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Jul 02
2011
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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.