Patricia Bahia

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Patricia Bahia
Patricia Bahia at The Burbank Festival of Film 2010.jpg
Bahia at The Burbank Festival of Film, 2010
Background information
Birth namePatricia Bahia Nieuwenhuizen
Born St. Louis, Missouri U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
  • vocal producer
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • piano
  • guitar
Years active1989–present
Website www.patriciabahia.com

Patricia Bahia is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Her songs have aired on TV shows, The Fosters (American TV series), Nashville (2012 TV series), Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, [1] and Riverdale (2017 TV series), among others. [2] [3] In 2015, she was nominated for two L.A. Music Critic Awards: Best Pop Rock Artist (Female) and Best CD (Female). [4] Bahia is an ovarian cancer survivor. [5] Her songs, Every Day is a Gift, Great Day to Be Alive, and Keep the Light On, inspired in part by her cancer experience, have garnered two Positive Music Awards, [6] [7] [8] the West Coast Songwriters International Song Contest's Grand Prize, [9] and a Peace Song Award. [10]

Contents

Bahia is a solo singer-songwriter and also writes, performs, and records with the musical duo, 7th & Hope . [11]

Early life and education

Patricia Bahia was born in St. Louis, Missouri to parents Maarten and Farah Nieuwenhuizen. Her father, a retired psychiatrist, is Dutch, and her mother, a retired art educator, is Persian.

As a child, Bahia sang in choirs, took dance, piano, and voice lessons, and played the clarinet. Her first public performance was a dance recital at age six on the paddle boat, the SS Admiral (1907), on the Mississippi river in St. Louis, Missouri.

She attended the Plan II Honors Program at The University of Texas at Austin, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. Her thesis was on the Women's Suffrage Movement [12] for which she traveled to locate diaries and letters from Suffragettes. She attended the University of California, Hastings College of the Law [13] in San Francisco. It was in law school that Bahia began singing again.

She worked for a number of years as an attorney, moonlighting as a jazz singer with a residency at Café Claude in San Francisco. [14]

Music career

Bahia is a founding member of the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, with which she toured internationally and sang backing vocals on Linda Ronstadt's, Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind album. [15] She performed with the Choir until 2006. [16]

In 2003, Bahia was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and decided to begin writing songs. [17] [18] She left her legal career and began studying the craft of songwriting. She started playing the piano again, learned to play the guitar, and began performing as a solo singer-songwriter. [19] In 2010 she released an EP titled, Long Road Home [20] and in 2015 she released a full-length album, Save Your Heart [21] which received favorable reviews. [22] [23] [24]

Teaching and vocal coaching

Bahia coaches clients on vocal technique, performance, songwriting, and music licensing. [25] [26] Previously, she taught voice at the University of Southern California (USC) and voice and music business at the California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA). [27] [28]

Bahia holds an MM (Master of Music) degree in Commercial Music from the California State University, Los Angeles. [29]

Songs in film and television

YearProductionTitleArtistRoleNetworkRef
2022 Love is Blind Get Ready (Here We Go)JAKØHBIWriter, Performer Netflix
Love is Blind I Got You 7th & Hope Writer, Performer Netflix
2021 Selling Sunset Queen BossMaté Maté featuring Queen KeiWriter Netflix
UFC Fight IslandGet Ready (Here We Go)JAKØHBIWriter, Performer ESPN
Selling TampaFlex 7th & Hope Writer, Performer Netflix
Gentefied Queen BossMaté Maté featuring Queen KeiWriter Netflix
The Hills: New Beginnings Get Ready 7th & Hope Writer, Performer MTV
The Hills: New Beginnings Luh Luh Love It 7th & Hope Writer, Performer MTV
Temptation Island The Future is FemaleKali J.Writer USA Network
Burden of Truth WarmEcho UndergroundWriter NBC
2020 Selling Sunset Colors 7th & Hope Writer, Performer Netflix [30]
Selling Sunset Hello 7th & Hope Writer, Performer Netflix
Selling Sunset Luh Luh Love It 7th & Hope Writer, Performer Netflix
Love & Hip Hop: New York Queen BossMaté MatéWriter VH1
UFC 247 UnstoppableRakefireWriter, Performer ESPN
Matching HeartsWhat You Waiting For? 7th & Hope Writer, Performer Hallmark Channel
Riverdale (2017 TV series) UnstoppableRakefireWriter, Performer The CW
2019 Ex on the Beach (American TV series) Good To Be KingMaté MatéWriter MTV
Ex on the Beach (American TV series) Queen BossMaté MatéWriter MTV
Selling Sunset Born For This 7th & Hope Writer, Performer Netflix
Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists Own ItI Am OrfaWriter Freeform (TV channel)
Good Witch (TV series) No Bad DaysKatie FerraraWriter, Performer Hallmark Channel
Siren (TV series) UnstoppableRakefireWriter, Performer Freeform (TV channel)
Heartland (Canadian TV series) My Heart Knows Where To GoMikey WaxWriter, Performer Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Teen Mom 2 Keep Up The Fight 7th & Hope Writer, Performer MTV
Teen Mom 2 Luh, Luh, Love It 7th & Hope Writer, Performer MTV
Selling Sunset Own ItI Am OrfaWriter Netflix
Teen Mom: Young and Pregnant Hello 7th & Hope Writer, Performer MTV
2018 Teen Mom OG Friends Forever 7th & Hope Writer, Performer MTV
Music City (TV series) UnstoppableRakefireWriter, Performer CMT (American TV channel)
Life Sentence (TV series) Wild For YouSleep MachineWriter The CW
Nashville (2012 TV series) Flying With the AshesKeilanaWriter CMT (American TV channel)
Teen Mom 2 What You Waiting For ? 7th & Hope Writer, Performer MTV
Teen Mom Great Day To Be Alive 7th & Hope Writer, Performer MTV
Teen Mom OG I Want It All 7th & Hope Writer, Performer MTV
The Price For SilenceRiotScarlet WolvesWriter, PerformerTheaters
The Price For SilenceWaltz With The DevilRakefireWriter, PerformerTheaters
Teen Mom OG UnstoppableRakefireWriter, Performer MTV
Ex on the Beach (American TV series) Good To Be KingMaté MatéWriter MTV
2017 Famous in Love Wild For YouSleep MachineWriter MTV
Gone Cover Me in GoldSleep MachineWriter NBC
2016 The Fosters (American TV series) Sorry I'm Not SorrySleep MachineWriter Freeform (TV channel)
Heartbeat (2016 TV series) Wild For YouSleep MachineWriter Freeform (TV channel)
Younger (TV Series) Cover Me In GoldSleep MachineWriter TV Land
2015 The Fosters (American TV series) Sorry I'm Not SorrySleep MachineWriter Freeform (TV channel)
Younger (TV series) (Promo)Wild For YouSleep MachineWriter TV Land
Finding Carter Hot Blooded LoveSleep MachineWriter MTV
The Fosters (American TV series) Wild For YouSleep MachineWriter Freeform (TV channel)
Quantico (TV series) (Promo)Wild For YouSleep MachineWriter ABC
Switched at Birth (TV series) Hot Blooded LoveSleep MachineWriter Freeform (TV channel)
Finding Carter Wild For YouSleep MachineWriter MTV
Younger (TV series) Wild For YouSleep MachineWriter TV Land
Finding Carter StoneSleep MachineWriter MTV
2014 Finding Carter Cover Me in GoldSleep MachineWriter MTV

Awards

In 2020 Bahia won a total of three Peace Song Awards including the grand prize award. [31] In 2020 Bahia won two Positive Music Awards also known as "Posi" awards. [32]

Bahia with Award at The Positive Music Festival, 2018 Patricia Bahia with Award at The Positive Music Festival 2018.jpg
Bahia with Award at The Positive Music Festival, 2018
YearNominated WorkCategoryResult
2020Every Heart One LovePositive Music AwardWon
2020(Say Yes) World With A Little More LovePositive Music AwardWon
2020Grand Prize WinnerPeace Song AwardWon
2020Every Heart One Love - Rock & PopPeace Song AwardWon
2020(Say Yes) World With A Little More Love - World MusicPeace Song AwardWon
2019Keep The Light OnPeace Song AwardWon
2019Keep The Light OnPositive Music AwardWon
2019Everything's Gonna Be AlrightPositive Music AwardNominated
2018Great Day To Be AliveWest Coast Songwriters Int'l Song Contest Grand PrizeWon
2018Every Day Is a GiftPositive Music AwardWon
2017Good DayPositive Music AwardNominated
2017Why We WalkPositive Music AwardNominated
2015Save Your HeartL.A. Music Critic Award – Best CDNominated
2015Patricia BahiaL.A. Music Critic Award – Best ArtistNominated

In 2020, Bahia's songs Every Heart One Love and It's All Good, were finalists in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest. [33] In 2022, Bahia's song, It's All Good, was a finalist in the International Acoustic Music Awards. [34]

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