Jane Monheit performs original songs with special guest Peter Eldridge, a Berklee faculty member. The two will sing jazz standards and originals, accompanied by piano, bass drums, and guitar. Monheit has been a leading voice in both the jazz and cabaret worlds since emerging as a finalist in the Thelonious Monk Institute’s 1998 vocal competition.

In addition to her own recordings, she has worked alongside Terence Blanchard, Tom Harrell, and Ivan Lins. She says that the distinctive, continually surprising sound of her 2013 album The Heart of the Matteris the result of an especially satisfying collaboration with Grammy-winning producer Gil Goldstein, who has worked with such giants as Wayne Shorter, Gil Evans, and Pat Metheny. The pair first joined forces for part of Monheit’s 2009 album The Lovers, the Dreamers, and Me.