Young Professionals Evening at the Embassy of Israel

Nefrit El-Or; guitar
November 15, 2006

Born in Israel, 25-year-old singer/songwriter Nefrit El-Or has been involved in the DC music scene since she came to the U.S. five years ago.
Growing up in a Kibbutz - where every day life was centered on the arts, nature, and music - helped shape her unique style. As a child, she took lessons on wind instruments, particularly the recorder, played the piano, and also frequently sang and acted in school productions. Influenced by her brother's musical talents, at the age of 11 she started playing the acoustic guitar, composing, writing, and singing her own original songs. In high school she was an art major and also took an interest in writing.
Nefrit has written many short stories and is currently working on a novel.
After 3 years of performing as a solo artist in clubs around the DC area, Nefrit has recently teamed with drummer David Tyndale, and bassit Matt Eiland. This exciting trio adds another dimension into her live shows and music. It was a year and a half ago when the band formed, and since then the experience has been nothing short of spectacular with the band continuing to develop and evolve their music.
Nefrit was highlighted at the Artomatic 2000+2002 Art Festival , and performed at the Lincoln Theatre during the Washington Jewish Film Festival . Along with her band she also performed in places such as The 9:30 club, Iota Club and Caf?, The state Theatre, The Vault, The Velvet Lounge, Jammin' Java on WRNR Radio station - The Homegrown program, CecilFest 2002 and 2003, SoundQuilt Music fest, The Dewey Beach Millennium Conference 2002+ 2003 . The band has also played in Nashville at the New Music conference, in NY at The Cutting Room, and at various colleges. Currently they are planning to tour along the east coast in order to expend their fan base, and spread the word out about their music.
The song " Collider " was recently an Editor's Pick at the Washington Post MP3 website .
Nefrit's debut album was released at Iota club on January 29th of 2003, in an almost sold out show. It is currently being distributed to some retail stores.
Music by Nefrit can be heard on her website at: www.nefritel-or.com