Performance at 6pm
Kara Kesselring is a professional singer, pianist, writer, arranger, and educator living in Chicago.
In addition to her freelance projects of pop and jazz, Kara performs in a society band, The Standing Room Only Orchestra which was just rated one of the top six bands in Illinois by Modern Bride Magazine for the second straight year. She enjoys playing with her own Kara Kesselring Jazz Trio and has started a new collaboration called Sugarcreek Road performing traditional country and gospel standards.
She has performed at notable venues: the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Symphony Center, Taste of Chicago, Pops for Champagne, The Coq d’Or-Drake, The Pump Room, Green Dolphin Street, Hotel Intercontinental, Philanders, Pete Millers Steakhouse, Chicago Improv Festival, Old Town School American Airlines Theater. Kara has also done jingle and voice over work for CLTV, XRT Radio,
and WMS Gaming.