The flawless vocal stylings of Canjelae Taylor and her crew took the audience at the Kaleidoscope Gallery on a journey off the charts on Saturday night.

The scene was set from the start – its atmosphere aided by the room's intimate size, a slideshow of photographs featuring the artist, soft jazz playing in the background – with refreshments available to those who wanted them.

Scheduled to begin at 8 p.m., the show had a late start. However the delay created just the right amount of anticipation from the crowd. By 8.15 p.m., the live band appeared and gave the audience a musical introduction to the talent that was to come.

S. Deonne Rawlins was on percussion; Torrey Tacklyn on bass guitar; Otis 'Khadijo' Gibbs on piano; Taylor Rankin on violin; and Justin 'Kofi' Whitter on acoustic guitar.

Executive producer of the show, Gavin Smith, then stepped onstage to give a brief introduction to the band, pay appreciation to all sponsors and introduce Miss Taylor's backing vocalists: Adrian Jones, Johnae Furbert, and Lauren 'Bunni' Easton.

Not yet 18 and still perfecting her craft, Miss 'Bunni' opened up the show with Alicia Keys' 'Send an Angel'.

At approximately 8.45 p.m., Miss Taylor walked out on the stage. Judging by the audience's reaction, it seemed as though most were not prepared for her voice – the room fell silent as soon as she opened her mouth.

The endearing artist allowed the audience to share in a loving moment as she took the first few minutes to serenade her younger brother with a beautiful rendition of 'Happy Birthday' that he is sure not to soon forget. It was a perfect start to a phenomenal show.

Although it was anticipated, it is worth mentioning that Miss Taylor performed no original songs. What she did instead, was take popular songs from the mid-90s and make them her own. She transformed classic hits such as All-4-1's 'I Swear', Faith Evans' 'Soon As I Get Home', Aaliyah's 'At Your Best', and Prince's 'Purple Rain', into versions of her own.

Creativity in its rawest form let loose between the walls as all talent onstage and off, engaged in what is called a 'Chewstick Jam'. Created by Mr. Smith and company, every Sunday masters and novices in all art forms come together to blow up the house at Spinning Wheel on Court Street.

Saturday night, the audience got a taste of what goes down. Each person had been asked to submit a 'theme' on entering the concert. The responses were placed in a basket and later delivered onstage to Miss Taylor.

She sang gracefully on the topics forgiveness, only you, and freedom, which were selected at random. For the audience, it gave chance to witness the talent involved in 'freestyle' singing.

The concert lasted three hours and the time passed quickly. Miss Taylor's natural onstage presence left this reviewer with the impression that I knew her well. She played and engaged with the audience, encouraged them to sing and clap along, made them laugh – and maybe cry. Her voice is such that it creates a stir, taking listeners on a beautiful journey that you do not want to come back from soon.

At the end of the performance, she received a standing ovation. It was followed by an encore – Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You'.

Audience members made sure to have their camera phones ready to get a video of what they could see in the future – a rising star ready to make her dream become a reality.

As the singer herself stated: "The purpose of this concert is for love."

Surely she got her point across.