Carmino Ravosa

Carmino Ravosa was born on January 29, 1930, in Springfield, Massachusetts, the oldest of three children, and the son of Anello and Elmira Ravosa. The two were married for almost 60 years. Ravosa later earned a master's degree and an advanced degree from Columbia University. With his wife Claire, Ravosa had three children, Carine, Gina, and Dean, and eight grandchildren. Ravosa and his family were prominent residents of the village of Briarcliff Manor in New York. Ravosa wrote numerous shows about the village, and was a musical director, lyricist, and keyboardist for the Briarcliff Manor Centennial Variety Show, a series of performances in 2002 that celebrated the village's centennial. Ravosa was also involved with preservation of Juniper Ledge, the Briarcliff Manor home of Carrie Chapman Catt. He added the home to the New York Register and the National Register of Historic Places. On July 6, 2013, Ravosa was honored by the Briarcliff Manor School District, which uses his music curriculum, during Todd Elementary School's annual fifth-grade concert. ==Career==

Ravosa was a music teacher at the Fox Meadow School in Scarsdale, New York from 1965 to 1978. Performances Ravosa performed his music at many historic landmarks, including: His musical "Seneca Falls: A Documusical on the History of Women's Rights and Achievements", a work about the history of women's rights, was performed at the National Women's Hall of Fame. The show was also performed on October 28, 1976, at the Women's Hall of Fame's Second National Honors Ceremony at Carnegie Hall. Another musical that he composed, "Scarecrow" (based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "Feathertop"), won four major awards at the International Light Opera Festival in Waterford, Ireland. Publications Ravosa's first published work was "Johnny Appleseed – A Musical Play for Children", which was published by G. Schirmer, Inc. and Associated Music Publishers, Inc. in 1958. Two of Ravosa's songs were included in HBO's 2011 Independence Day documentary, Citizen USA, directed by Emmy Award-winning film journalist Alexandra Pelosi. The documentary focuses on the stories of new citizens across every US state. The film, Ravosa's national television debut, included a clip of him singing and playing "It's a Whole Other Country, Texas Is" and others singing a segment of his song "Let's Hear it for America". ==Selected works==