Zita Foster's Biography

Zita Foster is a talented and versatile singer whose repertoire ranges from jazz/pop standards and show tunes to opera arias and Hungarian folk songs. For the past year, Zita has focused on her jazz singing and has studied jazz vocal styling and technique with John Valerio, noted jazz pianist, composer, and author. She has widened her repertoire dramatically and now covers much of the great jazz/pop standard repertoire. She is currently performing with John Valerio in Charlotte, North Carolina and Greenville, South Carolina.
Zita sings from the heart and infuses each song with a subtle dramatic reading. Her voice is pure, yet expressive, and her interpretations are unique and colorful. Audiences are easily mesmerized by her graceful, unpretentious stage presence.
Zita came to America from Hungary in 2002. She has been singing ever since her father placed a microphone in her hand. Her mother taught her opera arias and she grew up listening to an eclectic mix of American pop, opera, operettas, and Hungarian pop and folk songs.
When she was thirteen years old, she won her hometown’s Folk Song Competition. She majored in Theatre and sang in alternative rock bands in High School. After High School, she performed leading roles in musicals. During and after college she sang at various resort hotels and restaurants. There she sang the variety of song styles that she loves to enthusiastic audiences.
Zita received degrees in Music and Psychology from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. She is currently collaborating on an album of contemporary arrangements of Hungarian folk songs for publication and a CD recording. She is planning to release her first jazz CD album with ViVadagio Records in 2008