PRESS
Awards & Recognition
2026 Winner of the International Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition
2025 Sidewalk Swing was created by Ava to “bring jazz directly to the people” of Manhattan
2024 Cleveland Music Awards voted Best Female Vocalist
2023 Monterey Jazz Festival Vocalist for the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra
12x Student Music Award Winner | 2018-2024
6x Vocal Jazz | 6x Blues/Pop/Rock
2023 YoungArts Finalist and Silver Award Winner for Voice/Jazz
Articles & Interviews
WBGO | Performance | Interview
The Juilliard School Jelly Roll Morton ensemble performs and Ava is interviewed
The Beacon | Article
William Patterson University article on Sidewalk Swing by Shyla Murray
Music’s Rising Stars | Interview
A podcast interviewing singers, songwriters and musicians
PBS “Applause” | Interview
Ideastream’s local Applause show and Songs at the Center for national PBS stations
Photos
Photography by Joseph Calhoun