Club KRVC had another great night with vocalist Kat Vokes and pianist Nitzan Gavrieli. Kat and Nitzan are both connected to our community as teachers at the Riverdale Music Studio.
Singer and composer Kat Vokes grew up in Chicago, studying piano from an early age. She discovered her passion for singing at 12, when she attended Interlochen Arts Camp, where she spent five consecutive summers. In 2008, she began her studies at the prestigious Oberlin Conservatory of Music, intensively studying vocal technique under the direction of Marlene Rosen and Timothy LeFebvre. She graduated from Oberlin’s double degree program with a B.A in comparative literature and a B.M in vocal performance.
Since then, Kat has relocated to New York City, where she has been performing with some of the biggest names in contemporary Jazz, such as Pablo Menares, Edward Perez, Felix Lecaros, Nitzan Gavrieli and Uri Gurvich. Kat has sung in festivals across the United States and Europe, including SongFest, Vancouver Early Music, and MSM Summer Voice Festival.
Pianist and composer Nitzan Gavrieli grew up in Ramat Gan, Israel. In 2007, he relocated to New York and shortly after he received several scholarships to attend the prestigious New School for Jazz and Contemporary music. While in school, he studied with Sam Yahel, Hal Galper and Reggie Workman among other leading figures in the New York jazz scene.
Since then, Nitzan has performed and recorded with some of the biggest names in contemporary jazz, including Mark Murphy, Charlie Persip, Bob Moses, Jeff Hirshfield, Frank Gambale, David Schnitter, Peter Bernstein, Cameron Brown, Melissa Aldana, Jonathan Blake, Francisco Mela and Steve Cardenas. He played in festivals across the U.S and Europe, including Sudtirol Jazz Festival, Bern Jazz Festival, Rochester Jazz Festival, Red Sea Jazz Festival, Tel Aviv Jazz Festival, Scranton Jazz Festival, Jazz & Colors Festival, and at such venues as Marians Jazz Room in Berne, Jazz Federation in Hamburg, Unterfahrt Jazz Club in Munich, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Blue Note Jazz Club, Town Hall and Smalls Jazz Club in New York. The Nitzan Gavrieli Trio recently released its debut album Departure, featuring Nitzan’s original compositions.
Thanks so much to our wonderful audience who came out to enjoy the evening.
