With an international reputation in several facets of the music industry, Rosana Eckert wears many hats as a versatile live and studio vocalist, dynamic improviser, creative songwriter and arranger, and masterful educator of jazz and voice. She has performed and recorded with many jazz luminaries, including Christian McBride, Bobby McFerrin, George Duke, Bill Mays, Jon Faddis, Marvin Stamm, and vocal quartet New York Voices with which she toured as a sub on both soprano and alto. Recently she was one of the three vocalists on "Eberhard," the Grammy Award-winning masterpiece by legendary jazz pianist Lyle Mays, and she was a vocal producer on the 2023 Grammy-nominated recording of “How Deep Is Your Love” by vocal group Kings Return.Performing regularly with her own bands and projects, Rosana's 2019 solo album Sailing Homewas produced by renowned singer/pianist/writer Peter Eldridge and released to rave reviews. In 2021, her Brazilian jazz fusion band, Brasuka, released their highly acclaimed debut album of original songs titled A Vida Com Paixão. Lauded as “addictively joyful” (Exclusive Magazine) and "positively infectious" (The Big Takeaway), the album received 4 stars in Downbeat Magazine and All AboutJazz.comand made it on several "Best of 2021" music lists.  A masterful educator, Rosana was the first woman and first vocalist to join the esteemed jazz faculty at the University of North Texas in 1999, helping build their vocal jazz program into one of the best in the world.Her many published vocal ensemble arrangements, for all levels of singer, have been performed worldwide, and she is one of the most in-demand vocalists, arrangers, clinicians, and guest conductors in her field. Her book, Singing with Expression has been praised as an unparalleled resource for contemporary singers, and she was a contributing author for The Voice Teacher’s Cookbook, which features “recipes” from 50 renowned voice teachers from around the country. From co-writing a jazz musical for kids with author/educator Sharon Burch to co-creating the Vocal Jazz Improv Boot Camps with New York Voices co-founder Darmon Meader to developing the Expressive Singing video class for Michele Weir'sMusicHabit.com, Rosana regularly creates resources for all ages and levels of singer. Additionally, she has been a visiting teacher and lecturer for many institutions and programs, including the Centro Cientifico da Voz in São Paulo, Brazil, the Golden Jazz Music Camp in Zhuhai, China, The Speech Level Singing Summer Program in Hollywood, CA, and the online Jazz Harmony Retreat. In addition to her extensive performing, writing, arranging, and teaching, Rosana works regularly as a studio vocalist, producer, and voice-over actor. She is the in-house announcer for the award-winning PBS TV station in Dallas, KERA, and she has sung on hundreds of commercials, album projects, publishing demos, and radio IDs heard around the world.