Kira Willey

Infobox musical artist
Name = Kira Willey


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Background = solo_singer
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Instrument = vocals, guitar, violin, mandolin, fiddle
Genre = Children's Music
Occupation = Musician, artist, Yoga Instructor
Years_active = 2006-present
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Kira Willey is an award-winning American musician best known forher song "Colors" which is featured on a popular Dell computer laptop commercial. She is also a certified Yoga instructor name="story">cite web| url=http://www.firefliesyoga.com/story.html| title="The Story"| accessdate=2008-07-24] and a mother.

Musical career

Willey spent the late nineties in New York City performing in nightclubs cite web| url=http://www.zooglobble.com/archives/artists/kira_willey/| title="Review"| accessdate=2008-07-25] before working on material that would later be used for her debut album, Dance for the Sun. The songs initially were written for her first daughter in an effort to sing her to sleep. cite web| url=http://www.firefliesyoga.com/story.html| title="The Story"| accessdate=2008-07-25] Upon gaining a certification to teach Yoga, she started bringing her guitar to classes to play for the children. Her students loved the songs she wrote cite web| url=http://cdbaby.com/cd/kirawilley| title="Notes"| accessdate=2008-07-25] which led her to write more songs with the intention of pleasing children and eventually to recording her first album. Her cousin produced the album and played drums, her brother sang bass, and her daughter and friends sang along in a few tracks.cite web| url=http://www.firefliesyoga.com/story.html| title="The Story"| accessdate=2008-07-25] Her music has been described as joyful, upbeat and eminently danceable cite web| url=http://cdbaby.com/cd/kirawilley| title="Notes"| accessdate=2008-07-25] and she has won awards for best album and best song.cite web| url=http://cdbaby.com/cd/kirawilley| title="Notes"| accessdate=2008-07-25]

Awards

* Independent Music Award: Best Children's Album; "Dance for the Sun"
* Independent Music Award: Best Song; "Caterpillar caterpillar"
* 2007 Parents' Choice Award: Best Children's Album; "Dance for the Sun"
* Children's Music Web Awards: Best Recording for Preschoolers; "Dance for the Sun"
* Children's Music Web Awards: Best Song; "Caterpillar caterpillar"

Personal life

At the age of five, Willey started playing the violin and continued performing all the way through high school and cite web| url=http://www.firefliesyoga.com/story.html| title="The Story"| accessdate=2008-07-25] taught herself how to play guitar and mandolin as a teenager. cite web| url=http://www.zooglobble.com/archives/artists/kira_willey/| title="Review"| accessdate=2008-07-25] In 2006 she opened her own Yoga Studio, [http://firefliesyoga.com Fireflies Yoga] in Pennsylvania and has two children.

Discography

* "Dance for the Sun" (2006)

References

External links

* [http://www.firefliesyoga.com Official Website]