Description
With wide-ranging influences such as Bjork, Dianne Reeves, Carmen McRae, Joni Mitchell, and Walter Hawkins, vocalist Valerie Troutt is a tremendously creative artist for whom art and activism are intertwined.
Bay Area born and bred, her spiritual and social justice driven performances mirror her lifelong hunger for social connection and cultural narratives. Since returning to the Bay Area after her studies at New York’s New School and subsequent touring, Troutt has partnered with East Bay Performance Art Center, the Museum of African Diaspora, San Francisco Queer Cultural Center, the Embodiment Project, Zoolabs, Yerba Buena SF, and Oakland School for the Arts, where Troutt is currently a teaching artist in residence.
