A Diva in
the making Elbonee "Trece" 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. Trece was the asst. choir director
for YMCA, YWCA and Anon. She also was the choir director for
Gannondale School for Girls and also gave personal vocal
lessons.
She had her sites set on going commercial so this began the long
journey of shopping for the right home. Not feeling comfortable
with operations within certain labels, she went freelance on tracks
for Ghetto Angel Records, Dark Sun Entertainment, Da Devils Den,
Let Luse Beats, ImAStar, BreakThough and a few other independents.
She also sang with a local blues band - Eastside Edition for 3
years, while also providing vocals for Catfish Kitchen Band.
Finally, Trece released her album, which is on heavy rotation on
WERG 90.5 in Erie, PA. - WJTU 88.7 FM and WRUW 91.1 FM in Cleveland
Ohio WICB 91.7 or 92.0 FM in Ithaca, NY. Trece's album, titled "I'm
Waiting" was released on September 16, 2006. Since the release of
her album, she has performed in Pennsylvania, New York, and Ohio.
Her song "Wannabe", from her album, was selected for the sound
track for the movie "Crossroad"Â produced and directed
by Frank E. Jackson Jr. of Sonjada Productions.
Trece has opened for Cheri Dennis (Bad Boy), 2 Live Crew, Ray Bone,
Tony Yayo, Crime Mob, DJ Unk, Casino in Erie, Erie Freeze semi-Pro
football team, Commissioner Peter Lawson Jones of Cleveland and was
the star lead in the musical "DreamGirls". In addition to these
performances, she has also stared in the musical "Blues to the
Bible" and "CROWNS" and sang for Albion Prison to uplift inmates
and encourage them to do their time and come home. Trece worked
with charitable organizations; such as, Common Ground (an Erie
Organization), United Way, Woman Against Youth Violence and Mother
to Mother
