Ginny Carr Goldberg

Ginny Carr Goldberg is a jazz pianist, singer, songwriter and arranger whose original music has been featured on television, in films, on radio, and heralded worldwide. She has performed for more than 50 years as a featured entertainer and house pianist/vocalist throughout the Mid-Atlantic at a vast array of nightclubs, piano bars, resorts, festivals, corporate events, retirement communities, art centers, and private parties and has entertained many notable clients, including members of Congress, Supreme Court Justices, governors, mayors, international guests of distinction, and prominent figures from the business community. Throughout her diverse performance career, Ginny has performed as a solo pianist/vocalist and led many musical ensembles from small jazz combos to large bands. She has been a featured performer with symphony orchestras, musical theater productions, jazz ensembles, pop variety bands, and professional choral ensembles.

Ginny is the leader, founder, alto vocalist, and principal songwriter/arranger for the internationally acclaimed jazz vocal ensemble, the Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet. Her original songs and arrangements have been performed by iconic jazz artists as well as professional and student jazz vocal ensembles across the world. Critics, radio hosts, listeners, and celebrities have praised her work as a standout for its creative originality, citing her delightfully literate lyrics, elegant melodies, and tight vocal harmony arrangements. Ginny and UVJQ have appeared on NPR, interviewed and profiled multiple times by veteran host Susan Stamberg, who declared herself a loyal fan. Their critically acclaimed recordings have been spotlighted multiple times on SiriusXM Satellite Radio and on Great American Songbook Radio, the Billboard Jazz Chart, Pandora Radio, Maryland Public Television, NPR, and many international radio programs and distinguished media worldwide. They have been featured performers on international jazz festivals in France, Canada, Detroit, Seattle, Clearwater and Miami, appearing on the bill with jazz giants Tony Bennett, Nancy Wilson, Sonny Rollins, Christian McBride, Joey DeFrancesco and many others. They have appeared as guest artists with numerous symphony orchestras and renowned big bands in the US and abroad, including the U.S. Army Blues and France’s Côte Ouest Big Band, opened concerts for jazz icons and been featured performers at countless music festivals, esteemed jazz clubs, concert series, universities, and feature events throughout the US. Ginny’s songwriting and arranging skills captured the interest of jazz greats Bob Dorough (composer of “Schoolhouse Rock”), Don Shelton (featured vocalist in Singers Unlimited and the Hi-Los), and legendary saxophonist Richie Cole, who recorded extensively with The Manhattan Transfer and enjoyed a superlative career of his own. Late in his career, Cole declared Ginny “My new discovery” and invited her to arrange his own songs for her group and collaborate with him on a recording featuring their collective original songs, resulting in the critically acclaimed album, “Vocal Madness.”

A dedicated  jazz musician with a versatile style, Ginny grew up in the 60’s and 70’s, so she also delights in spotlighting  favorite pop and soft rock classics in her diverse and expansive repertoire. She  characterizes her music as “Jazz and More.” She performs as both a solo artist and with her trio, quartet and larger bands as fits the occasion, presenting an eclectic mix of beloved songs and styles by artists from across the decades, spanning the hits of Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Tony Bennett, Carole King, The Beatles, James Taylor, Billy Joel, The Carpenters, Fifth Dimension, Steely Dan, Nat King Cole, Linda Ronstadt, Van Morrison, Bobby Darin, Roberta Flack, The Doobie Brothers, Dionne Warwick, Diana Krall, Ella Fitzgerald, Dave Brubeck, Motown greats, and many more.

Ginny has been a favorite entertainer for many years at retirement communities and arts centers throughout Maryland and Virginia, recreating the popular music of the 30’s, 40’s, and 50’s as well as Broadway classics and swinging jazz classics for delighted senior citizen audiences. Her signature themed programs for the seniors include Treasures of the Great American Songbook, Broadway Classics, Songs That Got Us Through World War 2, Great Women Songwriters and Lyricists, Rodgers & Hammerstein Songbook, Holiday Delights, A Patriotic Musical Roadtrip Across America, and other special themes.

Ginny is also a longtime performer and devotee of Broadway music. She and her UVJQ singing partner and fellow musical theater veteran Holly Shockey created the popular “Broads of Broadway” two-woman cabaret show, in which Ginny (piano and vocals) and Holly (vocals) don costumes and recreate the famous musical scenes and beloved songs of Broadway’s timeless classic shows.

Ginny has been a regular performer in recent years at multiple venues throughout the Lake Anna, VA area and serves as the Vice President of Lake Anna Jazz, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing renowned jazz artists' performances to the Lake Anna resort community. She is a 1975 graduate of the College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, VA), where she was a soloist with the William & Mary Choir and a performer and musical director for numerous college and community theater productions during her student and post-graduate years. Ginny has recently moved back to Williamsburg and looks forward to the next chapter of her entertainment career in the vibrant Williamsburg arts community.