Baraka May

Baraka is a singer, songwriter, & pianist in Los Angeles. Classically trained at the renowned Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California, Baraka specializes in vocal versatility. With an extensive background in both live performance and studio recording, Baraka regularly sings a variety of genres, including Jazz, Pop, Classical, R&B;, Folk, and Musical Theatre. During her studies at USC, where she holds both Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Vocal Music, Baraka was in USC's International Award-winning a cappella group, Reverse Osmosis, for three years.

Baraka is a singer, songwriter, & pianist in Los Angeles. Classically trained at the renowned Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California, Baraka specializes in vocal versatility. With an extensive background in both live performance and studio recording, Baraka regularly sings a variety of genres, including Jazz, Pop, Classical, R&B;, Folk, and Musical Theatre. During her studies at USC, where she holds both Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Vocal Music, Baraka was in USC's International Award-winning a cappella group, Reverse Osmosis, for three years. Recording two albums with the group and performing in numerous venues, including Lincoln Center in New York City, Baraka made distinctions as a soloist, vocal percussionist, and vocal arranger, winning several competitive awards in each category. Baraka has performed live on K-EARTH 101, sung the National Anthem for the Anaheim Angels, sung for U.S.

Congressman and 2008 Presidential Candidate, Ron Paul, and more. She is also the singing voice of "The Princess" at the Medieval Times Dinner Theater. Her next adventure will be performing as a featured soloist at The Kennedy Center for the ASCAP Songwriter's Showcase! Check out more songs at www.myspace.com/barakamay. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL..