SEAY

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SEAY
Portrait of Seay.jpg
Background information
Origin Charlottesville, U.S.
Genres New-age
Occupation Vocalist Composer
Years active2005–present
Labels www.tuscansunmusic.com
Website www.seayonline.com

SEAY (pronounced "sea", born Melissa Seay Harshaw) is an American award-winning New-age music artist and humanitarian who has gained prominence as both a vocalist and composer. She has released multiple recordings, many of which have received awards and nominations. Her 2016 release In the Garden featuring collaborations with Grammy Award winners Ricky Kej and Wouter Kellerman charted on the Billboard New Age albums chart for five weeks peaking at #3 [1] and won the Zone Music Reporter best vocal album of the year. [2] [3]

Contents

Her 2018 album A Winter Blessing the Gift was engineered by Jeff Silverman (producer) [4] and Grammy Award winners Brian Vibberts, Ricky Kej, and P. A. Deepak. [5] From that album for Christmas 2019, two singles, Father Christmas Eyes and On This Starry Night were also released. [6] [7]

During 2021 Seay vocalised on the Wouter Kellerman and David Arkenstone album 'Pageaea', which has been nominated for Best New Age album at the 2022 Grammy Awards. [8] In 2022 she won an InterContinental Music Award with Best of Pangaea “Beautiful Earth” – New Age. [9] 2023/2024 has seen nine awards achieved.

Formative years

With classical music training in both voice and music, Seay's formative years were spent playing piano, studying voice and traveling with her family throughout the Far East while her father, an Army physician, finished his medical residency. [10] Her great aunt was the celebrated American operatic mezzo-soprano Margaret Harshaw, who performed for 22 seasons with the Metropolitan Opera. [11] [12] She later attended the Sotheby's Institute of Art in London with graduate studies in Decorative Art. [13] It was while living in England and returning to her family's English roots, her music journey began singing on projects for song publishers Carlin, Motown, Warner Chappell Music, artists Elaine Paige and Annie Lennox and performing in London's music scene. [14] [15] [16]

Discography

=Albums

Extended play

Singles

Compilation album

All Music: [27] CD Baby: [28]

Collaborations

[33] [34] [35] [36] [37]

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Humanitarian events

Seay has been a part of humanitarian events which include the opening ceremonies of International Day of Peace and her song "All Around The World" [67] was a featured theme for Project Peace on Earth's Love All Simulcast live from Bethlehem, Palestine on Christmas Day 2012, for which she is a musical ambassador, her vocal chant piece "Orion's Gate" is also on Project Peace on Earth's 2 Unite All Volumes 1 and 2 with 26 world artists including Peter Gabriel, Roger Waters, and Stewart Copeland, in support of The United Nations World Peace Initiatives. Vocal work includes participation on the world music project "Shanti Samsara" launching the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris produced by Ricky Kej. [68] [69] [70] [71] She is also a C.A.R.E channel artist, providing original instrumental music as a therapeutic tool for use in acute care hospitals, residential care facilities, hospices, palliative care units, cancer centres, children's hospitals, and rehabilitation. [72]

In 2023 SEAY teamed up with US singer Amy McAllister (founder of The Power of One Movement) and 25 artists on her brainchild single Spread Hope Send Love Around the World to use music as healing for people all over the world who are suffering depression from the loss of a loved one. [29]

References

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  2. ↑ Empress Wire https://www.einpresswire.com/article/381554141/seay-wins-vocal-album-of-the-year-in-the-zmr-awards.
  3. ↑ "Zone Music Awards 2017". Echoes. 2017-05-17. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
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  6. ↑ A Winter Blessing the Gift - Single by SEAY , retrieved 2019-11-01
  7. ↑ ♫ A Winter Blessing the Gift: The Singles - Seay. Listen @cdbaby , retrieved 2019-11-01
  8. ↑ "2022 Grammys Awards: Complete Nominations List". GRAMMY.com. 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  9. ↑ "Winners 2022". InterContinental Music Awards. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
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  12. ↑ "Margaret Harshaw | American singer". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
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  15. ↑ "Review Digest - Review of 1 Voice at Musical Discoveries". www.musicaldiscoveries.com. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  16. ↑ "Spiraling Music Artists". spiralingmusic.com. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
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  21. ↑ Fasmer, B. T. (2021-05-14). "SEAY – Dream – Out Today". New Age Music Guide. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  22. ↑ "On This Starry Night". FilmFreeway. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  23. ↑ "Sweet Dreams". Mindful Music Assoc. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
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  47. ↑ "textura". www.textura.org. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
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