Ghada Rihani

Ghada Rihani

For more than 10 years, Ghada has been entertaining listeners in the metro DC area with her warm voice and unique song selections. Ghada has performed with renowned area musicians like Harry Appelman, Wayne Wilentz, David Jernigan and Eric Harper, to name a few, and has appeared along with many local vocalists at Mr. Henry’s, Blues Alley, Bethesda Blues and Jazz, The Epicure Café, Twins Jazz and other clubs in the Washington, DC area. Ghada participated as a vocalist at the MidAtlantic Jazz Festival in 2018 and again in 2019. Ghada joined the Jazz Vocal Workshop with Chris Grasso in 2010 and has since participated in numerous jazz workshops. She sang with the Capital City Voice under the direction of Wayne Wilentz, lending her warm low vocal register to the tenor section of the choir. She continues to study jazz singing with
Alison Crockett, Lena Seikaly, Wayne Wilentz and David Jernigan. Ghada speaks and sings in Spanish and French, and has added Brazilian songs for variety to her repertoire of jazz standards. Originally from Lebanon, Ghada has lived in the DC area for 30 years. She is a full time Arabic linguist and is currently working as a medical interpreter at Childrens National
Hospital. In this March show at Mr. Henry’s, Ghada will take listeners through a tour of the music that has influenced her style and the artists who have been central to her appreciation of music, bringing you selections of music from far corners of the globe.