Jeanie Carroll Concert: You Can Go Home Again
Date:
Saturday, April 4 2026
After decades of performances that have carried her from Arizona to Europe, North Africa, and beyond, vocalist Jeanie Carroll is bringing her signature blend of style-hopping songcraft back to a stage many locals know well: the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Carroll headlines this musical performance on April 4 at 4 p.m. (Four-four at four: divinely easy to remember), with Dave Len Scott on trumpet and piano and special guests, the Red RockAppella Quartet. For Sedona audiences, the concert has the feeling of a homecoming. Carroll lived in Sedona for 30 years, building a reputation as a performer with an unusually wide repertoire and a gift for connecting across generations. Though she now spends most of her time in Las Vegas, her return date still lands with extra resonance in a town where she’s not just a familiar voice but part of the community’s musical memory. Carroll’s mantra, “Keep a smile on your face and a song in your heart," reads like the kind of line you might find on a dressing room mirror, but it also describes the arc of her career. She has gone down many musical paths, from Motown and rock ’n’ roll to disco, Broadway and jazz standards, and blues, and she’s sung in several languages shaped by years of living and performing abroad. Her background includes performances in Europe and stops in places as varied as Marrakesh, Tunis, Istanbul, St. Petersburg, Stockholm, Montreal, Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles. This performance will include hits from Edith Piaf, Ella Fitzgerald, Barbra Streisand, Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Sinatra, Garland, and even Todd Rundgren and Stephen Sondheim. Carroll’s repertoire is as wide-ranging as her passport. She has also played guitar and percussion, and her stage résumé includes productions such as Cabaret, Beauty & the Beast, Man of La Mancha, Pirates of Penzance, The Merry Widow, and The Gondoliers. What distinguishes Carroll, colleagues say, is not simply range but the way she navigates it as a performer who can shift tone without losing the thread of a set or the attention of a room. Producer and Red Earth Theatre Producing Artistic Director Kate Hawkes, who has worked with Carroll, puts it this way: “Jeanie Carroll brings a palpable joy to anything she performs on stage. From jazz and folk to light opera and musical theatre and anything else, Jeanie knows what she is doing and takes her audience on a glorious journey. Jeanie’s fluid, rich voice and crystal-clear lyrics ensure each show is a treat at all levels…. Don’t miss a Jeanie Carroll performance.” That sense of coming back matters, because Carroll’s relationship to the community goes beyond the stage. In addition to her work as an entertainer, vocalist, emcee, DJ, and musical host, she spent 20 years as the K–8 music educator for the Sedona-Oak Creek School District, shaping thousands of students’ first experiences with rhythm, melody, and performance. She created the Annual International Festival of Food & Song, an event in which her young students sang in foreign languages as “Ambassadors of Peace,” reflecting her ongoing advocacy for music education and world peace. For this Mary D. Fisher Theatre concert, Carroll will be accompanied by Dave Len Scott, a musician known locally for his work in jazz and classical settings and for an approach that merges instrumental voices in unusual ways. Scott performs both trumpet and piano and has led ensembles, including his own Dave Len Scott Jazz Quartet. Formerly based in San Francisco, he has become a familiar presence around Sedona and Northern Arizona. In 2024, he performed with pianist Tiantian Liang in a program spanning two centuries of trumpet repertoire, a reminder of the breadth he brings to his solo bandstand. The performance also includes a guest appearance by the Red RockAppella Quartet, a group Carroll knows from the inside. She sang with Red RockAppella as a Sweet Adeline for 13 years, and the quartet with Sandy Adams, Dianne Evans, Deb Sanders, and Carol Welsh grew out of a shared commitment to harmony singing and community service. They will add a delightfully different sonic color to the afternoon. Jeanie Carroll’s return is more than a date on the calendar. (Four-four at four) It’s a chance to hear an artist whose career has been built on travel, languages, and genres and whose roots remain, unmistakably, in the red-rock community where she taught, performed, raised her daughters, and found her musical voice. Welcome home. Join us for Jeanie Carroll in Concert: You Can Go Home Again on Saturday, April 4, at 4 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Tickets are $25. Visit www.SedonaFilmFestival.com to order tickets online, or call 928-282-1177 to order by phone. Both the Sedona International Film Festival Office and the Mary D. Fisher Theatre are located at 2030 W. SR 89A in West Sedona.
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