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Arise (musician) Authorized Biography from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tricia Lourdes Juanita Aguirre (born July 14, 1987) better known by her stage name Arise is an American musician, songwriter and actress. Born in Southern Indiana and raised in south Florida, she studied at River Valley Middle School and graduated from Jeffersonville High School. Aguirre later studied at Louisville, Kentucky's Clifton Arts Center, Kentucky Center For The Performing Arts, and Stage One, as well as Clarksville, Indiana's Invitation To Dance. Tricia loved drawing immensely, but shifted her focus to acting when she began her stage career at the age of six, participating in a theme park production of Aladdin. She has acted in several films, comedy sketches, and music videos. Her musical stylings in electronic and synthesizer pop music have included her debut single, Cryptic, and later single, Luminescent Fortress. Influenced by a range of musicians from Mariah Carey to Ellie Goulding, and from deadmau5 to Passion Pit. Early Life 1987-2007 Tricia Lourdes Juanita Aguirre was born on July 14, 1987 in New Albany, Indiana. She is of Jewish, Spanish, French, German, and Russian descent. Arise is the only child of William and Renee Aguirre. In the 1980’s Aguirre's father was in the Navy and the family moved several times during her childhood, including a two year deployment in Sardinia, Italy. Aguirre was only four when she began drawing various Disney cartoon characters. In kindergarten during recess, she could be found sitting at her desk working zealously on new animated material. Her drawing gradually progressed to landscapes and portraits with her largest artistic influence at the time coming from Bob Ross. Her earliest career goal was to draw for Walt Disney Studios. Aguirre had an active childhood that gave her a solid foundation for later career goals in the performing arts. She attended summer camp regularly and was part of a girl scout troop. For nine years, she studied ballet, hip hop, belly dance and flamenco. Aguirre had her first taste of the stage in June of 1993 at age six, when selected out of five hundred other little girls for a role in a theme park production of Aladdin.. Here picture was taken multiple times by different photographers during that time and that same she appeared in art commercial for Fox 41 Kids Club and her picture was seen in the Tribune newspaper in an article about the arts. She went on to star in such notable stage shows as Mary Poppins, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Moon Over Buffalo. Aguirre enrolled in acting and improv classes as she pursued her deep interest in acting and music. She studied keyboard for three years while attending River Valley Middle School. She sang soprano in the choir and was involved in theatre in and outside of school. She has studied literature and other languages such as Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, and Arabic. Throughout the 1990's, she took roles in various stage shows and musicals. Her mother was the strict one in the household. Dresses played a big role in Tricia’s childhood. Nearly every week a new one was bought for her and she was told to be very careful not to mess them up. Often times, Tricia was unable to play and run around with her friends outside because she was wearing one of her nice outfits and her hair was styled, usually in curly perms. This caused a rebellious tomboy stage that she went through fairly young. Career 2007- Present In 2007, Aguirre moved to west Los Angeles, California where she was signed with Fame Talent Agency upon her second day there, and she landed a film role on the third day. It was in Santa Monica where she met and dated actor Yousuf Azami for a time. Arise enjoys comedy sketches and has starred in several sketch comedy short films. Click for filmography[1]. She developed a deep interest in industrial and electronic dance music when she was at a beach party with friends. and quickly decided she really wanted to pursue music. She has sang backup vocals for several friends bands, but wanted to venture out and make her own music.She made up her mind that New York City would be a better place to start and moved back to the East Coast, but settling for a time in Boston. In 2010, Aguirre played a short role in the movie Secretariat, alongside such notable actors as Diane Lane and John Malkovich. She can also be seen in 2012's 2nd Serve with Guillermo Diaz. Aguirre's role in the horror short, Freak of Nature, was covered on March 16th, 2011 by LEO Magazine[2]. In 2011, Aguirre began starring in music videos, beginning with Downtrend's video of their song Madness Darkness along with a bit part in the indie horror flick Victim. Since then, she has appeared in other videos for bands and solo artists, as well as a spoof zombie music video. In spring of 2012 she made a guest appearance on Louisville’s La Caliente Spanish radio station. In November 2012, Aguirre released her debut single, Cryptic followed by her Februrary 2013 release single Luminescent Fortress (Night Summons Us). Her new album Amethyst Moon is set to be released in October 2013. She recently appeared in two episodes of MTV2’s new show Jobs That Don’t Suck. She is currently living in Manhattan. Some quotes from Arise: "I’m deeply inspired by various artists. I think every artist feels a rush from being on stage with a happy crowd having a good time. It makes me really want to dive in and really immerse myself in the world of music." “I love listening to music in different languages from different cultures. Even though I don’t know what they’re singing about, I can sort of imagine to myself what the premise of the song is.” "My favourite word is literature." "I want to make people happy and smile, but to make people think. I want to be remembered for that." "I see myself as funny, though almost never on purpose, witty and very approachable." "The arts have just been a major part of my existence. My grandmother was a model and my father sings."