Arts, Etc.Music

Green puts singing dream on hold

Focusing on her dream of becoming a professional singer, freshman Ansina Green has been taking La Verne by storm regularly singing at school functions while getting her degree, including the national anthem at a men’s basketball game. Green plans to work with mentally and physically abused children upon graduation. / photo by Annette Gutierrez
Focusing on her dream of becoming a professional singer, freshman Ansina Green has been taking La Verne by storm regularly singing at school functions while getting her degree, including the national anthem at a men’s basketball game. Green plans to work with mentally and physically abused children upon graduation. / photo by Annette Gutierrez

by Heather Morales
Staff Writer

As the crowd stood silently awaiting the start of the game, freshman Ansina Green was getting ready to sing the National Anthem.

Most La Verne students heard Green sing for the first time at the men’s basketball game on Feb. 11 in the Supertents. Green was asked to sing the National Anthem by senior basketball player Mack Reliford.

“I was nervous until I started to sing,” said Green.

She also sang at the Black History Month candlelight vigil in Founders Hall.

“I’ve been singing since I was in the third grade, but I was never serious about singing until high school,” she said.

She likes to sing mostly R&B and jazz. Her role models are Whitney Houston and jazz singer Rochelle Farwell.

Green had only sung in talent shows and ceremonies for Black History Month until she was in the 11th grade, when she and her best friend, Tyesh, auditioned for a Coca-Cola commercial.

Green and Tyesh sang together in a group called Rapture.

They had made it through two auditions before the producers of the commercial decided to choose solo acts instead of groups for the commercial.

Through the audition process Green met her manager, whose own group has an album coming out soon on the Motown label.

Green has also met with the son of producer Quincy Jones and talked about recording an album.

When it was time to decide to sing or go to college, Green decided to put her professional singing on hold.

“I may not always be able to pay for college, but singing will always be there,” said Green.

Green decided to put singing on hold because she was unsure if she would be able to handle going to school and holding a singing career.

With the decision to go to college Green gave her singing partner the freedom to pursue a solo career. “I didn’t want to hold her back,” she said.

Green is a freshman psychology major who wants to work with mentally and physically abused children.

She came to La Verne from Corona and credits the small school atmosphere as the major factor in her choice.

She has been involved with the African American Student Alliance (AASA) and has considered joining the Chamber Singers.

Green plans to enjoy the rest of her time here at ULV while getting her degree, but she doesn’t plan on forgetting her dream of someday being a professional singer.

Heather Morales, Arts & Entertainment Editor
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