Biography

Kiki was born into an entertainment family, and attended the California Institute of the Arts, receiving her BFA in music. As a singer/keyboardist, Kiki has accompanied dozens of artists in concert, video and television (see credits). Her current CD "Love Loud" made the list of Top 10 records of 2002 according to The Muse's Muse. Some may recognize her as the singer/keyboardist in the band for the Wayne Brady Show (KCAL) where she spent a season. Her songs have been covered by sax artists Boney James and Eric Marienthal and have been featured on The Young and the Restless, as well as Another World. She recently finished her third year as the vocal arranger/co-music director for Women Rock: Girls and Guitars (LIFETIME). This year it features Dolly Parton, Bonnie Raitt, Alison Krauss, Mya, Mandy Moore, Debbie Reynolds, Ann Wilson and Kenny Loggins. Kiki has performed for the KKSF Catch A Rising Star concert series at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, twice at the KIFM Anniversary Party in San Diego, California and the Maui Music Festival in Hawaii. She has been the opening act for Peter Cetera, Christopher Cross and Al Stewart. Her first CD, "Red", is (according to Beth Lewis of Mac Report), "the kind of debut most artists can only dream of creating", and Kiki’s sophomore effort, "Love Loud", is "about as close to perfect as any recording can get" says Les Reynolds-Indie Music.com. Both CD’s showcase her talent as a singer and her tremendous gift for writing songs. She is currently hard at work recording tunes for her third studio CD. Kiki is also a co-founder of Music Heals, a non profit organization that presents music and art as a positive force for change by hosting benefit concerts and bringing festivals and celebrations to the public. In addition, Kiki is passionate about helping abandoned animals and encourages everyone to spay and neuter their pets and to support their local no-kill animal shelters. Kiki, who is also an accomplished horse woman, lives with her husband in the country with a menagerie of rescued horses, dogs and cats where she is also a volunteer in training for the L. A. County Emergency Equine Response Team.