Carlos Tabora is a contemporary pianist and Billboard award-winning songwriter based in Orange County, California. Influenced by such songwriters and artists as Billy Joel, Diane Warren, Ray Charles and Jim Brickman, Tabora continues to develop his craft while performing his songs and piano solos at coffee houses and other venues throughout Southern California. He is originally from Chicago, Illinois and graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a degree in marketing.
While he enjoyed a successful career as a marketing, meeting and event planner for various organizations in the association, publishing and financial services industries, Tabora moved out to California to pursue his lifelong dream of music. He is a member of ASCAP and the Nashville Songwriters Association (NSAI) and continues to further his music education by attending regional songwriting workshops and taking online music courses through SongU.com.
His first CD was an EP titled Carlos Tabora: 5 Now, 6 Later which includes three original songs and two piano solos. His song, How Your Love Changes Everything, won the Grand Prize in Billboard's Annual World Song Contest. Currently, he is writing and recording songs for his upcoming album, Statement of Faith, scheduled for release in late 2010.
More information is available at his official site, www.RomanticPiano.com.