Patricia Bahia

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,[2] and Riverdale (2017 TV series), among others.[3][4] In 2015, she was nominated for two L.A. Music Critic Awards: Best Pop Rock Artist (Female) and Best CD (Female).[5] Bahia is an ovarian cancer survivor.[6] 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,[7][8][9] the West Coast Songwriters International Song Contest's Grand Prize,[10] and a Peace Song Award.[11]

Patricia Bahia
Bahia at The Burbank Festival of Film, 2010
Background information
Birth namePatricia Bahia Nieuwenhuizen
BornSt. Louis, Missouri U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
  • vocal producer
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • piano
  • guitar
Years active1989–present
Associated acts
Websitewww.patriciabahia.com

Bahia is a solo singer-songwriter and also writes, performs, and records with the musical duo, 7th & Hope.[12]

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[13] for which she traveled to locate diaries and letters from Suffragettes. She attended the University of California, Hastings College of the Law[14] 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.[15]

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.[16] She performed with the Choir until 2006.[17]

In 2003, Bahia was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and decided to begin writing songs.[18][19] 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.[20] In 2010 she released an EP titled, Long Road Home[21] and in 2015 she released a full-length album, Save Your Heart[22] which received favorable reviews.[23][24][25]

In 2020, Bahia's songs Every Heart One Love and It’s All Good, were finalists in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest.[26]

Teaching and vocal coaching

Bahia coaches clients on vocal technique, performance, and songwriting. 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
Year Production Title Artist Role Network Ref
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 Boss Maté Maté Writer VH1
UFC 247 Unstoppable Rakefire Writer, Performer ESPN
Matching Hearts What You Waiting For? 7th & Hope Writer, Performer Hallmark Channel
Riverdale (2017 TV series) Unstoppable Rakefire Writer, Performer The CW
2019 Ex on the Beach (American TV series) Good To Be King Maté Maté Writer MTV
Ex on the Beach (American TV series) Queen Boss Maté Maté Writer MTV
Selling Sunset Born For This 7th & Hope Writer, Performer Netflix
Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists Own It I Am Orfa Writer Freeform (TV channel)
Good Witch (TV series) No Bad Days Katie Ferrara Writer, Performer Hallmark Channel
Siren (TV series) Unstoppable Rakefire Writer, Performer Freeform (TV channel)
Heartland (Canadian TV series) My Heart Knows Where To Go Mikey Wax Writer, 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 It I Am Orfa Writer 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) Unstoppable Rakefire Writer, Performer CMT (American TV channel)
Life Sentence (TV series) Wild For You Sleep Machine Writer The CW
Nashville (2012 TV series) Flying With the Ashes Keilana Writer 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 Silence Riot Scarlet Wolves Writer, Performer Theaters
The Price For Silence Waltz With The Devil Rakefire Writer, Performer Theaters
Teen Mom OG Unstoppable Rakefire Writer, Performer MTV
Ex on the Beach (American TV series) Good To Be King Maté Maté Writer MTV
2017 Famous in Love Wild For You Sleep Machine Writer MTV
2016 The Fosters (American TV series) Sorry I'm Not Sorry Sleep Machine Writer Freeform (TV channel)
Heartbeat (2016 TV series) Wild For You Sleep Machine Writer Freeform (TV channel)
Younger (TV Series) Cover Me In Gold Sleep Machine Writer TV Land
2015 The Fosters (American TV series) Sorry I'm Not Sorry Sleep Machine Writer Freeform (TV channel)
Younger (TV series) (Promo) Wild For You Sleep Machine Writer TV Land
Finding Carter Hot Blooded Love Sleep Machine Writer MTV
The Fosters (American TV series) Wild For You Sleep Machine Writer Freeform (TV channel)
Quantico (TV series) (Promo) Wild For You Sleep Machine Writer ABC
Switched at Birth (TV series) Hot Blooded Love Sleep Machine Writer Freeform (TV channel)
Finding Carter Wild For You Sleep Machine Writer MTV
Younger (TV series) Wild For You Sleep Machine Writer TV Land
Finding Carter Stone Sleep Machine Writer MTV
2014 Finding Carter Cover Me in Gold Sleep Machine Writer 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
Year Nominated Work Category Result
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

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