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10 Piece Format - BIOS |
- Lead Vocals - Female
- Lead Vocals - Male
- Guitar & Lead Vocals
- Bass Guitar
- Keyboards
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- Drums
- Percussion
- Saxophone
- Trumpet/Fluegelhorn
- Trombone
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| Christina Fontaine - Lead Vocals |
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| Christina received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Professional Music at the Berklee College of Music and is currently studying at the Boston Conservatory for her masters in Music Education. Christina has studied a variety of vocal styles including Pop/Rock and Jazz. Prior to college, she sang much musical theater at the Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) where she gained much of her performing experience. The singing and dancing groups in which she was a featured soloist, toured the east coast of the United States after the 9/11/01 terrorist attacks to spread patriotism and later toured Austria and Italy with a stylistically diverse repertoire. Christina has studied voice with many accomplished teachers at Berklee including Donna McElroy, Robin McKelle, and Karen Carr. Christina teaches voice lessons and is looking to teach general music at the elementary level in the near future. Currently, Christina is the female vocalist of the function band, EZRA and hopes to continue performing throughout her life. |
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| Johnny Bee - Lead Vocals |
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| Johnny Bee is a versatile and dynamic front
man with a passion for music surpassed only by his love for the audience. He has performed lead and back up vocals as well as played drums and guitar for such local groups as; “Stonylane”, “Masquerade Jones”; “Mid Life Crisis” and “Mixology”. He is one of the newer members of EZRA and brings his own style of hi-energy entertainment to this already exciting band. Doing songs from varied artists ranging from Nat King Cole to the Doors, he knows how to give the crowd what it wants whether that’s music to dine by or a reason to dance. Its hard, if not impossible, to not have a good time with Johnny Bee! |
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| Jeff Nevaras - Guitar & Lead Vocals |
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| At 19 Jeff entered Berklee College of Music in 1989 and attended off and on part time until he graduated in 1999 with a Bachelor of Music Performance Degree. In 1991 he began teaching music and performing around 30 shows a year. Since 1995 he has been teaching 40-50 students a week as well as fill in gigs and studio sessions in addition to his regular show schedule of about 100-150 a year. In addition to teaching and playing, he has written an instructional book and recorded his own CD. More on Jeff > |
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| Brian Battles - Bass Guitar |
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| Brians has performed with several bands through the years and has hundreds of gigs under his belt throughout the New England area. My most memorable gig was performing at Symphony Hall (Boston) with a drummer, pianist and 300 piece Gospel Choir. Bands he has played bass in include Sister Cheryl, The Shawn Needham Trio, Second Nature, VTWIN, The Whiskey Kings, The Fall River Orchestra, The Love Tarantulas, Rock Star Posers and EZRA. Brian is a graduate of UMass Dartmouth with a Bachelor’s of Music Degree (performance and Music education). |
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| John Cadigan - Keyboards |
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John is a Cardiologist and an Assistant Professor of Cardiology at Boston University School of Medicine. He started the band, manages it as well as handles all of the bookings.
He has taken piano lessons since he was 6 years old and for the past 20 years has continued to study with various instructors. John's goals are to eventually graduate with a degree in music from Berklee College of Music and to have EZRA become one of the top function bands in the Eastern New England region. |
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| Tom Corshia - Drums |
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| Tom graduated magna cum laude from WMass Dartmouth in 1997 with a music degree, He's played with numerous top 40 cover bands, and did a week up at Berklee School of Music playing drums. He teaches private lessons to approximately 60 students a week. Tom has been playing drums since he was 8 years old. |
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| Jon Kolodny - Percussion |
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| Jon was educated at the Hard Rock High School and the streets of West Quincy. He began his professional career as the percussionist in Sunday Morning Revival and The Chosen Few, both eventually becoming top rock bands on Boston's south shore. He became legendary at the Surf on Nantasket Beach, at least in his own mind. As the senior member of Ezra, his presence creates a stability within the band necessary in the often brutal world of music.
Jon is also a medical doctor (an Endocrinologist). |
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| Dann Friedman - Saxophone |
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| Dan started playing the sax at age 9. He went on to study music at the University of Michigan between 1998 and 2002. He played in the band Entrain from 2005-2007. He once played with the Boxtops. They wrote that song The Letter back in the 60s. He has been lucky enough to sit-in with some of his favorite bands like The New Deal, Umphrey’s Mcgee and the Benevento and Russo Duo. Right now he is applying to go to graduate school in Music Education. In the meantime, he is developing a style of bluegrass saxophone. He teaches sax lessons in Westwood, MA and works at Food for Free in Cambridge. www.foodforfree.org |
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| Nathan Goldstein - Trumpet/Fluegelhorn |
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| Nathan is a Berklee College of Music graduate with over 15 years playing and performing experience. Through the years, Nathan developed his skills on the trumpet, along the way being selected as one of the top High School jazz trumpeters in Massachusetts for two straight years, performing with such jazz acts as Rufus Reid and Chris Vadala. At the prestigious Berklee College of Music, he studied trumpet performance with the likes of Tiger Okoshi and Empire Brass founding member Charlie Lewis, and has worked in the studio with Grammy Nominated artist Christian Scott. Over the last few years, he has performed with some of the top dance bands in the Boston area such as Flipside, UNITY, the All-Nighters, The Chicken Slacks Soul Revue, and many others, in addition to his jazz endeavors. Nathan also loves to write, produce, and teach music throughout the Boston area. |
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| Dan Linden - Trombone |
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| A graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music (M.M '07, B.M.'04), Daniel has performed with many of the top professional orchestras in New England. He has been hired by the New Hampshire Pops, Granite State Symphony, Granite State Opera, Orchestra of Indian Hill, Nashua Symphony, Symphony by the Sea, and others. An active teacher, he is the principal brass instructor for the Northborough, MA school system.
Daniel also performs frequently with various chamber groups, funk and rock bands. He is a member of the Sonic Brass Quintet, who have given concerts at the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum, and at the New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall. When not playing trombone, Daniel enjoys strumming guitars and drinking coffee. |
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