Christine Rosholt represents a fresh voice in jazz standards in the Twin Cities. She brings two decades of performance experience to the stage, with roots going back to the Children’s Theater Company and including a variety of types of public performance ranging from original performance art pieces to traditional theater to singing in a variety of groups. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago majoring in Performance Art and Photography. Her career as a jazz vocalist began in October of 2002. She currently works with many of the best jazz musicians in the Twin Cities and beyond in a variety of venues.

She held a weekly Wednesday night gig at Café Havana for two and a half years and still performs there regularly. Christine is also the featured vocalist in Beasley's Big Band. From 2005 to 2006 Christine was a member the Jazz Vocal Coalition, an organization dedicated to jazz singing with chapters in New York, Los Angeles and the Twin Cities, now defunct, the Minnesota group has reorganized as The Jazz Vocalists of Minnesota (JzVMn).

Major inspirations include Anita O’Day, Annie Ross, Blossom Dearie, Kurt Elling, Carmen McRae, Chris Connor, Diana Krall, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Jane Monheit, Joni Mitchell, June Christy, Karrin Allyson, Nancy Wilson, Sarah Vaughan, Stacy Kent, Susannah McCorkle, Tierney Sutton, The Roches. Christine says: "I especially like the Jazz standards from the 1930s and 40s because they’re timeless, they swing, and they’re sentimental without being syrupy."

Christine performed in two Minnesota Orchestra events last summer: on June 16, 2007, the MN Orchestra Symphony Ball 2007: Red Hot Jazz, featuring Tony Bennett at The Historic Depot in Minneapolis. On July 13, 2007 she sang in "'Round Midnight" for the Macy's Day of Music on the Orchestra Hall - Main Stage. Singers, Debbie Duncan, Connie Evingson, Bruce A. Henry & Arne Fogel also performed.

In the summer of 2007 Christine joined the cast of “Girl Singers of the Hit Parade – A Salute to the Great Female Vocalists of the 50’s” with shows at the Old Log Theater, Lyric Arts Main Street Stage and the Mable Tainter Theater in Menomonie, Wisconsin. Two quotes on the show:

Because I respected the work of Norton Lewellen, I booked THE GIRL SINGERS OF THE HIT PARADE into the Old Log. The audience and I were delighted with their performance. It was more than a concert, it was a show carefully put together with excellent musical arrangements, good choreography, and marvelous singing.

-Don Stolz

In my opinion the "Girl Singers" is one of the finest shows to come out of the Midwest in a long, long time. Fronted by four very talented women, they mesmerized the audience as they took them on a trip back to the 50s and down "memory lane". The show presents a tribute to five of the best female vocalists that ever sang in a microphone!  Forget Elvis tributes!  This show is romantic, funny, sentimental, sexy, educational and, very professional!   I'll be contacting my clients regarding this show!

-Steve Swenson - Executive Producer,
SMP Entertainment

On January 14, 2007 Christine presented a concert as part of the Twin City Jazz Society Jazz From J to Z concert series: My Shining Hour - A Tribute to the Music of Harold Arlen with Christine Rosholt, Connie Olson & Bruce A. Henry at the Bloomington Art Center with musicians, Rick Carlson, Keith Boyles and Jay Epstein. Harold Arlen wrote many classic jazz standards including, Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive, Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea, Over the Rainbow (and all of the other songs in the Wizard of Oz), Stormy Weather, My Shining Hour, Let's Fall in Love....and many more. The concert was sold out.

In February of 2006 Rosholt released a brand new CD entitled "Detour Ahead" at Rossi's Blue Star Jazz Room in Minneapolis, the show was sold out. Detour Ahead is playing on the airwaves across the USA, Canada, Australia and some European countries. Based on Ms. Rosholt's previously released demo CD (2003), her airplay and name recognition in the Twin Cities, fans are requesting the Detour Ahead in Twin Cities record stores. In September 2006 "Detour Ahead" was nominated for Jazz Recording of the Year in the Minnesota Music Awards.

On December 2, 2005 Christine was a musical guest on Minnesota Public Radio Presents: A Holiday Stage Session with Bill Holm with Independent Producer Heather McElhatton. The Traditions of Christmas: Those You Want and Those That Are Foisted Upon You at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, MN. This show was taped and then broadcast on Christmas Day, Sunday December 25, 2005 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on the News and Information stations of Minnesota Public Radio. Including 91.1 FM in the Twin Cities.

On February 18, 2005 Christine presented her first jazz concert in the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center Concert Hall at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN. She sang the words of William Shakespeare in jazz settings by Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, John Dankworth and Arthur Young orchestrated for small combo by pianist/composer Laura Caviani. The concert was sold out and received high praise.

Christine enjoys playing at weddings, private parties and special events. She also has played at many restaurants and clubs in the Twin Cities. Here is a partial list of gigs:

• 50th & France Business Association 
• AAUW-American Association of University Women
• A Taste of Downtown Minneapolis 2004-Benefit for Habitat for Humanity
• American Cancer Society Ball
• American Heart Association Benefit-Millennium Hotel
• American Swedish Institute
• Art-A-Whirl-the largest open studio & gallery tour in Minnesota (spring)
• Art Attack- the largest open studio & gallery tour in Minnesota (fall)
• Babalu Restaurant
• Bar Lurcat
• Barnes and Noble-Jazz Appreciation Club-Burnsville store
• Barnes and Noble-grand opening celebration-Minnetonka store
• Barnes and Noble-grand opening celebration-Maplewood store
• Beasley's Big Band-Featured Vocalist-Band Member
• Batcher Block Opera House-Staples, MN
• Black Dog Cafe
• Blaisdell Manor
• Boston Health Care Systems Inc
• Boston Scientific
• The ButterBall-Second Harvest Heartland-food bank charity event
• Café Havana
• Camden Music School - Scholarship Fundraiser
• Carmichael Lynch
• Champps Americana
• Children's Cancer Research Fund - Benefit
• Church of St. Albert the Great
• Cinema Ballroom
• City of Richfield Concerts in the Park
• Club Saratoga - Duluth, Minnesota
• Commons on Marice
• Como Pavilion
• Conga Latin Bistro
• Dakota Jazz Club
• Dakota County Music Cafe
• Discover Service-Salem Lutheran Church
• DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS)
• DIVA Fashion Preview 2004-Le Meridian Hotel
• Donaldson Company
• Downtowner Woodfire Grill
• Dunn Brothers Coffee Shop
• Enjoy!
• First Thursday Happy Hour
• Fitzgerald Theater
• French Press Jazz Cafe
• Friendship Village
• Fringe Festival 2007
• General Mills
• Great Hall - Carleton College, Northfield, MN
• Golden Valley Country Club
• Graves 601 Hotel
• MN Fringe Festival-Fringeville performance
• Hosmer City - Senior Citizens Home - Hosmer, SD
• Hot Summer Jazz Festival 2004, 2005 & 2006
• Hyatt Whitney Hotel
• Ingredients Cafe
• International Market Square
• "Jazzed Up Fridays" St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, St. Paul, MN
• Jazzmines
• Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center Macalester College-Concert
• Jensen's Supper Club
• Jon Oulman - Second Sundays with Jon Oulman
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
• KBEM Jazz 88 guest host with Michele McKenzie  during pledge drive 2007
• KMOX The Voice of St. Louis  radio interview with Dick Wolff (KMOX broadcasts in 44 States plus Mexico and Canada)
• KQQL/KJZI Smooth Jazz Radio & Surdyks Liquor Fall Wine Party
• KQQL/KJZI Smooth Jazz Radio & Surdyks Liquor Holiday Wine Party
• Kaplan, Strangis and Kaplan Law Firm
• Kitty Cat Klub
• Lake Harriet Bandshell
• La Bodega
• Listening House Silent Auction (University of St.Thomas)
• The Lodge On Lake Detroit, Detroit Lakes, MN
• Loring Pasta Bar
• Luther Memorial Lutheran Church
• Lyric Arts Main Street Stage
• Mable Tainter Theater,  Menomonie, WI 
• Mackenzie & Hallberg Law Firm
• Majestic Oaks Golf Club
• Make A Wish - Benefit
• Maplewood Community Center Wine & Jazz Festival
• Matty B's Supper Club
• Mayo Clinic-Rochester Minnesota
• Marquette Hotel
• McNamara Alumni Center - U of M Campus
• Mental Health Association of Minnesota-Benefit
• Minikahda Vista Neighborhood Association - National Night Out 2007 & 2008
• The Minneapolis Club
• Minneapolis Institute of Arts-multiple member events
• Minneapolis Golf Club
• Minnesota Historical Society
• Minnesota AIDS Walk-Headliner/Opening Ceremonies 2003, 2004 & 2005
• The Minnesota Opera Opening Night Gala
• Minnesota Orchestra - Day of Music 2007
• Minnesota Public Radio Holiday Show-broadcast Christimas Day 2005 7-9 pm
• Minnesota Museum of American Art/exhibition closing party
• MinnPost.com First Annual Fundraiser - Graves 601 Hotel
• Mixed Blood Theater
• Natural Resource Group
• Nautilus Music Theater-Rough Cuts
• Neiman Marcus - Holiday Party
• NCS Pearson, Inc.
• Neiman Marcus-Bobbles & Bubbly-Ordway Circle of Stars Charity event
• New Richmond, WI downtown revitalization program fundraiser
• Nick and Tony's Tavern and Grill
• Nicollet Island Inn
• Nochee Restaurant and Bar
• Nordstom Department Store
• North Coast: An American Restaurant & Bar
• North Oaks Golf Club-many member events
• Northfield Historical Society Ball, Northfield, MN
• Northrop Auditorium Summer Concert Series 2006 & 2008
• Northwest Community Television - NWCT
• No Name Jazz at the VA
• Old Gem Theater-New Richmond Wisconsin
• Old Log Theater
• O'Gara's Bar and Grill
• O'Neill's Pizza Pub in Rochester Minnesota
• Open Book-Minnesota's center for reading,writing, and book arts (& concerts)
• Osher Lifelong Learning Institute-Vocal Jazz presentation
• Piper Jaffray - Holiday Party
• Radisson Hotel
• Red Ginger Asian Bistro
• Regions Hospital
• Re/Max Results Holiday Party
• River Ridge Arts
• Rossi's Blue Star Room
• S-Vincent Jewelry Design Studio - multiple in studio performances
• Sage Wine Bar, Mendota Heights, MN
• Saint Paul Saints Baseball/Pre-Game Ceremonies & National Anthem
• Smile Network International - Benefit
• Sophia
• Solera
• Southern Theater
• Sommerfest - Peavey Plaza - Orchestra Hall
• St. Anthony Main Free Outdoor Concerts
• Stone's Restaurant & Lounge, Stillwater, MN
• Suburban World Theater
• Sugar Room-Mankato Minnesota
• Summit Manor Reception House
• Surdyk's Liquor Store-Private Party for Jim Surdyk
• Surdyk's Liquor Store-several in store events
• Tapestry Folk Dance Center-Benefit for Tapestry Folk Dance Center
• Terlizzo's
• Textile Center - A National Center for Fiber Art - Benefit
• TC Swing-numerous dances at Heart Alive and Tapestry Folk Dance Center
• The American Swedish Institute
• The Basilica of Saint Mary
• The Bloomington Cable Channel 14
• The Craftsman Restaurant & Bar
• The Norton's Restaurant-Bay City, WI
• The St. Paul Town and Country Club
• The Times Bar & Cafe
• The Twisted Grille-Hudson, WI
• The Varsity Theater
• The Vintage Restaurant and Wine Bar
• Theatre de la Jeune Lune annual fundraiser 2007 & 2008
• Thistles
• Tryg's
• Twin Cities Jazz Society's JAZZ from J to Z Concert Series for 2006-07
• University Club of St. Paul
• Venus Lounge-Mankato Minnesota
• Vic's - On the Mississippi Riverfront
• Vincent - A Restaurant
• Wabasha Street Caves
• Walker Art Center
• Walker Elder Suites
• Windows on Minnesota
• Woman's Club of Minneapolis - Cocktails and a Concert Series
• Zander Café
• ...and others

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