Jeanne Trevor to Receive St. Louis Arts Award

Singer Jeanne Trevor (pictured), a longtime favorite of St. Louis audiences for her work in jazz clubs, concerts and musical theater, will receive a St. Louis Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts as part of a ceremony to be held Monday, January 26 at the Chase-Park Plaza hotel.

The St. Louis Arts Awards are sponsored by the Arts & Education Council, and serve to honor “groups and individuals who help preserve a legacy of artistic excellence and enrich St. Louis' cultural community." Other 2009 recipients will include philanthropists Laurance and Virginia Browning, educator Sister Patricia Giljum, artist Robert Powell, Circus Day Foundation executive director Jessica Hentoff, and Cinema St. Louis.