Began singing jazz and blues on Chicago's South Side with Jordan Sandke Band. Toured Montreux, Brienz, and North Sea Jazz Festivals with 25-member big band 1997. Sang in Montreux Jazz-Off! series, 1999, 1997. Performed in the East Coast Jazz Festival Emerging Artist Series 1999-2002. Vocalist with Jordan Sandke Band and World Bank Jazz Connection Band. Perform in Washington, DC clubs, at art openings, and for private events. My demo CD is being played on Washington, DC jazz station WPFW.

Clubs
Aroma Company Bohemian Caverns Duke's (Montreux) Felix HR57 Le Bache Bleue (Abidjan) Le Caveau (Paris) Metro Café Takoma Station Tavern Twins Lounge 2K9 Club Van Ness Station U Bar Washington Plaza Hotel Lounge West End Cafe

Festivals
Montreux Jazz-Off!, Switzerland 1999, 1997 East Coast Jazz Festival 1999-2002 Kennedy Center Women in Jazz Festival Jam 1997-2001

Additional Venues
Washington, DC unless other specified American University, film opening, 2000 Borders Books and Music, 18th St, NW, 1998 Borders Books and Music, 14th St, NW, 2001 Brazilian-American Cultural Institute 2000 Kennedy Center Millennium Stage 1998-2001 National Conference of the Art Table 2000 National Building Museum, 1998 U Street "Create Peace" Festival 2001 World Bank-PEPCO Jazz in the Park, 1997 World Bank Holiday Party Jazz Cabaret 2000-01 World Bank "Imagine Peace" Conference 2001 Westminster Church Friday Night Jazz Chicago Culture Center Rockefeller Chapel, University of Chicago

Musical Education
Instruments Piano, classical guitar, percussion Jazz performance technique class with Ronnie Wells and Ron Elliston 1998-2002 Calvin Jones-UDC 2002 Jazz vocal workshops with Toshiko Akiyoshi Giacomo Gates Allan Harris Sheila Jordan Kevin Mahogany Bobbie McFerrin Billy Taylor Roseanna Vitro Kenny Werner

Musicians worked with include
Piano Eric Byrd, Joyce di Camillo, Ron Elliston, Derrick Finch, Ellsworth Gibson, Chris Grasso, Aaron Graves, Bill Harris, Jon Ozment, John Roothaan, Louis Scherr, Eli Staples, Robert Sykes, Wayne Willentz, Penelope Williams Bass Michael Arnopol, Wes Biles, Sal DeRafelle, Scott Giambuso, Wardell Howell, Bhagwan Khalsa, James King, Cheney Thomas, Donny West, Reggie Willis Percussion Nasar Abadey, Thurman Barker, Howard Franklin, Ricky Loza, Alejandro Lucini, Harold Summey, Aaron Walker, Steve Williams, Alfonso Young Guitar Jerry Gordon, Paul Wingo SaxGeorge Botts, Carol Chaikin, Arnold Sterling Trumpet Jordan Sandke, Webster Young Vocalists Pam Bricker, Patrick dos Santos, Aretha Franklin, George V. Johnson, Bobbie McFerrin, Esther Williams Bands Diva No Man's Band, Jazz Connection