Welcome to Valerie Troutt Projects
Valerie Troutt JazzSoul Vocalist, Composer, Live Music Preservationist
“This age of American Idol and Disney-approved singers has no room for a big, brassy woman who takes no shit and can really belt one out. From Big Mama Thornton to Etta James all the way to Patti Labelle, every generation has had one but ours. It's like when Chuck D asked all those years ago, "Who stole the soul?" Thank goddess for Valerie Troutt and the Fear Of a Fat Planet Crew. During college Valerie was mentored by jazz vocalist Dianne Reeves, Troutt approaches R&B standards, house grooves, and her original socially conscious jazz and soul compositions with the verve of the missing masters.” -D. Scot Miller, S.F. Weekly.
All voice types, ages, and styles welcome.
Check out Valerie as the lead vocalist for "Labyrinth Lounge"
in their debut "Porgy" available on bandcamp.
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"Labyrinth Lounge is one band who is not letting a few thousand miles stand in the way of making and performing great music... Funky and soulful. Purveyors of soul and jazz with a vigorous spirit of social activism"
- The Big Takeover 2017
"The Sound of Peace"
features refreshing original compositions
and soul-stirring JazzSoul arrangements.
Valerie Troutt presents MoonCandy Live House Ensemble Project summer 2019
Oregon Shakespeare Festival June 19th-20th Greenshow FREE 6:45pm
MoonCandy Community Choir performs at "Oakland Sings" June 27th a fundraiser for POOR Magazine & Youth Spirit Artworks
June 28th Oakland Museum, 7-9pm FREE
July 20th Bay Street Plaza, Emeryville, ca 3-5pm FREE
MoonCandy GreenShow Ashland Shakespeare Festival Aug 1 &3, 2018, Ashland Oregon FREE
The Singers of MoonCandy Aug 2nd, 2018 10am-12pm Cafe La baguette, Ashland Oregon
Valerie Troutt Co-teaching Stanford Jazz Vocal July 22nd - July 27th Stanford, CA
MoonCandy July 6th, 2018, 7-9pm Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA FREE
MoonCandy June 22nd, 2018, 7pm-9pm Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA FREE
Valerie Troutt & the Queer Cultural Center present "they wore love & resistance" June 18th, 2018 8pm $20 Yoshi's Oakland
MoonCandy June 2nd 2018 $20, 8pm "The State of Black Bodies" Pr3ss play poets Eastside Arts Alliance, Oakland
MoonCandy May 12th, 2018 Eastbay Center for the Performing Arts, 339 11th St, Richmond, CA
MoonCandy SheSings Festival, March 10th 2018, Freight & Salvage Berkeley, CA
Black Composers of Dane Music, Them people productions, CA Feb 23rd, 2018 Ashkenaz Berkeley, CA
Valerie Troutt JazzSoul Project, Feb 19th, 2018, Yoshi's Oakland,CA
Performances 2017
Valerie Troutt "Whole Body Woman" Sistersong Conference, Oct 5th-8th, New Orleans, LA "Whole Body Woman" private in-home concert Sept 30th, Oakland, CA
MoonCandy Live House Ensemble Oaktoberfest 2017, Diamond District, Oakland,CA Valerie Troutt JazzSoul Trio Ruth Price, Khalil D. Anthony and Bryan Simmons, Sept 23rd, 2017 Oaktown workshops, 8pm-10pm Valerie & Khalil "Odd times" Yerba Buena Sept 16th 9pm
Valerie & Khalil "Odd times" Fundraiser for the MOAD, The Africa Diaspora Dinner, Aug 29th, 2017, MOAD SF, 6pm
Valerie Troutt art installation "They my Jazz Shero's" at SomArts.org for The Black Woman is God: Night Light, 8:30pm
The Jazz Herstory Collective, Aug 17th, 2017 FREE, Yerba Buena Garden Fest, SF,CA 12-1:30pm
Mooncandy Ashland Oregon Shakespeare Fest Greenshow July 14th-16th, FREE
MoonCandy Live House Ensemble - SF Carnival 22nd St stage May 28th 12:40pm FREE
Valerie Troutt JazzSoul Trio at Miss Ollie's Sunday Brunch April 16th 1-3pm
Valerie Troutt duet with Richelle Scales De Young Museum SF,CA Feb 11th 12-2pm
Valerie Troutt Jazzsoul Trio at Miss Ollie's Sunday Brunch Oakland Feb 12th, 2017
Valerie Troutt and MoonCandy Red Poppy Arthouse March 17th, 2017 7:30pm and 8:45pm
Performances 2016
Valerie Troutt Jazzsoul Trio at Miss Ollie's Sunday Brunch Oakland Dec 11th, 2016
Valerie Troutt: The Oakland Girl Project Nov 21st, 2016 Yoshi's Oakland
Valerie Troutt Jazzsoul Trio at Miss Ollie's Sunday Brunch Oakland Nov 13th, 2016
Embodiment Project "Seed Language" Soldout ODC SF Oct 28th-30th
Valerie Troutt JazzSoul Trio Miss Ollie's Sunday Oakland Oct 9th, 2016
Tutored Soul & MOONCANDY New Parish July 28th, 2016
Blues Arrival Stories of the Queer Black South June 8th Eastside Artist Alliance
Valerie Troutt & MoonCandy Live House Ensemble Yoshi's Oakland Feb 24th, 2016 8pm
Performances 2015
SHE: Womyn in Artistry showcase with host Valerie Troutt & Audacious IAM Qulture Collective Dec 13th, 2015 6pm
Oakland School for this Arts Choirs at the Oakland Museum Dec 4th,2015 7pm-9pm FREE
Branice McKenzie & Friends featuring Solas & Valerie at Kingston 11 Nov 12th,2015 7pm
SHE: Womyn in Artistry with host Valerie Troutt & Audacious IAM Qulture Collective, Oakland Nov 14th, 2015 7:30pm
Valerie Trout'sMooncandy Live House Ensemble Oakland Museum Nov 6th, 2015 Friday Night Lights Free 7pm-9m
Valerie & Khalil Studio Grand Oct18th 2015 7:30pm
Life Is Living Festival Oak,CA October 10th 2015 3pm MoonCandy
Bay Area Bold Festival Sept 26th12:30pm Embodiment Project
Black Eyed Pea Festival Oak,CA Sept 12th 4pm
EMBODIMENT PROJECT &MOONCANDY AUGUST 23RD-27TH 2015
ASHLAND, OREGON
Female Jazz Vocalist of the Year 2016
The Northern California entertainment music awards celebrates Valerie Troutt as the female Jazz vocalist of the year 2016
MoonCandy Live House Ensemble "Walk Together Children"
Artwork by Valerie Brown-Troutt www.valeriebrowntroutt.com "walk together children"