ABOUT ELLEN
“Ellen Winters is a rare find. Charming and intelligent in her delivery, she brings fresh energy to jazz singing at a time when there is very little originality left.”
–Phil Schroeder, Green Street Music
An award-winning jazz singer, Ellen is devoted to keeping her music fresh while still paying tribute to the great jazz artists of the past. A student of trad-jazz, Ellen has studied with some of the best vocal jazz educators/arrangers in the country including Phil Mattson, Steve Zegree, Ron McCurdy, Steve Tyler and Chip McNeill. Ellen’s most current project, Secret of Life, is a unique blend of popular and original tunes re-arranged to fit the jazz idiom.
Ellen has sung in award winning vocal jazz groups and has performed at the Montreux and North Seas Jazz Festivals in Europe, the Rocky Mountain Jazz Festival in Banff and the Monterey Jazz Festival Sea Cruise. As a soloist, Ellen has performed jazz and cabaret all over the country. She has been featured at wonderful venues like Danny’s Skylight Cabaret and The Bitter End in New York City; The Jazz Showcase, The Abbey and Davenport's in Chicago; The Dakota in Minneapolis and the Third Ward Summer Sizzle, Jazz In The Park, Cutler Park, Bastille Days and Summerfest stages in Milwaukee.
“Beautifully done and so sweetly sung!”
— Peter Eldridge, singer/songwriter & member of New York Voices
Ellen continues to be sought after as a jazz and cabaret singer throughout Milwaukee and the U.S., while working as a clinician, adjudicator, and arranger. Ellen can also be found singing with area rock bands like Michael & The Bystanders at a variety of venues. She has been on staff as a voice teacher/coach at the Waukesha Conservatory of Music (Hartland Music) since 2006, teaching Private Voice to all ages. Ellen has also been Adjunct Faculty at Columbia College Chicago since 2007,where she teaches Music Theory and Aural Skills as well as Private Voice in all styles.
–Phil Schroeder, Green Street Music
An award-winning jazz singer, Ellen is devoted to keeping her music fresh while still paying tribute to the great jazz artists of the past. A student of trad-jazz, Ellen has studied with some of the best vocal jazz educators/arrangers in the country including Phil Mattson, Steve Zegree, Ron McCurdy, Steve Tyler and Chip McNeill. Ellen’s most current project, Secret of Life, is a unique blend of popular and original tunes re-arranged to fit the jazz idiom.
Ellen has sung in award winning vocal jazz groups and has performed at the Montreux and North Seas Jazz Festivals in Europe, the Rocky Mountain Jazz Festival in Banff and the Monterey Jazz Festival Sea Cruise. As a soloist, Ellen has performed jazz and cabaret all over the country. She has been featured at wonderful venues like Danny’s Skylight Cabaret and The Bitter End in New York City; The Jazz Showcase, The Abbey and Davenport's in Chicago; The Dakota in Minneapolis and the Third Ward Summer Sizzle, Jazz In The Park, Cutler Park, Bastille Days and Summerfest stages in Milwaukee.
“Beautifully done and so sweetly sung!”
— Peter Eldridge, singer/songwriter & member of New York Voices
Ellen continues to be sought after as a jazz and cabaret singer throughout Milwaukee and the U.S., while working as a clinician, adjudicator, and arranger. Ellen can also be found singing with area rock bands like Michael & The Bystanders at a variety of venues. She has been on staff as a voice teacher/coach at the Waukesha Conservatory of Music (Hartland Music) since 2006, teaching Private Voice to all ages. Ellen has also been Adjunct Faculty at Columbia College Chicago since 2007,where she teaches Music Theory and Aural Skills as well as Private Voice in all styles.