Morgen Stiegler sings with a passion. A passion for sharing emotions and meaning through music. Her singing strives for those moments of communications; whether with the listening audience, the musicians she performs with, or the keen ears of her daughter. Morgen works professionally as the vocalist and pianist and studies jazz-voice with Kim Nazarian of the New York Voices and jazz repertoire with guitarist Chris Buzzelli. She has learned in master classes and workshops with Justin Binek, Sunny Wilkinson, SJ Hasman-Selby, and Jennifer Barnes.

She is one half of the duo Dissonant Grace and serves as the groups vocalist, pianist, and principal songwriter. Her compositions have been covered by a various ensembles and appear on a number of recordings. Currently a graduate student in Bowling Green University’s Ethnomusicology program, researching in particular the Native American influence on Jazz; she also serves as the graduate assistant to the Jazz Performance Studies Program.  She appears regularly with guitarists Chris Buzzelli and Douglas J. Neel.

She has directed, and arranged for vocal jazz & a cappella ensembles.  As member of the award-winning vocal ensembles, Morgen has performed with the New York Voices, m-pact, Naturally 7, Robert Lockwood Jr, Sean Altman (formerly of Rockapella), Howie Day and worked with Duane Davis, Diana Spradling, and Frank Mantooth. As a soloist Morgen has had the opportunity to share the stage with such accomplished performers as Kim Nazarian (New York Voices), Jay Ashby (Paul Simon, Astrud Gilberto), Kevin DiSimone (Bob James, Barry Manilow) Marcello Pellittieri (Joe Henderson, Gypsy Kings), Klaus Mueller (Kenny Garrett, Joan Osbourne), Kip Reed (Donna Summers, Tania Maria), Ray Porello (Sammy Davis Jr.), David Bixler, Jeff Halsey, Olman Piedra and George Michael.  Visit her on myspace at www.myspace.com/MorgenStiegler.