Halie Loren (born October 23, 1984) is an American jazz singer and songwriter from Alaska. 　　Loren was born in the small town of Sitka, Alaska, where she made her performing debut at the age of 10 at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp. At 13 she moved with her family to Oregon. She grew up listening to her mother's record collection and developing a fondness for Etta James, Patsy Cline, Sarah McLachlan, Joni Mitchell, and the Great American Songbook. After high school, she moved to Nashville for a year to learn songwriting. Returning home, she went to college and studied art and graphic design. She released her first album, First Circle, in 2006. 　　Two years later she joined the Sugar Beets, a local band in Eugene. 　　In 2012 Loren performed with the Corvallis-OSU Symphony Orchestra and her touring band (Matt Treder, Mark Schneider, Brian West, and William Seiji Marsh).