Fourteen-year-old classical-pop crossover star Jackie Evancho plans
to add songwriting to her skill set on her forthcoming studio album.
Evancho tells Billboard the project, which she's currently
recording on in a studio near her home in suburban Pittsburgh, will feature one
of her own songs, though she's keeping the title secret.
"It's supposed to be a surprise, I'm sorry," Evancho
says. "I'm really excited. I kinda just started (writing) last year; it
was really fun to kind of make up little tunes on the piano, and I just decided
to add words to those tunes and record them and kind of make it into a song
layout. It's fun, and I'm really excited to expose that side to people,
too."
Evancho says the album, which follows 2012's "Songs From the
Silver Screen" and is being produced by Nick Patrick, is "almost
completely done; we're just waiting to do the recording of the orchestra and
stuff like that. It's not anything that's themed like my last CD -- just a
bunch of songs that I enjoy singing, pop to opera, all over the place. It's
going to be awesome."
Evancho says a title and release date haven't been locked-in yet,
while a PBS special based on the album is also being planned.
Meanwhile, Evancho has shows planned into the summer, and after
appearing in the 2013 film "The Company You Keep" and modeling for
Guess Kids, hopes to keep finding different creative endeavors.
"I'd love to do a Broadway show, but I can't because of the
style I sing," she notes. "that's not the style they're looking for,
and I kind of cherish the kind of music that I sing now, so I don't see that
happening soon. Right now I think I just want to sing and try to make the world
a better place. Anything that I can do with my voice that's good, I'll try to
do."
Source Billboard.com
Source Billboard.com
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