Young Bermudian Talent Leah Amaral Shines on Ride the Wave Volume Two

Leach Amaral young high school singer who is on the upcoming Ride the Wave CD.

May 18, 2011 — Leah Amaral, 15, will be hanging ten (that’s surfer talk) on the latest Ride the Wave Volume Two album, released today. The Somersfield Academy student is one of the youngest Bermudian artists to be featured on the album. She has been taking singing lessons since she was ten years old but seriously began performing over the past year and a half.

“My father, Frank Amaral, heard about the Ride the Wave CD,” she said. “He took an interest and had just recorded my song ‘Read My Mind’ with Leroy Francis. I wanted to get it out there. I thought what better way than through Ride the Wave. It is a pop song about a love story kind of thing. It is Taylor Swift inspired. That is my style.”

She has performed at school and has been helped by her music teacher, Frasier Dodd. “That is how I got started and gained my confidence,” she said. “I have always been interested in performing. When I was little, I danced a lot and I always wanted to be a performer. Maybe over the past three years I decided I wanted to be a singer and I started writing my own music. It would be amazing to be able to do it professionally. That would be my dream.”

Leah also plays tennis and rows, but her true passion is singing. “Nothing is as important as music,” she said. “My mother sings and that is where I get my voice from. Both my parents, Frank and Carolyn Amaral, are very encouraging. I have to be in the mood to write songs. Sometimes I am inspired by real life, and sometimes I am inspired by a certain phrase and start writing.”

See her on YouTube at this link.

Excerpt originally published in article, “Introducing some of the new talent” by Jessie Moniz in The Royal Gazette