Introducing Our Artists

  Annie Smith loves to create characters and tell stories through the medium of jazz. She has honed her skills over many years of performing at jazz festivals and doing gigs around town. Her background is in theatre and TV but that was long ago. These days her greatest delight is singing jazz and connecting with her audiences through humour and wry observations about love and life. 

Inspired by the likes of Carmen McRae and Frank Sinatra and the music of  Gershwin, Porter, Jobim and other composers of great enduring and lesser known jazz standards.  Annie’s velvety jazz voice and occasional cheek are sure to entertain and amuse. 

We are thrilled to have Annie as the founding vocalist for Snazz Jazz.

 Heather is a Melbourne based singer and actor who has been working within the entertainment industry for the last decade as both a performer and behind the scenes. Welcomed into Snazz Jazz in 2021 with her sultry vocals, Heather is a highly sought-after singer, playing a variety of other roles in Tribute Bands, from Frieda in ABBA to Ginger Spice in the Spice Girls and the newly formed Groovecentrix 7-piece line-up. 

Heather trained at the Victorian College of the Arts in Musical Theatre as well as completing the Part Time program at Howard Fine Acting Studio and has many years’ experience on both stage and screen. Her list of credits includes A Comedy of Errors – Australian Shakespeare Company, Neighbours, Melbourne Fringe Festival, Prague Fringe Festival, as well as being a featured actor in nationally screening TVCs. Heather is a quadruple threat having written, produced and starred in her second full-length cabaret, Anti Heroine. You can usually catch Heather belting out a tune on a Saturday night at one of Melbourne’s renowned live music venues. In addition to performing, Heather is an accomplished writer, having completed a Masters of Global Communication from Latrobe University and continues to write professionally.