Kat Reinhert is an experienced performer, educator and writer.  She has taught courses in songwriting, private voice, theory, and popular music ensembles and is a sought after clinician in voice, songwriting and popular music pedagogy and a frequent consultant for burgeoning HPME degree programs.  She is currently an Assistant Professor at Rider University and the previous Director of Contemporary for The Frost School of Music, University of Miami. As an author, she has a chapter on teaching voice in higher education The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Education and an article on songwriting for The Journal of Popular Music Education.

As a performer and songwriter, Kat has released four independent albums as well as sung on multiple projects and recordings.  She has appeared with such noted artists as Enya, Raul Midon, Anat Fort,  Lawry, Dave Cook, and Shayna Steele. Her sophomore album, Spark (2015), contains mostly original compositions, and has been touted as, “a work of great subtly and nuance,” and her newest release Home Movie (2017) features nine arranged standards and covers.  Her fifth self-produced album, Dead Reckoning, is slated for release in February 2021.

Dr. Reinhert holds a BM in Jazz/Commercial Voice from The Manhattan School of Music, an MM in Jazz Performance/Pedagogy from The University of Miami, a PhD in Music Education from the University of Miami, specializing in Higher Popular Music Education and Contemporary Voice.  Kat is the current President of the board for the Association for Popular Music Education.