demand on the rock-and-roll stage, Sheri has toured as concertmaster, soloist, and recorded with artists such as Stevie Wonder, Robert Plant & Jimmy Page, Ray Charles, Rod Stewart, Luther Vandross, Natalie Cole, Tony Bennett, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, just to name a few. She is the former Associate Concertmaster of The Orlando Symphony Orchestra, and tours world-wide. Deeply involved in the jazz field, Sheri has studied with famed jazz educator David Baker, and reknowned jazz pianist Harold Blanchard. She previously appeared in the 1998 international touring show "Four Generations of Jazz Violin", produced by Darol Anger. The touring show of jazz violin masters will place Sheri alongside jazz violin greats Darol Anger, Johnny Frigo, Joe Kennedy, Jr. and Matt Glaser. 2000 will mark the recording and release of her debut jazz c.d., with appearances by jazz fiddlers Vassar Clements and Darol Anger. She is also a found of the IAJE Jazz String Caucus, which is dedicated to furthering the integration and education of jazz strings into the jazz musical realm. Not one to forget her roots, Sheri is an avid cajun/zydeco fiddler and is actively promoting more recognition and preservation of this genre. In addition to her various musical talents, Sheri is also an internationally award-winning tap-dancer, performing roles in major shows and performances. She also can be found Scottish Highland, Irish Step-Dancing, and zydeco booging frequently. In her spare time (?), she is also an avid scuba "diva", having done commercial advertisements for various scuba equipment lines. Sheri feels that playing the violin under the sea would prove to be a challenge, and the sharks wouldn't particularly appreciate it. She, however, is still working on it.

Group Members Sheri Margrave-violin, vocals, dance; Frank Derrick-drums;Jeff Carney-bass

Instruments violin, viola, Zeta midi-violin, 5-string electric, drums, percussion, bass, piano

Albums Coming soon........

Additional Info You can also find Sheri's charts under worlk/folk and classical/chamber music!

Location Hollywood, California - USA

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