![]() ![]() Approximately six months afterwards, Nalle invited Troccoli to record a demo tape, with his band's backing, and Kathy accepted. Troccoli's alto voice gained prominence when she opened for Ed Nalle's group, GLAD, when the group performed at the Long Island church Troccoli attended in 1980. In the summer of 1978, while working a "day job" to help cover her college expenses, Troccoli formed a friendship with a born again Christian co-worker this led to Troccoli herself becoming a devout Christian. Musical career Īfter graduating from high school, Troccoli studied jazz and opera at the Berklee College of Music in Boston for a year, then returned to Long Island to major in voice at Suffolk County Community College (SCCC) also singing with a SCCC-based jazz band and later singing in Long Island clubs. As of 2020, she continues to sing, speak and minister to the Church worldwide. As of 1998, she was a practicing Roman Catholic, but currently identifies as a non-denominational Christian. Troccoli was raised in a Catholic family, which was not particularly religious. Her father died of colon cancer when she was 15 her mother died of breast cancer in 1991, shortly before the release of her album Pure Attraction and its mainstream chart selection, "Everything Changes". Kathleen Troccoli ( / t r ə ˈ k oʊ l ɪ/ born June 24, 1958) is an American contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, author, and speaker.īorn in Brooklyn, New York, Troccoli was raised in Islip Terrace, Long Island, New York, where she graduated from East Islip High School. ![]()
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