Jazz at Caramoor: Veronica Swift: Veronica Swift returns to Caramoor after her rousing performance at Caramoor’s 2018 Jazz Festival. At only 25 years old, she has performed all over the world with the top names in jazz. and has won prestigious awards such as second place at the Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition in 2015. Veronica’s repertoire ranges from the Great American Songbook and Bebop to Vocalese classics. Sheis also a passionate devotee of 20s and 30s music. And she has sung with Vince Giordano, Terry Waldo, and Drew Nugent.

In the summer of 2016 she headlined at the Telluride Jazz Festival.  She first appeared there at age 10 with Dave Adams’ Young Razzcals Jazz Project and the great saxophonist Richie Cole. Later she sang a duet with the featured artist, Paquito d’Rivera.  Then in April, 2017 she started her residency a the infamous Birdland Jazz Club in New York City.  In 2018, Veronica began touring with her trio (Emmet Cohen Trio) as well as Benny Green Trio, Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and Chris Botti appearing at Jazz Showcase, Monterey and Montreal Jazz festivals, two runs at Jazz at Lincoln Center: Shanghai, China, and Marians’ Jazz Showroom in Bern, Switzerland.

Caramoor’s Rosen House Music Room

The intimate 170 seat Music Room, in Caramoor’s historic Rosen House, is used for musical performances. From fall to spring they offer  chamber performances, recitals, opera, acoustic American roots music, jazz, American songbook, and lectures. The Music Room is available to rent for private events.

The majestic Music Room includes Renaissance furniture and architectural elements such as the intricately carved coffered ceiling from a house in Lecce, Italy. It also features a pair of pink marble twisted columns from Verona, once in the collection of William Randolph Hearst. Other notable collections include Urbino maiolica, tin glazed earthenware for Italy and works by Della Robbia and Old Masters. Don’t miss the magnificent Franco-Flemish Tapestry titled “The Holy Family.” Finally, from a slightly later period, our 18^th-century needlework chairs delight Music Room visitors.