About Masterclass Lady
Rosanne (Giallonardo) Simunovic began her musical career in Timmins, Ontario. She studied piano with Anne Pizzale and later, at an advanced level, with Soeur Anita Vaugeois (Sister Cecile of Les Soeurs De L’Assomption in Timmins). Her vocal and accompaniment skills were nurtured by her aunt, the late Dorothea Mascioli.
When Rosanne graduated from O’Gorman High School, she moved on to the University of Toronto where she continued her piano and vocal studies while attaining a Bachelor of Arts Degree. She was hired as a piano accompanist for several musical companies, most notably, the National Ballet Of Canada. She presently holds an A.R.C.T. Teacher’s Diploma in Voice from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.
Rosanne has studied choral conducting with numerous well known Canadian Conductors, including Wayne Riddell of Montreal, Quebec and the internationally renowned Dr. Elmer Iseler.
She has been a founding member of numerous community-based arts organizations: the Timmins Arts Council, later known as Arts & Culture Timmins, the Timmins Symphony Orchestra, and, the Timmins Youth Singers…as well as the TYS Alumnus choir, the Timmins Concert Singers. In 1987, she was also selected to be the conductor of the Timmins Board Of Education Choir, comprised of talented students from Grades 5 to 8.
In 1988, she was elected to the Board Of Directors of the Ontario Choral Federation (now known as Choirs Ontario), where she served as Chair of the Festivals Committee for six consecutive seasons. In 1996, in honour of the Ontario Choral Federation’s 25th Anniversary, Rosanne was selected as one of 25 recipients of the OCF’s Distinguished Service Award for outstanding contribution to the choral art. The ceremony was presided by Lieutenant Governor, Hal Jackman.
In November 1997, Rosanne Simunovic was selected by the Rotary Club Of Timmins to receive the prestigious Paul Harris Award for her years of dedication to the artistic development of young musical talent in Timmins.
In August of 2002, Rosanne Simunovic was selected by the Board Of Directors of Choirs Ontario to serve as Conductor of both the Provincial Junior and Teen Choir Camps, now renamed in honour of the Camp Benefactors, Don and Lillian Wright.
In November 2002, Rosanne was the one of the recipients of the Commemorative Medal for the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, honouring her work in the development of the arts in Timmins.
Under Rosanne Simunovic’s direction, the Timmins Youth Singers and the Timmins Concert Singers have been featured in numerous choral festivals and performing opportunities outside of Timmins. In 1985, they were selected to partici
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Aw, Shaun White is such a cutie. 🙂
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Here’s a link to Adam’s performance (Hulu):
http://www.hulu.com/watch/131832/the-tonight-show-with-jay-leno-tue-mar-2-2010?c=2280:2505
And on youtube (courtesy of MJ’s big blog): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wUVm6krLKo
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Slightly OT, but since this is the first post about Adam since the AMAs.
Here’s another Adam tidbit for you:
Here’s Adam doing an AMAZING acoustic, bluesy, jazzy version of Whole Lotta Love (from Feb. 27 concert at Fantasy Springs):
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I attended this concert, where he said he got all “Indio-ed” and witchy in honor of the location (it’s an Indian casino). In addition to his usual electro/pop/glam rock repertoire, he did four acoustic numbers, and this one was absolutely gorgeous. There is another version on YouTube that has the best audio and video combined, and includes the clip at the end where he talks about not having rehearsed this in advance with the band. That one can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ljb_JsvUEc
It seems that every performance that Adam does is different from and better than the last one. Check out his VH-1 Unplugged group, and the iHeartRadio Unstripped ones for other acoustic performances of songs from his album.
Can’t wait for the Vancouver concerts in April, I’m going to both of them. I hadn’t planned to, but after the amazing performances at Fantasy Springs, I can’t resist!
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