Nina Causey

I sing from my heart & soul; I look directly into the audience’s faces, as I walk slowly & deliberately from the left to toward the middle, & then to the right side of the stage to concentrate on each major point on the stage & intently include everyone with my body language, engaging smile, & bring each person into my grasp so that the effect is to make everyone feel that I’m singing directly to them.
When the music & my emotions interact accordingly, I dance & gently move to the beat.
It’s as though I’m virtually making love to my audience through the music…

Im a born entertainer, & I love making people smile and get caught up in my performance, & then react in their own ways, usually by smiling, laughing when I tell jokes, or make hilarious comments, & most importantly, they get involved with movement, clapping, etc.

Highlights of Nina Causey’s Achievements in Music:
Received 17 Awards in Music from many resources including:
Best Female Jazz Entertainer in Northern CA in 2018 from The Northern California Entertainment Awards: by Alex Eventmasters Daniels

The Best Jazz Vocalist of the Year 4 times by BMA, Dr. Rick Warren.
Lifetime Achievement Award from The JaZzLine INSTITUTE, 2022

The Best Female Blues Artist of the Year 4 times: (phone number hidden)1 BMA Awards, Dr. Rick Warren.
Best Blues Performer in Las Vegas: 2017, BMA Awards, Dr. Rick Warren.
Bay Area Image Award 2017, BMA,
Achievements in Music 2017, BMA

Best Jazz Vocalist: Sounds of Soul Awards

Who's Who in America, 2022

The Female Jazz Vocalist in David Hardiman's San Francisco All Star Big Band

Black Repertory Theater, Berkeley, CA:
Starring Roles:
Lena Horne: an original musical production by Dr. Mona Vaughn Scott, “Horne to Strayhorn”,"Cabin in the Sky", Dorothy Dandridge, Musical Opera, " Carmen Jones", Billie Holiday: "Lady Sings the Blues"

Broadway Cotton Club Revue in Burlingame, CA.

Classical piano: American Conservatory of Music, Chicago, 8 years

Bachelor of Music: Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
Master of Music: University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

Gospel Organist, Pianist, lead vocalist:
Churches in the Bay Area & Chicago

Professional Vocalist Experience:
Toured Nationally including Chicago, Las Vegas, Reno, San Francisco, etc, & Internationally, including France, Japan, Amsterdam, Mexico, & The Caribbean Islands.

Opened for: Ray Charles, the Temptations, Drifters.
Nina grew up in Chicago.

I like having monitors in front of the stage & preferably hanging microphones from the ceiling if it’s a theater setting.

A cordless microphone on a stand is compulsory, so that I can choose the time when I want to get up close and personal with the audience, I can just grab the mic and walk closer to the front of the stage, and then, at other times, I can stand in front of the microphone stand and use my arms appropriately. (In addition, I’ll want a boom microphone stand at the piano when I sing & play piano~)

A grand piano is also a requirement, so that I can walk over to the piano once or twice during the concert & “get down on the piano”, then I can stand up & walk to the front of the stage & grab the cordless microphone & bring the song to a close, while the band keyboardist continues to play as I move to the front.

A sound engineer is mandatory to maintain clear, even sound all the way around, especially so that the musician’s instruments don’t overshadow my voice. I like to sing softly at times, & then belt it out when the time is right ~

I always enjoy having my own dressing room to change clothes & touch up my makeup.