Dan Cirucci: Singers Needed For New Show: Here's How To Audition

Monday, June 10, 2013

Singers Needed For New Show: Here's How To Audition

SHOW INFORMATION

Merry Christmas, Frank Sinatra is a musical celebration of Frank Sinatra in honor of his birthday (on Dec. 12; he would have been 98 this year). On Friday, Dec. 6, 2013, the best of New Jersey's finest saloon singers, crooners and chanteuse selected specifically for this show, will take the stage of the historic Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, NJ, backed by the 18-piece Red Bank Jazz Orchestra under the musical direction of Joe Muccioli (who Jazzwise Magazine says works with, "A maximum of authenticity").

Merry Christmas, Frank Sinatra is not a costume and wig show. It's a sincere, respectful tribute in song to one of New Jersey's most famous sons. This show is a continuation and a reimagining of an annual event that has been produced at the theatre over the past seven years known as "The Sinatra Birthday Bash."

AUDITION INFORMATION

A cast of featured vocalists is selected for the show (vocalists will be backed by a choir and professional orchestra for the performance). Males, females, small vocal ensembles and talented performers of all ages are encouraged to apply. We're less interested in Sinatra imitators, and more interested in finding singers who can sing in the Sinatra style, and interpret the great songs of the American Songbook, the tunes associated with Sinatra, in their own personal way. Each featured vocalist will perform two songs (one on each set) with the band and choir, and participate in the opening number and the finale. Performers will be coached and produced by the music director and must attend rehearsals as needed; a whole cast staging rehearsal with piano accompaniment on a date TBA; the dress rehearsal on Friday, Dec. 6 and the show on the same date (Dec. 6) at 8PM.

Featured vocalists will receive an honorarium of $200 per singer or ensemble. Audition is by CD (not in person). Please send a resume, head shot, and audio CD containing recordings of two songs (we recommend one Standard and one Holiday song) of your work in the Sinatra style to:

Count Basie Theatre, 99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701 - Attention: Joe Muccioli

Submission deadline is August 1, 2013. Be sure to include your name, address, phone number and email address. If you have additional questions please contact Ann Marie Keenan at 732-224-8778 x105 or akeenan@countbasietheatre.org.

AUDITION TIPS

Please send a CD - do not direct us to a web site or send a tape. If you burn your own CD, make sure it also plays in a standard CD player. We listen to all submissions, but a good quality recording represents your best efforts. Singers selected for the show will perform with and orchestra and choir; a cappella recordings (solo voice without instruments) are not encouraged as audition material. Due to the large volume of submissions, materials will not be returned.

The Sinatra Birthday Bash is a gala event co-produced by Count Basie Theatre and Jazz Arts Project, Inc., Inc., both nonprofit organizations. Visit them on the web at countbasietheatre.org and jazzartsproject.org.

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He's been cited by the late Rush Limbaugh, quoted in the New York Times, featured at Real Clear Politics and Lucianne.com and interviewed across all media.

He's Dan Cirucci, the founder and editor-in chief of the Dan Cirucci Blog, a Save Jersey blog columnist, frequent guest on the Matt Rooney radio show and one of the most widely honored public relations professionals in his field. He's also been a public relations consultant to numerous organizations and individuals and hosted The Advocates on RVN-TV.

Inducted into the Philadelphia Public Relations Hall of Fame, for many years he served as a Lecturer in Corporate Communication at Penn State University. A former President of the Philadelphia Public Relations Association (PPRA) he has lectured at Rowan University, Temple University, The College of New Jersey and Arcadia University. He has conducted workshops on public relations for thousands of participants throughout the nation and has taught countless others the art of public speaking. He has also advised numerous lawyers, judges, public officials and political candidates.

Cirucci is a prolific writer and his op-ed pieces have appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Courier-Post, Broad and Liberty and other print and online platforms.

A native of Camden NJ, Cirucci is a former President of the Philadelphia chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. Cirucci served as Associate Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Association for nearly 30 years. He served as Chair of Penn State University's Professional Advisory Board for the Corporate Communication major at Penn State Abington and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Judicial Selection Commission.

He received his MA degree from Rowan University and his BA from Villanova University. He has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Rowan's public relations program and received the E. A. "Wally" Richter Leadership Award, the highest honor from the National Association of Bar Executives' Communications Section. He has also been honored by numerous other local, state and national groups.

In his hometown of Camden, Cirucci taught fifth grade at the Ulysses Wiggins Elementary School named for the founder of the Camden NAACP. There he was one of the first teachers in the country to teach African-American history to inner city students. He later served as editor of a local weekly newspaper, as Assistant to the Township Manager of Cherry Hill Township and as Associate Director of Communications at the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Cirucci's passions include all things Italian, politics, the popular culture, books and authors, art, communication, music, theatre, movies, dining and travel.

He and his wife Carole have two grown children and seven grandchildren.

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