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About The Founder |
Footlights, Center
for Performing Arts c/o YMCA of Greater Hartford 241 Trumbull Street Hartford, CT 06103 We Build Strong Kids, Strong Families and Strong Communities |
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“Walk with the dreamers,
the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the
successful people who have their head in the clouds, and their feet on the
ground, let their spirit ignite a fire with in you to leave this
world better then when you found it”
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About the Founder Michele has been singing for more than thirty years. She studied at Hartt School of Music’s community division and The Hartford Academy of the Arts, and she holds an AA and BA in Fine Arts, with a Theatre major. She began performing professionally throughout the 90’s, capturing the lead roles in Nunsense, Godspell, Chicago, Sugar, No, No, Nanette and other area productions. She is currently pursuing her Masters in Liberal Arts and Science with a concentration in Art and Humanities at Wesleyan University. Her career has included coordinating and teaching cultural arts programs for the Town of Bloomfield, which included 140 children age 7-15. She produced and directed the Town of Bloomfield’s anti-drug campaign, with 10 high schools students for the Social Service Department. She was employed by The Muscular Dystrophy Association as a Project Coordinator. Prior to opening Footlights, she was the Connecticut Program Manager for Everybody Wins! A national, non-profit literacy/mentoring program for at risk, elementary school children in Hartford. Michele also just release her first full-length, solo CD, Walk with the dreamers…, a collection of her favorite pop and torch standards. For more information or to hear samples from the CD go to www.michelecolletti.com. Michele and her husband are lifelong residents of Connecticut. They have three children, ages 21, 16, and 14. Michele opened Footlights to work with at-risk teens and help give them a creative outlet for their undeveloped talent, to provide these young adults with the means and opportunity to express themselves under the supervision of supportive and knowledgeable mentors, and to inspire them to reach for their dreams. As a results they have encouraged her to reach for her dreams as well.
“Go confidently in the direction of you dreams!
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