Kiya was selected to perform at opening day of the Kerrville Folk Festival. She was selected out of 537 entries to be one of the Texas songwriters at the Ballad Tree Regional Showcase 3-5 pm.
Miriam and Kiya will be playing in Austin, the Woodlands and Spring Texas this weekend. More info on the tour page.
The interview will premiere on 2-13-2012 at 8pm eastern on www.rainbowworldradio.com.
Kiya's new solo CD Bold Swimmer is out. The CD has an Americana soul sound and features the playing and production of Mark Hallman. Mark played most of the backing tracks with additional guitar work by Andre Moran and Kiya on vocals, guitar and banjo. You can hear the CD by clicking the audio player on the homepage.
Enjoy!
More details on the tour page.
The final touches to the new solo CD , Bold Swimmer are happening this week. We move into mixing and mastering after Weds. The CD will be available by January. We can't wait for everyone to hear it!
www.wishingchair.com Wishing Chair is touring through Texas with four shows this week in Austin, Ft. Worth Houston and La Grange.
Hope to see you there!
We had a very successful Kickstarter campaign and the new CD is in the works. Kiya has been in the studio with Mark Hallman last week and is working more this week. More updates as we progress. The new solo Cd is entitled, "Bold Swimmer" after a line from Walt Whitman's Song of Myself poem. The CD has ten new Kiya penned tracks as well as a cover of a Nina Simone classic.
Click here to find out more about the new CD and the Kickstarter fundraising campaign.
The new CD will be out for the November 2011 Solo Tour.
Kiya is on tour with Wishing Chair this week in Houston, La Grange and Austin. More info at www.wishingchair.com.
Stealin Horses will be performing in Clemsford, England on March 4th. Kiya was the former lead singer and songwriter for the band. Stealin Horses was signed to Arista records, released two CD's, had a video on MTV, a top 40 hit, and toured with bands such as James Brown, Rank and File, Wang Chung, Stray Cats, and The Smithereens. Kiya will be joining former Horses Kopana Terry and Jon Durno.
Our Wishing Chair concert in Villanova originally scheduled for 1/8 has been moved to next Sat 1/15 due to the snow conditions in the Philly and NJ area.
Wishing Chair has won two Pride in the Arts Awards for 2010. WC won Favorite Group and Favorite CD categories for " Stand Up Eight."
The Dec 3 and 5th shows at UU Congregation of Princeton were a huge success. All three shows were sold out and over one hundred people attended the dinner on Sunday.Pictures and video coming soon!
The latest production of Lying to the Sea Gypsy will be Dec 3rd at 7:30 pm and Dec 5th at 5:30 and 8 pm 2010.
All three shows are at the Fahs Theater at the UU Congregation of Princeton.
More info and tickets at: www.lyingtotheseagypsy.com
The Philadelphia Women's Choir, Anna Crusis will be performing three pieces from Weave and Spin Nov 13th 8 pm and 14th 4 pm at the UU Church of Germantown in Philadelphia.Wishing Chair will also perform. More information at:
Kiya has been commissioned by UUCP's Music Director, Majorie Herman to write another performance art worship service for Martin Luther King day and a piece for the Spring Sacred Feminine Celebration. She will also be mounting a November production of Lying to the Sea Gypsy and an Earth Day Gaia Psalms celebration. The job includes arrangements for the children's and bell choir as well.
Kiya received her B.A. in Music Composition from Converse College this May. She finished her course work in December 2009 and is currently in the M.M. program at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ.
Wishing Chair is one of four acts performing for the Q Fest 10th Anniversary show at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago this Saturday May 15th. More on the calendar page.
Wishing Chair is performing in Cincinnati and in Indianapolis this weekend. More on the calendar page.
WC and Meg will all be performing in Binghamton and Oneonta NY this weekend. Should be a rocking time!
Three songs from the operetta, Lying to the Sea Gypsy will be featured March 26th at the Chapman Center in Spartanburg, SC. The benefit is to raise capital for the Spartanburg Repertory Company. WC partner Miriam Davidson will be there as music director.More details on the calendar page.
I will be performing Sat night 2/27 and Sunday morning 2/28 at the UU Society of Cleveland.
"Lying to the Sea Gypsy" is a children's operetta that is approximately 45 minutes in length. It was written by Kiya Heartwood, a Converse College senior.
The performances will be held at the Hazel B. Abbott Theatre on the Converse College campus. The performances are free to the public so reservations will not be taken. Tickets will be issued one hour prior to the performance times:
Thursday, January 28th at 7:00 pm
Friday, January 29th at 7:00 pm
Saturday, January 30th at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm
Please contact Becky Pittman at 864-583-2776, ext. 518 for more information
I have been accepted into the Master of Music Program in Music Composition at Westminster Choir College here in Princeton,NJ. I start classes on January 25th. This is a world class program and I feel very lucky to have gotten in. This year I will be performing a series of special solo house concerts to help with the hefty tuition. Please check the calendar page for more information or contact booking@kiyaheartwood.com if you'd like to help out by hosting an event.
Wishing Chair's eighth CD "Stand Up Eight " has just been released. www.wishingchair.com for more details.
