"Annette Simmons R&B music and bio"
My name is Annette L. Simmons. I am 22 years old. I have been singing since I was four. I grew up in Northeast Houston. I would like to become a national and international superstar. My musical influences are Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Kelly Clarkson, and Aretha Franklin. I was involved in choir from the 6th to the 10th grade. My sophomore year of high school, I made the MacArthur Varsity choir. In the 6th grade, once my choir director heard my voice in a singing test, she assigned me my first solo Oh Happy Day. In my first talent show in the 8th grade, I placed first for my rendition of Its Over Now.I love to sing R&B music and can sing various genres from Latin, pop, R&B, and gospel. I performed I Will Always Love You,How Will I Know, and Proud Mary for Showtime 2000 (the choir spring concert). I also performed Come On Over,I Need You, and Proud Mary.I performed Lamb of God for the district Gospel Mass. I have been blessed to perform "The National Anthem" and "Texas Our Texas" for district superintendents in Fall 2000 and Spring & Fall 2001 and for Marchfest. I performed a duet Hark The Heralds Angels Sing in the 2000 Christmas choir concert. While in the MacArthur choir, we made all 1s at the UIL choir competition. I participated in two Allstate choir camps. I placed second and third at the MacArthur talent show Spring 2000 & 2001 with my interpretation of I Believe in You and Meand I Will Always Love You. I made a one at state my Sophomore year at the state solo and Ensemble competition for "Per La Gloria." I placed second at the same competition for my interpretation of "Widmung" my freshman year. I placed 13th and 8th in the Regional All State Choir competition and participated in the Region Mixed and Treble choirs in 2000 and 2001. I performed a duet "Music of the Heart" for the Fall 2000 choir concert & 2001 MacArthur Graduation and a solo "Hero" for summer 2003 graduation. I performed "Hero" and "Because You Loved Me" for the 2000 and 2003 Honor Graduates of MacArthur and AKA scholarship reception. I graduated 9 in my class from MacArthur High school in 2003. I received scholarships to the University of Texas at Austin. I attended the university for two years. While there, I tool voice lessons for two semesters. I performed the National Anthem with the UT Chambers Choir (UT's highest choir). I also participated in the Treble Choir at UT. I was also enrolled in voice lessons at the Kingwood School of Music my junior year of high school. All of my music teachers complimented my unique and powerful voice. Right now, I am focusing on getting my start in the music industry. I have a wide vocal range, I am a first soprano. I can learn music very quickly and have an ear for music, and have sung in various languages (German, Latin, Spanish, Italian, Russian, and French).
