Pianist Jennifer Reason to perform in Georgetown

Lynn Schardt

Music on the Divide

Beloved midday classical host of Capitol Public Radio Jennifer Reason will bring her musical talent to Georgetown’s IOOF Hall stage Feb. 12.

Reason is a vibrant, young performer in consistent demand and the recipient of Sacramento Business Journal’s Top 40 Under 40 Award for 2016.

The Music on the Divide audience loved her when she accompanied Terry Barber in January 2022, but Reason is a solo artist in her own right. Hailed as a pianist “in the league of Carnegie Hall,” a “rising star” whose playing is “lush, sensual and colorful: like a painting” (Sulzbach-Rosenberger, Germany), who possesses an “extraordinary skill” (D. Frantztreb, SCC), she gave her first solo recital at age 5 and acquired her first sta pianist position at age 12.

Reason has since gone on to appear in solo and ensemble performances across Europe, the United States and Canada.

Musical alum of California State University, Sacramento, Reason is an avid performer in the Sacramento community and host of many artistic events in the area. She serves as artistic director of vocal ensemble RSVP, music director and pianist for the Rogue Music Project and pianist and founding member of Citywater, the modern instrumental sextet currently ensemble-in-residence at CSUS (citywatermusic.com).

Performing is Reason’s first love and she has performed internationally as pianist, vocalist and director, including nine festival and tour

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appearances in Europe, two in Carnegie Hall and a blissful one in St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City. She has also shared the stage with such noteworthy artists/personalities as John Rutter, members of Journey, Tower of Power, Santana and Sly and the Family Stone, as well as former Gov. Jerry Brown and Billy Bob Thornton.

Tickets are available online at eventbrite.com or, as space allows, at the door for $20/adults, $5/students and children 5 and younger get in free. Doors to the Georgetown IOOF Hall, 6240 Main St., will open to MOTD members and online ticket holders at 2 p.m. and to the general public at 2:30 p.m. Refreshments will be o ered during intermission.

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