From the south to the rest of the archipelago, expect the sweet sound of Gabrielle Gross to fill the airwaves. Truly, her voice can lure in a crowd whenever she performs. Her timbre and repertoire? Quite advanced for her age.
Sixteen-year old Gabrielle Marie Gross Singson or Gabrielle Gross, has a caressing voice that has been likened to that of a foreign singer. Definitely not Pinoy sounding and with her looks and fair skin tone, you’d probably think that she definitely is not Pinoy.
Gabrielle is Pinay and a proud Davaoeña. At 16, she has found her sound and has composed her own songs, like “A Song Inspired by You” and “Ain’t Bothering You”, and plays the instrument of choice herself—the guitar or the ukulele.
Perhaps her liking to a diverse range of songs is due to the exposure to different kinds of music, “I grew up listening to jazz and classical music, to Michael Jackson and Jonny Mathis. My dad really opened my mind to music,” she confessed.
Who would dad be? Popular balladeer, Chad Borja.
For Gabrielle, it’s a bonus to be the daughter of a famous singer. But then, she has plans of her own. “I want to be known for the things I do and for who I am.”
Father and daughter tandem has had several gigs together. On her own, Gabrielle has performed in front of a large audience appearing as front act at the 2017 Philippine Tour of the 70-piece brass band Musikverein Orchestra of Germany and as guest vocalist for One Light Orchestra which performed at a Davao school-for-the-blind foundation.
As for her choices of cover songs, she’s a young girl with an old soul. She may have Beyoncé and Ariana Grande on the list, but one can’t help but wonder why an 11th grader would fancy Elton John’s ‘Daniel’, Bread’s ‘If’, Michael Jackson’s ‘Ben’ and ‘Smile’, or Diana Ross’s ‘Do You Know Where You’re Going To’.
To that she said, “I want to give every song I cover my spin to it. I want to sound like me.”
“Gabrielle is surely an act to watch. She delivers her take of sweet, laid back music that seamlessly fuses pop, acoustic, R&B, and jazz only few of her age can truly pull off,” representative from Ivory Music said. No wonder she was signed by the record company as one of their talents.
Jimmy Borja, hit-making tunesmith, composed a song for Gabrielle entitled Secret — about being one’s self while everybody’s trying to fit in.
Gabrielle Gross’ debut digital single “A Song Inspired By You” will hit the airwaves soon — a song she wrote that talks about universality.
