User:Rachster

Rachel Menconi is an American born performer, singer, actor, teacher (voice and acting technique), songwriter, writer, director, and producer. She was born February 27, 1986 in Northern, NJ. R

Rachel is a classically trained singer. She sings with an Italian technique called Bel Canto. She has over 14 years of Bel Canto singing lessons, over 12 years of musical theatre training, over 9 years of acting (on-camera, theatre, improv, film, commercial...etc). Rachel is a high lyric soprano and has a very strong and high mix that sounds like a belt. She sings all genres of music but her favorite is musical theatre, rock, pop, country, and funk. Rachel can sing opera but chooses not to perform it.

Rachel's first love has always been musical theatre. Rachel has been in over 40 musicals since the age of 3 and has had the good fortune of playing the leads in most of them. She has also been in over 20 cabaret shows in NYC and NJ.

Teaching

Rachel has been teaching proper voice and acting technique for over 7 years to children, teens, and adults. She teaches private lessons and group classes from her home studio and at a dancing school in Parsippany NJ. Rachel plans on opening up a performance school one day for every age.

Music

As a songwriter, Rachel has written over 50 songs. Rachel has been writing songs ever since the middle school. In 2007, Rachel founded the music publishing company called "SUNSHINE FACE" and owns all of her publishing rights to the songs she writes. Rachel has only two of them copyrighten. Rachel has been busy recording an album since Jan. 2007. In Jan. 2008, Rachel decided to record an EP before releasing her full album. Rachel's producer Haim Cotton has been working with her from the start. "Haim works as producer, co-producer (in some songs), co-aranger, and pianist. He's amazing!" Top NYC recording guitarist, Oz Noy is playing guitar on one of Rachel's songs called "Don't Even Try". No name of the EP has been set in stone just yet. Rachel plans on finishing and releaseing her original EP before Jan. 2010. Her first album does not have a release date.

Other Views

- Rachel is completely against nudity and will never take her clothes off anywhere near a camera (still, video, or web). Rachel also doesn't smoke and has said that she is highly allergic to smoke.

- Rachel does not consider herself a religious or spiritual person but has nothing against religion or religious/spiritual people. Rachel lives by "The Golden Rule".

Personal Life

Rachel has been said to be very loyal and private when she has a boyfriend. February 3, 2008, Rachel started dating unknown editor/videographer/actor Erik Edward Olssen from Long Island, NY. They met in college and were best friends for two and a half years before they started dating.