Kaitlyn Fay

Kaitlyn Fay is an educator, jazz vocalist, flutist, and baritone saxophonist, holding a M.M. in Jazz Voice Performance from William Paterson University and a B.S. in Music Education and Classical Flute Performance from Elon University.

As a jazz vocalist, Kaitlyn has performed in venues across New York City, New Jersey, Westchester County, the Capital Region of New York, as well as the Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany. As part of the 35th Annual Jazz Room concert series at William Paterson University, Kaitlyn opened for jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli with her Ella Fitzgerald Tribute Ensemble, and opened for the Count Basie Orchestra with the WPU Vocal Jazz Studio. Her debut jazz standards album, Curiosity, was released in 2013; and in the summer of 2014, Kaitlyn was a featured vocalist in the Hudson Valley Jazz Festival alongside Judi Silvano. She can be heard playing baritone saxophone on albums with NJ-based band Big Beat (2015) and the upstate NY band Keith Pray's Big Soul Ensemble (2024). Her sophomore album, "Cockeyed Optimist" (2025), features fresh takes on jazz standards and Great American Songbook selections in addition to some original compositions and lyrics.

Kaitlyn regularly presents clinics at music education and jazz conferences across the country, including the Jazz Education Network, New York State School Music Association, North Carolina Music Educators Association, Humanities Education Research Association, and the International Society for Improvised Music. In demand as a guest conductor of vocal jazz ensembles, Kaitlyn has directed all-county groups across New York and Pennsylvania. Her private students have been accepted into the Empire State Youth Orchestra ensembles, the Saratoga Youth Symphony and NYSSMA All-State ensembles.​

Awards

2026 Grammy Music Educator Award Quaterfinalist

2017 Sennheiser Scholarship Recipient, New York Voices Vocal Jazz Camp

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