Casting New Lives and NiteLife Exchange present Richard Skipper Celebrates Sue Matsuki and David Sabella in The Business of Cabaret on Monday, June 22nd, 5 PM ET—streaming live at Richard Skipper Celebrates on Facebook and YouTube
David Sabella and Sue Matsuki are authors of the new book, So You Want to Sing Cabaret (June 2020), the 20th and final book in the So You Want to Sing… series, sponsored by the National Association of Teachers of Singing, and published by Rowman & Littlefield. The book explores all aspects of the unique genre of Cabaret.
David Sabella served as a two-term president of the New York Singing Teachers’ Association and as an executive director of the Broadway Theatre Project (2013 – 2015). He has served on the voice faculties at Montclair State University, Fordham University, NYU/CAP21, New School Mannes Prep pre college program, and two SUNY Colleges (Purchase and New Paltz). Additionally, Sabella has been a faculty member/workshop presenter at the Voice Foundation’s annual symposium and has conducted masterclasses, faculty training workshops, and music theater pedagogy seminars worldwide. Sabella is the owner and editor in chief of CabaretHotspot.com and he is a performance reviewer for BistroAwards.com. As a performer, Sabella has had a varied career including a co-starring role in the 1996 Broadway revival of Chicago, network Voiceover work for Disney and FOX TV, and both opera and oratorio performances throughout the US and abroad.
Sue Matsuki is the recipient of the first Julie Wilson Award, given by the Mabel Mercer Foundation in 2004, personally chosen to receive this award by Julie Wilson herself. She is also a three-time MAC Award winner: 2002 for Female Jazz/Pop/R and B Vocalist; 2006 for Jazz Duo/Special Productions for Ten Years in the making with her music director Gregory Toroian; and 2008 for Specialty Song with “One Stop Shopping” (Matsuki/Toroian/Page). Additional MAC nominations include a 2002 nomination for Best Female Recording for A New Take; a 2004 nomination for Duo/Group (with Marcus Simeone); nominations in 2007 and 2010 for Female Vocalist;and in 2008, 2011, and 2012 for Duo/Group (with Edd Clark).
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