member profiles

Guided by the hand of singer/songwriter/educator Dr. Kate Moran, aka the Rainbow Lady, the award winning Rainbow Rock Band has been praised for its positive, joyful, high-energy music, which engages young listeners and gets them moving to an irresistible beat while also enhancing their learning and social development.

Kate Victor is a singer and multi-instrumentalist based in New York City. She studied vocal jazz at William Paterson University under the direction of Mulgrew Miller and performs with various ensembles, most notably as a lead vocalist in the Boardwalk Jazz Band led by guitarist PJ Rasmussen. In 2016, She performed in a nationally syndicated performance of "An American Christmas" with the Boardwalk Jazz band, which airs annually. Besides jazz, Kate is influenced by a range of styles including R&B, pop, and indie music, and plays several instruments with Brooklyn-based bands Grand Kid, Newcomers Club, and solo artist Emily Jeanne Brown.

Katherine Dines is a children's songwriter, recording and teaching artist. Since 1993, her concerts have captivated family audiences, throughout the globe and her Hunk-Ta-Bunk-Ta®MUSIC cds (currently 12 in series) have garnered over 41 national awards-- including a Grammy® nomination and a Platinum record. She resides in Denver, writes songs for various clients, and is expanding her brand into books, toys and digital mediums.

Katherine Jamieson is a graduate of the University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program where she was an Iowa Arts Fellow. These days she's both a freelance writer based in Western Massachusetts and a member with Ben Gundersheimer of the Latin Grammy® award-winning Children's music band, Mister G Songs. Katherine's writing work has also been anthologized in Lonely Planet’s Rite of Passage and Fearless Confessions: A Writer’s Guide to Memoir. She's won fellowships and awards from the Kunstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Lantern Books, and The Atlantic Monthly.

Kathleen Kruse is a classically trained guitarist, vocalist and composer of over 300 songs in many genres including Folk/Blues, Jazz/Pop, R & B, Soul and Latin. She has produced two albums, which are available on Apple Music and Amazon Music. Kathleen is a dedicated music teacher by day, and a performer on weekends. She enjoys teaching all styles of guitar, including Classical/Fingerstyle, in which she holds a performance degree from the Music Conservatory of Westchester, New York.