Video & Artist Pick: Child of the King from Rachel Dupard
Love the message of this colorful and upbeat video from 15-year-old Rachel Dupard. Read Rachel’s story below and visit www.racheldupard.com to learn more about her:
About Rachel Dupard
From her powerful vocals and bright personality you might never guess that Rachel Dupard began life as an overcomer…
At the age of three Rachel could not speak words properly and it was later discovered that she had inner ear dysfunction. The doctors recommended surgery to correct. After the surgery, Rachel started hemorrhaging and would have lost her life had she not been rushed back to the hospital in time for them to stop the hemorrhaging.
Throughout the process of healing and speech therapy, Rachel joined the City Temple Seventh-day Adventist Children’s Choir at the age of six. One day, she started singing with a “Big” voice and her Choir director, Ms. Eva Wadley began to give her solo parts. She accepted with pleasure and has not stopped singing since….a true miracle!
Since then, Rachel has been invited to sing at many church events, talent shows and all types of celebration functions. It was while in sixth grade attending A.W. Brown Charter School under the tutelage of Pastor A.W. Brown and Choir Director, Mrs. Shaw that Rachel flourished as a vocalist.
She appeared on Dallas Fox 4 Insights, representing The Black Academy of Arts & Letters, shared the stage with Ms. Irma P. Hall of the hit movie “Soul Food” and has traveled Internationally to Bermuda performing as a solo artist in a children’s concert!
Rachel has a couple of broadway productions under her belt, performing the last four years with The Black Academy of Arts and Letters under the guidance of Mr. Curtis King. She was the guest vocalist at the 2009 ESSENCE Music Festival in New Orleans, opening for the Youth Empowerment Session where she warmed over the audience with her soulful rendition of the National Anthem and then one of her own songs.
At the age of 13, Rachel completed her first demo CD project with Grammy Award winning producer, Madukwu Chinwah who has worked with Kirk Franklin, N’Dambi, Raven Symone, and many others. This project allowed Rachel to deliver positive messages and perfect her skills as a vocal artist creating future opportunities.
Check out the video below and get to know a little more about this determined 15 year old as she advances in her dreams to become a vocalist and actress!
