Kathryn Taubert

Kathryn's new book, Better To Have Loved, A True Story of Love, Loss, and Renewal is now available in print and eBook for purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, iTunes (for iPad), Sony eReader and more.Twelve years in completion, Kathryn's book is a love story, an illustration of what caregivers of the desperately ill endure, and a testimonial to the power of determination in surviving bereavement. For anyone who ever asked themselves why and how to go on, this book is for you.

Hi Note Multi-Media's new 2 CD set featuring Kathryn's music is now available in Taiwan and China. From Hi-Note's promo: http://www.hinote.com/eng/product.aspx?sn=8959

"The thick aroma of coffee in the crisp morning air, an alluring concoction of Bossa Nova, Latin jazz, chanson and waltz sharing the sorrows and joys of life. Jazz Café 4 gathers the likes of Carol Welsman, Kathryn Taubert, Laura Pursell and Lisa Maxwell in a collection that includes Grammy Award winner Henry Mancini's classic Slow Hot…

Florida jazz vocalist Kathryn Taubert recently signed with High Note Multi-Media Corporation of Taiwan and China to distribute two of her songs on their upcoming release of jazz standards, “Jazz Café 4” to be sold throughout China and Taiwan.

Fans will remember Taubert’s internationally acclaimed CD released in 2007, “Where I Can I Go Without You,” when after a hiatus of almost 30 years, she was convinced by Naples own “Mr. Music,” the late Claude Rhea, to resume performing.

 “I left music years ago for a…

"A beautiful, very real, and inspiring book. YEVU will open your mind and heart, and help you look at life from a new perspective. A must-read for anyone who has ever dreamed of volunteering abroad. This book will help you prepare both practically and emotionally for the adventure that lies ahead of you. Thank you, YEVU, for a wonderful tribute to the work of Global Volunteer Network's volunteers and projects around the world. Colin Salisbury, Founder and President, Global Volunteer Network, Lower Hutt…

Review of Kathryn's book, Yevu (White Woman): My Five Weeks With The Ewe Tribe of Ghana, West Africa, by Jay Schlichter, Collier Citizen Editor of the Naples Daily News:

"Expect tears. Expect smiles. In essence, expect to be overwhelmed with pleasant emotions as you take your first steps into another world altogether as Kathryn Taubert, your willing and enthusiastic tour guide, transports you to a magical place like no other. While on your journey with the author, you will experience -- as she did -- what…

"In YEVU (White Woman): My Five Weeks With The Ewe Tribe of Ghana, West Africa, Kathryn Taubert chronicles her experiences and her reflections on her transformational journey to a remote village in Ghana, West Africa. Fulfilling a desire to make a contribution to those less fortunate, she took her considerable management and leadership skills and experience to cobble together with the natives a self-sustaining strategy to provide early education for the village's youth. She eloquently describes these…

Kathryn Taubert is now writing a weekly "blog" for the NAPLES DAILY NEWS, Naples Florida. After featuring a seven-part series of her articles on her trip to Ghana to live with the Ewe Tribe, NEWS editors asked her to stay on as a regular You can find her weekly feature series, "Life in The Slow Lane" at http://blogs.naplesnews.com/lifeslowlane Often tongue-in-cheek, sometimes serious, humorous or a little edgy, her short essays cover a wide variety of topics. Compared by one reader to the Andy…

Starting the week of June 28, The Naples Daily News (www.naplesnews.com) will publish a seven-part feature series on Kathryn's volunteer experiences in a small West African Village in Ghana. Using her "blog" for content, Kathryn's weekly articles from Ghana will be published in both internet and hard copy editions.

"I've been so blessed in so many ways," states Kathryn Taubert, "that I feel a willing obligation to give back," she says of her impending trip to Ghana, West Africa, as part of the International Global Volunteer Network's poverty reduction programs around the world. http://www.volunteer.org.nz/ghana/community/ "I chose Ghana because it will give me the best opportunity to make a significant contribution in the shortest amount of time," she states of her month-long project, scheduled for summer of July…

Thursday, March 26, marked the night that Naples honored it's own Mr. Music, the late Claude Rhea, who passed away suddenly in recent months Fans turned out by the hundreds to celebrate the man and his music at Truluck's Seafood, Steak & Crab House in Naples, Florida. A number of musicians also appeared, two of whom played original compositions dedicated to Claude (Sotiere Kapsalis and Lee Silvan, area pianist-composers). Well-known area R&B musicians "Doc Mambo," Melvin and Gloria (Vergina's…