Name: säje
Start: 2025-02-27T19:30:00-06:00
Location: Blue Strawberry STL

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“säje is blazing a new trail for female composers and performers in the jazz world.” – MICAH HENDLER // FORBES
“…[säje] explores the edges of jazz and pop with a combination of inventive covers and brilliantly written originals.” – ERIC TEEL // NPR
2x GRAMMY-winning vocal supergroup, säje (rhymes with “beige”), is the brainchild of vocalist/composers Sara Gazarek, Amanda Taylor, Johnaye Kendrick, and Erin Bentlage. Their highly anticipated debut album was released in August of 2023, featuring new original work and compelling covers, highlighting collaborations with artists Jacob Collier, Terri Lyne Carrington, Ambrose Akinmusire, and more. The album was received to critical acclaim, landing a #2 spot on the Billboard Jazz Chart, and peaking at #4 on the iTunes Jazz Chart, along with a sold-out tour across the USA, and a GRAMMY Award win for “In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning” (featuring Jacob Collier). In 2025 the group won their second GRAMMY Award for their arrangement of their original composition "Alma". The union of säje is rooted in the tradition of joy, curiosity, lush harmony, heart-felt expression, and profound sisterhood.

St. Louis Vocal Project was formed in 2018 with five interested singers, and it has grown to 35 women who sing four part a cappella harmony. The nonprofit community ensemble, under the direction of Sandi Wright, is an auditioned chorus affiliated with an Harmony Incorporated, an international singing organization. In November the group competed in Louisville with 33 other choruses from Canada and the United States where they took home the fourth place medal. Based in Webster Groves, MO, the St. Louis Vocal Project sings various concerts in Missouri and Illinois and ranges in age from 13 to 80.