Fanfare plays a variety of styles of music with a great deal of, well…FANFARE! Fanfare features the lead vocalist Kittie Moller whose vocals will capture and enthrall you. The music they play will take you all over the sound spectrum with music that includes Motown, R&B, Classic Rock, Disco, Pop, Country, Standards & Jazz, Big Band and music of today.
Fanfare has appeared all over St. Louis and the country at many of the top clubs, hotels, conventions, fairs, festivals and concerts. Some of their past engagements include playing at the Sheldon Concert Hall, The Finke Theatre in California MO, The Royal Theatre in Versailles, MO. A USO tour to Africa, conventions for General Motors in Austin TX, Las Vegas, San Diego, and West Palm Beach, FL. Concerts at the Missouri Botanical Gardens, Missouri History Museum, Fair St. Louis, St. Louis Art Fair in Clayton, MO to name a few. They have opened for named acts, appeared on St. Louis’ own KMOX and KTRS radio, appeared on KSDK News, KMOV News and Fox 2 News television shows. They were featured on the PBS show “Living St. Louis”. They have been featured in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Arts and Entertainment section.
Through out their career Fanfare has been rated one of the top musical groups and Kittie one of the top female vocalist in the St. Louis area. Kittie has had two number 1 Independent Chart hits. She was also nominated by the Academy of Independent Recording artist, for New Female Vocalist of the Year in 1997.
Kittie Moller and Vincent Golomski have been working together in Fanfare for over forty seven years.
Vincent Golomski on Keyboards
In 2023 Kittie and Fanfare will be featured on the main stages at fairs, festivals, conventions, special events, wineries, receptions, and children’s educational concerts.
Thier many CD’s will get you dancing through the decades…
“45 Years of Fanfare” features R&B, Blues & Motown. This is a “back to our roots album”.
Mike Szwedo on drums was born and raised in East St. Louis, IL. Mike is a percussionist with drums, vibraphone, and piano being his primary instruments. He has a Music Education degree and a Master’s degree in Jazz Performance from SIUE. He has over 60 years in the business as a performer and teacher. Over the years Mike has played everything from country to jazz and has worked in numerous bands in the St. Louis area. Musically, he prefers funk, blues, jazz, and rock n’ roll but he mostly enjoys good crowd reaction to whatever music he’s playing.
DAVE BLACK IS ONE OF ST. LOUIS’ MOST VERSATILE AND SOUGHT AFTER GUITARISTS. HE HAS PERFORMED WITH AND RECORDED WITH ARTISTS/GROUPS SUCH AS JAVIER MENDOZA(LATIN), JOE MANCUSO(JAZZ VOCALIST), BACH TO THE FUTURE(PROG ROCK/FUSION), SESSIONS BIG BAND, AMANDA RAYE(COUNTRY) AND FARSHID ETNIKO(LATIN/GYPSY JAZZ). DAVE IS ALSO AN ACCOMPLISHED SOLO GUITARIST. ALONG WITH PERFORMING WITH VARIOUS ARTISTS, DOING SOLO DATES AND TEACHING AT WEBSTER UNIVERSITY, HE WILL BE PERFORMING WITH FANFARE.
David True is now part of Fanfare and will be playing half of our dates going forward. David is a very soulful and seasoned drummer in many styles of music. We are very happy and fortunate to have him with us.
