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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Fanblast is doing a Q&A with Dean(Archie’s vocal coach). Ill kinda write soem stuff from the chat.
David seems to be doing fine. He isnt on vocal rest. But sometimes puts himself on vocal rest during meets and greets because talking is what tires out his voice the most, not the singing.
They still vocalize together, and he often calls him during intermission to make sure he is warmed up good.
Per Dean:
He really loves performing and the audience interaction. He is very picky about his singing though as well and really works to be vocally in shape and to be as perfect as he can be.
Dean said that WYS was probably the most vocally challenging but the most impressive, and at one point they were hoping to do it on the show but didnt get the chance. David also worries about Angels because he plays piano with that. ALthough he plays well, he fears he’s not as good on piano and then worries that concentrating on piano will take away from his voice.
He is ultra critical and is so picky that every little mistake bugs him even when nobody else can hear it. Still doesnt like to hear or see himself played back.
David is an enigma, so shy, but when the song starts he is so connected that he almost becomes a different person.
I was kind of surprised he did AI this year. I thought he was going to wait another year since his voice really hadn’t finished settling yet. His voice is probably 3 notes lower now then when he first went down to Hollywood week.
That is one of the reasons we worked almost everyday. To make sure he was comfortable with his new sound each week. So we have years of hearing David just keep getting better vocally to go along with all that natural style and emotion. But I think his basic timbre won’t change. It will just get richer believe it or not.
Theres more but Ill leave it here lol
link to the chat transcript(chat play back): Chat Log
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Angels from Columbus:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGGti2wiQVs
Theres a few squealy girls lol
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Apologize is up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrlWlEKgw8A
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Courtesy of Castrocopia, Jason’s full set from Columbus! (Castrocopia credited OhioCastroFan for the video.
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OOOO – all of Jason’s stuff. Thanks ReReader. Busy day today, wbut will listen to the clips later on.
Thanks so much.
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Ah here’s SBM, just missing is WYS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLLvwBABDIs
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Hi- First time posting, but all season reading your wonderful website! I was fortunate to see the Idols in Salt Lake city, Ut. on July 15th. My video of David Archuleta is nowhere near as great as the others posted, but I’ve noticed noone has posted any Carly performance. So, I’d like to share mine- “Bring me to life” Missed first part of song (long, sad story)
youtube.com/watch?v=IUPeMF3Akwg
And “Crazy on you at youtube.com/watch?v=5YgX1vfcE3Q
Again, thank you for your wonderful posts and enjoy the concert! Salt Lake’s was wonderful!
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This was sent via Hannah B.
Video of Jason’s Performances: http://www.youtube.com/HannaB20
Photos of Jason: http://photobucket.com/HannaB2
I listened to “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and Jason’s vocal improvement is outstanding. Improvements in phrasing, musicality and, most important, he is sustaining his voice with a cohesive approach towards his vowels.
I am going to try to listent to Archie’s performances tonight, but, I am sure that he sounded as outstanding as always.
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Thank you Cutter for sending along Carly’s performance and David’s “Crazy” performance. I am on holidays this week and can only comment sporadically on the video links, but do appreciate your additions very much.
Off to Toronto on Friday to see the live Idol show and I canNOT wait. Will tell you all about it when I return, plus I am scheduled to guest on a Live chat on David Archuleta’s Fanblst site on July 29th.
Starting next week, I will continu giving full commentary on all the video links sent to me.
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