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Ayanna Irish

Ayanna irishBio Born into a family of musicians from the Caribbean, Ayanna knew music was her calling at a very young age. Hoping she would develop into a classically trained pianist, her parents started her on the piano at age 5 and took her first international music exams with the Royal School of Music, London by age 6.. For the next two years, Ayanna also sang in a quartet alongside her mother, father and twin brother in opening acts for her dad's major concerts. As a result of her substantial musical exposure early on, when Ayanna turned 9 she began to captivate audiences of all ages at church and school musical performances. Ayanna's choir and musical directors were genuinely blown away by her vocal talent, and her parents came to realize that their daughter was blessed with a tremendous gift. To further nurture Ayanna's talent, her parents exposed Ayanna to voice lessons and modeling school. She reciprocated her parents' undying support by winning numerous gospel and school musical competitions. She completed her bachelor’s degree in Music at City College, CUNY. Having been blessed with an enormous voice, natural beauty and an amazing stage presence, Ayanna was well on her way to becoming the next big superstar. She has recorded the official version of the Montserrat National Song, Motherland, composed by her father. She has performed the U.S. National Anthem for the Nets basketball team and worked with Kanye West on the Mission Impossible soundtrack single; you can also hear her on the Jadakiss single, "Can't Stop Me." In 2000, Ayanna lost her mother suddenly, and in 2004 almost lost her life in a major car accident in NYC, but did not let that stop her. Ayanna was invited to tour with Patti Labelle after the legendary soul artist discovered Ayanna's demo recording of "If Only You Knew." While on tour, Patti Labelle shared her spotlight with Ayanna during the performance of this song, and introduced her as "the future of music." Furthermore, Ayanna was asked by Michael Bearden(musical director for Michael Jackson) to write the lyrics and sing the tribute song "One Last Goodbye" which is currently on iTunes. Ayanna performed for Season 2 of the hit TV show "Oh Sit". She has also performed at The Staples Center for George Lopez's Haiti Charity Concert and just recently opened for artists Mariah Carey, Brian McKnight, Rod Stewart and Ricky Martin at the Walmart Shareholder's Concert in Arkansas, musically directed by Emmy Award winner, Katreese Barnes.

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