Kat Reinhert

Kat Reinhert, Ph.D., is an experienced songwriter, performer, educator, and writer. She has released five independent albums as well as sung on multiple projects and recordings, and has appeared with such noted artists as Enya, Raul Midon, Anat Fort, Jo Lawry, Dave Cook, and Shayna Steele. Her sophomore album, Spark (2015), contains mostly original compositions, with Dan Oulette from ZEALnyc referring to it as "impressive songs with a human touch." Her newest album, Dead Reckoning, came out to critical acclaim in February of 2021. She teaches courses in songwriting, private voice, theory, and popular music ensembles, and is a sought-after clinician in songwriting, contemporary voice, entrepreneurship, and popular music pedagogy. She is the past president of the Association for Popular Music Education as well as a published author, having coedited Action Based Approaches in Popular Music Education alongside Steve Holley and Zack Moir. Reinhert also has a chapter on teaching voice in higher education in The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Education, an article on songwriting in The Journal of Popular Music Education, and chapters in several upcoming books on popular music. She is the cofounder of Songwriting for Music Educators, a company dedicated to empowering music educators through the craft of songwriting. She holds a B.M. in jazz and commercial voice from the Manhattan School of Music, an M.M. in jazz performance and pedagogy from the University of Miami, and a Ph.D. in music education from the University of Miami. Reinhert currently resides in New York City.