Patricia Bahia is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Her songs have aired on TV shows such as The Fosters, Nashville, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, and Riverdale, among others. In 2015, she was nominated for two L.A. Music Critic Awards: Best Pop Rock Artist (Female) and Best CD (Female). Bahia is an ovarian cancer survivor. Her songs, Every Day is a Gift, Great Day to Be Alive, and Keep the Light On, inspired in part by her cancer experience, have garnered two Positive Music Awards, the West Coast Songwriters International Song Contest's Grand Prize, and a Peace Song Award.
Bahia is a solo singer-songwriter and also writes, performs, and records with the musical duo, 7th & Hope.
Early life and education Patricia Bahia was born in St. Louis, Missouri to parents Maarten and Farah Nieuwenhuizen. Her father, a retired psychiatrist, is Dutch, and her mother, a retired art educator, is Persian.
As a child, Bahia sang in choirs, took dance, piano, and voice lessons, and played the clarinet. Her first public performance was a dance recital at age six on the paddle boat, the SS Admiral (1907), on the Mississippi river in St. Louis, Missouri.
She attended the Plan II Honors Program at The University of Texas at Austin, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. Her thesis was on the Women's Suffrage Movement for which she traveled to locate diaries and letters from Suffragettes. She attended the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. It was in law school that Bahia began singing again.
She worked for a number of years as an attorney, moonlighting as a jazz singer with a residency at Café Claude in San Francisco.
Music career Bahia is a founding member of the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, with which she toured internationally and sang backing vocals on Linda Ronstadt's, Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind album. She performed with the Choir until 2006.
In 2003, Bahia was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and decided to begin writing songs. She left her legal career and began studying the craft of songwriting. She started playing the piano again, learned to play the guitar, and began performing as a solo singer-songwriter. In 2010 she released an EP titled, Long Road Home and in 2015 she released a full-length album, Save Your Heart which received favorable reviews.
Teaching and vocal coaching Bahia coaches clients on vocal technique, performance, songwriting, and music licensing. Previously, she taught voice at the University of Southern California (USC) and voice and music business at the California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA).
Bahia holds an MM (Master of Music) degree in Commercial Music from the California State University, Los Angeles.
Songs in film and television YearProductionTitleArtistRoleNetworkRef2022Love is BlindGet Ready (Here We Go)JAKØHBIWriter, PerformerNetflixLove is Blind I Got You7th & HopeWriter, PerformerNetflix2021Selling SunsetQueen BossMaté Maté featuring Queen KeiWriterNetflixUFC Fight IslandGet Ready (Here We Go)JAKØHBIWriter, PerformerESPNSelling TampaFlex7th & HopeWriter, PerformerNetflixGentefiedQueen BossMaté Maté featuring Queen KeiWriterNetflixThe Hills: New BeginningsGet Ready7th & HopeWriter, PerformerMTVThe Hills: New BeginningsLuh Luh Love It7th & HopeWriter, PerformerMTVTemptation Island The Future is FemaleKali J.WriterUSA NetworkBurden of TruthWarmEcho UndergroundWriterNBC2020Selling SunsetColors7th & HopeWriter, PerformerNetflixSelling SunsetHello7th & HopeWriter, PerformerNetflixSelling SunsetLuh Luh Love It7th & HopeWriter, PerformerNetflixLove & Hip Hop: New YorkQueen BossMaté MatéWriterVH1UFC 247 UnstoppableRakefireWriter, PerformerESPNMatching HeartsWhat You Waiting For?7th & HopeWriter, PerformerHallmark ChannelRiverdale (2017 TV series)UnstoppableRakefireWriter, PerformerThe CW2019Ex on the Beach (American TV series)Good To Be KingMaté MatéWriterMTVEx on the Beach (American TV series)Queen BossMaté MatéWriterMTVSelling SunsetBorn For This7th & HopeWriter, PerformerNetflixPretty Little Liars: The PerfectionistsOwn ItI Am OrfaWriterFreeform (TV channel)Good Witch (TV series)No Bad DaysKatie FerraraWriter, PerformerHallmark ChannelSiren (TV series)UnstoppableRakefireWriter, PerformerFreeform (TV channel)Heartland (Canadian TV series)My Heart Knows Where To GoMikey WaxWriter, PerformerCanadian Broadcasting CorporationTeen Mom 2Keep Up The Fight7th & HopeWriter, PerformerMTVTeen Mom 2Luh, Luh, Love It7th & HopeWriter, PerformerMTVSelling SunsetOwn ItI Am OrfaWriterNetflixTeen Mom: Young and PregnantHello7th & HopeWriter, PerformerMTV2018Teen Mom OGFriends Forever7th & HopeWriter, PerformerMTVMusic City (TV series)UnstoppableRakefireWriter, PerformerCMT (American TV channel)Life Sentence (TV series)Wild For YouSleep MachineWriterThe CWNashville (2012 TV series)Flying With the AshesKeilanaWriterCMT (American TV channel)Teen Mom 2What You Waiting For ?7th & HopeWriter, PerformerMTVTeen MomGreat Day To Be Alive7th & HopeWriter, PerformerMTVTeen Mom OGI Want It All7th & HopeWriter, PerformerMTVThe Price For SilenceRiotScarlet WolvesWriter, PerformerTheatersThe Price For SilenceWaltz With The DevilRakefireWriter, PerformerTheatersTeen Mom OGUnstoppableRakefireWriter, PerformerMTVEx on the Beach (American TV series)Good To Be KingMaté MatéWriterMTV2017Famous in LoveWild For YouSleep MachineWriterMTVGoneCover Me in GoldSleep MachineWriterNBC2016The Fosters (American TV series)Sorry I'm Not SorrySleep MachineWriterFreeform (TV channel)Heartbeat (2016 TV series)Wild For YouSleep MachineWriterFreeform (TV channel)Younger (TV Series)Cover Me In GoldSleep MachineWriterTV Land2015The Fosters (American TV series)Sorry I'm Not SorrySleep MachineWriterFreeform (TV channel)Younger (TV series) (Promo)Wild For YouSleep MachineWriterTV LandFinding CarterHot Blooded LoveSleep MachineWriterMTVThe Fosters (American TV series)Wild For YouSleep MachineWriterFreeform (TV channel)Quantico (TV series) (Promo)Wild For YouSleep MachineWriterABCSwitched at Birth (TV series)Hot Blooded LoveSleep MachineWriterFreeform (TV channel)Finding CarterWild For YouSleep MachineWriterMTVYounger (TV series)Wild For YouSleep MachineWriterTV LandFinding CarterStoneSleep MachineWriterMTV2014Finding CarterCover Me in GoldSleep MachineWriterMTV
Awards In 2020 Bahia won a total of three Peace Song Awards including the grand prize award. In 2020 Bahia won two Positive Music Awards also known as "Posi" awards. {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Nominated work !Category !Result |- | 2020 || Every Heart One Love || Positive Music Award || |- | 2020 || (Say Yes) World With A Little More Love || Positive Music Award || |- | 2020 || Grand Prize Winner || Peace Song Award || |- | 2020 || Every Heart One Love - Rock & Pop || Peace Song Award || |- | 2020 || (Say Yes) World With A Little More Love - World Music || Peace Song Award || |- | 2019 || Keep The Light On || Peace Song Award || |- | 2019 || Keep The Light On || Positive Music Award || |- | 2019 || Everything's Gonna Be Alright || Positive Music Award || |- | 2018 || Great Day To Be Alive || West Coast Songwriters Int'l Song Contest Grand Prize || |- | 2018 || Every Day Is a Gift || Positive Music Award || |- | 2017 || Good Day || Positive Music Award || |- | 2017 || Why We Walk || Positive Music Award || |- | 2015 || Save Your Heart || L.A. Music Critic Award – Best CD ||
| 2015 || Patricia Bahia || L.A. Music Critic Award – Best Artist ||
In 2020, Bahia's songs Every Heart One Love and It's All Good, were finalists in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest. In 2022, Bahia's song, It's All Good, was a finalist in the International Acoustic Music Awards.
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