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kathleen

About Me

I am a servant of music. I live for this pretty much every day. I now teach at Washington State University where I direct a pretty rocking vocal jazz group. I play in a number of bands, including Jazz Northwest, Funk Dis, and my own Ensemble, The Service. I write music for lots of groups, I most enjoy writing for my own band, but arrange for vocal jazz groups and other ensembles. I also sing with Acaplaya out at Burning Man and direct the coolest choir I've ever known, The Black Rock City Playa Choir... I am less concerned now about the ego and more concerned now with creating musical spaces that up lift people. I still want to ride snowboards as much as possible! 49 North, watch out...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 05/04/2008
Band Website: you’re lookin at it...
Band Members: Dave Snyder, Brendan McMurphy, Brent Edwards
Influences: Phil Mattson, Aretha, Wynton Kelly, Beck, McFerrin, Rhiannon, The Brian Blade Fellowship, clifford brown, John Turk and the Changed Band with the Glide Ensemble, Eric Whitacre, Badu, Fareed, Frank Rosolino, Where's Gesualdo?, Groove Armada, James Brown, Jeff buckley, Sco, Denson, Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, Larry Goldings, Bernstien, Milton Nascimento, Palestrina, Pink Floyd, Poulenc, Quincy, Steely Dan, Take 6, new york voices, VoicesIowa, TOP, Zuco 103, MMW
Sounds Like: jazz, singer/songwriter, soul, rock... Original Soul, I say...
Record Label: Garage Band

My Blog

ground noise and STATIC at the RNC?????

Wait, hold the hell on...Since when do we live in a county where FREEDOM OF SPEECH is called, by one who wishes to be the next president, GROUND NOISE AND STATIC???How fucking disrespectful to mothers...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:57:00 GMT

what’s going on...

I often feel like a big old nerd. Or more like an 18 year old boy, who can't stop thinking about ONE thing. But it's not that one thing I think about. If I'm not planning or practicing or writing or ...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:10:00 GMT