Carol Rossio Acting and Singing Performance Bio

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Represented by Damon Jones at Actors in Action, LLC

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TV, Film, Radio, Video, Print and Public Speaking

  • National magazines print campaign- Redbook, Woman’s Day and Ladies’ Home Journal
  • Regional TVcommercial- Kroger Home for the Holidays (wife, mother and grandmother)
  • Regional TV commercialplus website video- Providence Health Healthy Lifestyles(yoga class member)
  • Regional TV commercialplus radio spot - Fred Meyer Gardening this Spring(gardener, speaking part)
  • National Infomercial- Fox, Direct TV, United InflightTruist Skincare (product testimonial talking head)
  • National TV commercial- 8 O’clock Coffee (mass transit crowd scene extra)
  • Feature film- Feast of Love with Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear (crowd scene extra; PT Cruiser extra)
  • Short indie film - Cinema Perfecto/Bend FilmmakersThe Crossing (speaking part)
  • Website video- Velveeta Cheese/Weiden & Kennedy Eat Like That Guy You Know (speaking part)
  • Website video- Travel Portland/Trifecta Tavern (happy, romantic couple eating and drinking)
  • Stock video footage- Funnelbox (happy, romantic couple strolling at Hagg Lake)
  • Internal sales training video- Hewlett Packard/Funnelbox (speaking part)
  • Internal sales training video- Hewlett Packard (office setting extra)
  • Internal sales training video- Digimarc/Escape from LA (grocery store extra)
  • Regional radio commercial- Housewarmer’s Oil (vocalist in quartet)
  • Film Announcer Bend Film Festival
  • Parade Announcer Portland Rose Festival June 2011, 2015 Grand Floral and Starlight Parades
  • Public Radio SpokespersonNPR/KOPB 91.5 FM All Things Consideredinterviewed for MoveOn.org
  • Public Radio Spokesperson KMHD 89.1 FM Pledge Drive Host
  • Public Radio Spokesperson KBOO 90.7 FM Interview Guest
  • Mistress of Ceremonies Alliance Francaise July 2011 and July 2012 Bastille Day Celebrations
  • Mistress of CeremoniesCD release concert benefitting Mercy Corps
  • Spokesperson Copyright PanelistMusic West Industry Conference
  • Music Industry RepresentativeGovernor Kitzhaber’s Cultural Tourism Taskforce

Jazz/Pop Vocalist and Recording Artist

“Fantastic French feeling…a funky, musical ménage à trois…" The Oregonian

  • Three French/English jazz/pop cds on i-Tunes, Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon and YouTube
  • French version These Boots Made 4 Walkin’trending on i-Tunes as Rossio’s #1 download worldwide
  • All three cds have received regional public radio airplay KMHD 89.1 FM, OPB 91.5 FM and KBOO 90.7 FM
  • Carol Rossio Quintet monthly jazz gig at Northside Bar and Grill in Bend, OR
  • Opened for Grammy-winnerAngélique Kidjo at the Aladdin Theater (fronting Carol Rossio Quartet)
  • Opened for Grammy-winner Poncho Sanchez at the Bite of Beaverton (fronting Tom Grant Band)
  • Recorded and performed with Grammy-nominee pianist Randy Porter
  • Recorded and performed with smooth jazz pioneer pianist/vocalist Tom Grant
  • Performed with Robbie Laws Band Waterfront Blues Festival N. Main Stage (2nd largest blues fest USA)
  • Headliner Alliance Francaise Fêtede Bastillefestival in Portland (largest French festival west coast USA)
  • Gospel soloistJoy is on the Waywith 80+ voice FUCP Choir
  • Pop soloistI Got You Babewith 75+ voice Cascade Chorale
  • Sang with Paul Winter Consort atUnited Nations and Boston Symphony Hall (with Back Bay Chorale)
  • Recorded and performed in Paris with French musicians; cd release party on Left Bank (c'était chouette, ca!)
  • Broadway Rose Theater How to Succeed in Businesspit singer
  • Broadway Rose Theater A Chorus Line pit singer
  • Portland Symphonic Choir and Oregon Symphony2004 - 2016
  • First Unitarian Church of Portland Choir 2003 - 2016
  • (choir tours to Havana, Hamburg, Leipzig, Berlin, Prague, Budapest and Vienna)
  • Choral Arts Ensemble of Portland1988 - 2004
  • LaBohèmeopera chorusBend Opera 2017
  • Cascade Chorale2016 - Present
  • Central Oregon MastersingersandSunriver Music Festival Orchestra2017 - Present

Other performance venues and events include: The Aladdin Theater - The Smithsonian Jazz Age in Paris - Fêtede Bastille in the Pearl - Northwest International Film Festival - Nike World Master Games - French American International School - Portland Art Museum - The Bite of Portland - The Bite of Beaverton - Portland Rose Festival - Art in the Pearl Sand in the City - North by Northwest - The Heathman Hotel - The Hilton Hotel - Ivories - Vie de Bohème - Willamette Valley Vineyards - Yamhill Valley Vineyards Auberge du Soleil (Napa) - Multnomah Athletic Club - Tony Starlight’s - Jazz de Opus - Typhoon! - LV’s - Wilf’s - Camellia Lounge - Monteaux's - Brasserie Montmartre - West Café…plus other jazz clubs, wineries & private eventsthroughout the Pacific Northwest.