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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oh funny. i read your article and i thought, ‘what?!!, linkin’ park????’, because that is already the name of a group. then i read the thing and it said ‘linkin’ bridge’. but..this makes me wonder about their name…
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Haha. I corrected the error. Linkin’ BRIDGE it is!! My apologies and thank you for pointing out what should have been the obvious to me. Haha
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Past Idol Report:
I got to see one of my all time favorite Idol contestants, Siobhan Magnus, in concert last week here in Alabama. She has been in Muscle Shoals, AL for a while working on a new project covering songs from Dusty Sprinfield’s epic album “Dusty in Memphis.” This appearance was a showcase for that project and the tickets set me back $5.00 each! The crowd numbered just a few hundred and our table was front and center.
To flesh out the show she dug into the rich recording history of the Muscle Shoals area and included songs recorded there by Paul Simon, the Rolling Stones, Areatha Franklin and others. I was happy to see her continued interest and support of the great music from the past. She did justice to the songs she selected and shared some of the history of each piece before she performed them.
For me the highlight of the night was her rendition of “Ball and Chain” which was written by Alabama native Big Momma Thorton and made famous by Janis Joplin. It was unbelievably good.
She had her own band made up of young but pretty decnet local musicians. I know that she has plans to do a similars showcase back home in Cape Cod that will be simalcast on Stage-it. Check her web site for the schedule if you are interested.
Speaking of Stage-it, I happened to catch a Jessica Muse show on there last Friday. Jessica showed growth from her stint on American Idol. The bleating vibrato was gone and her vocals were pretty solid.
We considered going by Trent Harmon’s home / resturaunt, which is about an hour away from where we were but opted for a tour of the Alabama Nusic Hall of Fame which was well worth the time spent.
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gene, thanks for the great report!!
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p.s., had to chuckle that you missed out on going to the restaurant. 🙂
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Hi Hunter,
ou may remember when they did Trent’s backstory early in the season they said he lived on a farm and raised cattle and catfish. On the same property is a family owned / run resturaunt. Steak and catfish sounded pretty good but we missed it.
Have you ever used the stage-it web site to see a show by someone you liked? If not, it’s inteactive so that you can text with the artist while they are performing. Several past Idol have done shows on there and a few established artist like Bonnie Raitt and Sarah Barellis (sp)
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I think I owe you an M from the first post and a Y from the last. 🙂
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Thanks for the info about Siobhan, Gene. Glad to hear she is still singing!
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I was too Louise, especially in my own backyard.
The Stage-it event is tommorow night at 6:00 Central time. You have to do a brief sign up process and then buy tickets. I think this event is “pay what you can.” You can also tip during the event and text to the artist. It says that it’s only 30 mins but the show that I saw was over two hours. If you are interested check the link below.
https://www.stageit.com/siobhan_magnus/sounds_of_the_shoals/57223
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gene, laughing, i’ll take the M and the Y. (oh MY.) 🙂 i remember the restaurant being highlighted. 🙂
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I think I spotted Jacob Lusk singing on a comercial for a Honda CRV. One singer is singing to the driver by her window that looks to be Jacob. Has anyone else seen this commercial?
I haven’t seen America’s Got Talent this season.
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