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BIO:
Flutist Geri Rizzo has performed as a studio musician and in numerous orchestras as
well as a soloist/duo or trio for
weddings and special events, both classical
music and jazz. Performances of note are
in Washington, D.C. with Grammy award winning
Peruvian folk group, "Inca Son" at the
Peruvian Embassy; with famous folk singer Pete
Seeger in Beacon, NY and master flutist
James Galway at Carnegie Hall, with members of
the Band and Canned Heat. On the jazz
front, she has performed in most of the
Atlantic City Casinos, from duo to quartet and
as a strolling musician. Geri presently
performs in New Jersey as a free lancer and is
frequently on call for corporate and special
events, private parties and as a wedding
musician in the Southern New Jersey area,
Atlantic County and Cape May County. Her
cds, "Just Flutin'", "Wedding Songs", and her new jazz cd "Heartsong"
are available on Soundcloud, CDBaby and
Reverbnation
as albums or mp3 downloads/see links below for
these websites..
As a singer,
Geri has performed in church choirs since she
was a child. She has performed at Catskill Resort "The Nevele"
as singer/flutist/mc where she opened for such
famous acts as Julius La Rosa. She
has performed in musical theater (Gilbert and
Sullivan) as the lead in Iolanthe and in the
Mikado. In Southern New Jersey, she has
performed
with "The Meistersingers", The Cape
Shore Chorale, and with the Somers Point
Lutheran Church choir, and presently sings
with the NJ Sr. America Cameo Club. She
also sings as cantor or soloist for wedding
ceremonies in the Southern NJ area.
Geri Rizzo
attended the prestigious New England
Conservatory of Music in Boston on a full
scholarship for flute, and minored in voice. Her versatility as a performer extends itself to any genre, playing
Bach to Rock, including jazz and just about
any tune by ear. She even plays a little
Jethro Tull!
Presently,
she performs
as principal flutist with the Atlantic Pops in
south Jersey. She free lances for classical, jazz and popular music
for:
weddings, receptions, memorials, church services and
other special events in collaboration with chamber
ensembles such as: Flute and Harp Duo, Flute
and Piano Duo, String and Wind Chamber Groups, and
Flute and Guitar.
As an
actress she has
performed featured roles in "Law and Order,
SVU" ,"Sex and the City" and a documentary,
"Seconds to Disaster" aired on PBS as well as several indie projects and commercial
voice-overs.
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