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Winner of the DownBeat Jazz Vocal Soloist Award and nominated for the Boston Music Awards, Monica Hatch received her Bachelors from the Eastman School of Music and her Masters from the New England Conservatory of Music.

Monica has performed in the New England area and is recognized in diverse musical circles for her ability to sing a wide range of musical genres including classical and jazz.

Monica has been highlighted at the Jazz at Sunset Series at the Ecotarium in Worcester, The Pakachoag Music Series in Auburn, The Fresh Strawberry Concert Series in Sudbury and The Great Music Series in Provincetown.

In the Boston Globe Jazz & Blues Festivals of 1998 and 1999, she was the soprano soloist in performances of Duke Ellington's Sacred Concerts with the Kenny Hadley Big Band and again with the WPI Jazz Band and the Master Singers of Worcester in 2001.

In a style reminiscent of the great jazz legends, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, and Nat King Cole, Monica has produced two Compact Discs and performs the music of Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Rogers & Hart and many others.