Rabun singer | songwriter | actor | speaker | EXECUTIVE AND LEADERSHIP COACH | lawyer 

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With international accolades from her recording projects, YOLANDA, "So Real," "Christmastime," and "Hold on to Your Dreams," Yolanda Rabun has performed at several major festivals, opened for Ron Isley and the Isley Brothers, KEM, and Sheila E, blazed D.C.'s historic Blues Alley Jazz Club, Atlanta's Velvet Note, and California's Catalina Bar & Grill, and toured Japan, South Korea, Portugal, Spain, Jordan, and Turkey.  No matter which song Yolanda sings, her renditions are superb, full of passion, packed with emotion, and sung with a velvety tone from the depths of her soul. 

Yolanda Rabun is also an award-winning Corporate attorney and Executive, a professional actor, and a smart speaker who captivates with her every single word and gesture. She makes you smile and think. Yolanda is one to experience!
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 FEATURED 2024 EVENT 

SEPT 6 - 8

No Fear and Blues Long Gone: Nina Simone 
Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts (FKA Duke Energy)
Tickets available here
Raleigh, North Carolina

 

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    Yolanda with North Carolina Symphony (2021)
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    Yolanda Performs Jazz Greats with Will Downing and Lalah Hathaway, Koka Booth Amphitheatre (2022)
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    Yolanda with North Carolina Symphony (2021)
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    Yolanda Performs Jazz Greats with Will Downing and Lalah Hathaway, Koka Booth Amphitheatre (2022)
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    Yolanda with North Carolina Symphony (2021)
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    Yolanda Plays Amiens in Shakespeare's As You Like it, Playmakers Repertory Film debut (2022)
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    Yolanda Serves a Celebrity Judge for Triangle Rising Stars at Durham Performing Arts Center (2022)
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    Yolanda Performs Jazz Greats with Will Downing and Lalah Hathaway, Koka Booth Amphitheatre (2022)
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    Yolanda Performs Jazz Greats with Will Downing and Lalah Hathaway, Koka Booth Amphitheatre (2022)
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    Yolanda with cast of No Fear and Blues Long Gone: Nina Simone (2022)
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    Yolanda serves as United Arts Council's Board Member Spokesperson for Big Night In (2022)
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    Yolanda Serves a Celebrity Judge for Triangle Rising Stars at Durham Performing Arts Center (2022)
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    Yolanda with North Carolina Symphony (2021)
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BOOK YOLANDA


Yolanda Rabun's accompaniment ranges from a jazz trio to a full band configuration with a repertoire that includes, the American Songbook, traditional and contemporary (smooth) jazz; contemporary standards, blues and originals.  Yolanda also works with symphonies and orchestras for special flyouts including with her Gladys Knight, Nina Simone or Nancy Wilson tributes.  Through Yodyful Musical Productions, you can book Yolanda in the one-woman play with music, No Fear and Blues Long Gone: Nina Simone.


A practicing corporate attorney and talented music educator, Yolanda loves working with youth and the arts and offers master classes, keynote addressess and lively interactive business workshops.  


To book Yolanda for festivals, summer events, holiday concerts or speaking engagements, please contact the Booking Team here.


Other Information available upon request.

PROFESSIONAL THEATRE


In several noted plays, Yolanda Rabun has accolades of Best Lead Actress (Archy and Mehitabel, Member of the Wedding) and Best Ensemble (Twelfth Night, Crowns, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change) to her credit. Recent crowd-pleasing theatre appearances include Beehive, the 60s Musical, Newsies, Smokey Joe's Cafe, Mary Poppins,  Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, The Drowsy Chaperone with Broadway's Beth Leavel and American Idol’s Clay Aiken, Chanesti Webb's I Love My Hair and Howard Craft's No Fear and Blues Long Gone: Nina Simone, as Nina Simone.



Yolanda is a proud member of  AEA: Actor’s Equity Association.


Check out Yolanda Rabun in the News, Studio Album and Live Performance Music Reviews, Articles, Radio Features, Television Appearances and more.



  •  Yolanda Album Receives High Marks in Jazztimes and JazzCorner.com Reviews