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Her parents divorced and she lived with her grandparents and attended Catholic boarding schools. She adopted her father's stage name of Stevens as her own. Stevens is of Italian, Irish, German-Jewish and Polish-Jewish descent. Stevens was born Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingolia in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, United States, the daughter of musician Peter Ingolia (known as Teddy Stevens) and singer Eleanor McGinley. Jones, which she also wrote and produced, based partly on elements of her own childhood. In 2009, Stevens made her directorial debut with the feature film Saving Grace B. Stevens' later film roles include in the comedy Tapeheads (1988) and the drama Love Is All There Is (1996). Stevens continued to appear in film and television throughout the 1970s and 1980s, as well as performing as a musical nightclub act. She garnered concurrent musical success when her single " Sixteen Reasons" became a radio hit, peaking at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the UK Singles Chart in 1960.
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Stevens gained widespread recognition for her portrayal of "Cricket" Blake on the network television series Hawaiian Eye, beginning in 1959. She subsequently had a supporting role in the musical comedy Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958) opposite Jerry Lewis, followed by the drama film The Party Crashers (also 1958) opposite Frances Farmer. She began her career in 1957, making her feature film debut in Young and Dangerous, before releasing her debut album, Concetta, the following year. In 1953, at age 15, Stevens relocated with her father to Los Angeles, California. Born in Brooklyn, New York City to musician parents, Stevens was raised there until age 12, when she was sent to live with family friends in rural Missouri after she witnessed a murder in the city. He has his own series of marimba mallets with Pro-Mark, and is a clinician and concert artist for Dynasty Percussion and the Zildjian Company.Connie Stevens (born Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingolia August 8, 1938) is an American actress, director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor and singer. He has also studied derabucca with Halim El-Dabh and has devoted intensive study to El-Dabh's unique notational system for the instrument. His teachers include John Beck, Michael Burritt, Larry Mathis, and Peggy Benkeser.
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He holds a MM from Kent State University, and a BM from the University of Alabama.īlake Tyson has composed many works for percussion, including Vertical River, Anubis, A cricket sang and set the sun, A Ceiling Full of Stars, and Cloud Forest. While there he was also awarded the prestigious Performer's Certificate. He received the DMA degree from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. He has also performed as a percussionist with many orchestras throughout the United States, and is currently principal percussionist with the Conway Symphony Orchestra. He has performed at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, the Northwest Percussion Festival, the Leigh Howard Stevens Summer Marimba Seminar, and at numerous Days of Percussion throughout the United States. His international performances have taken him to Europe, Africa, South America and Asia. Since 2001 he has been a member of the faculty of the University of Central Arkansas. Instrumentation - Solo Marimba (5.0 octave, 4 mallets)īlake Tyson has a multifaceted career and is known as a teacher, performer, and composer.
The "Egyptian" scale and the presence of an ancient Egyptian folk song combine to conjure images of pharaohs and pyramids. Anubis by Blake Tyson is a virtuosic showpiece for solo marimba.