Sharon Nobs is a trumpet player born and raised in Sydney who discovered her love for music at a young age. She started her journey at six years old and was introduced to jazz when she was 10 through school big band. After graduating high school she immediately moved to Brisbane to study at the Jazz Music Institute where she grew her skills in performance and learnt a deeper and richer understanding of jazz and music as a whole.
Sharon performs with multiple music groups in Brisbane including TYDE, Rosa Mack, The Scornful Four, Brisbane Big Band, UQ Big Band, JMI Big Band, Unladylike Big Band and many other small projects.
She will be joined by Jordy Stitt on keys and Joel Von Treifeldt on bass and they will be playing a collection of Sharon’s favourite tunes as well as an original or two.
FRIDAY 27 OCTOBER @ THOMAS DIXON CENTRE
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The Brisbane International Jazz Festival will take over the Thomas Dixon Centre on Friday 27 October with a massive line-up of artists across multiple stages. Featuring Brooklyn-based saxophonist Caroline Davis and her adventurous trio Alula, Western Australian collective Quiet Country featuring Harry Mitchell (piano), Ben Vanderwal (drums), Allira Wilson (vocals), Karl Florisson (bass) and Ben Witt (guitar) premiering their new album, Melbourne’s Loose Leaf trio led by Andrew Saragossi as well as some of Queensland’s finest artists – Hannah Macklin, Cigany Weaver, Chris Stover's Imaginary Hybridities (USA), Joshua Hatcher Quartet, Sharon Nobs Trio, Khito, Tyler Cooney Quintet, SHAMIN, and the Theo Parrott Organ Trio.
The event will also kick off with an open rehearsal of the commissioned works of Kayleigh Pincott and Brendan Foster – recipients of the inaugural Lynette Irwin MF Composition Commission.
