Oya
- Los Angeles, CA
- R&B Vocalist
- 2 Verified Bookings
Marc N. said “Amazing singer, but also a true entertainer Oya is amazing. She agreed on short notice to perform for the 50th anniversary of my parents' wedding.…”
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Not only is Catrina a singing angel and certified life coach, she is a wedding officiant, coordinator and planner. With destination wedding planning as her newest service.
She give you a little of Phyllis Hyman, Pastor Beverly Crawford Fan Page, Lisa Page Brooks Mahalia Jackson, and Yolanda Adams with all due respect from the heart of GOD. Plus you will get over-tones of Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday but with the grace of GOD and the Gospel of Jesus Christ to overflow your cup with joy. There is something for everyone who has a love for music and Catrina is sitting at the table of Grace, would you join her.
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Price Range: Contact for rates
Gig Length: 30 - 60 minutes
Languages: English
Insurance: $1,000,000 - General Liability
My audience will experience the quality and professionalism that I give to God. I do everything in excellence because I serve an excellent God. And that's the blessing that my audience will get. Soulful, heart-touching, personal, joyful pleasure in song!
Catrina Reese, CEO & Founder of Catrina Reese, LLC
WORK-LIFE BALANCE coach, speaker, and facilitator Catrina Reese is becoming one of the nation’s sought out coaches on work-life balance, empowerment, and personal development and business coaching. Catrina has toured with S. H. E. Women’s conference tour sponsored by 2SSR Records discussing how to birth your God given destiny. She has been a part of various conferences in which focused on time-management, learning to balance home and work and she loves helping others break out of ordinary INTO extraordinary. Catrina works with groups and individuals to apply tools to have a work/life balance that reduces stress and long-term burnout. She works with branding entrepreneurs who look for next level elevation in their business.
AS A SPEAKER, work-life balance, empowerment, motivational, stress management coach; she has inspired conferences and workshop audiences from Gaston County Medicaid, Coaches on Parade, I Am My Sister’s Keeper, New Day Movements and S.H.E. Conference tours and many more.
BASED IN CHARLOTTE, NC, Catrina is a recording artist, songwriter and anointed psalmist. She is also a licensed and ordained preacher, certified life coach, professional development coach, business coach, wedding consultant, publisher, motivational speaker, author, conference and workshop facilitator, and talk show host. But most of all, she is a daughter of the King and servant of God's people.
Catrina, the first of four siblings, was born to sing! Her musical talent was manifested in early childhood as she eagerly performed at family events. As a young adult, she sang background with many groups, but in 1989 with 'New Generation' under the direction of Gary and Belinda Jackson Ingram, that became her introduction to professional background singing and studio recording. The group was honored as an opening act for one of Gospel's legends, Shirley Caesar, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Through the years, Catrina has had various opportunities to display her musical gift; being a member of the backup choir for Dorothy Norwood who performed in Charlotte in 1988; a local featured solo artist in the gospel explosion with Beverly Crawford in 2000 at Pease Auditorium; singing the National Anthem at various events such as the former Charlotte Hornets basketball game in 2003, at CIAA tournament in 2004, at Charlotte Knights semi pro baseball games and at the Charlotte Checkers hockey games. She was a member of the Charlotte Choral Society and the Charlotte Singing Christmas tree.
Out of 600 singers area wide, Catrina won and became the grand prize winner of the '2004 GIMME THE MIKE-CHARLOTTE' talent competition sponsored by WSOC Channel 9. From that experience, she was chosen as an opening act for Yolanda Adams and Dettrick Haddon at Charlotte's Ovens Auditorium in September of 2005. She sang for the “DAYBREAK FOR FREEDOM-TRIBUTE TO MLK DAY” with the Charlotte Symphony in 2006 at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Theatre under the direction of Harry Davidson, Music Director and Conductor of the Duke Symphony Orchestra and Professor of Music at Duke University. In 2008, Catrina, along with the praise team from Kingdom Dominion Ministries Inc, was a featured opening group with Vickie Winans in Columbia SC. She shared the stage and performed a duet with Grammy Award winning legend, Kathy Mattea in 2009 in Asheville, NC at the renowned Biltmore Estate with David Tang and Vox which was a Christmas special aired on WDAV radio station live. And in 2011, she had the awesome pleasure of ministering in song to the African President of Burundi, President Pierre Nkurunziza and the First Lady for the Samaritan’s Feet fundraising event at Ballentyne Country Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. Catrina has traveled ministering in song with Samaritan’s Feet, an international mission’s organization to Cape Town South Africa and Guyana South America. She traveled to Burundi Africa in June 2012 with Samaritan’s Feet. Catrina has written and produced 3 gospel albums.. She has also written and published a book listed on Amazon and (link hidden) titled “From The Heart” daily devotional. She has also tried her hand at acting; in which she participated in the reenactment at Historic Brattonville as a slave girl, with speaking and singing parts for 2 years for Black History month and Christmas Time at Historic Brattonville in McConnell, SC. In 2012, Catrina was part of the King’s Choir cast in the musical production of “Daughter of the King-The Musical” which debuted at Pease Auditorium on campus of Central Piedmont Community College. She is a licensed and ordained preacher, life coach, motivational speaker, author, conference and workshop facilitator , song writer, publisher and psalmist and has traveled nationally and internationally. Catrina is married to Carilius Reese. She has 4 children, Theodore, Keisha, Sarah and Tiffany; daughter-in-law, Katrina; son-in-law, Reginald and 5 grandchildren, Anaiya, Theodore Jr, Reginald III, Isaiah and Dorian.
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November 07, 2014 • 7:00pm - 8:30pm | Church Service |
My set is based on type of event.
There are so many influences, but I try to express myself in every song!
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Marc N. said “Amazing singer, but also a true entertainer Oya is amazing. She agreed on short notice to perform for the 50th anniversary of my parents' wedding.…”
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