About Judith Kay

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Composer, lyricist and arranger Judith Kay is a one-of-a-kind singer-guitarist and cabaret artist. Jazz great John Pizzarelli has called her a "singular sensation."

Her broad activities range from musical director of her group
ChamberJazz™ Ensemble to cofounder, in 1997, of the Arden Jazz Gild, a society devoted to the promotion and preservation of American jazz.

For the last twenty years she has performed her unique repertoire of Brazilian bossa nova , swing-era jazz, original and eclectic songs throughout the US and Europe. Since 1986 she has produced six recordings on her own TASTY label, and is now at work on her seventh. She has gone to Brazil to research the history and rhythmic styles of Brazilian popular music. This became the basis for a course which she taught at the University of Delaware called "The Brazilian Sound."

A former arranging student of the late Manny Albam, she has been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in addition to the rare phenomenon of receiving two Individual Artist Fellowships from the Delaware Division of the Arts - in Jazz Performance as well as Composition. In both 2004 and 2005 she received an Opportunity Grant for the purpose of career advancement. Judith Kay is listed in Who's Who in Entertainment and 2000 Outstanding Musicians of the 20th Century.

An active composer, Judith's commission (with lyricist Cecilia Vore) for the Berkshire Chorale of Reading, Pennsylvania was debuted in the spring of 2003. Her latest CD is a solo effort titled "Judith Kay - Even More…Her Voice, Her Guitar". Judith teaches guitar, voice and music theory at her home studio in Arden, Delaware.

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Judith Kay's recent performance venues include:

• The Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
• Hagley Museum, Wilmington, DE
• Mt Gretna Playhouse, Mt Gretna, PA
• Mid-Atlantic Chamber Music Society
• Smithbridge Winery, Chadds Ford, PA
• Commerce Square, Philadelphia, PA
• Berks Jazz Festival Kickoff Event / Jazz Vespers at First Baptist Church, Reading, PA
• Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA
• Staatliche Hochschule für Musik, Trossingen, Germany
• Artscape - Baltimore's Festival of the Arts
• The Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove, NJ
• IDB Bank, Washington, DC
• Freedom Plaza, Washington, DC
• Performing Artist Series, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE

ChamberJazz™ Ensemble members' websites
Vibraphonist Tony Miceli
Pianist Ron Thomas