Los Angeles, CA (TOP40 Charts/ dick clark productions) -- New York singer-songwriter
Allison Tartalia is nominated for an Emmy Award by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in the category of Outstanding Achievement for Individual
Excellence Off Camera:
Music Composition/Arrangement for the score of the documentary film, 5,000 Miles From Home.. She shares the nomination with JoAnn Robertozzi and Jamie Fillmore. The three composers were also honored with a Bronze Telly for their work on the documentary earlier this year.
5,000 Miles From Home is a sensitive and poignant documentary, which explores the struggles and successes of first generation Italian American WWII Veterans from Chicago's
Little Italy. In addition to the nomination for the social score, 5,000 Miles from Home was nominated in 4 additional categories, including Outstanding Achievement for Documentary Programs � Historic Significance and Outstanding Achievement for Individual
Excellence Off Camera in the areas of Writing, Editing and Audio. The film was made possible by the Italian American Veterans Museum and Library in Chicago, IL.
A classically trained pianist and multi-instrumentalist, Tartalia draws upon diverse influences to create her unique brand of orchestral chamber pop. Recently, Tartalia was named a finalist in the Solarfest Songwriter Showcase, and the CT Folk Festival and Songwriter�s Beat song contests, and she has made numerous festival appearances this summer and fall throughout the Northeast and Midwest. In 2007, Tartalia�s first foray into musical theatre as composer and arranger, 1918: A House Divided, book and lyrics by
Barbara Kahn, was produced by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Theater for the New City, and an original cast recording was released in 2008. She is currently working on another collaboration with Kahn, set to debut at Theater for the New City in March 2011. In addition to her original work, Tartalia has also performed as a singer with Petra Haden and the Sellouts, and can be heard playing piano on numerous independent recordings.
Her latest project, the Sweet and Vicious EP, was produced by Grammy Award winner Michael Leonhart (Steely Dan, Lenny Kravitz, Yoko Ono) and will be released early in 2011.
