V. Shayne Frederick

Frederick’s official biography identifies him as a vocalist, pianist, recording artist, composer, and educator whose performance work spans clubs, festivals, museums, and broadcast appearances. It also documents Philadelphia curatorial residencies and production work for film and commercial media.[1]

The biography traces Frederick’s musical start from church piano and the Dartmouth College Gospel Choir to Philadelphia recording projects and work with Yolanda Wisher & the Afroeaters and Ruth Naomi Floyd’s Frederick Douglass Jazz Works. Those ensemble roles remain separate from his albums under his own name.[1]

Treasures, released in 2025, is an eleven-song vocal album recorded at Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Soundworks. Frederick’s official music page and artist-run Bandcamp place it alongside The King Suite, Blacklight, Gleaming, Evergreen, and Lovesome.[2][3]