Singer avery sunshine biography

American musician

Musical artist

Denise Nicole White (born May 22, 1975),^[1] known professionally as AverySunshine,^[2] is an American singer, songwriter and pianist.^[3]

Early life and education

White was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, to Ruth Eleanor White and Irving Cyril White.

She began playing piano at 8, after she saw a classmate perform, and learned to read hymns before beginning to study classical music at 11. At 13, she expanded her repertoire to include jazz and had her first recital.^[4] Three years later, her aunt, a church choir director, asked Sunshine to fill in for her during a Sunday service at a Catholic church; she was subsequently hired by churches of all denominations, including the AME Church, where she performed with the award-winning Wilmington/Chester Mass Choir.^[5][6]

White, who sang in her high school choir, graduated from the Country Day School of the Sacred Heart in Bry