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Named Best Western Australian Country Music
Female Vocalist at the 2006 Boyup Brook Country Music Festival in W.A., Danish
born Connie Kis migrated with her family to Australia when she was two
years old.
She began learning the banjo-mandolin at the age of eight and by the
time she was eleven years old, Connie Kis was performing at local town
hall concerts and on guest spots with Australian Country Music legend,
Slim Dusty when his travelling show came to her then home town of Bourke
in NSW.
After gaining a
degree in both Economics and Psychology from the University of NSW and
working in Sydney in the field of Special Education for two years, Connie
Kis moved to Perth, W.A.
At the same time
she began pursuing a profession in her first love, music.
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She
performed as the lead singer in several bands, trios and duos, the most
current of which are pop cover duo, Kis'n Tel and acoustic original country duo, a.k.a.Kis.
Her band;
'The Hired Guns'
usually
comes
together to showcase the original country songs from her releases,
Gone Wishin and
Once Again.
During the earlier period she also recorded her own material in Jakarta and performed it on Asian TV for the English Hour show. Her music was subsequently licensed to the station's label for use with Indonesia's #1 performing artist. |
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Professional Achievements
Since 1998, when her focus had turned to a full-time career in music
Connie Kis:
* Has established through her business Kismana Music,
a co-operative of independent artists namely the Kismana Ko-Op. with
music for promotion and sale through the Internet,
* Served time as Board member, Vice President and President of the West Australian Music Industry Association (WAM) 1999 - 2001 inclusively.
* Currently serves as a panellist on the Arts Development Panel and Contemporary Music Panel for ArtsWA
for a 3rd 2-year term.
* Currently teaches voice production weekly at TAFE (during school terms) and workshops at UWA Extension.
* Has had material signed to GoldWax Records, an independent record label based in Atlanta, USA.
* Held the acting position of General manager of KULCHA - Multicultural Arts of WA Inc whilst the organisation re-structured - 2004.
* Composed and recorded the ambient backing music for eleven independent talking book releases as well as the score for an independent filmography.
* Recorded
Keeping it Simple
her debut country E.P,
and
Gone Wishin'
. her full length CD. |
Wearing Slim Dusty's hat
in the 60's
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For more background
information on Connie Kis, please visit Kismana Music.
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out where she is playing next
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