Chandler Elizabeth Quarles (''née'', Roberts; born July 24, 1990) is an American

Christian music Christian music is a genre of music that has been written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christianity, Christian life and faith. Common themes of Christian music include praise, worship, penitence and lament, and its f ...

ian, who plays

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style of

contemporary worship music Contemporary worship music (CWM), also known as praise and worship music, is a distinct genre of Christian music used in contemporary worship. It has evolved over the past 60 years and is stylistically similar to pop music. The songs are of ...

. She has released two independently-made

extended play An extended play (EP) is a Sound recording and reproduction, musical recording that contains more tracks than a Single (music), single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 1 ...

s, ''Art from the Ashes'' (2012) and '' The Color EP'' (2016).

Early life and education

Chandler Elizabeth Roberts was born on July 24, 1990, in

Conroe, Texas Conroe is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Texas, Montgomery County, Texas, United States, about north of Houston. It is a principal city in the metropolitan area. As of 2024, the population was 114,581. Since 2007, t ...

, the daughter of Robert Lee and Susan Elizabeth Roberts (''née'', Beams), while she was raised in nearby

Houston Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...

, Texas, with her two younger sisters. She graduated from high school in her hometown in 2008, soon thereafter relocating to

Nashville, Tennessee Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, locat ...

to attend

Belmont University Belmont University is a Private university, private Christian university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Descended from Belmont Women's College, founded in 1890 by schoolteachers Ida Hood and Susan Heron, the institution was incorporate ...

, where she graduated with her baccalaureate in commercial voice in 2012.

Career

She started her music recording career in 2012, by releasing the

, ''Art from the Ashes'', on February 14, 2012. Her subsequent extended play, '' The Color EP'', was released on February 26, 2016.

Personal life

Roberts works for

Fair Trade Services Fair Trade Services, formerly known as INO Records, is an American record label based in Brentwood, Tennessee, specializing in Contemporary Christian music (CCM). History The label was founded in 1999 as INO Records, a division of M2 Communic ...

, where she is their national promotions manager.

Discography

Extended plays

* ''Art from the Ashes'' (2012) * '' The Color EP'' (2016)

References

External links

* 1990 births Living people American performers of Christian music Musicians from Houston Musicians from Nashville, Tennessee Singer-songwriters from Texas Singer-songwriters from Tennessee American women singer-songwriters American electronic musicians 21st-century American singer-songwriters 21st-century American women singers {{US-musician-stub