Melina Karu Markland is Muse 4 Hire. ____________________________________________________________
__Melina is not one of the many artists who have been "singing and performing since the age of 4." She actually started playing the piano at age 5, and the singing didn't come until much later. She discovered her vocal gift at the age of 14, after which she decided to pursue an interest in musical theatre. After getting the lead in many high school and community musical theatre productions, she decided to train more classically and enrolled in the University of New Orleans as a classical Vocal Performance major. When Hurricane Katrina brought that dream to an end, Melina returned to her hometown of Yakima, Washington, participating in theatre competitions through the local community college there. After impressing judges at the KCACTF festival in the winter of 2006, Melina was recruited to the University of Idaho's new Musical Theatre program. That same month she also won the title of "Yakima's Best Singer" in a competition put on by the community college. Melina attended the U of I for one year, coming back to Yakima once again to focus on her solo music before moving to Seattle in the Spring of 2008. Though trained in classical/operatic/broadway vocal stylings, she is a competent pop/folk singer/songwriter, hoping to find her way in the industry through the latter. Most recently, her original composition, "Poem," was performed for the first time by the Chamber Choir of Yakima Valley Community College at the Capitol Theatre.____________________________________________________
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(This performance was last February - and yes, I know I forgot to sing the second half of the second verse...i'm retarded....and the whole song was too slow!!! oh well... enjoy!)
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Melina Markland- Yakima's Best Singer Contest '06
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