Ave Maria

According to Tina Louise Thomas, "Songwriting is just story-telling to the tune of the music that pours out of your soul." Thomas is a former beauty queen, celebrated performer, recording artist, songwriter, and composer who has achieved numerous honors and accolades throughout her music career. During her reign as Miss Pennsylvania, she became an internationally recognized beauty queen after winning the National Talent Award in Atlantic City, NJ with her soaring vocal renditions and was also a runner-up in the Miss America Scholarship Pageant.

Thomas has appeared on talk shows, such as CBN's 700 Club, and shared the stage with many famous personalities, including Johnny Carson, Burt Sugarman, Soupy Sales, and Paul Harvey, all of whom praised her beauty and extraordinary talent on their TV and radio shows. She has performed and shared the stage with award-winning, renowned musicians and Metropolitan Opera Stars such as John Darrenkamp, Sir George Shearing, The Oak Ridge Boys, Gaithers, Dottie Rambo, Reba Rambo, Roy Rogers, Dale Evans Rogers, The Blackwood Brothers, Imperials, and more. Additionally, Thomas has sung at several high-profile events, including a White House function, the National Broadcast Convention, and the Governor's Prayer Breakfast where she received a Gubernatorial Commendation for her outstanding talent and academic accomplishments. Thomas is an Honorary Member of the prestigious Beta Sigma Phi International Sorority and was presented with the Red Rose City Outstanding Citizen's Award for her televised fundraising and community service. She also performed for a Jackson, Mississippi Billy Graham event, and has been invited to sing for the Dr., Martin Luther King Junior's commemorative dinner in Honduras and her home state of Pennsylvania.

In 2023, Thomas's rendition of Johanne Sebastian Bach, Gounod's "Ave Maria," the music video of which she recorded with the Nashville Symphony, was recognized by the Cannes World Film Festival in France, where it was awarded the Laurel of 'Finalist'. The moving Music Video also received 'Official Selection' for the 2023 London Music Video Festival, 'Official Selection' at the Canadian International Faith & Family Film Festival in Toronto, and received attention from judges at the International Christian Film & Music Festival, Orlando, Florida, where it was 'Nominated' for Best Music Video. The beautiful recording was remastered by Tim Vogel of Lancer Films of North Carolina.

(Ref.) Wikipedia: As a singer/songwriter, recording artist, director, producer, and pianist, Thomas is presently writing, arranging, and scoring music in many different genres for major Hollywood cinema, stage, and television productions.
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