Chantelle Constable

Birthday: July 22, 1989

Hometown: Blue Rapids, KS

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. Junction City Idol finalist, age 18. Music in the Park, Waterville, KS, performer. Spring Music Festival at Manhattan Town Center contestant. Church worship team member, starting at age 12. Christmas CD, "Treetops Glisten," recorded and released at age 17. Pure Talent Concert performer, 2008. NATPA National Anthem vocalist, ages 16-19. Flint Hills Masterworks Chorale* ages 16-20 (European Tour, 2009). Summer Chorus* ages 16-20.
* as Soprano I and soprano soloist on occasion

Repertoire: lieder, melodie, art song, oratorio, sacred, arias, 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, Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby

(Also) Louise Brooks, Marlene Dietrich, Ingrid Bergman
(Also) A. A. Milne, Daphne du Maurier, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Dorothy Sayers, Ellery Queen

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