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6 Piece Format - BIOS |
- Lead Vocals - Female
- Lead Vocals - Male
- Guitar & Lead Vocals
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- Bass Guitar
- Keyboards
- Drums
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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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