Music Performance with Tori R.

Tori Roze and The Hot Mess

Seeking nothing more than to shed light on the human experience, Tori Roze is a key artist in conveying the emotional intent behind a song. If you are seeing her live, hold on tight because you won't be the same after she opens her mouth. "Hearing Tori Roze's sultry voice for the first time is like learning that Santa Claus isn't real: It absolutely breaks your heart. Roze seduces you with her Erykah Badu-esque flair, and just when you think she can't be any smoother, she claws her way into your ears with her rocking roars" (San Diego City Beat). The Hot Mess, comprised of five exceptional jazz-infused "pocket" players that bring the house down (one of which is her mother), leaves you reeling with toe-tapping excitement. "This is Soul for today: tight, sophisticated, and up-to-date...a winner" (San Diego Troubadour). Since the inception of the band in 2008 and the release of their debut album "From the Hip" in December 2010 (recorded by multiple Grammy Award winning engineer, Alan Sanderson), Tori Roze and The Hot Mess have been blazing a trail with local and regional media playing alongside the likes of Nikka Costa, The Bird & The Bee, and Margaret Cho. "We like to put some stank on it, bottom line," Roze says of their fearless genre-bending musical style. Their unique edge being that of heart-driven funky soul-jazz grooves enveloped in the emotionally potent lyrical truth that Roze serves up in spades, Tori Roze and The Hot Mess deliver serious human connection and an original sound that is absolutely unforgettable.

Lemon Grove School District

Substitute Teacher: K-8. Teaching every single subject available to students in a K-8 setting. Ability to improvise and engage a classroom full of students.

Tori Roze

Named “The Voice” of San Diego by NBC San Diego, Tori has been working professionally as a vocalist in many capacities including original music performance (Tori Roze (solo) & Tori Roze and The Hot Mess, BMI), musical theatre performance (Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Diversionary Theatre, Coronado Playhouse, Original Recording for “Plymouth Rock: The Musical”), voiceover for commercials (NuCote), songs for commercials (Singing Serpent Publishing House), vocal appearances on albums for other artists (Jennie Buss, Michael Kristofferson, John Roy, Jeffrey Joe, Rob Deez, Stevie Harris).

Boston Conservatory of Music

University of California, Santa Cruz

University of California, Santa Cruz

Coronado Playhouse

One of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed. In FY 2013, BMI collected more than $944 million in licensing fees and distributed $814 million in royalties.

Limited Proficiency

Native Proficiency

Professional Proficiency