"The essence of all art is having pleasure giving pleasure." - Mikhail Baryshnikov
"For a person remains of consequence not so far as he leaves something behind him but so far as he acts and enjoys, and rouses others to action and enjoyment." - attr. Goethe
Chantelle Constable is an artist who plays with sound and words like Lego and mud pies. Growing from roots in classical music and the Great American Songbook, through the fertile imaginations of Laurel Canyon songwriters, nourished by the art of powerful, eccentric muses such as Fiona Apple and Sarah Slean... Chantelle harnesses the magic of music and lyric and prose to create a world of brave expression, sensitive emotion, and delicious beauty.
Career Highlights
- Fanny Brice in "Funny Girl", Pitti-Sing in "The Mikado", Tobias Ragg in "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
- Music director for Manhattan Arts Center production of "Hair"
- European tour with Flint Hills Masterworks Chorale (2009): featured soloist
- National Anthem performer: Kansas State University athletics (basketball and volleyball), NATPA
- Keyboardist and lead vocalist for rock bands Lithus and Echopod (2010s); half of folk duo Trowbridge & Constable (2010s)
- National Opera Association Conference performer in Atlanta, GA (2010)