The Jen Chapin Trio to Appear At Geva 11/23

Jen Chapin's music is defined as jazz-tinged urban folk - story songs that search for community and shared meaning, powered by the funk, soul and improvisation of the city.

On November 23 at 7:00pm, for one-night only, she brings her "brilliant" and "soulfully poetic" music to the Geva Nextstage.

Regarded as one of "the freshest voices singing today," Jen's gift for interpreting classic songs is apparent in her albums: the 2008 release on her own Purple Chair Music label with Light of Mine, a CD/DVD featuring songs from Van Morrison, Radiohead, Joni Mitchell and others, and the 2009 Chesky Records offering ReVisions: Songs of Stevie Wonder.

Jen's music reflects a diversity of experience. As the daughter of Harry Chapin, music and storytelling are in her blood. Like her father, Jen is a dedicated humanitarian who has had a life-long involvement with WHY Hunger, an organization that champions innovative, community-based solutions to hunger and poverty. She is an educator, leading workshops and presentations to college, community and church groups with a background teaching full-time in Brooklyn classrooms. She has a BA in International Relations from Brown University, additional studies at Berklee College of Music, extensive travels and studies in Zimbabwe and Mexico, and an ongoing passion to learn more about the world, and its emerging pathways to greater social justice. She is mother to pre-schooler Maceo Duva and infant Van Wallace Crump.

She has been featured on "Late Nite with Conan O'Brien," and appeared onstage with Bruce Springsteen, opened up for Bruce Hornsby and the Neville Brothers and honored by the USA Songwriting Competition.

She appears in the Geva Nextstage alongside her husband and acoustic bassist Stephan Crump and guitarist Jamie Fox.

Tickets are $20 and are available by calling the Geva Box Office on (585) 232-Geva (4382) or online at www.gevatheatre.org.