Water II Wine Ministries
Biography
Thea Wray was born in the UK to Jamaican parents and was raised and educated in Jamaica and the USA. Thea holds degrees from University of the West Indies and Auburn University. However her first love is music, having started piano lessons when she was 3 ½ years old. She continued her musical training in Jamaica with a number of tutors and became a Licentiate in Pianoforte Performance from Trinity College London in 1977. As a youngster and then an adult she was involved in the music ministry at her church, Bethel Baptist in Kingston, Jamaica, led by Reverend Burchell Taylor playing both the piano and organ. During this time she also worked as a keyboardist in several theatrical productions; she started singing commercial advertisements in the mid eighties and started to offer her musical services for private functions. She decided to enter the world of music full time in 1997 after having divided her time between her musical career, her studies and work in the areas of Agriculture, Banking, Travel and Property management. She relocated to the North Coast of Jamaica to work on the hotel entertainment circuit. Thea worked as a cocktail pianist and sing-a-long pianist as well as vocalist/pianist in a jazz trio setting at hotels such as Sandals Dunns River, Ciboney and Round Hill Hotels.

Thea returned to the UK in early 2000 with her family to further what she thought was her Jazz music career and made appearances at a few private functions during this time. Although a baptised Christian since 1974 she felt the call of the Lord to use her talents to spread His Gospel through her music since returning to the UK. So convicted, she has been a committed and active member of the Rye Lane Chapel led by Pastor Frank Goveia in Peckham since July 2000 where she is part of the Praise and Worship team. She also ministers in music where invited although since being appointed the Director for the Music Ministry at Rye Lane Chapel she is concentrating her efforts in Peckham. Thea also works with Spinnaker Trust, a Christian charity, which brings Christian assemblies to primary schools in Southwark, Lambeth, Wandsworth and Bromley. 

Thea holds a one year certificate course in Jazz and Pop Studies from Goldsmith College, in London which has supported her on her musical journey. She released a vocal instructional compact disc entitled Support the Sound which is distributed by Black Women in the Arts based in Hackney. She is presently working on a booklet to supplement the CD which will be published in 2005. She wrote and produced a contemporary Christmas Cantata entitled 'A Dream Come True' which was staged at the Rye Lane Chapel in Peckham in December 2002. As an intuitive performer she is also involved in storytelling with the cartoonist Tayo Fatunla where she adds a musical dimension to European, Caribbean and African tales. Thea teaches music at Southwark Park Primary school and  Robert Browning Primary school, both in Southwark and has a private studio where she teaches piano, guitar and voice.

Thea calls herself one of ‘God’s Singers’ and has two releases to her credit - Water II Wine Praise I released in 2002. and  ‘NOBOUNDARIESNOBORDERSNOLIMITS’ in 2003. Additional studio work on her Christmas album entitled ‘My Favourite Things’ previously released in Jamaica on cassette format in 1998 will commence in time for its re-release in 2005. Thea continues to write for the Lord and she wants her life to give God the glory.