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2024 These Days Magazine Artist to Watch MOYANA (Moyana Music, LLC) is passionate about making music that makes a difference. 

 

She has been making music independently for seven years as a member of the Royal Family Music Group and the Recording Academy's GrammyU Chicago Chapter. Her sound is currently shaped at studioSHAPES in Lincoln Park. In 2023, she received the LGBTQ+ Emerging Artist Award from CITIBank and the Music Forward Foundation, the Quinn Coleman Scholarship from the Recording Academy, and the Young Artist Scholarship from the John Walt Foundation. 

 

Her performance highlights include City Winery Chicago, The Capri Theater, The Schubas Tavern, Rockwood Music Hall, and the 50th annual Dillo Day, the largest student-run music festival in the United States. 

  

MOYANA'S work has been featured by GLAAD, the Best Buy Corporation, The View, the National Women’s March Movement, the ACLU, KMOJ radio, and many film festivals, including the 2022 Seattle International Film Festival and the 2022 DIYDS Festival at Harvard Art Museums. 

 

She is an alum of the 2023 Willis Wonderland Foundation Next Level Songwriters Workshop and of the 2022 Johnny Mercer Foundation Songwriters Project, and she served as a 2023 Keepsake House Artist-in-Residence in New York. 

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Currently, she works as an agency associate with Big Fish Booking Company where she books international tours for jazz artists. She also holds a year-long teaching residency with Chicago Public Schools through Chicago Opera Theater. 

 

You can find her original music on all platforms. Her debut album is set to release in January 2025. Follow @moyanasmusic on Instagram for updates and more music.