Student Profiles

Mira Z, age 10 is a student at the Academy for International Studies in Danbury. She loves to perform and has been in several school productions including Peter Pan. Mira studies dance at Dance Dimension in Brookfield and she was in Danbury Music Centre's production of the Nutcracker in 2009. She is a budding writer, trying her hand at fiction, playwriting and blogging.

Molly V

Molly V, eight years old, lives in Brewster, N.Y. and attends school in North Salem. Besides working with Christina she studies piano with Howard. Molly loves iceskating and girl scouts. She takes tap dancing at the Ridgefield Conservatory. In school she is in gifted math and reading. She is currently on her fifth Harry Potter book.

Madison Sam

Madison Sam is in the eighth grade at Broadview Middle School in Danbury. She began her musical studies first on the piano with Howard and then later on added voice training with Christina. At school she participates in competition cheerleading and concert choir.

Sarah L

Sarah is in the sixth grade at East Ridge Middle School in Ridgefield. She studies dance at Hot Shoes in Ridgefield as well singing with Christina.

Maria LoStocco

Maria L began her vocal studies with Christina in September. She is in the seventh grade at Broadview Middle School in Danbury and has been featured in the local newspapers for singing the National Anthem at civic functions in the greater Danbury area, including the mayor’s inaugural celebration in November. Maria also studies piano with Howard. She just turned 13 this month, March 2010. To bring Maria's participation up to date

she appeared in our Singing for Joy concert in December , the Karaoke Songfest in February and the Recording Day at Angel Thorne Music on February 15th. You can read about her encouraging singing experience at the Danbury Fair Mall in Our Blog.

Annie Smith

Annie Smith is a senior at Brookfield High School. Annie has performed in over 20 musicals throughout Connecticut. In 2010 she appeared in "How to Succeed in Business" (Rosemary). Annie is also a member of the State Champion Robotics Team. In the fall she will be attending Emerson College in Boston as a theatre education / musical theater major. Annie appears in tthree of our website videos, the video on our Home Page, in Our Blog on the Karaoke Songfest event at Empire Szechuan and in our Songs of Ireland concert at St. James' Church in Danbury.

Ashley Villodas

Ashley Villodas, age 15, attends North Salem High School and lives in Brewster. She began her vocal studies with Christina in September 2009 and studies piano with Howard as well. She had a solo in the school musical, Oliver. She loves to play indoor field hockey and lacrosse. Ashley is a girl scout and member of the Amnesty International Club at school. She's an ardent fan of the Jonas Brothers. You can see Ashley singing in the Karaoke Songest video on Our Blog in this website and in four recordings that she made at the Angel Thorne Music under Our Recordings.

Laura McKee

Laura McKee, age 15, lives in New Fairfield and attends Immaculate High School in Danbury. Laura also plays piano and French Horn and is a superior athlete as well. Laura is a member of Tri-M Music Honor Society and the concert choir at her school. She is an avid photographer and Photoshop user. Laura assisted at the Christina Rovics & Friends benefit concert event at the Danbury Music Centre in the fall of 2009 receiving credit from Opus Fidelium, her school's community service program.

Katey Loughran

Katey Loughran is a sophomore at Ridgefield High School and will be performing in Oklahoma this year. She studies dance three days a week at Hot Shoes in Ridgefield. She is also a volunteer for the National Charity League.

Tori Howell

Tori Howell is a musical theatre major at the Regional Center for the Arts in Trumbull Connecticut where she also takes classes in dance. By special arrangement with this magnet school she also attends Ridgefield High School, dividing her time between these two educational centers.

Sarah-Kate Chiovitti

Sarah-Kate Chiovitti, age 16 attends Holy Cross high School in Waterbury CT. She is an accomplished dancer who recently appeared as a member of the dance team that opened for the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden in 2009 - 2010 season. She studies dance at Reach for the Stars in Terryville CT. In June 2010 she will be dancing the role of Clara in "The Nutcracker", a production of the studio where she studies.

Kelly Aaronson

Kelly Aaronson is in the 10th grade at Ridgefield High School and began her studies with Christina in September 2009. She was in the school’s production of Oklahoma in 2010. You can hear Kelly on Our Recordings singing two songs that she recorded at Angel Thorne Music in February 2010.

Veve

Veve, a college graduate in business and communications hails from Brooklyn. She attended high school in New York where there was a strong cultural arts program. Trained at an early age as an instrumentalist she is now intent on cultivating her singing voice. Fashion design is another her interests, a subject that she studied in Italy and England. Veve, who lives in Connecticut works as a business manager for a website software company.

Sharon McCarthy

Sharon McCarthy, who studied at the Rovics studio throughout high school, returned to continue vocal studies with Christina after graduating from C.W. Post College on Long Island and establishing herself in her teaching career in New York State. In addition to her teaching responsibilities she is now her school's director of musical productions. Sharon sings at every opportunity. In our 2009-2010 season she appeared on Singing for Joy in December at the Bridgewater Congregational Church, the Karaoke Songfest in February in Danbury, and recorded at Angel Thorne Music also in February.

Nicola (Nic) Tedesco

Nicola (Nick) Tedesco, age 65, loves to sing in the tradition of the big band era crooners. Rather than work on vocal technic Christina coaches him on style as he explores his very appealing voice by ear and imitation, learning to find the keys that fit his voice while expanding his repertoire. Born and raised in Waterbury, his company Tedesco Plumbing & Heating has been serving the Greater Waterbury area for the past 42 years.

Tara Tedesco

Tara Tedesco, a college graduate who worked with Christina throughout high school, has been writing and producing her own music. In the summer of 2009 she appeared on Angelfest in Bethel, an annual rock festival produced by Angelthorne Music where Rob Volpintesta helps her to write and produce her own original material. She will be attending the Berklee College of Music in Boston later this year.

Nancy Brant

Nancy Brant has sung in concerts, recitals, and operas locally, as well as in New York, Maryland and Washington, D.C. She sings with the Adesso Choral Society and at St. Mary Church in Ridgefield. In November 2009 she was one of two students invited to sing on the benefit concert Christina Rovics & Friends at the Danbury Music Centre.

Tony Bruno

TONY BRUNO, a retired computer specialist, just discovered that he has a very strong and appealing tenor voice. He loves to study acting. Soon singing will be among his bag of tricks as he enjoys life as a very active retiree.

Carly Spaeth

Carly Spaeth studied voice with Christina throughout high school until her acceptance into Manhattanville College where she earned her bachelor and master degrees in education in 2008 and '09. She is also a graduate of The Tisch School's CAP21 at New York University. We went to see her perform in several times at the Yorktown Theatre, among them as Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz and the lead in Cinderella. Currently she is a voice instructor, teaching at several performing arts schools including The Wooster School in Danbury where she also teaches PreK - 7th grade general music and chorus. She is a singer/actress/dancer and now, more recently songwriter as well. Even from a young age Carly came across as a dedicated professional performer. Learn more about her on MySpace.com/carlyspaeth/

Meghan Halle

Meghan studied voice with Christina and piano with Howard starting around '98 and '99. Looking back at old programs ,on one student recital she performed a Diabelli duet with Howard, On My Own from Les Miserables in her Broadway voice and Summertime by Gershwin as an operatic aria. An extraordinary talent at age twelve it's gratifying to us to see that she found her own mode of expression both as a singer and pianist. We remember her as quite an athlete at age 14 when she courageously sent the New York Mets her audition tape of the National Anthem. She performed it at Shea Stadium three times before major league crowds. To this day Christina uses this very challenging solo with many of her students who, if they were to do it in a sports arena must be able to deliver it unaccompanied, capture the attention of a large audience and stay on pitch in a song that covers a very wide range and is extremely familiar. Check out Meghan for her original songwriting in myspace and cdbaby.

Click on if you want to see the YouTube video of Meghan singing at Shea Stadium at age 14.

Donna Moore

Donna Moore, a seasoned performer since childhood has done several one woman show productions since we've known her over the last five years or so. The latest one is Cougar, The Musical, a multi character story about a newly divorced, forty-something mom who is down on her luck. Every so often she checks in with Christina to tune up her voice for her demanding roles as a singer, actress, comedienne, and monologuist. She's a connecticut resident who in January 2010 performed her show most recently in Theatre at Saint Peters (54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue) in New York City. Learn more about her on the DonnaMooreDiva website and her page on MySpace.

Margaret Collins Stoop

MegCollinsStoop Meg Stoop began her formal music education at the age of sixteen with a scholarship to the preparatory division of the Mannes College of Music in New York City. In 1989 she graduated In 1989, she graduated from Smith College cum laude, with the special distinction of High Honors in Music. In 1990 and 1991 she resided in Hong Kong, where she studied Chinese flutes and folk music at the Yuet Wah Music School, and western flute privately with Timothy Wilson, of the Hong Kong Philharmonic.

In 1998, Meg received her master's degree in music composition from the Aaron Copland School of Music of the City University of New York, where she studied under Thea Musgrave.

Victoria Hamilton

Victoria Hamilton, now approaching her 18th birthday began singing at the age of 8 under the advice of a friend who said it would help her asthma. Who could have known that this simple act would uncover such a big, beautiful voice with a 4+ octave range! In 2003 she impressed a crowd of parents and friends with her natural musicality and powerful intensity in a karaoke event sponsored by the Christina Rovics Vocal Studio together with Angel Thorne Music Co, LLC, two cooperating Bethel Connecticut music studios.

Victoria Chiera