Amanda Morra – A Fresh Face In Pop
Amanda Morra has accomplished an incredible amount in 21 years. Discovered online last summer by Costa Music Inc., bubbly Morra has been moving forward at a startling pace, from merely MySpace to the cover of Vervegirl magazine.
“I’ve always wanted to be an entertainer,” says Morra. “I’ve been singing my whole entire life, and recording with my vocal coach and then I got picked up by this independent music label. We immediately started recording intensively to put my first album together.”
Morra, a beautiful singer from Toronto, realized that it would be too difficult to balance school and her blossoming career in the music industry. Currently studying Kinesiology in her third year, she made the decision to take the year off of school. This logical decision also reflects on the practicality of Morra’s approach to her options. “ I understand that this can be considered an unrealistic thing. I can always finish my degree and possibly get a job in the health field, whether it’s physiotherapy or maybe teacher’s college, and be a teacher. I had to take the year off because it was so much to balance. This year, the opportunity was music.”
Her decision appears to be the right one. Morra is already making an impact on the music industry, and people are taking notice.
Her first two singles from her self-titled album, “Dreams” and “The Spell,” have been released to radio stations across Canada. Morra has also recorded a duet with soulful Canadian crooner, George Nozuka, called “Room to Breathe.” Somewhere within this hectic schedule, Morra found time to perform at the Juno Awards Welcome Reception in Vancouver on March 27.
