Jennifer Cooper - Lead Vocals
President/CEO of Go-DIVA! Productions, Inc. and professional vocalist, Jennifer Cooper, offers a unique, deeply varied repertoire of entertainment in an effort to blur the boundaries of genres and styles. Before taking the stage as a jazz, blues and pop songstress, Cooper sustained a successful, professional opera career during which she received rave reviews for more than thirty principle roles and various concert appearances throughout Europe, Canada and the U.S., and accumulated coveted top prizes in competitions including the Metropolitan Opera National Council, National Symphony Orchestra Young Artists, and others.
Cooper has performed jazz/cabaret concerts as a featured guest soloist with the renowned Chesapeake Orchestra led by Jeffery Silberschlag; with the Rappahannock Pops Orchestra, directed by her former music teacher and mentor, Kirk Wilke; and with the Chesapeake Choral Arts Society led by Michael Santana.
Cooper and her current ensemble, GrooveSpan, remain in high demand for various venues, music festivals, concert series, and private events. She also serves as a highly respected private voice instructor and vocal technique master class facilitator in the east coast region. As president and CEO of Go-DIVA! Productions, Inc. (a music presenter company), Cooper strives to provide exceptional quality entertainment, featuring the widest variety of eras and styles, while continuing to educate, inspire, and support the next generation of creative artists.
Carl Reichelt - Guitar/Vocals
A twenty-year veteran of the bandstand, Carl excels in genres ranging from rock to jazz, blues to art song, on both electric and acoustic guitar. A prolific composer, arranger and songwriter, Carl is also known for his work with local iconic groups such as Square Noon, Romi, Upstroke, and Round Midnite, a popular regional rock band that attracted a devoted following during its fifteen year run. Reichelt has shared the stage with Cooper as a member of Retroact, and performs regularly with Groovespan, of which he is an original founding member.
Rick Humphreys - Saxophone/Flute
Rick first fell in love with the sax when as a small child he heard the ‘twin sax’ sound used by the Billy Vaughn Orchestra on DOT Records. He started to play as soon as the chance came in his school music program. Through his school days he took every opportunity to play in concert band, marching band, stage band, honor bands, and rock bands.
He earned music degrees from St. Mary’s College of Maryland and The Ithaca School of Music. Primary sax teachers were Dr. William Street and Dr. Steven Mauk. Jazz studies were with Robert Levy and Steve Brown. Band directing and teaching music for public schools and colleges has been a lifetime endeavor. Performing has always been a joy, whether it’s Rock and Roll, Jazz, or Classical. Favorite sax players are Stan Getz and Michael Brecker.
Over the years Rick has worked with many bands and musicians. He played with the backup band led by Bobby Comstock for Doo-Wop reviews, including such acts as The Del-Vikings, The Drifters, The Chiffons, Little Anthony, Lou Christie and Leslie Gore. He has performed with Aretha Franklin, The Fifth Dimension, Stars of the Lawrence Welk Show, and Dave Revels and The Shadows of the Sixties. Some of the local band memberships have been with: The Ed Williams Big Band, The Chesapeake Chamber Orchestra, Rod Tompkins Combo, Lionel Ward’s New World Band, The Fabulous Bel Airs, and The Joe Martone Group.
