My dreams are coming true: I just got booked for my first jazz festival, the Williamsburg Winter Blues Jazz Festival, on Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend this coming January! I'll be playing with live quartet for one of the jazz… Read more
New Year, New Horizons
Hi, all! It's been awhile since I've posted. Christmas season with the Doorway Singers was busy and rewarding, as always. As the new year has come, I'm focused on several things, and I'd like to share them with you!
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Gig Season Approaching!
In my last post, I was in the audition process for Beach Street, Town Center, and waiting on Gershwin's to open. Well, it has all finally arrived and a BUSY gig season is approaching soon!
Gershwin's is a 1930's-style speakeasy…Read more
Gershwin's is a 1930's-style speakeasy…Read more
The Balancing Act
This season of my life has been about balance: while faced with the extremely difficult task of raising 3 young children and studying to become a jazz musician, I have found this to be the answer. It is a challenge…Read more
Happy Holidays!
The holiday season is in full swing! We've just spent time with my husband's family for Thanksgiving, and then I head home to a full Christmas schedule with the Doorway Singers for the next few weeks until we head to…Read more
Havana Nights Jazz Club
On Wednesdays from August 28th through September 18th I was privileged to sing at Havana Nights Jazz Club in Virginia Beach, VA. I joined Justin Kauflin, who regularly plays their Wednesday cocktail piano for them, as a jazz vocalist…Read more
Summertime, and the livin' is....pleasing
Summer is in full swing with both the weather and performing season! I'm singing on Beach Street once a week as a solo artist and it is going great. I'm getting the hours of experience I was looking for.
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Spring and Improv
Spring is upon us, and I can feel the new growth outside, and in my own music as the seeds of jazz and the new language of improv are planted. I am into the third week of my jazz improv…Read more