Ava Preston

Ava Preston is a jazz vocalist and indie singer/songwriter based in Cleveland and New York. When performing her wide array of jazz and blues standards, audience members often describe her as an “Old Soul.” Ava was voted Best Female Vocalist at the 2024 Cleveland Music Awards. She is a 2023 YoungArts Finalist and Silver Award Winner for Jazz/Voice and also a 12x Downbeat Student Music Award Winner: 6x for Vocal Jazz Soloist 2018-2023 and 6x for Blues/Pop/Rock Soloist 2018, 2020-2024.

An active singer in Northeast Ohio, she began her career singing at a jazz club when she was 10-years old. A few years later she was featured at a number of local venues including The Bop Stop, BluJazz+, Nighttown, Beachland Ballroom, Brothers Lounge, The Standard, Tri-C JazzFest, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to name a few. She has also performed with the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, Dominick Farinacci, Swingbone, Moises Borges, The Joey Skoch Trio, and was the lead singer for two 17-piece big bands: Swing Time Big Band and Swing Era Big Band..