Karin Plato

Karin Plato (born March 31, 1960 in Alsask ) is a Canadian jazz musician ( vocals , composition ).

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Plato grew up in Alsask, a rural Saskatchewan township of 200 people. In her childhood she learned the piano. She later attended the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, where she studied piano and singing. In 1985 she moved to Vancouver to study jazz singing and arrangement at Capilano College . In 1996 and 1998 she studied at the Banff Center for the Arts with Sheila Jordan and Jay Clayton .

On her debut album Pastiche , she interpreted standards. Plato has performed across Canada and the western United States. Her performance at the Sasktel Jazz Festival in 2000 was broadcast by CBC . Her second album There's Beauty in the Rain (1998) was nominated for a Juno Award in 2000. In the same year she became a member of the vocal group Divas for Life , which performed at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival and released a live album in 2001.

Furthermore, the albums Blue Again (2000), Snowflake Season (2001) and The State of Bliss (2003) were created under his own name ; on The State of Bliss there are also duets with Denzal Sinclaire . After the obscure album Downward Dancing (2008), Out of Town was released in 2010 , which was praised in JazzTimes . In 2018 she released her album This Could Be the One .

Plato has been nominated three times for Canadian Jazz Vocalist of the Year at the National Jazz Awards . She continues to work as a composer, arranger and concert producer (as artistic director of the Joy of Jaz concert series in Vancouver).

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SURNAME	Plato, Karin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian jazz musician (vocals, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH	March 31, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH	Alsask

[1] Karin Plato: Jazz Vocals North by Northwest

[2] Meeting (Vancouver Sun)

[3] Joy of Jazz