Before 2016 leaves...

Summer came and went and the fall has well arrived! So this is what's up for the remainder of the year.

• Beacon Program started and now I'm also teaching and overseeing the Broadcasting Group!
• We shot a new Music Video which is currently being edited 
• Finishing up the new greek songs that will be presented in November
• Rehearsing with the band for the DC concert. 
• Writing music for a play that is opening in December 
• Starting rehearsals with my students for their holiday play/show. 

Already February!

I cannot believe January came and went, (and so did our annual trip to a warmer climate - this year Antigua). Not only that, February also arrived, so we celebrated Valentine's Day and Presidents' Day weekends with a polar vortex... Thankfully my trip to FL got cancelled so I didn't get to have any guilt about being away... (irony! lol)

Anyway, I am as of ...well, now the Artistic Director of the music department for the TIMARETE festival in NY. First emails out, first confirmations etc. Excited! Also, rehearsals at school are going GREAT, the Greek label collaboration is almost signed and sealed, and ideas f new songs are pouring in. With my new set up I seem to be passing most of my day working on 5 projects. The bad thing is I have 15...! Have I mentioned in this post how awful NY weather is?

Keep living the dream everyone.

CA

Last drops of 2015...

As the year is coming to an end, I reminisce about the changes this year brought; the good and the bad; the rough endings and the new beginnings. All will go out either huge Party this New Year's Eve in Newport News, VA! Thank you all for travelling along! Can't wait to share with you whatever 2016 has in store. 

Happy New Year to come!

New Music, new play, new goal!

After a LOT of consideration and some ...gentle pressure from my business partners we have decided it's time to start slowly working on our new theatrical production! So I'm putting my composer hat on and dive in the darkest alley I can find to write the songs that will transcend the voice of the missing character of the play (have I said too much??)! Painful at times, soaring at most, but totally worth it! Production is starting to take form. 

Kidding aside, I have to admit I am most humbled by the whole process, extending my arms to people I trust to help us build this new play and do it the justice it deserves! We have gradually raised the bar, bringing productions that have grown us as a production team, as people and as friends. We've learned so much and we are ready!

~CA

Christos Alexandrou the Vocal Coach

After taking a few years to focus on performances, recordings and travelling I am returning to the Beacon Program's school auditorium on Roosevelt Island to start coaching again! I'm really excited and am ready to take on the responsibilities that come with this title. 

Carnegie Hall here we come!

I was cast as part of the new Rock Opera, Porphyra that is debuting in Carnegie Hall! As the incomparable Donna Wyant takes over as the director of this demanding show, I am entrusted with the role of the Narrator as well as the Creative Director and additional composer for this show! Dimitris Lambrianos also becomes now the Musical Director and band leader!

Here's a link to an article about this: Porphyra a Rock Opera

Ston Idio Dromo in Costa Rica!

Back from Costa Rica where we presented the album to the fans there!!

Seduction the Rock Opera is back!!

Look what I was informed about!! Someone put it on YouTube!

(I think it's from a preview or something)

A trailer of a short film...

The Muse

Trailer_Muse from Omar Santana on Vimeo.

February is a good month!!

So January started with a SO MANY projects and I guess it would only make sense that February also continues in that mode.

For those who missed that I headlined at "Wild Rose" and after 3 weeks of 5 nights/week I had to fly to Greece for another project.

So I arrived in Greece on Tuesday and Wednesday the shooting for the new song took place. The title "I'm a freak (for your love)" and it's included in the digital single "Shut Up And Dance" by DJ X-ONE from WARNER MUSIC.

As expected the Greek media took notice and pictures "leaked" at MTV Greece and then other websites followed.  (he he he)

Our producer Argiris arranged numerous radio interviews and the official presentation was set for Sunday February 5th at Shisha club.

Saturday the 11th a film I shot a few years ago is finally being released at the
Winter Film Awards




More coming soon!!

Where were you when 2012 arrived?

... I was in DC, more specifically at Sheraton hotel, performing at Asteria Productions 8th Annual New Year's Eve Party. 

We had a great time and most importantly it was an awesome beginning for the new year.

2012 seems to include a lot of traveling, performing, new collaborations and new endeavors.

in other words ... SWEEEEEET!!

Oh, did I mention there is a new single about to drop from WARNER Music?

TTYL!!

CA

After the hurricane(s)...

Armed with batteries, clothes, all the important papers etc we found shelter in CT, only to be left in the dark for a few days there, while NY smirked and continued its crazy rhythms...

Annoying as it may sound, we were all actually quite glad nothing happened to the big apple.
Especially after an earthquake that hit a few days prior, our personal "drama", our friends' personal "drama" and their mother's personal "drama"... God! Maybe I should have become a doctor!

In all this excitement (that's how we'll be calling it from now on), thankfully music and inspiration has not abandoned us!!

This is the first month of Fall, first month of the academic year and hopefully the last one to see the "troubled" one...

This month's goal:

new place,
new songs,
new videos,
new gear,
new clothes (hey not just work),
new gym!

I'm sure more stuff will appear as we go on.
To the universe: "Bring it on; I DO have a black belt, remember?"

Tang Soo!

July is the month of... touching base??

OK I know I have said this before, but this is really happening now. You know how sometimes you know that something is going to happen and then it happens? Well THAT happens ALL THE TIME!!  So I decided to embrace it and use it. I honestly do; everyday!

Moreover, I started touching base with people from my past and it's incredible how happy this made us all!! Actors, singers, friends, family friends, people we met a while back and didn't keep track of each other, but now everybody is being attracted to each other like some mystical force (cue the eery music in the background) is playing puppets with us...

He he he

This is SOOOOOO cool!!

Are you enjoying the summer yet??
CA

Waka waka waka (as Ms Pacman would say...)

Everything happened according to plan.

The Concert in greece was great, the journey was awesome. I didn't have a chance to see all my friends there but that only means I have to go back...!

While I was recovering from the surgeries and still in jet lag, I tried to organize my office. Guess what! I realized that all the pictures from older concerts, plays, gigs, magazine clippings, newspaper articles, posters etc that I have are: A) not organized as I thought and B) A LOT!! OMG I had forgotten most of the things I had done and was focusing on the things I did in the US...  If only there was a way to collect all the TV appearances I have ever made THAT would be amazing!!

Now that I'm back in the big "fruit", I am focusing a bit more on the company (since the music gigs are pretty much planned out) and our June shows. The Performance Group of Beacon that I created will kick some serious A** in 3 weeks!

Does anybody know of an apartment for rent BTW??

CU soon

CA

February!!

OMG... Time flies!
This month seems to be the most balanced of them all! (in paper at least!!)

Cool!! Will use this time to work on the new songs, the concert idea and the rest of the project.
I will be traveling East this month and I am really looking forward to it.

Hopefully by the end of the month I will have visitors, a concert (or more) a few new songs and maybe a new photo shoot (??). Let's not forget the new Music Video. Mr. Omar Santana did an amazing job with The Muse (short film) and I really think he's going to make a wonderful video!!

Oh!! Let's not forget my radio interview on keith johnson's radio show mid February.  Will play a new song for the first time!!

Thanks to Kurtis Danskin! This dude has been a real friend! Wish I can manage to see his concert in March, otherwise will definitely try to in the fall!

Happy Valentine's Day!!

CA

January 2010!

It's official!!

Everything is going according to plan!!

(not MY plan, but I'm sure somebody's...)

Here is an interview I gave at The National Herald.

Booked my ticket for Greece!! (Will be going in two months for two weeks.)

Moreover, I pretty much finished the ADR for the new movie (The Muse) and I think it's going to be nice!!

The snow is falling once again! Haven't we had enough already?!

Anyway, hope you all feel great and stay warm!!

See you all soon!!

CA

Happy Holidays!!

I know I have been out of touch for a while...

Here's what has happened since last time.

I will be performing:

At ADONIS:

at ERA, Mondays with INCREDIBAND:

and Wednesdays again for Greek nights!

Come sing with us during this holiday season!

In September Oresteia opened at the Kirk Theatre!

and a review:

August is here!!

Hey the summer is moving along and so are all the projects and news.

So the show is over and it seems it went pretty well. The Cast was so much fun to work with and hopefully we'll meet again pretty soon.

There was a great review in NEO MAGAZINE:

http://www.neomagazine.com/2010_08_august/17.html

Currently I'm also performing in the city every Friday and am getting ready to shoot another film in the last week of August.

The previous one (The Divorce) is in post production, but the trailer is ready:



Hopefully by the end of the summer both movies are going to be ready and maybe the feature film too.

Don't miss also my appearance in National Geographic's "Monsters Inside Us".

Moreover, I'm still teaching singing at Roosevelt Island PS/IS while getting ready for the September's Off-Broadway Greek tragedy…

That's it for now… I'll write in a few more news in a couple of days when I'll have more information on something. ;-)

Show Up and running!!

So we opened last week!!

After a very long week of rehearsals and only two days of Tech, we opened and many friendly faces joined us in our first…"take off"!

The heat, the sweat, the naked bodies… and I'm not just talking about the dressing room!!

he he he…

SOOOoooo I thought I should post some pics for you all to see!

Hope you enjoy them and come see the show!!

CA

8:)

 

 

Seduction - A Rock Opera

As you can see we open in a few weeks!!

We are all working very hard but we are laughing so much!!

If you want to book tickets ahead here is the link.

This show has great rock songs and the girls really "Rock the house" in EVERY WAY!!

Tell your friends!

Hope to see you all there.

CA