Trece

- A “Diva” in the making….Elbonee “Trece” Stevenson has been preparing for stardom since the age of six. Placing her faith in God at an early age, she started developing her booming attention-grabbing style of vocalizing through constant practice in her church choir. A club owner caught wind of her skills and began managing the young star, but her parents felt she was too young and didn’t allow her to pursue a career.Being chosen out of only five people in her school to participate in the School of Performing Arts, Trece learned a variety of techniques needed to fully exploit her voice. She was trained in opera, jazz, blues, and R&B. At the age of 20 she became the choir director at her local YMCA, for a youth program.She had her sites set on going commercial when she ran across a group called Anon. This began the long journey of shopping for the right home. Not feeling comfortable with operations within these labels, she went freelance on tracks for Ghetto Angel Records, Dark Sun Entertainment, Da Devils Den, ImAStar, BreakThough, Let Loose Beats and a few other independents. She also sang with a local blues band - Eastside Edition – for 3 years and Catfish Kitchen Band- for 1 year.Finally, Trece thought she found a home studio but still no luck so she decided to collaborate with a couple local studios to finish her album. Trece’s album, titled “I’m Waiting” was released on September 16, 2006. Since the release of her album she is being played in heavy rotation on WERG 90.5 in Erie Pa and also her songs are being played in Va, North Carolina, Cleveland and New York , she also has performed in Erie, New York, Washington and Cleveland. Her song “Wannabe”, from here album, was selected for the sound track for the movie “Crossroads” – produced and directed by Frank E. Jackson Jr. of Sonjada Productions.Trece's current projects include, finishing up her 2nd album entitled "Best Kept Secrets," due to release in early summer of 2008. She is also starring in the musical "Crowns:Portraits of Black Women in Hats," by Michael Cunninham and Craig Marberry at the Erie Playhouse (13 West 10 St. Across from the Avalon Hotel, Erie, PA 16504). Running dates for the play are January 31st through February 10.Trece has opened for Erie Freeze Semi-pro football team, Cheri Dennis (Bad Boy Ent.), 2 Live Crew, Ray Bone, Tony Yayo, Crime Mob and was the star lead in the musical “DreamGirls”. In addition to these performances, she preformed for the Cleveland county commissioner, starred in the musical “Blues to the Bible” and worked with charitable organizations; such as, Boys and Girls club, United Way and Common Ground (an Erie Organization).I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4