Leota

Leota has been singing since the age of 7 and songwriting since the age of 9. She sings every style of music. At the age of 17, she was first place finalist (Opera) in the SCVA Solo Competion and was also a semi-finalist (Opera) in the Music Center Spotlight Awards (Dorothy Chandler). While earning her Bachelor of Music in Opera Performance from California State University Northridge, Leota performed the lead role of Yum Yum in The Mikado and was a member of Northridge Singers, the highly acclaimed California State Northridge Choir and winners of the Choir of the World Competition at the Eistedfodd International Choral Festival in Wales, United Kingdom. While she loves and appreciates her opera training every day while teaching, Leota’s full attention turned to her songwriting after college. Be it on piano, guitar, or beats, Leota continues to sculpt her songwriting skills and has performed all around Los Angeles in venues such as The Opium Den, The Space, The Monsoon Café, Platinum Live, The Roxy, Hallenbecks, Ghengis Cohen, Forbidden City and others. This year, Leota's video "All About You" premiered at the Dances With Films Festival in Hollywood, Ca. Video for "All About You" can be seen in Hd at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GR3RE3iWq0. Leota is also a private vocal coach for up and coming child stars! Teaching for over ten years now, she began her teaching career with an internship at Vibe Performing Arts Studio at the age of 14 and started teaching private voice lessons shortly after. Since childhood, she has studied voice under the instruction of Rene Urbanovich, Andrea Vibe, Laura Jones, David Sannerud, and world acclaimed Mezzo-Soprano, Kimball Wheeler and attended workshops with Seth Riggs and Roger Love as a young child. Leota has taught at top vocal studios ever since. Currently, Leota teaches vocals at World Music (Simi Valley) and out of her studio in Northridge, Ca. If you're interested in studying voice and performance (Pop/Rock/R&B/Musical Theater) or need help recording vocals in the studio please contact Leota at: leotapenneysing@yahoo.com