Creative/Industry Journey and Experiences

Songwriting

Wrote, co/wrote and co/produced all tracks for my first 8 song album under the artist name Shingai.
Songwriting Finalist Award in UK Songwriting Contest 2022 - song title - Trauma

Worship leading at various churches 1996 to 2019.
Solo performance at SADC (Southern African Development Communities) Music Festival - Harare Zimbabwe, 1995.
Recorded continental (Africa) tv and radio jingles - 1995-1996
Overall winner for Youth Talent Search Ontario Competition 1997

Wrote, recorded and released a song "Love Is Calling) for 49th Degree Project - a Toronto based Gospel Music project - 2001/2002
Open Mic Canada - Overall winner 2021 (Online)
Performed at the Bridgetown Arts Festival in Barbados, 2025

SOCAN member since 2006
Women In Music Canada member since 2022
Signed with Highview Entertainment (Alanna Memme Di Marco) 2022 (contract dissolved)
MMF (Music Managers Forum) Bespoke Mentorship Program Participant 2022 - Mentored by Michie Mee.
MIMHA (Music Industry Mental Health Ambassador) Program Participant and Graduate (Revelios) - 2026
Created and started a business - kosha; a business aimed at inspiring, encouraging and developing sustainability and vitality in artists and industry workers.