Norma owes her passion for music to her footballer-father who was also a guitarist. Growing up in such an environment, it was only natural that Norma's first compositions would be for guitar. She studied languages and speaks French, English, Italian and Spanish.
Later, music got the upper hand and she enrolled in the American School of Modern Music in Paris. For four years she studied writing, composition, piano and harmony. Norma then spent some time at the Berklee college of Music in Boston (USA). On her return to Paris, she made many interesting contacts, leading to her providing backing vocals for recordings by Jhonny Hallyday, Michel Jonas, David Hasselhoff and others.
In addition, Norma sang the French adaptations Sister Act 1 and 2, Lion king 1 and 2, Hercules, etc.
Besides her passion for music, Norma has danced since she was young. In particular, she has taken classes with Jaime Rogers, choreographer of, amongst others, Fame ( the original TV series). By the age of 19, she had reached professional standard, which allowed her to dance in the music video U Got The Look with Prince. Acting classes enabled her to perfect her training as an artist.
In 1999, she co-composed the music and lyrics of Tous Les Maux d Amour (All the Pains of Love). The song became an international hit (one of the year's ten most played song on the radio in France, Canada, Switzerland and Belgium). It later was also covered by S Club 7 under the adapted title " Natural " and reached #3 in the English charts.
In 2000, she released her first album Poussieres d'Etoiles / Star Dust, a blend of Funk, RnB, Jazz, Soul and Classical.
In addition, she sang the French versions of the songs on the soundtrack of French-dubbed American films, including Sister Act 1 & 2, Lion King 1 & 2, Hercules, Princess & the Frog etc.
In 2004, Norma formed a group "Angelux" with Thomas Foyer a very talented New York-based Writer/Producer multi-instrumentalist. Their songs have been placed into upcoming feature films like Crimes of Fashion 2007, Walking Dreams 2006, All My Children ( ABC 2007 ), American Shopper, The Women 2009, ( with Meg Ryan, Anette Bening & Eva Mendes, Killer Hair 2010.
In 2010, Norma got a Diploma in Music Production from the Berklee College of Music.
She is currently working on her new album, as well as collaborating on a Musical for children where she is writing all the songs & lyrics and co-writing the original story.
For more info please visit:
www.normaray.com
