Anika ParisANIKA PARIS was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, and has been playing piano, writing songs, and singing and performing since the age of seven. She blames her muse on the nurturing environment she had growing up with a symphonic conductor father and a pet mother. I am literally a hybrid of the two, but my brother and sister told me I was the milkman's kid! As a singer/songwriter, Anika is the recipient of ASCAP's Abe Oleman Scholarship (Songwriters Hall of Fame). Her songs are published with Universal Polygram and Warner Chappell, and featured in major motion pictures and on soundtracks. She has released three solo CDs, is the only female composer for WB Telepictures with songs on such popular shows as Ellen DeGeneres, TMZ, Oprah, American Idol, Sex in the City and many more. She has been a musical guest on Late Night's Craig Kilborn, Latin Explosion (Christina Aguilera & Ricky Martin), toured the U.S., performed for the Royal Princess of Thailand, and had the great honor of sharing the stage with legendary Stevie Wonder, John Legend and John Mayer in a benefit concert. Anika has recently composed the score for the Off-Broadway production, The Judas Tree, and with writing partner Dean Landon, the Taíno musical drama, Temple of the Souls, which premiered in NYC in 2012. She has taught performance and songwriting at Musicians Institute in Los Angeles the past ten years and her book, Making Your Mark in Music: Stage Performance Secrets, is forthcoming from Hal Leonard. As a poet her work has appeared in The Kansas City Star, Chance of a Ghost (Helicon Nine Editions), Poetic Voices Without Borders II (Gival Press), Soft Blow Poetry, Spillway, The Mom Egg (Half Shell Press), and others Read More Read Less