Lily Alter is a jazz vocalist, pianist, and jazz composer/arranger from Oak Park, Illinois. She received her undergraduate degree in Jazz Studies at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan in the spring of 2023. There, she was a member of Gold Company, played piano in the WMU Jazz Lab Band, and sang with the WMU Jazz Orchestra. She was awarded Downbeats in 2023 and 2024 for Outstanding Performance as an Undergraduate Vocal Jazz Soloist. She recently graduated from University of North Texas with her Master’s of Music degree, where she was a teaching fellow in the vocal jazz program, an alto in UNT Jazz Singers, and the vocalist for the 2023-24 One O’Clock Lab Band. Currently based near the Twin Cities, she maintains a vibrant studio of private voice and piano students, directs a community vocal ensemble, and performs at jazz venues throughout the Midwest.

Lily Alter - vocals

Pete James Johnson - drums

Dan Carpel - bass

Kavyesh Kaviraj - piano