Life Story / Musical Accomplishments: Piano lessons, ages 5-16. Columbian Youth Choir* ages 10-12. Golden Belt Vocal Festival* ages 15-19. Voice lessons starting at age 12. Flint Hills Masterworks Chorale* ages 15-19 (European Tour, 2009). Summer Chorus* ages 16-18. Junction City Idol finalist, age 18. Music in the Park, Waterville, KS, performer. Pure Talent Concert performer, 2008. Church worship team member, starting at age 12. NATPA National Anthem vocalist, ages 16-19. Spring Music Festival at Manhattan Town Center contestant.
* as Soprano I and soprano soloist on occasion
Repertoire: Faure, Chausson, Massenet, Bernstein, Copland, Rorem, Mahler, Verdi
swing, jazz, showtunes, pop standards, ballads, rhythm songs, novelty tunes
Voice type: lyric soprano (range- approx. G3 to C6)
Influences: Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Leonard Bernstein, Christine Schäfer, young Barbra Streisand, Shaun Cassidy, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Jerry Lewis, Leontyne Price, Count Basie
(Also) Louise Brooks, Marlene Dietrich, Ingrid Bergman
(Also) A. A. Milne, Daphne du Maurier, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Dorothy Sayers, Ellery Queen
Sounds Like: (see also: Influences) Shirley Jones, Jane Monheit, Jo Stafford, Jane Powell, Renee Fleming, Natalie Cole, Rosemary Clooney, Barbara Cook
Similar To: Victoria Hart, Sarah Vaughan, Carole King, Liza Minnelli, Edith Piaf, Josh Groban, Peggy Lee, Anita O’Day, Doris Day, Robin McKelle
Hobbies / Activities: Writing, reading, piano playing, geeking, computing, obsessing over classic Hollywood stars, collecting LPs, used-bookstore shopping, coffee and tea drinking, star-gazing, Ebay-ing
