GAYNA'S OTHER LIVES!

Gayna is also established as a professional writer whose published work has included:

· A number of articles, and a regular column, in 'Mensa' magazine (until she left the organisation);
· Various reviews (mainly media related);
· Several freelance articles on subjects related to Astrology and clairvoyance..

She has two completed books pending release, including a semi-autobiographical novel.

As well as this Gayna has a long established career as a performer. She a professional singer as well as a writer, arranger and composer of music (with 70 songs published to date). She has previously released material under the name 'Gayna Rose Madder' and with bands 'Shiny Two Shiny', 'A Formal Sigh', 'This Is This' and 'Experimental Muzak Society'. She has been signed to several labels for both recording and publishing. As Gayna Rose Madder and in Shiny Two Shiny, she has toured Europe several times, playing in France, England, Scotland, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany and Spain. She also on European TV and recorded radio sessions including BBC Radio 1. You can see more about her musical career at the following site: http://www.bubbyworld.com/Gayna/Gaynafront.htm

She returned to Liverpool after 7 years in London, where in addition to her astrological and clairvoyant practice, she worked as a professional musician, music lecturer and songwriter, singing with jazz and classical ensembles or performing her own material.

Her performing career has included writing, recording and releasing eight records, gaining international airplay and press reviews. She has composed music for fashion shows and produced, arranged and written commercial releases for other acts. She is also a qualified teacher of music, specialising in vocal skills, and has many years experience of lecturing in universities, colleges and drama or performing arts schools in London and Liverpool, for example for 4 years she taught singing to 13-18-year-olds at the Brit School for Performing Arts in London.

As well as performing professionally in ensembles or as a solo artist, with or without musicians, over the last 10 years, she has toured Europe, done BBC radio interviews and sessions and made numerous TV appearances.

In recent years she has written two musical plays which have been staged in theatres in the Northwest of England. The first, 'It's my party', was staged at Unity Theatre, Liverpool in Feb '01, having previewed in March '00 as part of the International Womens' Festival at the Voodoo Room and Blackburne House.

She then collaborated with three visual artists, a musician, a film-maker and a video artist on producing another cross-platform musical play, 'Danger! Vacuum', which was staged at the Pacific Rd Theatre, Hamilton Quarter, Wirral, previewing first at Williamson Art Gallery. Merseyside.

Gayna speaks several languages (to varying degrees of success!) including French, Spanish, German and Italian.