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Jul 02
2011

PRESS RELEASE: SUMMER CONCERT 2011 Presenting Voice Students

Posted by Horovi in Vocal Classics , Summer Concert 2011 , musical theater , Danbury Music Centre , ct , Cabaret Songs

CHRISTINA ROVICS VOCAL STUDIO

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Christina Rovics
Tel: 203-744-5841
Cel: 203-770-7516
Email: crovics@snet.net


SUMMER CONCERTS 2011: VOCAL CLASSICS, MUSICAL THEATER, AND CABARET
Voice students of the Christina Rovics Vocal Studio to perform at the Danbury Music Centre

Summer Concerts 2011 is a presentation of the Christina Rovics Vocal Studio of Bethel Connecticut. It will take place at the Danbury Music Centre, 256 Main Street on Sunday, July 31st at 6:00 pm and  7:30 pm. Admission is free.


In two diverse program of classical singing, musical theater and cabaret songs,  twelve  singers will participate,  many of whom are experienced performers. Among the singers on the 6:00 pm program will be Sarah-Kate Chiovitti from Thomaston, who will be attending New York’s Wagner College this fall, Maria LoStocco, who performs frequently at public events around Danbury,  and two older singers who can be heard on the video blog at ChristinaRovics.com:  Sharon McCarthy from Carmel, N.Y., and Nancy Brant from Ridgefield.
On the 7:30 pm program five singers will open for the featured performer Lauren Fischetti.  First Tony Bruno (Danbury), Lana Levine (Bethel), Matt Wilcox (Brookfield), Rodney Warren (Bridgeport) and Laurin Gagne (Northford) will perform.  The program will conclude with Lauren Fischetti presenting the Cabaret Songs of Howard Rovics, arrangements of  standards by Cole Porter and George Gershwin accompanied at the piano by the composer.   All are accompanied live at the piano by the studio’s codirector Howard Rovics.  New emerging talent who will appear on this program are Lana Levine (Bethel) who enjoyed a professional career as a vocalist and actress years ago. Lauren Fischetti, the studio's featured artist just graduated from Mahopac High School where she directed the Mahopac Drama Company for the past four years. Marymount Manhattan College awarded her a $20,000 scholarship to attend this fall as an acting major.

The Christina Rovics Vocal Studio
began training singers in Danbury in 1988 and moved to Bethel in 2004.  Howard Rovics, a Professor Emeritus (2000) from the School of the Arts, C.W.Post Campus of Long Island University taught college music courses for 35 years. He devotes himself full time to the studio. Together with Christina Rovics they concertized and recorded for over twenty years.  

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For more information refer to website http://www.ChristinaRovics.com  or call (203) 744-5841 to speak to Christina or Howard Rovics.
Jun 30
2011

Fairfield County Singing Lessons Blog: Student Feature - Sarah-Kate Chiovitti

Posted by Horovi in waterbury , Wagner College , Singer , Holy Cross High School , dancer , ct

Sarah-Kate-webSarah-Kate Chiovitti who  graduated from Holy Cross High School in Waterbury in June 2011 will be attending Wagner College in Staten Island in September. Her primary training has been in dance which she started doing at a young age. In her eagerness to fully participate in musical theater productions she began voice training with Christina Rovics as a high school sophomore. She turned into quite a dynamic singer, a strong belter with an impressive range.  Her strength in musical theater is in the character role and her innate ability to pick up on accents, the comic touch, and use her acting ability to put a song across.
Jun 17
2011

Fairfield County Singing Lessons Blog: Student Feature- Lauren Fischetti

Posted by Horovi in vocal training , Marymount Manhattan , Mahopac High

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Lauren Fischetti is graduating from New York’s Mahopac High School in June 2011 and will be attending Marymount Manhattan College in September. Lauren’s first love is acting but her musicianship and interpretive ability as a singer is so impressive that we presented her on video several times during this past year, delighted by her ability to independently craft a song artistically and make it her own.
May 04
2011

Review of a Concert of New Choral Music in Wilton Ct.

Posted by Horovi in New Music , Meg Collins Stoop , Adesso Choral Society

MegCollinsStoopChristina and I attended A Concert of New Music for Women’s Voices given by the Adesso Choral Society on May 1, 2011 at the G & B Cultural Community Center in Wilton, CT.  It was organized and conducted by composer/ flutist / conductor Meg Collins Stoop.

Meg is on a mission.  Meg Collins Stoop is a highly trained musician who studied solo voice with Christina for a season, appearing in two of our concerts. Meg’s mission is to not only bring new choral music to light but to encourage its creation.  She formed Adesso in 2001,  telling us at the beginning of the concert that the word means now in Italian. and that the main intention of the group is to learn and perform contemporary music by living composers.
Mar 31
2011

Fairfield County Singing Lessons Blog: An Index to Winter Concert Videos

Posted by Horovi in videos of singers

YOUNGEST Anna Rainbow Connection
Sarah L And All That Jazz
Molly Colors of the Wind
Lua Agnus Dei
Mira Wonderful
YOUNG Allison Bell If I Had a Fine White Horse
Maria LoStocco Care Selve
HIGH SCHOOL Katey Loughran Everything I Know
Ashley Villodas Love the Way You Lie
Emily DeGirolamo On My Own
Laurin Gagne Adelaide's Lament
H.S. SENIORS Sarah-Kate Chiovitti Breathe
Lauren Fischetti Stars and the Moon
OLDER Sharon McCarthy There's a Fine Fine Line
Tony Bruno This is the Moment
Nancy Brant Endless Pleasure
Nancy & Christina El Desdichado
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Mar 31
2011

Fairfield County Singing Lessons Blog: Young Singer Lua - Agnus Dei - Mozart

Posted by Horovi in young singer , Mozart , classical training , Agnus Dei

Lua singing Agnus Dei by Mozart at Winter Concert of the Christina Rovics Vocal Studio, February 26, 2011.   The pianist is Howard Rovics. The concert took place at the Danbury Music Centre.  The video was taken by Ray Flanigan of Bethel PhotoWorks.
Mar 31
2011

Singing Lessons in Fairfield County: Voice teacher Christina Rovics with Nancy Brant perform

Posted by Horovi in Danbury Music Centre , classical duet , Christina Rovics singing

Christina Rovics with Nancy Brant sing El Desdichado by Saint Saens at the conclusion of the Winter Concert of the Christina Rovics Vocal Studio, February 26, 2011.  The pianist is Howard Rovics. The concert took place at the Danbury Music Centre.  The video was taken by Ray Flanigan of Bethel PhotoWorks.
Mar 29
2011

Fairfield County Voice Students in Winter Concert: Katey Loughran - Everything I Know

Posted by Horovi in singing student , Ridgefield High , musical theater

Katey Loughran singing Everything I Know from In the Heights by Lin-Manuel Miranda  at Winter Concert of the Christina Rovics Vocal Studio, February 26, 2011.  The pianist is Howard Rovics. The concert took place at the Danbury Music Centre.  The video was taken by Ray Flanigan of Bethel PhotoWorks.
Mar 24
2011

Fairfield County Singing Lessons Blog: Young Singer Mira - Wonderful

Posted by Horovi in student concert , musical theater , Danbury Music Centre

Mira singing Wonderful by Stephen Schwartz at Winter Concert of the Christina Rovics Vocal Studio, February 26, 2011.   The pianist is Howard Rovics. The concert took place at the Danbury Music Centre.  The video was taken by Ray Flanigan of Bethel PhotoWorks.
Mar 21
2011

Fairfield County Voice Students in Winter Concert: Maria LoStocco Sings Care Selve

Posted by Horovi in soprano voice

Maria LoStocco  singing Care Selve by Handel at Winter Concert of the Christina Rovics Vocal Studio,  February 26, 2011.  Here Maria sings in her soprano voice.  To hear Maria singing in her jazz voice go to our Facebook page.  The pianist is Howard Rovics. The concert took place at the Danbury Music Centre.  The video was taken by Ray Flanigan of Bethel PhotoWorks.