About
With intellect, passion, and determination, Drea Pizziconi challenges convention to support others with her life-changing focus on music and education empowerment. A multifaceted musician — singer, producer, composer, director — Drea draws from her classical vocal and instrumental training to seamlessly blend genres from soul and jazz to blues, rock, and pop into her unique style.
Drea began her career as a soloist performing across Europe at the age of 14; she has since toured as a featured artist in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, spanning venues from classical concert halls to international jazz festivals. Her experience seeing the world as an artist also planted the seeds for a career as a social entrepreneur focused on expanding education access in Africa. This exposure to daily life around the world in all its struggles and triumphs reignited her storyteller musical roots.
In 2015, she co-founded Compositions for a Cause to create music that raises awareness around the most pressing human rights and social justice issues of our day. Together with trumpeter Keyon Harrold, she wrote and produced CFAC's first release "Running" (aka Refugee Song) featuring Grammy Award-winning artists Gregory Porter and Common, which Billboard named the top record to inspire hope and change in 2016. She went on to executive produce, produce, and write Harrold's 2017 album "The Mugician." On that album, she wrote, among others, "Circus Show" featuring Grammy winner Gary Clark Jr, which has been recognized internationally by media and music tastemakers as a leading protest anthem in our current political climate. In 2019, she released several singles she wrote and produced, including "Let Us Dance" with the Dap Kings featuring Maimouna Youssef and "This Land," an honest reaction to Woodie Guthrie's popular anthem premiered by Jazz Times and BBC Radio London to critical acclaim for its social consciousness.
Her last single release "Tryin' Times" is a remake of a Donny Hathaway and Leroy Hutson protest song, which she premiered with Billboard Magazine with updated lyrics to capture today's political climate. Her next album is due to be released in 2020.
News & Shows
VIDEO FOR “THIS LAND” OUT NOW
See full press release here!
The music video was released on February 23, the 80th anniversary of when Woody Guthrie composed "This Land is Your Land" in a hotel in New York City. Drea's song and video depict a modern, humbling reflection on America's history of inequality and oppression inspired by the original American folk anthem where Woody himself once reflected on the same themes.
“TRYIN’ TIMES” Out Now
BBC Radio London Carrie and David Grant Breakfast Show
Drea's Latest Single
THIS LAND
"This Land” is a naked reflection on America's other history - of Native American genocide, slavery, Jim Crow and the subrogation of women and immigrants.
Listen & Download Link.
LET US DANCE
Latest single "Let Us Dance" with the Dap-Kings featuring Maimouna Youssef is available on all platforms worldwide.
Listen & Download Link.
Gala Feature
On May 9, 2019, the Campaign for Female Education will host a 25th Anniversary Gala in NYC. At the event, Drea will premiere her new song "Let Us Dance" featuring Maimouna Youssef, which will serve as an anthem for girls' empowerment globally.
All profits from "Let Us Dance" in 2019 will go towards supporting CAMFED's awesome work to educate girls in Africa.
Music
“Circus Show”
San Javier Jazz Festival
“In a Sentimental Mood”
Ducs Des Lombard Paris
Live performance of "Let Us Dance" at CAMFED 25 gala
“Broken News”
Keyon Harrold - The Mugician
Press Releases
Nine Women Who rock
Her highly-anticipated big band album “Shiny” releases in May.
The DJ and award-winning journalist’s work highlights meaningful Black luminaries.
Recently debuted her Mi.Mu smart gloves, a groundbreaking music-tech invention.
The regal R&B musician dropped “Say My Name”, a tribute track to Sandra Bland.
The genre-defying harpist’s fourth album “Soul Awakening” releases in June.
Released “Wintergreen”, a moving song which calls attention to mental illness.
Founded an institute at Berklee focusing on gender justice in jazz.
Produces emerging female artists as well as her own music at Unspeakable Records.
Released “I Can’t Breathe” music video honoring Eric Garner.
Drea’s MOnthly Vibes
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Contact
For media enquiries: ksundell@rogersandcowan.com
For bookings: guy@warmedia.com
For all other enquiries: shaneque@compositionsforacause.com