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Rosemary Conte

My singing career began at age 4 with my first stage appearance with my musical family. My father was a bassist, guitarist and singer. I had a busy youth performing in shows and concerts and as a teenager, with a traveling follies revue, then with my father's band,live and on radio and tv. I moved from Utica, NY to NJ in 1969, and in a couple years after a divorce, established myself on what was a shore jazz scene, even being one of the organizers of the Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Festival/Foundation.

I've been privileged to have performed with some of the world's greatest jazz musicians and the best of the Jersey Shore Jazz players, at every imaginable kind of setting and venue, including, of course, jazz clubs and in concert.

Supporting 4 children with my voice, I made sure I could sing many styles and knew perhaps thousands of tunes....so that I would never have to turn down a club date or lounge gig.

Proudly, today my two oldest sons are considered among the cream of todays NY musicians, Steve and John Conte. I was their first teacher, and have been teaching singing and guiding aspiring artists for decades in my private studio and in colleges; and most recently, at the Count Basie Theater Cool School.

I created what was to be a seminal organization for musicians and singers called All Music Inc., and published a companion "magletter." All Music, Inc. was an assistance and support and advocacy organization in the 80's at a time when the public appetite for music was rapidly changing.

Awards

Nominee, New Jersey Woman in the Arts.

Gear

JBL PA, Shure mics,


Tags

"Conte sounds like the early, bouyant Billie Holiday"____ The Star Ledger
Primary Instrument

Vocals

Willing to teach

Intermediate to advanced

Credentials/Background

30 years teaching privately and in institutions an studios. Formerly, Adjunct Professor of Vocal Music, Monmouth University, Long Branch, NJ. Workshops, seminars at Wagner, Rutgers, William Paterson colleges, Brookdale Community College, and Middlesex County College. Teaching times---daily. $65 per session

Clinic/Workshop Information

I've created dozens of programs and clinics that cover vocal technique and those things that only an experienced professional performer can bring to a student, including, "Secrets for Singers Who Don't Read Music" (building repertoire, keys, transposition, writing your own charts.) "How to Work with Musicians" and dozens more.

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