Bravo to my students!!

 This has been a month of being extremely proud of my talented and hard working students!

Let me boast about three of them in particular!

Kalie Jennings (KJ) blew me away with her commitment to jumping through a million hoops (including taking time off from her studies at Berklee School of Music) to participate and place on this seasons T.V. show "The Voice"  So proud of her on so many levels! She is the real deal! 

Here's a sample of KJ:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xRtwXf2iP0

And then there is the amazing Austin Texas based singer / songwriter pop sensation Susannah Joffee who will be showcasing this evening and several times more this week at SXSW. Catch her sets if you're in Austin this week. She is fantastic!

Susannah: http://www.susannahjoffe.com/

And most recently my improvising rising star Chelsea Chiu who won the Downbeat student best jazz vocals competition! This is huge and well deserved. She worked incredibly hard on tunes by Miles, Monk and Parker impressing my rhythm section and evidently impressing the Downbeat judges as well!

Congratulations to Susannah, KJ and Chelsea and to all of my beloved students who keep applying themselves and reminding me why I love doing what I do!!

Keep singing!  It's good for the heart and soul!