Saturday, September 1, 2007
Forte Models Featured Entertainer: Michelle Amato
Forte Models is proud to present the amazing Michelle Amato. Michelle Amato is a dynamic vocalist whose abilities to convey the deep passion of a lyric, as well as soar effortlessly through the stratosphere, are making her one of the most in demand names in music today. She performs regularly at the Van Dyke CafĂ© on South Beach and The Westin Grand Bohemian Hotel in Orlando , as well as numerous music festivals. She has been a featured soloist with the Memphis Symphony, the South Florida Pops, the Baton Rouge Symphony, the Florida West Coast Symphony, the Orlando Philharmonic and the All-American College Orchestra at Epcot Center . Michelle also stays extremely active in the recording studio, singing and contracting for Royal Caribbean, Costa and Carnival Cruise Lines, Warner Brothers and Shawnee Press Publishers, Walt Disney World, and numerous jingle production companies throughout the country. She has performed and recorded with an incredibly diverse array of artists including Liza Minelli, Jon Secada, Al Green, Sandi Patty, Jon Hendricks, Donna Summer, Michael McDonald, Celia Cruz , Rita Marley, and has most recently been recording and touring with world renowned composer Yanni. Her solo work can be heard on his latest cd, “Ethnicity”, and she’ll be featured on his upcoming video, “Yanni Live”. She recorded the title cut on Dirty Martini’s debut cd, “Save Your Love for Me”, and her own debut cd, “I’m All Smiles”, is completed and available for purchase.
Michelle, who holds a Master’s degree from the prestigious University of Miami School of Music, is also in great demand as an educator and clinician. She has coached vocalists for Cirque du Soleil and taught private students and directed jazz vocal ensembles at The University of Miami, Miami Dade Community College , Memphis State University , and Rollins College . She has conducted vocal master classes and clinics for the International Association of Jazz Educators, The North American Cultural Center in San Jose , Costa Rica , and various groups at Walt Disney World, including the popular Voices of Liberty, a group she also had the pleasure of performing in for several years. Her adjudicating duties include the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts, the Florida Vocal Association, and various jazz societies. If you love a combinational of swinging, sultry jazz and scatting call Forte Models today and book Michelle and one of her groups. www.orlandomodelagent.com 407-465-0300.
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