PRESS | Kayla Waters

Visual Elements

Worship Elements

Intimate Interview of Kayla's Heart for Worship

South Africa's Beauty and the Gospel Magazine

The Creative & Spiritually Rich Makings of Presence

Internationally Acclaimed Jazziz Magazine

Notable Performances

Intimate Venues

WaterFire Arts Center (Providence, RI)
The Soiled Dove (Denver, CO)
Blues Alley (Washington, DC)
Birchmere Jazz Club (Alexandria, VA)
The Lyman Center (New Haven, CT)
Bishop Arts Theater (Dallas, TX)
Buffalo State PAC (Buffalo, NY)
Catalina Jazz Club (Los Angeles, CA)
Spaghettini Jazz Club (Seal Beach, CA)
McGlohon Theater (Charlotte, NC)
The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
New Daisy Theater (Memphis, TN)
Ludlow Garage (Cincinnati, OH)
Tin Pan Jazz Club (Richmond, VA)
SOUTH Jazz Parlor (Philadelphia, PA)
Clark County Amphitheater (Las Vegas, NV)
Aretha Franklin Amphitheater (Detroit, MI)
Garner Performing Arts Center (Garner, NC)
Presidio Theater (San Francisco, CA)
Center Stage Theater (Atlanta, GA)
Galveston Convention Center (Galveston, TX)

Television Appearances

Featured Pianist on TBAAL's 38th Annual Black Music and Civil Rights Movement Concert on CBS (Dallas, TX)
Keyboardist on BET's Black Girls Rock Award Show (Newark, NJ)
Live Performance Segment on WUSA*9 (Washington, DC)
Live Performance Segment on WFMZ-TV (Reading, PA)

Music Ministry Segments

Strong Tower Church (Fredericksburg, VA)
Abyssinian Baptist Church (Harlem, NY)
13:46 Dance Ministry (Baltimore, MD)

Acclaimed Festival Performances

Berks Jazz Festival (Reading, PA)
Daytona Beach Jazz Weekend (Daytona Beach, FL)
Apopka International Jazz Festival (Apopka, FL)
Dave Koz Cruise (Spain, Morocco, Portugal)
Capital Jazz Supercruise (Caribbean Islands)
Napa Valley Jazz Getaway (Napa Valley, CA)
River City Jazz Festival (San Antonio, TX)
DC Jazz Festival (Washington, DC)
Newport Beach Jazz Festival (Newport Beach, CA)
Seabreeze Jazz Festival (Panama City Beach, FL)
Derby City Jazz Festival (Louisville, KY)
African American Cultural Festival (Baltimore, MD)
Music City Jazz Festival (Nashville, TN)
Catalina Island Jazz Festival (Los Angeles, CA)
Gulf Coast Jazz Festival (Pensacola, FL)
Rehoboth Beach Jazz Festival (Rehoboth Beach, DE)
Lake Arbor Jazz Festival (Lake Arbor, MD)
Hub City Jazz Festival (New Brunswick, NJ)
Algarve European Jazz Festival (Faro, Portugal)
Jazz and Coffee Escape (Asheville, NC)
Norfolk Waterfront Jazz Festival (Norfolk, VA)
Oxnard Jazz Festival (Oxnard, CA)
Uptown Music & Arts Festival (Tampa, FL)

"The ultimate high is feeling, hearing and seeing people of all shades, colors and ethnic backgrounds being blessed by my music. That (to me) is success."