Welcome to Studio5Music.com

website for

             Carmela Sinco            

Composer and Collaborative Pianist

                                            Highlights:                                         

1.  Riding in Stride - documentary film by Rachel Connolly; original music score composed and recorded by Ms. Sinco; multiple 2008 airings on KETKY (Kentucky) through September 2008. www.premhart.com for film info; "Compositions" and "DVD Available" pages for schedule and DVD availability. 

2.  Piaf: Love Conquers All - pianist; musical drama on the life of singer Edith Piaf.  Songs in the original French, monologue in English.  Piccolo Spoleto Festival (Charleston, SC), May 23rd-June 6th, 2008.  Teaneck Festival of Arts (Teaneck, NJ), June 21st-22nd, 2008.                                                                                                                                                                          Details: Performances page.

3.  The 16th Annual Commissioned Opera / Music Theater Production - assistant music director and pianist; produced by Golden Fleece Ltd, June 12th - 15th, 2008 (New York, NY). 
Details: "Performances" page.

4.  Characters - for bass trombone and piano; commissioned by Michael Becker, principal trombonist, Tucson Symphony Orchestra; CD release 2008; world premiere in Tucson, AZ on October 11, 2006. 
Details: "Compositions" and "Works Available"page.

5.  Music critic review - for Piaf: Love Conquers All (Off-Broadway Musical, December 2007-February 2008), by PaulAnne Simmons for CurtainUp.com; for Simon Says (for voice and piano) New Music Connoisseur (July 17, 2007 issue). 
Details: "Reveiws & Articles" for excerpt and article information.

6.  Square One Series #76 - performed works of composer Lou Rodgers; with Elizabeth Cherry, soprano, David Lee, tenor and Charles Coleman, baritone; November 2007 NYC; produced by Golden Fleece Ltd. 
Details: Performances page.

7.  2007 Summer Performances - performances with Melanie Henle-Heyne, soprano and Gabriel Wyner, baritone (August, Narrowsburg, NY); with Robert Nels Wickstrom, tenor (July, Small Point, ME); with Victoria Wefer, soprano (June, Maplewood, NJ) for the South Orange Symphony Orchestra. 
Details: Performances page.

8.  48Hour Film Project - original score (and recording), short film Not So Anonymous, filmmaker/director Julie Crotty;  screened June 20th - 21st 2007, Landmark Sunshine Cinema (New York, NY). 
Details: "Compositions" page for film and screening info.

9.  Great Decisions 2007 - television series dedicated to foreign policy and global issues; music composed and recorded by Ms. Sinco; Public Broadcasting Television, nationwide, January - June 2007. 
Details: "Great Decisions 07" and  "Compositions" pages for series info.  See also "Great Decisions 06."

10.  Squigglebooth.com - resident composer; VideoLog podcasting.                                                     Details: www.Squigglebooth.com to view podcasts; "Compositions" page for more info.

11.  Art or Something Like It! - television series profiling New York City artists, musicians and performers; by director/producer Brian Bernhard; music composed and recorded by Ms. Sinco, Season 2 (2006-2007); CUNY TV Channel 75 (NYC) and video podcasting. 
Details:  www.cuny.tv for schedule; "PressReleaseAOSLI2" page for info;  www.artorsomethinglikeit.com for online viewing.

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! New Photos in the Photo Gallery !

                            Thank you for your visit.                          

  This website is updated on a regular basis - feel free to come back often and browse.

Last update:  August 1st, 2008

How to be an artist - Stay loose.  Learn to watch snails.  Plant impossible gardens.  Make little signs that say "yes" and post them all over your house.  Make friends with uncertainty.