20030222 Audrey Cimino’s vocalist performing bio

AUDREY CIMINO

Vocalist

February 22, 2003

Audrey’s performing credits start at the age of three when she was lifted on to a tabletop at the local VFW hall in her hometown of Burlington, Vermont to sing, Papa Won’t You Dance With Me. She fell in love with the applause and hasn’t stopped singing since.

During her high school years Audrey sang in the school’s chorus and several other smaller vocal groups. She was also a repeat qualifier for all-state chorus. On weekends she was the lead vocalist for the town’s big band jazz orchestra that was formed by several former members of the Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller orchestras. During this period she also placed second in the state of Vermont level of the Talentville USA competition. This was a national competition that pitted a variety of performing talents against one another.

After moving to Baltimore in 1973, Audrey’s performing focus centered on theatre for a long while. Her theatre credits include leading roles in Oliver, Kiss Me Kate, Gypsie, Kiss of the Spider Woman, All My Sons, Nunsense, Into the Woods, Man of La Mancha, the King and I, and Fiddler on the Roof among others. She did continue during this span, however, to do solo vocalist work for weddings, variety shows, and voice-over vocals for industrial films.

In recent times, Audrey has also been guest vocalist with the Carroll County Jazz Ensemble and Herb Sell’s Jazz Quintet among her solo performances. She has also stayed active in choral music, singing with two church choirs during this period, as well as the Carroll County Choral Society and the Masterworks Chorale of Carroll County. During the past couple of years she has joined with her husband, Joe, in performing professionally for large group events. Their music selections offer a collage that spans from theatre to the classic tunes of the 1940’s.

Away from the performing arts, Audrey is an attorney and the Executive Director of the Community Foundation of Carroll County, Maryland.

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