Kharincia. F

Bio

Kharincia Francis is a creative and and confident 16 year old musician/ back up vocalist who has a real passion for music and performing on stage. She started learning instruments at the age of 7 and has since then learned a variety of different wind blown instruments from her main instrument, (the Baritone saxophone), to other wind blown instruments like the Flute, Trumpet, Alto saxophone, tenor saxophone and a variety of percussion instruments. Kharincia has  taught herself how to play most of the instruments in her repertoire and continuous to learn more and more instruments when given the opportunity to do so. Kharincia has a amazing stage presents that is best described as energetic and 

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Repertoire list

Voice

• "Is She Better Than Me" by Angelique Francis
• "Waiting For Love" by Avicii 
• "Let Me Be Your Guide" by Angelique Francis,
• "summer time" by George Gershwin,
• "Gives You Hell" by The All American Rejects,
• "Skyfall" Adele,
• "If I Were a Boy" by Beyoncé
• , "Telling You to Go," by Angelique Francis,
• "Treasure" Bruno mars

Alto Saxophone
"Saint James Infirmary"by Louis Armstrong, "Why Don't You Do Right" by Harlem Hamfats, "Arms of Mine" by Otis Redding , "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot " by Unknown, "Let Me Be Your Guide" by Angelique Francis, "Bye Bye Blackbird" by Ray Henderson , "All Of Me" Ruth Etting, "Is She Better Than Me" by Angelique Francis, "Many Rivers to Cross" Jimmy cliff, "Summer Time" George Gershwin,
. Berry Saxophone
"Mississippi State" by Angelique Francis, "Don't Mean a Thing" by Duke Ellington , " Baby Baby" by Angelique Francis, "Fever" by Little Willie John, "Hound Dog" Big Mama Thornton , "Can't Forget" by Angelique Francis.

List of performances

.Ottawa City Folk Fest
.The Stache on Main
.Ottawa Jazz Fest
.London County Music Festival
​.Ottawa blues fest
.Kemptville live music festival
.Hot and spicy food festival

My song introduction list

• Tittle:  
• Instrumentation:
• Story behind the song:

R and B/Sole. My song fits into these genres because  I made and sang the lyrics to my song in a very sole and R and B oriented way.
.Instrumentation
​vocals, acoustic guitar and tambourine.
​.Story behind the song
​The story behind my song is about a newly captured slave and his question to God. He asks these question in hopes that god will give him some clarity by taking his hand and explaining to him why all of this pain and suffering Is being inflicted on him and his people.

My Reflection video

My Song Video

Song Notation

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lyric

​verse
Em                                      G
God tell me what I did to deserve this
        A
Did I,  earn this?
               Em
In another life
     Em                                                             G  
And,    God would you tell my kids they're not,  worthless,?
                A                                               Em
That there,   perfect, and they deserve to thrive.
    Em                                                                          G
And,   God would you tell me why they think I have no sole?
      A                                                                    G
Or why the think i'm just a thing made for their control?
    Em                                                                 G
Oh, God won't you answer these questions for me?
                     A                                                  Em  
Because my freedoms gone and next is my sanity...so

​Pre Chorus
Em
     Why do they hate my colour?
G
     Why do the beet my brothers?
A
     Why do they chain my children?
Em
     Why was that just the beginning?
        Em
Cuse,       first they break my father
        G
And,         then the take my mother
       A
And,     if they wipe our people,
Em
Why are we the ones considered evil?

Chorus
   Em     G    A                   Em    
Oh,      Lord, please take my      hands.
         Em     G        A                                     Em
Cause,     God, i'm trying to understand your   plans.
    Em      G      
   Em     G    A                   Em    
Oh,      Lord, please take my      hands.
         Em     G        A                                     Em
Cause,     God, i'm trying to understand your   plans.

verse (two)
Em (picking)
I'm trying so hard not to give,
G (picking)
I don't want much just gotta live,
A (picking)                                                  Em (picking)
                But my body's breaking faster, Jesus can you tell me why I'm not my only master?
Em                                           G
Can’t he feel they pain they cause?
                                           A
With their sick a ruthless laws?

Can they hear our baby's crying?
Em
Right before they learn that tears just ain't gonna save the dying.
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Pre Chorus    
Em
     Why do they hate my colour?
G
     Why do the beet my brothers?
A
     Why do they chain my children?
Em
     Why was that just the beginning?
        Em
Cause,       first they break my father
        G
And,        then the take my mother
       A
And,    if they wipe our people,
Em
why are we the ones considered evil?

 Chorus  Em     G    A                   Em    
Oh,      Lord, please take my      hands.
         Em     G        A                                     Em
Cause,     God, I'm trying to understand your   plans.
    Em      G      
 
​Ending
  Em     G    A                   Em    
         Em     G        A                                     Em