ABOUT
KCR Ensemble
K for Kindness, C for Charity, R for Respect
KCR Ensemble, co-founded by Charlotte Evelyn Jones and Rita Hassell, has been performing across the Chicago Metropolitan area since March of 2000 for Corporate, Professional, Social and private events.
KCR Ensemble is a group of Ten female musicians who are committed to performing Jazz, Blues, and Contemporary music while maintaining other professional careers.
KCR Ensemble has performed at theTaste of Chicago - Illinois Lottery Stages ( 2002-2008 ); DuSable Museum Summer Music Series; Chicago Park District - Night Out in the Park Summer Concerts ( 2002 to Present )
KCR Ensemble has been recognized in the Chicago print, radio and television media and has received prestigious awards:
--- Featured in Chicago Tribune Magazine…
--- Profiled on Chicago Public Radio "848"
--- Documented in WGNTV-Channel 9 Cover Story "Soul Sisters" by News anchor Allison Payne - "Soul Sisters" was nominated for an EMMY Award
by the Chicago Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
--- Recipient of African American Arts Alliance Black Excellence Award -- Outstanding Achievement in Jazz Music
Our Motto:
“We are so Inspired, We love to be Hired”
Our Website: KCREnsemble.net
“ KCR Ensemble is a vehicle to showcase women, with musical instruments, performing live music that people enjoy ” –
Rita Hassell "Band Leader"
