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Ray Massa's EuroRhythms

The EuroRhythms, also known as Ray Massa's EuroRhythms, are an Italian-American band from Columbus, Ohio. They perform every style of Italian and Italian/American Music from traditional Italian folk, Pop and Rock Italian, Italian and Italian American Swing to Italian Standards. The band is a touring group/musical variety act, performing the United States since 1992 and Internationally since 2008. Their music is dubbed as Standard Italian popular music rewritten with a new pop world sound. Their audience tends to consist of both youth looking for new Italian culture, and older Italians who appreciate the older tunes. 

Emayla

Singer, songwriter, artist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, painter and polyglot EMAYLA, was born and raised in Italy and is currently based in Los Angeles, CA.

She performed with super star Juanes at the MTV Unplugged and that album won a Grammy in 2012.

EMAYLA was also a finalist at The John Lennon Songwriting Contest, with her original music and she was nominated by The Hollywood Music In Media Awards for the Best R&B/Soul category, with another song, called “Stay With Me”. She was also finalist at the U.S.A. Songwriting Competition.

EMAYLA was also the winner of Rumi Awards 2015 as “Best Artist Europe” and “Best Singer Duet”.

She has performed all over the world and has been featured in many TV shows in networks such as Univision, MTV Très, Telemundo, CNN Español, among others.

EMAYLA has 4 albums out and she just released her new song with music video “BARBIE”, a song with a strong message: “beauty is not about being perfect, but it’s about being unique and authentic”.

You can find her music on all platforms: Spotify, Apple Music, Youtube and many more.

Vito Lombardo

Vito Lombardo - “Lombardo” - is a Singer/Songwriter from Seattle, Washington. He began his music career in 2012, after being discovered by “Frankie El Jefe”, an A&R in the Latin Music industry. Shortly after, he was traveling around the country and opening for World-Wide artists such as Daddy Yankee, Don Omar, Farruko, Natti Natasha, and many more. He also worked on many original singles in different music studios around the nation, all while working full time as a Career Firefighter for the City of Bellevue Fire Dept on their Ladder Truck Company. You can find many of his original songs and music videos on YouTube. Seeing how much music brings people together, he now enjoys playing ALL genres of music and in English, Spanish, & Italian. He is excited to be invited to sing for the Italian community at the San Gennaro Festival as his Grandparents were Garlic Gulch Originals. (Lombardo, Savelli, Marra, Recchia).

Rebecca Peterson

Soprano Rebecca Peterson has performed in the US, Canada, and Italy. Credits include Norma (Clotilde, Norma cover) with Skagit Opera, Don Giovanni (Donna Elvira) with Toronto Summer Opera Workshop, The Student Prince (Princess Margaret, Kathie cover) with Icicle Creek Center for the Arts, The Magic Flute (First Lady) with the German Vocal Arts Institute, and as a guest artist for the Neil Semer Vocal Institute's Summer Concerts in Briosco, Italy. She recently performed several works by Verdi in multiple concerts with Orchestra of Flight and also released her EP, Beahm, on iTunes.

Also performing: Pianist Glenda Williams has worked with most of the region’s opera companies, including Pacific Northwest Opera, the Seattle Gilbert & Sullivan Society, and special productions by Music of Remembrance.

Nicole London

Nicole London, a mezzo-soprano based in Denver, Colorado, is thrilled to be joining Rebecca Peterson for the Seattle San Gennaro Festival and to be performing in Washington state for the first time. In the operatic repertoire, Nicole's recent roles include Brangäne in scenes from Tristan und Isolde with the Boston Wagner Institute, Frida Kahlo in Frida Kahlo and the Bravest Girl in the World with and the Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors with Central City Opera, Woman 1 in the regional premiere of Andrew Lippa’s Unbreakable with the Denver Gay Men's Chorus, La Frugola, La Zia Principessa and Zita in Il Trittico as an alumni guest artist with Lamont Opera Theater and Dinah in Trouble in Tahiti with Denver Immersive Opera. Nicole also enjoys working to bring music into schools and the community in Denver as a teaching artist with Central City Opera.

Bonnie Birch e Amici

Bonnie Birch e Amici will be performing “La Fisarmonica di Castelfidardo”.

The musicians will be: Bonnie Birch (accordion) Nick Heiting (guitar) Paul Ostler (tuba) Stephen Wall (tenor).

Bonnie Birch is one of the Northwest’s finest accordionists performing a versatile repertoire of American, European Continental (French, Italian, etc), and classical music.

Bonnie performs as a soloist as well as working with a wide variety of local area musicians and singers. Her varied audience includes restaurants, weddings, corporate events, family events, and artistic organizations.

Bonnie is president of the Northwest Accordion Society and chairman of the Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration.