2023 Patient Honoree

Zoë  Brecher

Multi-instrumentalist 

Zoë is a native New Yorker and multi-instrumentalist, best known for her drumming. She attended Skidmore College where she graduated Cum Laude with honor as a music major, before returning back to NY where she currently resides. Over her professional career, she has toured extensively in the US and overseas. In the last few years, she has played on the Ellen Degeneres Show, Late Night with Seth Meyers where she was the featured guest drummer for a week. She has also played the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, the Late Show Stephen Colbert, Full Frontal with Samatha Bee and CBS Sunday Morning. In her downtime, Zoë writes and records her own music under the name HUSHPUPPY. Her current album, Singles Club is available on all streaming platforms and in stores nationally and internationally. Zoë is the featured drummer in Bruce Springsteen’s soul project entitled the Nightshift band. Music is an integral part of her life and Zoë feels grateful to have relied on music as an essential aspect of her life.