About Krisanthi Pappas
Krisanthi (which means “golden flower" in Greek) has been dubbed the “golden voice" by her jazz colleagues. She has been supporting herself successfully as a full-time professional entertainer ever since she was old enough to have a job.
Krisanthi Pappas started performing at a very young age by singing and dancing for the traffic lined up in front of her house. Young Krisanthi in concert “That way I could sing the same songs over and over and I had a new audience every few minutes" she laughs in recalling the memory. Born and raised in Brockton, Massachusetts by music-loving parents, Krisanthi began playing classical piano concerts and performing in community musical theater at the age of eight. Krisanthi's first professional “gigs" were at the age of fourteen when she began singing, playing piano and dancing at company banquets. By age sixteen, she had landed her first house gig on Sunday nights at a local supper club, earning more money than her entire week's salary from McDonalds :) An active performer in the Brockton High School drama club, Krisanthi received both the Dominee Most Valuable Player Award for acting and singing versatility as well as The Richard Rosen Comedy Scholarship Award before graduating in the top 10% of her class.
After high school, she grabbed the opportunity to go on the road and spent many years singing at resorts, cruise ships, hotels, festivals and clubs throughout the United States and the Caribbean. Krisanthi was given an award for distinguished service as an outstanding entertainer by the U.S. District Court of Boston, Massachusetts. She also performed professionally in many musical theater productions and local television commercials.
Between shows, road gigs and recording projects, Krisanthi has pursued her formal education in Voice, Piano, Music Theory, Music Fundamentals, Music Classroom Education, Music History, MIDI in Computers and Synthesizers, Songwriting, Jazz Theory, Ear Training and Improvisation for both piano and voice at Boston Conservatory of Music, Bridgewater State College, Longy School of Music, Berklee College of Music and Westminster Choir College at Princeton University.
Krisanthi kept her focus in the pop music field for the beginning years of her career as a songwriter and recording artist with independent record labels in Studio City, CA, New York and Philadelphia. Having sung every style of music from rock, country, jazz, show tunes, pop and R&B, Krisanthi went back to her roots and first love - jazz and cabaret. She made her jazz recording debut on Magnetic Music's compilation CD “Boston Sings Out" in 1996. She then sold out the prestigious Scullers Jazz Club in Boston for the release concert of her first solo CD in November 1997. It was obvious that her audiences agreed she had taken the right career path.
