Tracy Cruz
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TRACY CRUZ is a singer, songwriter, and performing artist. She has been singing since the age of two and performing for over a decade. She has won numerous grand and first place championship awards at various statewide talent competitions such as the California State Talent Competition, California Performing Arts Competition, and Greater South Baby Talent Competition. She has performed solo and with her band "Smooth Session" at numerous events such as the 102.9 FM KBLX Soul Music Festival (Verizon Stage), Straits Restaurant, Santana Row, Juneteenth Festival, Ninhonmachi Street Festival, Temple Bar, Agenda Lounge, The Oasis, Macla Theatre, Johnny Vs, Fanny and Alexanders, Toons Nite Club and many more. She was also a special guest vocalist for "World Musikahan with Ryan Cayabyab" show which was shown nationally and globally on ABC-CBN television network. She has also performed with her band for the Sole Division Music and Arts Festival in 2004 in which Crown City Rockers, the Fingerbangerz Crew, Breakestra, Pep Love, Living Legends, Zion I, and several well-established musical acts.
She has performed as a background vocalist for one of her strong musical influences, soul singer Ledisi (Verve/Universal) at a performance at Café Du Nord in San Francisco, CA in 2002. She has been a background vocalist for neo-soul artist Adesha Johnson and the band Seven. TRACY has released a 4-song EP entitled "ILLUMINATE LOVE" (April 2005), which was produced by hip hop, soul, and R&B musician/producer Allen "Hyperactive" Ross. Her song "For You" featured Kanetic Source, former emcee of Grammy Award winning hip hop/Latin group Ozomatli.
She has won the title of "Most Talented" for Independence High School's "Class of 1999 Hall of Fame", which consisted of more than 1,000 votes. She has has also been musically active within her school and community. During her attendance at San Jose State University, she was a soloist for the San Jose State Gospel Ensemble as well as the Small Jazz Ensemble. In summer of 2005, she had the privilege of being a vocal instructor for the Children's Musical Theatre of San Jose's COPA (Conservatory of the Performing Arts). She has also taught elementary music theory at various schools in San Jose, CA as well private vocal lessons for Darrell Leffler's Academy of Music in Milpitas, CA.
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