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From Elaine Overholt, Celebrity vocal coach:
"What a voice and talent Denielle Bassels has! One of the most unique and powerful artists on the performing/recording scene today, Denielle is an award-winning singer, songwriter, and teacher of jazz, blues, pop, theatre and music off the beaten path.
Since her return to Canada from Switzerland, where she was performing her unique style of jazz/electro-swing/pop, Denielle has completed her Bachelors of Music from Humber College, released her studio EP “Gypsy Summer”, won the grand prize in the John Lennon Song Competition, and received airplay on both Canadian and European radio. She is a performer for “Electro-Swing Club Toronto”, and her quintet regularly performs various jazz festivals across Ontario, thus giving her first-hand experience in developing a powerful stage personae. She also just received an $8,000 songwriting grant from New Venture Seed Fund.
Bassels has been influenced by singers such as Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Louis Armstrong, Peggy Lee and Amy Winehouse. “At a Jam one night, (in Switzerland), I met a band of gypsy players who asked me to improvise to a tune I’d never heard of, ‘It doesn’t matter, make it up’, they said. And so I did. It was the beginning of many musical adventures”.
As a gentle and passionate teacher, Denielle has helped singers, from children to adults, prepare for auditions and roles for anything from entering music schools to professional roles in theatre, commercials and showcases for pop and R&B performances. No two voices are the same, and so her approach with each student is very personal and caring, catering to each unique individual.
“My goal as a teacher is to unlock the voice that’s already there.” Denielle has also just won a grant from the Canada Council For the Arts and is writing her first full-length album, expected to be released in early 2015!"
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