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Marcinho Savant

Marcinho Savant is a classically-trained singer, vocal coach, conductor, professional singer, stage performer, and critic--- He is also producing projects for theatre, television, and film.

About Me

Marcinho was the, founding, artistic director of the Key West International Jazz Festival (2001).

He has studied, lived, and performed in a number of different locations, including Austria, Belgium, The Netherlands, the Pacific Northwest, the NY Metro, Delaware, Florida and more. Trained as an opera singer and recitalist, he has studied at the ”Mozarteum” (Salzburg), Academie Royale de Musique (Brussels), and Westminster Choir College (Princeton, NJ), where he was trained by a pantheon of vocal, coaching and accompaniment superstars of the industry. He holds diplomas in “Das Deutsche Lied für Sänger und Begleiter” from the Akademie Mozarteum (Schillawsky), and studied German, German Art History and voice at Salzburg College and the Salzburger Musicschulwerke through the University of Miami School of Music.

He has toured and performed in shows such as “Ain't Misbehavin'”, “Five Guys Named Moe”, “Sweeney Todd”, “Flamingo Follies” and many others. He has also served as vocal coach and conductor of “A Chorus Line”, and has directed ”Godspell”, “West Side Story” and more. He has also been a recitalist, concert artist, cabaret singer, voice teacher, repertoire coach, and music festival artistic director. Every job he does, or has ever done, is related in some way to the performing, visual, creative or literary arts. One of his stage productions, for television, won a Cable Ace Award.

All along the way, he has remained a writer. That blossomed into becoming a novelist, playwright, poet, lyricist and many other “writing” endeavors. Enjoying a great period of working in event design, his voyage comes full circle, back to the arts--- with a more fervent return to the “pen”. An adroit multi-tasker, he wants to do it all.

My Jazz Story

My mother was a successful singer in NYC, and from birth, I have been surrounded by jazz. She was also an entertainment writer for major, MSM publications, which allowed me to grow up surrounded by musicians such as, George Benson, Stella Marrs (who sang "Happy Birthday" to me at a gig in NYC when I was a kid), Mary Lou Williams (One night, playing with toys on the rug beneath her grand piano, as she played "Dizzy" with my mom singing), Marian McPartland, Jon Lucien, Lionel Hampton, and many others she interviewed, or reviewed. She saw to that. I became a professional vocalist, as a result of that exposure, and it has enhanced my life, ever since.