JUNE THOMAS is a multikeyboardist/vocalist who has played with regional jazz, blues, & pop artists for over twenty five years including Fraser Thomas Duo, Wooden Ships Band CSN Tribute, the Foztones, the Decoy Clones, and many others. She has completed her MM in Jazz Studies at the University of the Arts as well as Level I of Somatic Voicework with Jeanette LoVetri.
June has performed with renowned jazz artists such as: Bakithi Kumalo,Jimmy Heath, Dave Liebman, Phil Woods, George Young, Bill Goodwin, Phil Markowitz, Duane Eubanks, John Swana. Bootsie Barnes, and others. She has opened for Joe Henderson, Natalie Cole and Woody Herman's Thundering Herd. She and has contributed background vocals to jazz legend Bob Dorough's cd release "Duets" , recorded at Red Rock Studios (2012).
June has acted as musical director for many regional theater companies & has done vocal overdubs for Miramax movies Far East movie release “City on Fire” (2001). She toured with the Bobby Vinton Show in the 1990s as his keyboardist/backup vocalist. She has the distinction of winning Best Pianist at the Lehigh Valley Music Awards (2013-2015) and Jazz Artist of the Year (PA Jazz Collective, 2018) . As a jazz piano and voice teacher, Ms. Thomas has been able to translate her love of music to others while amassing a supportive following. She is sought after by recording artists and venues as a well-rounded, diverse keyboardist and vocalist and workshop facilitator and composer/arranger .
THE MANY FACETS OF
JUNE THOMAS:
KEYBOARDIST/PIANIST/PERCUSSIONIST
VOCALIST
JAZZ & WORLD MUSICIAN
PROFESSOR/EDUCATOR
ARRANGER/COMPOSER
MINISTER OF MUSIC
FRIEND & MENTOR