Kat Reinhert
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As a songwriter, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, burgeoning producer, author, and educator, Kat Reinhert is an artist who defies categorization. She has released five independently produced albums and worked alongside artists and songwriters, such as Anat Fort, Jo Lawry, Ross Pederson, Michael Leonhart, Josh Logan, Stephen Lit, and David Cook, as well as written for Sesame Street and collaborated on podcast theme songs.
As an author, she has been published in multiple peer-reviewed journals and books and has edited and coauthored several books on songwriting, contemporary voice, and popular music, most notably Songwriting for Music Educators and Action-Based Approaches in Popular Music Education.
Her love of sharing knowledge led her to pursue a doctorate in music education with an emphasis on popular music education from the University of Miami, where she was also the director of contemporary voice from 2017 to 2019 before relocating back to New York City. She is also the cofounder of Songwriting for Music Educators, a company dedicated to empowering educators to create and explore songwriting for themselves and with their students.
Reinhert currently splits time between Boston and New York City, where she continues to pursue artistic and creative projects.
- Recordings include albums It Could Happen (2001), Chrysalis (2008), Spark (2015), Home Movie (2017), Dead Reckoning (2021), and singles "Behind," "Better Without You," "The Thief," and "Hiding in the Dark" (2021)
- Author and coeditor of Action-Based Approaches for Popular Music Education (editor and co-author, 2021), Songwriting for Music Educators (co-author, 2020), and Popular Music Education: Perspectives and Practices (author of chapter "Singers in Higher Education: Training Popular Music Vocalists," 2019)
- Cofounder of Songwriting for Music Educators
- President of the Association for Popular Music Education (2019–2021)
- Finalist in the John Lennon Songwriting Competition
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School NameUniversity of MiamiState or ProvinceFloridaDegreeDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)Field of StudyMusic EducationDate Degree Received
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School NameUniversity of MiamiState or ProvinceFloridaDegreeMaster of Music (MM)Field of StudyJazz StudiesDate Degree Received
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School NameManhattan School of MusicState or ProvinceNew YorkDegreeBachelor of Music (BM)Field of StudyJazz PerformanceDate Degree Received