Cara Quici

Cara Elizabeth Quici (born May 30) is an American singer/songwriter born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas now living in New York City and Los Angeles.

Cara Quici performing "FALL" in New York City to benefit the Humane Society at Rokk City, 2011

Personal life

Cara first began singing church hymns at the age of 4 and throughout Cara's school years, she participated in local school talent shows and church musicals.

As a pre-teen Cara attended the International Modeling and Talent Association (IMTA) Convention in Hollywood, California with her Texas agency, Infinity Model and Talent Agency. She won various awards for singing, dancing, acting, and modeling. Due to her parents being unable to move to Hollywood as her guardians, Cara then flew back to Texas leaving multiple contracts behind. Back in Texas, Cara fueled her need to perform on stage by auditioning for cheerleading and went on to become a competition cheerleader, winning many first place trophies with her team at Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA) competitions. She also was chosen as a "Who's Who of American Cheerleaders." On her 18th birthday, which was the same day she graduated high school, Cara left her small Texas town for New York City.

After four years n there, she branched out to Hollywood, California. During this time she attending the Los Angeles based "Oksana's School of Music" for piano and voice. Pianist Oksana Kolesnikova was Cara's teacher for piano she also added Musician's Institute Hollywood vocal coach Carol Rogers, known as Mama O, to her schooling. After recording over 30 songs with producers and writers, she released her first single to the public entitled "Away From You" which was also co-written by the singer herself. The track is executive produced by Max Gousse and produced by BillBoard Hot 100 producer Fuego (producer), who is most known for producing Jason Derulo's "Whatcha Say" and the recent Chris Brown single "Turn Up the Music", "Away From You" Jump Smokers Remix, which premiered to radio stations all over the country and TV’s Music Choice, was able to reach the 27th position on Dance Billboard charts.

In 2009 she appeared on the Howard Stern show as a contestant for the "Dumb As a Rock" contest.

Present day

As of early 2011, she has been working with choreographers and vocal coaches, including vocal coach Wendy Parr. She has been working on her performances consistently and has successful shows under her belt including her first live show at Rokk City in New York City, which was to benefit the Humane Society and resulted in the venue overflowing. Her National TV performances include episode 7 of Bravo's Season 5 "Real Housewives of New York City" where she performed her 3 singles "Do It Now", "Fall" and "Bad Girl". She was also featured performing live on Bravo TV's "Watch What Happens Live" hosted by Andy Cohen season 7, episode 22. Rise and 'Fall' (Clubhouse favorite Cara Quici popped in to serve drinks and sing her hit song, 'Fall). Cara Quici’s unreleased songs “Adios” “OAI” & “Clone” were also featured on four different episodes of the CMT’s hit Show “Southern Nights.” In recent news Cara Quici and celebrity fashion photographer Gian Andrea di Stefano have collaborated in a series of photographs portraying her identity and iconic inspirations; Goddess of Punk Rock, Blondie's leading lady, Debbie Harry, and the Queen of Pop, Madonna. Quici's photos have received national attention and press. Quici continues to write melodies and lyrics, currently has 12 singles on iTunes, was recently added into Pandora Radio, and has been dubbed as a "pop star" by NY's Page Six and Daily News newspapers.

Discography

Albums

Title	Details	Year
Away From You	Original Single Accompanied By Three Remixes	2010

Singles

Title	Year
As We Live	2011
Without You	2011
Bad Girl	2011
Fall	2011
Bass	2012
Do It Now	2012
Fight	2014

References

http://www.imdb.me/caraquici

External links

• The official website of Cara Quici