Deater O'Neill has been making her mark as a well-respected musician and singer in Washington, D.C. since 1971. Her diverse singing career has taken her from operatic roles and recitals to 18 months in the Broadway musical "Hair" to feature concerts at the Smithsonian Institution to big band concerts and pops concerts with Crotty, jazz trio and symphony orchestra throughout the U.S.

In 1981, O'Neill found her real vocal strength in the American popular song and began her career as a big band-styled jazz singer. Since that time, she has been cited by Washingtonian magazine as one of "Washington's best women voices" featured in the Washington Post Sunday magazine cover article on area jazz singers; and extoled by WDVM-TV, Channel 9's report on the resurgence of big bands, as "the very best of today's big band vocalists." O'Neill's big band appearances have included guest performances with Charlie Spivak, Billy Butterfield, Clem DeRosa, Larry Elgart, the Airmen of Note and the Navy Commodores.

O'Neill has been heard on Washington, D.C. area jazz radio stations, WPFW and WDCU-FM, and National Public Radio. As a studio singer, O'Neill has recorded for Warner Brothers Publications and is heard on a miriad of recordings, including the recently released CD Turning Point. She works both as a vocal clinician and private voice teacher. A native of Muskegon, Mich., she studied opera and music performance at the University of Michigan and is currently a student of Seth Riggs.

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