{"id":70,"date":"2015-04-02T22:30:45","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T22:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marchetawilliams.com\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2026-04-02T17:02:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:02:57","slug":"about-new","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marchetawilliams.com\/?page_id=70","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-81\" src=\"https:\/\/marchetawilliams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Capture_013-Edit-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marchetawilliams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Capture_013-Edit-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/marchetawilliams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Capture_013-Edit-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/marchetawilliams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Capture_013-Edit-750x1127.jpg 750w, https:\/\/marchetawilliams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Capture_013-Edit.jpg 1278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Marcheta Williams is a definitive symbol of performance excellence. A versatile jazz and R&amp;B vocalist, keyboardist, and songwriter, she is celebrated for a vivacious stage presence that has captivated audiences across the United States and internationally. Whether performing as a solo artist, leading her band\u00a0<b>Nyte Lhyte<\/b>, or fronting a 16-piece Big Band, Dr. Williams brings a rare blend of technical mastery and emotive storytelling to every set.<\/p>\n<p>Her most recent collaboration saw her sharing the stage with Grammy-winning R&amp;B and smooth jazz saxophonist\u00a0<b>Kirk Whalum<\/b>, further cementing her status among the industry\u2019s elite. Offstage, her brilliance is equally matched by her academic pedigree, holding a Bachelor\u2019s from the\u00a0<b>Cincinnati Conservatory<\/b>, two Master\u2019s degrees from\u00a0<b>USC<\/b>, and a Doctorate from\u00a0<b>UC Berkeley<\/b>. Dr. Williams represents the rare intersection of rigorous scholarship and world-class artistry.<\/p>\n<p>Marcheta Williams, Ed.D.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Marcheta Williams is a definitive symbol of performance excellence. A versatile jazz and R&amp;B vocalist, keyboardist, and songwriter, she is celebrated for a vivacious stage presence that has captivated audiences across the United States and internationally. Whether performing as a solo artist, leading her band\u00a0Nyte Lhyte, or fronting a[&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-70","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marchetawilliams.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marchetawilliams.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marchetawilliams.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marchetawilliams.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marchetawilliams.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/marchetawilliams.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":178,"href":"https:\/\/marchetawilliams.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions\/178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marchetawilliams.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}