Bio

 

Dee Kohanna Davis is a poet, lyricist, vocalist and voice and writing coach. She won the SuRaa award for short fiction for her story Green Dolphy and her poetry has been published in Porter Gulch Review and the Network. Her lyrics have been recorded by various artists, among them Janis Siegal of Manhattan Transfer.

 

Dee sings her original lyrics on a recently remastered jazz album, Little Theaters, which can be found on Bandcamp. She has taught at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, the Aula de Música in Barcelona and for the Norwegian Jazz Federation in Sund, Norway.

 

A native New Yorker, Dee came to Santa Cruz to study Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) at Five Branches University. Combining modalities of TCM with a broad spectrum of vocal techniques, she created Five Element Voicework.

 

In alignment with the principles of Chinese Five Element Theory, she offers analysis and coaching in order to open channels for expression that are genuine and compelling. Dee’s clients have included a political candidate in Pennsylvania, a yoga teacher in Jakarta and an industrial designer in Denmark. She is working towards certification as a Qi Gong teacher with an interest in the intersection of sound and the Chinese healing arts.

 

Green Dolphy, a collection of Dee’s work, will be released as an ebook with audio in early 2025.