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I began life as singer and an actress in Flint, Michigan in various local productions. The victim of a high-priced education, I have a Bachelors of Music from Webster University College of Fine Arts in St. Louis and a Masters of Music Degree from Manhattan School of Music. In 2006 I spent a week exploring American Popular Song at the Sundance Institute with the Mercer Foundation. This experience inspired me to return to my roots in Musical Theatre and American Song as a "belter". Now working together with my Music Director Tedd Firth and Director Mary Cleere Haran; in 2007 I brought my cabaret show THE ART OF THE CAHN, featuring the Sammy Cahn Songbook, to New York City's Triad Theatre & The Metropolitan Room, this show won the 2008 MAC Award for Best Female Debut. In 2009 we received rave reviews for a new Cabaret, THE FRIENDLIEST THING. In 2008, I also started a small, but ambitious project: SuCa Productions, dedicated to getting new New York songwiters heard by producing showcases that are performed by both established & emerging singers from New York's growing & varied music scene. This year & this blog is devoted to recording my first studio album.

Press Release!

Hi Kittens!

It's been a busy summer - but a good one! We're making progress on The Christmas Album - we even have a TITLE & a Press Release!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE
It might be July, but Christmas is just around the corner!
This winter, MAC Award winner with The Don Rebic Quartet, will release… This is What Christmas-Time Means to Me

SUZANNE CARRICO, winner of the 2008 MAC Award for Best Female Debut for THE ART OF THE CAHN, Music from the Sammy Cahn Songbook, has taken off part of this past year to record THIS IS WHAT CHRISTMAS-TIME MEANS TO ME, her first holiday CD. She will be joined by The Don Rebic Quartet, Dan Gross on percussion, Jim DiMatteo on bass & On the CD are tunes ranging from the popular (“Silver Bells,” Stephen Schwartz’s “Day by Day,” “I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm” by Irving Berlin & “Baby It's Cold Outside/Let It Snow” by the wonderful Frank Loesser,Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn) to the spiritual (“What Child is This,” “Little Drummer Boy,” “Do You Hear What I Hear” & “Gesu Bambino”) to an original tune by Musical Director Don Rebic, “Merry Christmas to Us All.”

What the critics say about Suzanne Carrico…
"Suzanne Carrico definitely has pipes to wake Rip Van Winkle from a
David Finkle, Back Stage

"Carrico is a promising performer with a pleasing voice and an engaging
Peter Leavy, Cabaret Scenes

“Suzanne Carrico is a lovely performer. Poised. Confident. See her.
Support her. She has the potential to become a major force in cabaret
and musical theater. With her beauty and a voice that could charm a
snake, she has to come out on top!”
Oscar E Moore, Talk Entertainment.com

"Ms. Carrico colors what is essentially a legit sound by judiciously
straightening her tone and utilizing a sexy mix; musically. A tall,
slender, very attractive blonde in an elegant strapless dress, she
displayed a poise and a seriousness of purpose!"
Jennie Litt, NiteLife Exchange

I also have new pictures taken by the lovely & talented Heather Sullivan! I'll be posting more soon! You can check them out on my website as well: www.suzannecarrico.com

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