With a passion for life and a drive to connect with people on a deeper level, Summer Rona puts every ounce of her energy into creating and performing music. She hopes to inspire others to express themselves as fully as she does. She is influenced by her father, a classically trained pianist and her mother, a beautiful singer, who met in a band in SLC. As an accomplished singer and piano player herself, Summer has the sound of experience. Recently she performed a duet with the legendary Jermaine Jackson, singing the hit song, "I'll Be There", among other Jackson favorites. She wrote and produced music that played for thousands at the NYC Lincoln Center for the Project Runway Finale Show! You can hear her voice on the radio, the American Idol video game, television shows & commercials, jingles, as a guest artist on albums such as: Big Swedes "BS in Da Club" and the new album by UK hip hop sensation, Antix, and soon as a character in an animated video game. With over 13,000 entries, Summer took 1st place for her song “Soul Static” on ourstage.com & won the Grand Prize! Her songs have received honors from the Paramount Music and John Lennon Songwriting Contests. Summer studied at Middle Tennessee State University, with a major in the Recording Industry Program and a minor in music business. She has performed from Nashville to Vegas and LA to Venezuela and Israel, entertaining crowds as large as 20,000 with her own music and a live band. She's had the opportunity to sing with music greats such as Lee Greenwood (God Bless the USA), Larry Henley (Wind Beneath My Wings), Buzz Cason (Everlasting Love), Dobie Gray (Drift Away), Jay White (Neil Diamond), among others and has written with successful writers such as Grammy Award-winning songwriter/producer Ben M (Mariah Carey), Mike K (David Archeletta), Daniel Luttrell (Nikka Costa/Grey's Anatomy), & Lars Jansson Kilman (Hall Pass) & many more. Summer has released two EP's and has a catalogue of over 400 original songs which she is working hard to place in TV, film, and with other artists. In due time she plans to save a special collection of songs for her first full length album. Summer is well on her way to becoming a mega success in the industry. "Congratulations, You are a talented lady" says, Paul Williams, President ASCAP