Faculty

Paris, Anika
Voice

Anika Paris is a singer/songwriter and recipient of ASCAP’s Abe Oleman Scholarship at the Songwriters Hall of Fame, Nashville’s City Song Festival, and ASCAP’s Pop Plus Award for the past six years. A published writer with Universal Polygram and Warner Bros, her songs are featured in major motions pictures starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Affleck, Mariah Carey, Mira Sorvino, John Tuturro, to name a few, and on soundtracks alongside Carly Simon, Dido, and Six Pence None the Richer. She has released three solo CD’s (EAR/Sony, Warner Brothers London, Abbeylane Records). Anika is the only female composer for Telepictures Television shows (Ellen, Extra, The Tyra Banks Show, TMZ), and has songs on Lifetime, Hallmark, MTV, Oprah, HBO’s Sex in the City and the CW. As a performer, she has been a musical guest on TV’s Late Night with Craig Kilborn, Latin Explosion (with Christina Aguilera and Ricky Martin), Celebrity Justice, and even performed for the Royal Princess of Thailand. She had the honor of sharing the stage with legendary Stevie Wonder, John Legend and John Mayer in a benefit concert with Musicians Institute and Hollywood Pop Academy. Most recently, Anika composed the score and songs for the Off-Broadway musical The Judas Tree, by Mary Fengar, which premiered in New York City. She is a published poet with Kansas City Star, Helicon Nine Editions, Gival Press, Soft Blow Poetry and has completed a book of poetry Life in Check. At MI, Anika teaches Artist Development, Songwriting & Performance, Voice and Image Development.

 

 

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