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Biography

" Elly Hoyt has harnessed the power and beauty of music..."

Stephen Hornby, Australianjazz.net

 Elly Hoyt is a Tasmanian born vocalist-composer currently living in London. Her three albums Elly Hoyt, Oranges and Sunshine and The Composers Voice: Celebrating Australian Women Composers, have gained her praise from All About Jazz (“soulful and quietly commanding”), Limelight magazine (“taste, sensitivity and swing”), and The Music Trust (“not afraid to take risks”).  

Hoyt’s accolades include a Bell Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album, the Generations in Jazz Vocal Scholarship, Finalist in the Freedman Jazz Fellowship and a Marten Bequest Traveling Scholarship to study a Masters of Jazz Performance at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, USA. Career highlights also include supporting US pianist Kenny Barron and performing for Prince Charles and Camilla. 

She has toured nationally and internationally playing venues, festivals and clubs including Shanghai World Expo (China), Bar 55 (NYC), Schloss Elmau (Germany), Jordan Concert Hall (Boston, USA), Sydney Opera House and the Melbourne International Jazz Festival (AUS) to name a few. 

Hoyt holds a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Voice and a Masters of Music Studies in Vocal Pedagogy. She lectured in Jazz Voice at the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University (QCGU) from 2014 – 2018 and the Jazz Music Institute (JMI) 2016 - 2018 and was awarded an Academic Award for Excellence in both Bachelor and Masters degrees, and an award from Australian Voice Association (AVA). She currently lectures in Voice and Songwriting at BIMM Institute, London.

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Management | Email: ellyhoytmusic@gmail.com

Record label | Earshift Music | Website: https://www.earshift.com/

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" Elly Hoyt has harnessed the power and beauty of music..." -

Stephen Hornby, Australianjazz.net

"Elly Hoyt confirms that she’s an exceptional artist on the path to great success." - Barry O’Sullivan, Jazz Australia

“Elly Hoyt has a standard issue Australian accent, except when she sings. Then she sounds as if she belongs in a jazz bar in Manhattan...” 

Stephen Matchett - The Australian 

"Elly Hoyt takes no prisoners. Her voice, her singing, her phrasing, her presence – everything about her is so commanding and captivating, that one should feel sorry for the unsuspecting listener, who presses ‘play’, unable to imagine the emotional roller coaster about to unfold."

- Nikolas Fotakas, Australianjazz.net

“Elly is an artist blessed with many musical gifts. She has a magnificent voice with an extensive range and is highly creative in the art of composition. She is a passionate and determined woman who seeks new challenges and experiences...” 

- Lynette Irwin - Artistic Director Melbourne Women’s International Jazz Festival  

 

James Morrison - Australian Jazz Musician 

"From the moment I first heard Elly sing, I knew she had that classic, indefinable thing that makes one a jazz singer. It's not just a sound, or a choice of notes but a way of approaching a song that lets the listener know - this is the real thing."

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