{"id":27413,"date":"2025-11-03T12:02:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T17:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/?p=27413"},"modified":"2025-11-03T14:29:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T19:29:35","slug":"shayna-steele-broadway-solo-singing-backup-earning-berklee-degree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/shayna-steele-broadway-solo-singing-backup-earning-berklee-degree\/","title":{"rendered":"Shayna Steele on Broadway, Solo LPs, Singing Backup, and Her Berklee Degree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Singer-Songwriter Shayna Steele Discusses Her Storied Music Career and Studying at Berklee Online with Friends Jordan Ballard and Kamilah Marshall<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Shayna Steele is a professional singer-songwriter who got her start on Broadway in shows like Rent<\/em>, Jesus Christ Superstar<\/em>, and Hairspray<\/em>. She\u2019s sung backup for artists such as Bette Midler, Rihanna, and Kelly Clarkson, and she\u2019s currently a solo artist with several symphony orchestras throughout North America. She\u2019s in the process of making her fifth studio album with her husband and producer, David Cook, who also happens to be Taylor Swift\u2019s longtime music director. Together, Shayna and David have a 12-year-old daughter. In this Q&A, she discusses her time on Broadway, how she earned her degree at Berklee Online with her friends Jordan Ballard and Kamilah Marshall, and what it was like to balance life as a mom, working singer-songwriter, and a student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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