GINA ROSE

An artist destined for success, Ms. GINA ROSE is one of the fastest growing entertainment entities in the Washington Metropolitan area. GINA ROSE has hit the ground running creating her own buzz and has become a DC and indie favorite. She charms audiences with a distinctive, soulful voice (1st Alto-1st Soprano) that clearly has gospel influences and a performance that ranges from classic to up tempo R&B, Hip-Hop/Soul with the subtle inclusion of a little neo-soul. Her most recent accolades include: performing on the National Television show ‘Showtime At The Apollo’, winning two DMV Entertainment & Music Awards for 'Best Female R&B Artist' (2006 & 2007), opening for national recording artists Avant and Marsha Ambrosius (formerly of Floetry) at the End of the Summer Soul Concert, inking two international music-licensing deals under her publishing company DAS1 Music Publishing (BMI), was a finalist on WKYS-FM’s Budweiser Talent Search, Black Planet Music's Heineken Members Choice, Fox 5's 'Mic at the Mall', and received an honorary mention from Billboard for her songwriting abilities on her song "Neva Shoulda", produced by her longtime producer Plaboy-Chi, whose credits include: MTV, VH1, BET, Ol’ Dirty Bastards ‘Brooklyn Zu’, and more.

Singing since the age of three, GINA ROSE continuously showed her love of music by learning to play the violin and viola, performing in school plays, and becoming the musical director her senior year in high school for the Black History Program. She was a member of the Union Temple Youth Choir, which gave her the opportunity to perform at historic events such as The Million Family March and to sing background for national recording artists LL Cool J, Boyz II Men, Reba McIntire, Barry Manilow, Yolanda Adams, Kirk Franklin, and Edwin Hawkins. She also worked as a youth performer with the Friends of Carter Barron Foundation of the Performing Arts doing musicals at the Carter Barron Amphitheatre, one of which starring the legendary Jennifer Holliday. While a member of Morgan State University's choir, she traveled to New York where she sang background vocals in the popular opera, ‘Porgy & Bess’.

As a solo artist and being no stranger to the stage, GINA ROSE has performed in numerous events around the metropolitan area including: The National Council of Negro Women’s National Black Family Reunion, The Marvin Gaye Festival, Adams Morgan Day, and Unifest, which brings over 400,000 people. She has graced the stage at hot spots in the metro area such as The Washington and Baltimore Convention Centers, Zanzibar, and Duke City just to name a few. She has opened for numerous of networking parties, talent competitions, galas, launch parties, fashion shows, and was a featured performer at Twyman Creative’s HIV/AIDS’s charities benefit at Montgomery College and ‘Girl Talk’, an event at Ballou Senior High School in Southeast Washington to teach young females empowerment. She has featured in New Jersey at the prestigious Key Club, and ‘Soul Fest’ at Passaic County Community College, and venues in New York such as the Chocolate Monkey and Remote Lounge. She has been a featured artist in a number of printed and online publications, and her song, which is the title track of her EP, “Never Felt This Way”, is featured in the independent film ‘AFFECTED: THE AIDS PROJECT' for BGM Inc., ‘Films Of Zion’, in Los Angeles California. In 2006 she engaged on an independent artists tour, ‘The Psi-Phi Tour’, which brought her performance to Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina.

Having her songs playing in the US and in the UK, being called on by the hottest artists to bless their tracks, traveling, building her catalog of female & male songs ranging from R&B, Pop, to Alternative/Rock, perusing her Bachelors of Music Vocal degree, and promoting herself along the way, shows that this young lady is steadily making moves. There is no doubt GINA ROSE is an artist definitely worthy of the attention and adoration she’s receiving. While acknowledging that her talent is God-given, her influences are the ‘Divas of R&B Soul’: Chaka Khan, Whitney Houston, Patti Labelle and Teena Marie. Her inspiration to write such heartfelt songs comes from her own personal opinions, experiences, or those of others. She is dedicated to her music and confident she will break barriers. GINA ROSE takes from the best and gives her fans nothing less.

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