Name: Christian Howes w/Phil DeGreg Trio
Start: 2026-05-01T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-01T22:00:00-04:00
Location: Caffè Vivace - Cincinnati, OH

$Christian Howes w\/Phil DeGreg Trio$

Christian Howes — violin
Phil DeGreg — piano
Aaron Jacobs — bass
Cedric Easton — drums
Violinist, educator and composer, Christian Howes was voted #1 in the Downbeat Critics Poll (“Rising Stars/Violin”), named among the top three jazz violinists by JazzTimes, and nominated for Violinist of the Year by the Jazz Journalist Association. He received the Residency Partner Award through Chamber Music America, earned a USArtists grant through the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, and was invited by the U.S. State department to teach and perform as a cultural ambassador in Ukraine and Montenegro. His release on Resonance Records, “Southern Exposure” earned recognition in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Downbeat, Jazz Times, and a six-night run at Lincoln Center. His release, “American Spirit” was named among the Best Jazz Albums of the Year″ by the Huffington Post. Howes is the founder of “Creative Strings“, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to expand music education through the creation of online curriculum, conferences, and visits to schools teaching improvisation, and contemporary styles. Through Creative Strings, he created more than 500 free play along lessons on YouTube, garnering over six million views. He has visited nearly 1,000 classrooms across the U.S. teaching MS, HS, and collegiate music students and teachers.
A $15 drink/food minimum is charged per person in the party, per set, if the total for beverages purchased by the party does not meet the minimum.
Important Notices:
Tickets for this performance are non-refundable. If you are unable to attend, a one-time transfer to a future show of equal value will be accepted. The transfer must be requested 24 hours before the start of the performance.