Leota has been singing since the age of 7 and songwriting since the age of 9. She sings every style of music. At the age of 17, she was first place finalist (Opera) in the SCVA Solo Competion and was also a semi-finalist (Opera) in the Music Center Spotlight Awards (Dorothy Chandler). While earning her Bachelor of Music in Opera Performance from California State University Northridge, Leota performed the lead role of Yum Yum in The Mikado and Sister Genovieffa in Suor Angelica and was a member of Northridge Singers, the highly acclaimed California State Northridge Choir and winners of the Choir of the World Competition at the Eistedfodd International Choral Festival in Wales, United Kingdom.
While she loves and appreciates her opera training every day while teaching, Leota’s full attention turned to her songwriting after college. Be it on piano, guitar, or beats, Leota continues to sculpt her songwriting skills and has performed all around Los Angeles in venues such as The Opium Den, The Space, The Monsoon Café, Platinum Live, The Roxy, Hallenbecks, Ghengis Cohen, Forbidden City and others.
Leota’s music can be heard at:www.myspace.com/leotapenneymusic
Teaching for over ten years now, she began her teaching career with an internship at Vibe Performing Arts Studio at the age of 14 and started teaching private voice lessons shortly after. Since childhood, she has studied voice under the instruction of Rene Urbanovich, Andrea Vibe, Laura Jones, David Sannerud, and world acclaimed Mezzo-Soprano, Kimball Wheeler and attended workshops with Seth Riggs and Roger Love as a young child. Leota has taught at top vocal studios ever since. Currently, Leota teaches vocals at the prestigious Camp Pop Hollywood and World Music (Simi Valley) and has had the privilege to train many child celebrities in the LA area.
Studios worked at include: Vibe Performing Arts (Santa Clarita), California Music Academy (Thousand Oaks), The Rage Entertainment Complex (Northridge), World Music (Santa Clarita), Camp Pop Hollywood, Releve Studios (Tarzana, Ca), and World Music (Simi Valley).
Leota's music video "All About You" (can be seen below or on YouTube) premiered this year, 2009, at the Dances With Films Festival in Hollywood, Ca.
If you're interested in studying voice and performance (Pop/Rock/R&B/Musical Theater) or need help recording vocals in the studio please contact Leota at: leotapenneysing@yahoo.com
NEW! VOICE LESSONS THROUGH iCHAT ON MAC and now on Skype too!
Need a voice lesson but you live in a different state/country or don't wanna sit in the LA traffic? No problem. Through iChat on a Mac (you must have a Mac with iChat) or Skype on a PC you can have a voice lesson from anywhere in the world! Payments are accepted through PayPal. You must have a PayPal account. Send me an email at
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Singingly,
Leota Penney
AIM ME @ leotapenney@mac.com
My Music Video to my song "All About You"
Performed by Leota Penney and Alexander Sack. Written by Tom Bernath, Alexander Sack, and Leota Penney.
Video Directed by David Theodore Chiu. Video Produced by Sonja Mereu. Starring Rey Goyos and Aleece Jones.
Director of Photography - Angela Barker. Camerawork by Miguel Ferrer. Editor - Felix Crosser.
Hello LEOTA, Merry Christmas !!! We are delighted to be in your circle of friends. If you have time, would you mind checking out our music and let us know, what you think of it. We always appreciate your time and comments. We are looking forward to hear from you; have a beautiful week full of fun & real good music !!! Love and peace, - Guido & Tatch :)
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