Hildegunn Gjedrem for Village Voice Music Feature in 2012

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(Free-Press-Release.com) January 2, 2012 -- New York City residents can look to start a great new year off with great new music courtesy of a brand new artist that is positioned to hit the center of American pop culture very soon. Hildegunn Gjedrem is a modern music vocalist with a Jazz background. She is from Norway, but is now officially a New Yorker having sang in many local venues throughout Manhattan.

She moved to the States to pursue an bachelor and Masters Degree in Jazz vocal at University of North Texas renowned jazz studies program. Hildegunn was named Best Jazz Vocalist 2005 by Downbeat magazine. She is featured vocalist with the award-winning UNT One O'Clock lab band and with them performed with legendary bassist Rufus Reid in the Spring of 2007. Hildegunn has also with wonderful pianist Stefan Karlsson, guitarist Fred Hamilton and bassist Lynn Seaton while at UNT. Hildegunns voice and writing can be heard on the albums "Impression", "Travellin' the Route" and "In Case You Missed It" by the UNT Jazz Singers. In 2005 she won the G9alt scholarship of the Arts from the SpareBank 1 of Norway. She was also a finalist at the Montreux Vocal Vocal Jazz Competition in 2006, judged by Al Jarreau. The Hildegunn Gjedrem group, the group playing her original music, performed at the 2008 IAJE Festival, the worlds largest jazz conference in Toronto, Canada Their first album of her original compositions and arrangements was released in the fall of 2007.

Her new album is entitled Share Your Secret and is now available through online music retailers. Hildegunn was selected as our New Year Artist feature for her uncanny passion toward her music which is certainly demonstrated in her new music video that has already hit social websites such as youtube, etc.

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