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Rickey - Ricardo Sims
Tel. (323) 779-9700 ♪ (323) 222-2277 ♪ (323) 273-7191
P.O. Box 431397, Los Angeles, CA 90043
www.RickeyRicardoSims.org
Rickey - Ricardo Sims performs with academic excellence and genuine depth of passion, whether singing concert classical, spiritual, praise and worship, jazz, rhythm and blues/soul or pop repertoire, or acting in musical theater. He has inspired audiences of all ages throughout the United States and overseas with his musical and dramatic performances.
Mr. Sims’ tender yet powerful blend of talent and training have provided him with the unique opportunity of performing for two U.S. presidents (Reagan and Bush, Sr.), Queen Elizabeth II, Pope John Paul II, and two Olympic and Super Bowl half-time shows.
He has played lead roles in such musical theater shows as “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” “Showboat” and a number of religious productions. A performer with a broad scope of abilities, Mr. Sims choreographs praise dance numbers and signs for the deaf, though now unsighted.
Mr. Sims also shares his talents with numerous churches, outreach ministries, coffee houses, clubs, and special-event television and radio programs throughout Southern California. He sings for banquets, weddings and fund-raising galas, and teaches privately and conducts Vocal Dynamics clinics. He is also directing a church ministry for the visually impaired and mentoring other visually impaired entertainers through his organization, “Nu Muzik Productions.”
Those stage performers who have inspired and influenced him most include such notables as Paul Robeson, Luciano Pavorotti, Lionel Harris, Luther Van Dross, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder and Ben Vereen.
Mr. Sims’ vision is to share his music with as much of the world as he can. “It is only when I am performing,” he affirms, “that I feel the kind of joy and peace I believe we are all born to experience and share.”
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Rickey - Ricardo Sims
A name you will remember because he has a voice you will never forget.
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Honorary and Professional Organizations
(Soloist/ Chair of “Inner Vision” Ministries) WEST ANGELES CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST CATHEDRAL,
Los Angeles, CA ♪ Bishop Charles E. Blake, Senior Pastor
(Soloist/Member) ANGELES MESA PRES. CHURCH CHOIR, Los Angeles, CA ♪ Iris Stevenson, Director
(Soloist/Member) 1ST PRES. CHURCH CHOIR, Santa Ana, CA ♪ Paul McNeff, Director
(Alumnus) UP WITH PEOPLE PERFORMING TROUPE, based in Denver, CO ♪ International
Dancers/Singers, traveling and concertizing extensively
(Soloist/Member) ORANGE COUNTY MASS CHOIR, Orange County, CA
(Soloist/Alumnus) LOS ANGELES GOSPEL MESSENGERS, Los Angeles, CA ♪ Rev. James Cleveland,
Director
(Award) MUSIC STUDENT OF 2002-2003, Braille Institute, Los Angeles, CA
(Award) MALE VOCALIST OF 1991, Orange County, CA ♪ Black Theatres
(Award) RISING STAR OF 1990, Orange County, CA ♪ United Way
(Member) ASCAP (Member) National Association of Negro Musicians (NANM)
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Recording and Performing Collaborations and Musical Training
2001 - Present COLLABORATING IN THE RECORDING STUDIO AND PERFORMING WITH ♪ Jimmie Davis (LTD Soul R & B), Dionne Quan, voice of Kimi Finster on Nickelodeon’s Rugrats ♪ gospel/jazz recording artists, composer and arrangers including Professor Iris Stevenson (Worldwide Music Director, COGIC), Howlett Smith (Raven Records), Laywood Blocker (Nu Muzik Productions), Larry McRae and J.B. Mitchell (Chapel Records), Dale Thompson (Gift Records) and others in Paris, France, Los Angeles County and Orange County, CA
1992 – 1995 VOCAL TRAINING WITH ♪ Maestro Derek Adams, Orange County, CA
1985 - 1987 VOCAL TRAINING WITH ♪ Seth Riggs and Eric Fvehere,
Los Angeles, CA and Orange County, CA
1985 MUSICAL THEATER MAJOR ♪ United States International University, San Diego, CA
1980 JAZZ / A CAPELLA SINGER ♪ Arlene Nutey, Joliet East High School, Joliet, IL
1975 - 1980 VOCAL TRAINING WITH ♪ Luvonia Whittley, C.O.G.I.C., Chicago, IL
1973 – 1977 VOCAL TRAINING WITH ♪ “Mr. Hammond ‘B-3’,” Clarence Williams, Fontana, CA
1972 – 1975 VOCAL TRAINING WITH ♪ Sarah Marsh, Gospel, Classical and Jazz Vocalist and Pianist,
Joliet, IL
Personal and Professional
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Rickey-Ricardo Sims
A name you will remember because he has a voice you will
never forget.
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