Marisa Buffone Email & Phone Number

Bio I was born in Toronto, where I make my home, but when I was still a child my family moved back to Southern Italy. It was here that I developed my passion for singing the music of this region of the Mediterranean, first at the University of Salerno and the conservatory of music there, and then through extensive travel and research, exploring the centuries old music traditions from Naples to Calabria – a music deeply rooted in the folkloric expressions ranging from the music of North African peoples, to that of the Turkish presence in Southern Italy, as well as the long Spanish rule. When I was studying at the University of Salerno (Dottore in Lettere, cum laude, in Modern Languages), I pursued my love of music and theatre by studying at the Conservatory of Music of Salerno (voice and piano) and worked on my thesis on the New York based theatre La Mama E.T.C. Following my thesis on Ellen Stewart’s innovative and influential theatre experiments I was invited to join the La Mama troupe and participated in many of its productions both in New York, as well as at their Italian home in Spoleto, in Umbria.In my Tarantella Cabaret at Lula Lounge it featured vocal music from various traditions in Southern Italy, It is my pleasure to bring this music to Lula Lounge following summer 2010 spent in Calabria where I made my Italian debut singing alongside Eugenio Bennato and Tony Esposito at the Kaulonia Taranta Power festival. In summer 2011 Marisa toured Italy with her group “Marisa Buffone and Friends” of internationally renowned musicians from Perugia. Upcoming and on going projects are Musica e Dolce Vita, a duo featuring singer Marisa Buffone and guitar Nathan Hiltz, workshops on Dance and Anthropology of southern Italian music, song and dance, a new Cd Release with Nathan Hiltz and Claudio Vena, founder of Quartetto Gelato, as musical director, and a subsequent tour in Canada and Italy.

Listed skills include Art, Research, Teaching, Lesson Planning, and 45 others.

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