Zoetic

We are a duo who plays popular songs from the past six decades in a jazz pop style: everything from Ariana Grande to Billy Joel, from Frank Sinatra to Coldplay! We are perfect for background music for your next party, dinner, or corporate event! We also play weddings. You can either book both of us (singer and pianist/guitarist) or just Kierstyn (piano/guitar only). The price is the same for both. We accept up to two song requests as long as you give us at least two weeks to learn them.

Zoetic is a jazz pop duo comprised of singer Emma Voron and pianist/guitarist Kierstyn St. John with more than 17,000 combined followers on social platforms. They have played hundreds of local and out-of-state gigs and their original music has been streamed on Spotify over 300,000 times. They perform popular songs from the past six decades in a unique jazz pop acoustic style-- perfect background music for your next party or event.

Emma Voron is a jazz and gospel trained vocalist with over twelve years of singing experience. She started as a featured vocalist in the performing arts group Stello before performing for four years with the CGCC Vocal Jazz Ensemble, CGCC Concert Choir, and the ASU Gospel Choir. She has also played leading roles in multiple music theatre productions and has sung at ASU Gammage, Tempe Center for the Arts, and even Carnegie Hall. She has a massive three octave range, stunning vibrato, and a gorgeous, versatile voice that can work in jazz, pop, music theatre, country, and classical.

Kierstyn St. John is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who possesses a repertoire of over 1,000 memorized songs in every genre from classical to jazz to pop. She has played piano since three years old and guitar since eleven, and has studied everything from Rachmaninoff to Bill Evans to Billy Joel. Kierstyn started gigging professionally at the age of sixteen and has since played more than 600 gigs including weddings, memorials, official ASU events, private parties, hotels, restaurants, large festivals, and church fairs. She graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor's in Music Composition from Arizona State University in 2017. In 2022, her original song "Worth It" made it to the semi-finals in the world's largest songwriting competition, ISC. In 2014, she won the statewide Four Seasons Women's Composers Competition with her string quintet "The Monarch". In 2016, her score for the Brelby Theatre premiere “Poseidon's Regret” received a nomination for an ariZoni Award. She has worked previously as a pianist in residence for Northminster Presbyterian Church, the keyboardist in the dance band Uncorked, a music teacher for Sunshine Acres Children's home, and a pianist in the ASU Latin Jazz Combo.

-Pricing:
$250 for one hour (private events/house parties only)
$500 for two hours
$700 for three hours
$850 for four hours
$1,000 for five hours

We do not charge for set up, tear down, or drive time unless the gig is more than 30 miles away. In that case, we will charge an extra travel fee of 20 dollars for every ten extra miles.

-You do not have to hire us both if you don't need a singer, however, the price is the same per hour whether you hire both of us or only Kierstyn. Kierstyn plays both piano and guitar, and can either do a piano-only setlist up to four hours, a mixed piano/guitar setlist up to four hours, or a guitar-only setlist up to two hours. Kierstyn does not do guitar-only sets for longer than two hours.

-We will take a non-refundable deposit of half the money upon booking. The balance can be paid after the gig. If the event is cancelled, we will keep the deposit but not charge the remaining amount. Please have in mind the amount of time you'd like to book us for when we first put you on the calendar. If you change it later, we will charge you for whichever amount of time is the longest. (So, if you change from two hours to one hour after booking, we will keep the deposit and charge for two hours. If you change from two hours to three hours, we will charge for three hours.) These guidelines are in place to guard against rapid fluctuations in our income. We accept check, cash, Venmo, or Zelle. We do not accept credit/debit cards, PayPal, or Cash App.

-With one hour long gigs, we don't take a break. With two hour gigs, we will take one fifteen minute break at the fifty-five minute mark. Three hour gigs, we will take two fifteen minute breaks at fifty-five minutes and one hour and fifty-five minutes. Four hour gigs, we will take three fifteen minute breaks following that same pattern. These breaks do come out of the time booked.

-The only piece of "equipment" we technically need is a power outlet near our set up location. If the outlet is not near the set up location, please provide an extension cord. If you have a piano already at the location, we can use that instead of bringing our own, but we would prefer to use our own sound system.

-We can take up to two song requests from you as long as the requests are given to us more than two weeks in advance of the event. We have the right to refuse any song requested, and we do not perform explicit songs. We are not obligated to take song requests at the event, but we often will if we know the songs.