Jennifer Grassman
| Jennifer Grassman | |
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Grassman performing in September 2008
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| Background information | |
| Born | December 8, 1984 |
| Instruments | Vocals, piano |
| Associated acts | Falconer, Tori Amos, Loreena McKennitt |
| Website | http://www.JenniferGrassman.com/ |
Jennifer Grassman (born Jennifer Michelle Grassman on December 8, 1984 in Austin, Texas) is an American independent music and recording artist. She is a journalist for The Washington Times Communities, writing two columns. The Business of Being Diva covers album releases, concert reviews, and interviews with music industry professionals. SeeTalkGrow: The New Entertainment Industry covers the events and news of SeeTalkGrow, an online conference for the music, film, technology, and communications industries. Grassman launched SeeTalkGrow in February, 2012, because she was pregnant, and unable to attend SXSW.
In 1986, Grassman's family moved from Austin, Texas to Memphis, Tennessee, where she began classical piano training at the age of 7. She spent her junior high and high school years in Austin, Texas and Santa Clarita, California while being home schooled by her mother, Lori Grassman. In 2002, Grassman composed the patriotic song, "Where The Wind Blows" which was dedicated to the American troops overseas and aired on The Soldiers Radio Network. Grassman was acknowledged by President George W. Bush for her "kind gesture."
In 2003, Grassman majored in Opera at the University of Houston under the tutelage of Joan Gibbons in the Moores School of Music. Grassman held her first benefit concert for Crime Stoppers on the University of Houston campus in honor of her late friend, Rachael Koloroutis who had been murdered earlier that year. Grassman and Koloroutis became friends while working summer jobs during high school. Further concerts to raise money for Koloroutis' Crime Stoppers reward fund followed at such venues as Six Flags AstroWorld. In 2008, Grassman participated in an ABC 20/20 documentary about the case. Grassman left the University of Houston in 2005 to pursue her career as a full-time soloist performer.
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