KATE McGARRY — Fond du Lac

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Concert Tickets : $17.50–$55.00 A limited number of FREE tickets for music students and 50% DISCOUNT tickets for working musicians & music educators are available. See ticket link above for options. Learn about our Great Experience Guarantee and No Barriers policy. Tickets purchased at the door will be subject to $5 for taxes and fees. Kate McGarry Jazz Coterie presents 3-time Grammy® nominated singer/songwriter Kate McGarry with Keith Ganz on guitar and Gary Versace on piano. Kate McGarry has become widely recognized as a jazz artist who brings authenticity and vitality to every song regardless of genre. Kate has 7 critically acclaimed CDs and 3 Grammy nominations (2009, 2019, 2021) to her credit. The Wall St. Journal calls her music, "Austere and elegant," New York Times pronounced her singing, “astute and sensitive.” She currently performs in jazz clubs, performing arts centers and festivals throughout the US and abroad. As an educator she has taught at Manhattan School of Music and California Jazz Conservatory. Downbeat's 2016 Critics Poll named McGarry the #1 Rising Star Female Vocalist. She has been interviewed on All Things Considered, and has performed on Jazz Set with DeeDee Bridgwater, Piano Jazz with Marion McPartland, and a host of nationally syndicated radio shows. “Heartfelt, intelligent, and unforgettable.” — All About Jazz Singer Kate McGarry grew up in Hyannis, Mass., one of 10 children in a musical family that spent many nights singing together. At the University of Massachusetts Amherst she earned a degree in Afro-American Music and Jazz where her professors included Dr. Horace Boyer, Archie Shepp, Max Roach, Dr. Billy Taylor, and author and cultural icon James Baldwin. “Flitting from standards to heartfelt McGarry originals, the triumvirate ponders age-old mysteries with delicacy and not a little spunk.” — The New Yorker Her experiences living at a meditation ashram and exploring Celtic, Brazilian and Indian music also contributed…