Music – San Antonio
\"Victoria Celestine has a vocal style that marries Norah Jones, Marilyn Monroe and X Factor semi finalist Diana Vickers.\" (Pete Whalley, getreadytorock.com)
\"Irrelevant of musical genres and so forth...this is songwriting perfection and musical genius...\"
(Rob Watkins, uberrock.co.uk)
\"Les Américains ont Norah Jones et Diane Krall. Dans la même catégorie nous allons avoir Victoria Celestine.\"(Jacques Dufour, Radio Lyon premiere)
Victoria\'s musical accomplishments at age 16:
-2nd place winner of the 2011 International Songwriting Competition (teen category)
- Best Female Teen Artist Award (2012) from the Indie Music Channel
- One of San Antonio Current Magazine\'s \"Editor Picks\" of Favorite Sounds of 2011.
Victoria Celestine picked up the guitar at age13 with Bobby Flores, at his Bulverde Academy of Music, and began writing songs the following summer (2010). Gordon Raphael, (producer - Regina Spektor, the Strokes) caught her singing during the next Christmas holidays , and invited her to record her first 7 songs acoustically. The following April, she recorded her debut album at 14, From the Outside, with Jacob Sciba, at Pedernales Studios, in Austin, TX. She received Best Female Teen Artist of the Year, from Indie Music Channel at House of Blues in Hollywood, and then received 2nd place (teen category) from International Songwriting Competition for the song In The World, as well as Honorable Mention for the song From the Outside (performance category). April 2012, Victoria co-wrote and recorded 3 singles with Jeff Blue (Linkin Park, Macy Gray) and Mike Gonsolin in Hollywood (The Story of Us, Mother, and It Only Gets Better) which are now currently being released. Her first music video (of the song In the World), has been distributed by Pulse Records to 8000 retailers, (including Sam\'s Club, where it has recently been playing). The same song caught the attention of Video Star, who featured it on their popular app for iphone/ipad in Jan.2013. Having turned 16, Victoria is involved in her newest recording session, which is expected to be released later this year.