We are thrilled to welcome Billy Childs to our All Saints Jazz Vespers series on Sunday, June 30th.

A native of Los Angeles, Childs has emerged as one of the foremost American composers of his era, perhaps the most distinctly American composer since Aaron Copland – for like Copland, he has successfully married the musical products of his heritage with the Western neoclassical traditions of the twentieth century in a powerful symbiosis of style, range, and dynamism.

Growing up immersed in jazz, classical, and popular music influences, his prodigious talent at the piano earned him public performances by age six, and at sixteen he was admitted to the USC Community School of the Performing Arts, going on to earn a Bachelor of Music degree in Composition under the tutelage of Robert Linn and Morten Lauridsen.

Thus far in his career, Childs has garnered thirteen Grammy nominations and four awards. In 2006, Childs was awarded a Chamber Music America Composer’s Grant, and in 2009 was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. He was also awarded the Doris Duke Performing Artist Award in 2013, and most recently, the music award from The American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2015.

As a pianist Childs has performed with Yo-Yo Ma, Sting, Renee Fleming, The Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Chick Corea, The Kronos Quartet, Wynton Marsalis, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Ron Carter, The Ying Quartet, The American Brass Quintet, and Chris Botti. Visit his website for more info.

Sunday, June 30, 2019 | 5:00 p.m. Christina Honchell offers the meditation.

If you would like to use the elevator for accessibility, please arrive five minutes early. Child care provided for children under 4. Validated parking available in Plaza las Fuentes. For more information contact Melissa Hayes at mhayes@allsaintspas.org.