SINGER – SONGWRITER – PIANIST
About Me
My grandmother taught me my first song on the piano when I was three years old – I was hooked!
I’ve been singing and playing ever since.
When performing, I focus on the meaning of the lyrics and their connection to the melody, rhythm and chords losing myself in the song – absorbed in the moment and completely Devoted2Song.
Music is an integral part of my life as it is intricately connected to my spirit, soul, and overall well-being and is a higher form of communicating and connecting intimately with others.
Bio
Devoted2Song Carla Walker
Musician/Singer/Songwriter – Pop, Soul, Jazz – with a hint of Eva Cassidy!
At the age of three, Carla Walker learned her first song on the piano with her grandmother and was hooked! She has been singing and playing ever since studying classical music in her youth and later going into jazz studies – always creating and writing her own music along the way.
A graduate of the Humber College Jazz Music Program, York University and University of Toronto Education Program specializing in Music, Carla has put her energy and enthusiasm into raising a family and teaching with the York Region District School Board for over twenty-five years songwriting and performing on the side, as time allowed.
Carla recorded her first album, “Just Getting Started”, in the summer of 2019 and began working with producer, Joel Schwartz, on full band productions of some of her original songs in 2021 – songs that she is just now releasing under her new performance umbrella, Devoted2Song. By the summer of 2023, she found herself burnt out. Having drifted away from music, Carla decided to focus intensely on songwriting which turned out to be both therapeutic and healing. It is the songs that emerged from that summer that have fueled her courage to promote her music under a new performance umbrella, Devoted2Song, to make and release her “Live Off the Floor Video Series” and to acknowledge and fulfill her desire to perform as a featured artist with her band to a sold out, debut show! With many inspiring reviews from her fans, this rich, soulful musician will continue her journey writing, exploring and performing.