Wikipedia User:Eva Rachal

Eva Rachal (ipa: ˈevə ˈɹeɪʧəl, born January 5, 1991) is an American lyrical Mezzo-soprano, singer-lyricist, piano instrumentalist and improvisation-pianist, photographer, editor, portrait petite model, freelance architect, both secular and religious author, Christian representative, Adoption supporter, and Baltic representative in the United States.



Early Life
Eva Rachal (original Latvian name: Eva Elmara Sankovska (Sproge) Russian: Эва Рэйчaл (Санковска)) was born in Limbaži, Latvia in January 1991. She was placed in an orphanage as a baby and was internationally adopted at two years old. She grew up in a small town south of Chicago, Illinois.

In Elementary school, Eva took voice lessons with a Will County voice teacher and she taught herself piano by-ear. She began writing original song lyrics and creating piano instrumentals at age eleven. Eva made it to Illinois State as a vocalist at eleven years old and again at eighteen years old. She also performed with direction by Chicago's composer and choral director, Rollo Dilworth, a few times in the past.

Her aria/opera performance took off in the end of middle school and throughout high school while studying voice with Jeff Ray of the Lyric Opera in Chicago. Eva's operatic repertoire includes Carmen, The Merry Widow, and The Marriage of Figaro. In high school, Eva also focused on singing Italian arias known from Andrea Bocelli. Eva sang in the Rialto Theatre Children's Concert Choir in Joliet, Illinois throughout middle school. Some venues that she performed at include the Rialto Theatre in Joliet, Illinois as well as a couple Chicago concert halls. In high school, Eva performed in musicals such as, Singing in the Rain and Beauty and the Beast. She played a supporting role as the nightingale in Once Upon a Mattress when she was seventeen. Eva also played Agent 13 and one of the blonde hostages in the comedy play, Get Smart. One of her high school choral directors, Beth O., studied briefly under the world-renowned Renee Fleming. Beth and Jeff Ray were Eva's vocal inspirations and music advisers.



Education and Family Background
Eva graduated from a small high school in 2009 ranking 5th in her graduating class of 158 students. She sang, performed, and graduated with current HitRecord TV editor, Becca Votta.


 * American Parents: Eva's mother was born in Illinois with Lithuanian heritage. She grew up just south of Chicago, and sang in a Catholic church choir. She worked as a secretary at a steel manufacturing company near Chicago. Eva's father was born in Louisiana, but grew up in Chicago. He joined the Marines in his early twenties and served during the Vietnam War. He became a computer analyst and worked for a few companies around the Chicago-land area. Eva's parents are currently retired and reside in Illinois.

Vineta's duaghter, Aleta, is a Hip hop dancer and student choreographer in Riga and Salacgriva. Aleta traveled around Europe dancing in the JV Dance Company. In Autumn 2015, another of Eva's sisters, Baiba, was a guest speaker on a Latvian television broadcast, giving advice to new mothers. Eva reunited with her siblings through online social media with the help of fellow Latvians in 2012. One of them, Toms Uljanovs, stage-name: Tommy U, (remix partner: Tob Luii) is currently a remix musician and filmmaker in Latvia. He travels throughout the Baltics making appearances at music festivals and concerts. Toms' girlfriend, Kristine Sproge, received the family-search message from Eva, and was willing to lend a helping hand in the search for Eva's biological family. She included her boyfriend, Toms, and with the help of his parents, they were able to contact Eva's biological family. Kristine is now a reporter and editor for bobe.me which stands for Best of Baltic Entertainment.
 * Latvian family: Eva has 5 sisters and 1 brother who currently live in Latvia. Her biological mother lives near the Baltic sea, as well as two sisters. Eva's biological father passed away in July 2013 from lung cancer. Eva's biological maternal grandmother was musically active. Eva's oldest sister, Vineta Pēce (Sproge), acts in the Salacgriva theatre company.

In 2009, Eva was automatically accepted into Millikin University's Performance Program after her vocal audition. She was also offered a generous scholarship from the University's Administration. Since her family was interested in moving farther West at the time, Eva turned down the offers and chose to attend the U of A in Tucson instead. She began a Music Minor during her sophomore year at the UA. Therefore, she is still musically active today. Ms. Rachal's vocal idols are Latvian Mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča, Welsh singer Charlotte Church during her classical years, and Italian classical tenor Andrea Bocelli. She also enjoys Josh Groban, Vitas, and the opera groups: Il Divo and Opera Babes.

College: In May 2015, Ms. Rachal graduated from the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona for Linguistics with a Russian language emphasis and a Music minor. She studied under the prestigious linguist and author, Doctor Heidi Harley, who also works with Tohono O'odham activist, Ofelia Zepeda. Doctor Amy Fountain, an associate-professor of Linguistics at the U of A, was the most inspirational professor for Eva. When asked about Graduate School, Eva stated that the University of Victoria was her main goal for her Masters Degree sometime in the future.

Active Artist
Eva studied under recording engineer, Wiley Ross and music conductor and arranger, Jeffrey Haskell  in Spring 2014. Both men are influential figures in their professions and work with numerous professional artists. Eva met the Swiss rock band, Rozbub, whose music was being engineered by Jim Waters  at the time. She sat in and studied a music engineering session directed by Mr. Waters for the Rozbub band in Spring 2014.
 * Music is still Eva's first and strongest passion. She continues writing songs and creating piano instrumentals during her free time.


 * Eva's architectural drafting began when she was 15 years old. She studied architecture just under one academic year at the University of Arizona in 2009-2010. Even though not in the field professionally, she continues drafting on her own and sharing various works online. These are acknowledged by architects in United States, Jordan, and Latvia. She has drawn almost 300 original designs.

Various works are seen in the Weebly website.
 * Eva's photography and editing works took off in 2010. Her various works, as well as portrait petite and hair modeling (started in 2011) continue to gain acknowledgement throughout the world including United States, Iran, South Africa, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Russia, and Ukraine.



Rachal's modest portraits and interview answers provided in the Weebly site are provided for children and teenagers (whether they are prospective models or not), as a way to show that one can stay clean for the public and still catch professionals' attention.


 * Eva's Christian Blog began in the beginning of 2013. She published posts for this blog titled, Revelations and Things, which supports bible scriptures, makes various religious points, and debunks agnostic and atheist views. It is a tab page through her Weebly site.


 * Eva's Adoption support stemmed off of her Christian publicity due to her pro-life beliefs, as well as being an adoptee herself. In another tab of her Weebly site, she offers a list of adoption agencies in the United States which connect to Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Russia, China and more.


 * In 2013, Eva wrote a fiction book, Anatalia 300, which is centered around a female werevamp. Sections of each chapter can be found in the Weebly website: . The sequel, Anatalia: Redemption, is planned to be finished in 2016.

"People tend to forget about the Baltics. They assume that these three countries are still Russia. They have been independent from Russia for over twenty years," Eva stated when she met film director and producer, James Anthony Bretney. Aside from his films, James worked on a comic project titled, The Kursk, with a team of artists. James and Eva continue to keep in contact as they both have similar political views and support freedom for Ukraine. Eva R. currently promotes fellow Baltic artists and models through Weebly, Google Plus,Pinterest, and in Wikipedia.
 * Eva's Baltic Publicity, which began in 2014, is found around the net, notably through Google. She published two works, Soviet Divide/Red Borders and her original design Soviet Divide mostly protesting against Vladimir Putin's invasion of Kiev (as well as teaching how the Baltics are all independent European countries).


 * In October 2014, Eva published a vampire short story, Resurrection (Воскрешение). It is a modern twist on Slavic folklore. Resurrection can be read online in the Weebly site:.