SUZANNE FATTA
March 2014
The TV & radio advert I shot for for Geico Careers with HomeRun Creative is now released nationally. It's been playing throughout WNY on radio and television during prime time (The Simpsons, SNL, Cosmos 2014), picked up by Geico to run nationally on their Youtube Channel, airing nationally on TV in Iowa & Central Georgia, and the local Geico Careers YouTube page. Here's my audition video (as you can see, the hat was not my idea!)
February 2014
The advert I shot for for Geico.jobs called 'Growth and Stability' with HomeRun Creative is now released! It's airing throughout WNY on TV and radio, nationally on the Geico YouTube channel, and on national TV in Iowa & Central Georgia - check it out below. You can also see my audition video here.
January 2014
I am beyond elated to tell you I'm walking in a major international fashion show in Paris this spring! Ma tête tourne. Pulp'Fashion Week Paris organized by Histoire de Courbes gets serious press around the world, with some of the top plus designers and models in Europe, so I am jumping for joy! Ah, April (and May) in Paris... In addition, the drama company I Co-Founded, HIDden Theatre, is invited back to the York Mystery Plays 2014. HIDden will present The Baptism on one of the coveted wagons in this amazing event. Finally, the book presenting the research upon whichVivaldi's Women is based, Micky White's Antonio Vivaldi: A Life in Documents, is now available for purchase. The group will go on a book tour of England, I'll join them later this year in Venice.
December 2013
Wonderful news; Vocális Chamber Choir has been accepted to the world-famous Cambridge Summer Music Festival 2014! Concrete details are yet to emerge, but stay tuned here for the latest updates about this fantastic addition to our 2014 Summer Tour of England.
December 2013
Here's a holiday mish-mash... This month I'm leading a session in Model Boot Camp 101 to young and aspiring models. I've also been asked by Opera Sacra to sing at their Verdi-Wagner bicentennial gala concert. For opera lovers, we invite you to watch the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (Buffalo/Toronto District) on Jan 4th. I'll be singing in New Year's Day services at St. Paul's as well. In the background, I'm producing Model & Opera demo reels with the good folks at Arlington Place Pictures. In the meantime check out this featured Spotlight Model interview.
November 2013
I've got a number of high fashion modeling events coming up during the chilly months. First I'm walking for custom bridal/ gown designer Made by Anatomy for Mass Appeal 2013. Next is my luxe editorial shoot with Mark Callen Photography and Franci Jewelry in a mansion, finishing with more bridal couture in January for the Winter Hotel Lafayetteshoot with R.J.Z. Photography and M. A. Carr Bridal. Lastly we have a portfolio and an outerwear outdoors shoot with out of this world photographer Luke Copping.
October 2013
It's been a while since I updated the News section, but not for lack of exciting new information... modeling has taken up lots of my time time lately! Although I was able to combine singing and modeling in Venice, after our performance of Un Vespro Venexiano I met a photographer and squeezed off a photoshoot. Now, in addition to walking in many local shows in WNY, I'm very proud to be a part of the video-based Confidence is the Key Project, managed by Evolve and Skorch magazines, bringing together plus models and fashion insiders from around the world, sharing their stories of confidence. And I've been invited back by OperaBuffs of WNY to give a Lecture during National Opera Week on the pre-history of opera. Vocális Chamber Choir will embark on a professional tour of England in summer 2014, playing amazing venues in and around the capitol. I'm excited for another season with this fantastic ensemble in the WNY and Niagara region. In the meantime, I'm taking small solo gigs at services (including a professional position at St. Paul's Schola Cantorum), fundraisers and private events, which has been fun. And starting in late October, I'll be onstage with Diva By Diva at the award-winning O'Connell & Company. This cabaret style all-female performance celebrates its Sweet 16 this year in WNY's longest running show.
July 2013
I've been lucky to book some amazing fashion work this month, with more to be announced shortly! First, I've been appointed the Managing Editor of Fashion Maniac, a WNY-based fashion, beauty & lifestyle web magazine, producing articles, editorial photo-shoots, industry breaking news, collection reviews, and designer profiles. I'm also the official east coast American correspondent for VOL•UP•2, an amazing high fashion magazine out of Paris celebrating curves and diveristy, founded by superstar plus model and Rochester native Velvet d'Amour. I'll be covering New York and Florida for now... I'm so pleased to be on board for both publications, this is very exciting! For modeling, I'm walking in these shows: F.I.T. Connecting the Dots Sustainable Fashion Show; walking AND performing an opera aria at the 7 Chances Charity Runway on the Water on the historic USS Sullivan Battleship in Buffalo Harbor; Báles Clothing's Premiere FAMErunway show during Mercedes-Benz Buffalo Fashion Week with lookbook shoot/ press call; and 1426 Fashion Week in Miami!
Lots of fabulous modeling gigs have come in for June, I'll be shooty shoot shooting a ton this summer! First is a major week in NYC: I've been selected to test shoot with Michelle Alexandra Photography, one of the very top photographers in North America. We'll also be shooting me in looks by designer Serita Bell, which will go into her lookbook. Then I model for Serita Bell on the Curves at Sea All White Cruise during Full Figured Fashion Week NYC 2015 - I'll be rocking one of her garments for the press on the VIP cruise through NY harbor! Next, MODAL Productions and myself as a model are being featured on the cover of Queen Size Magazine! Finally, I'm doing press coverage for Volup2 Magazine at the Hal Rubenstien & Marla Wynne Exclusive Blogger Event.
In WNY: in early June, I'm shooting again for Rack Plus Magazine in their All-Stars issue! Superstar designer Dede Allure is providing all the garments, wait till you see the creative brief from this Buffalo team... And in July, I'm shooting a feature for Gorgeous Freaks Magazine with my pal Julie C Foser.
June 2013
Some great model news - I've been booked by Macy*s to represent the launch of their plus line locally; this will lead to some exciting work with them in the future. Come by and see me in the store on Saturday 8 June 10-2 (then come back to the area that evening for my opera concert!) And in the performance world, I've joined WNY's newest early music ensemble, the Fredonia Camerata. I'm really looking forward to joining them this fall!
May 2013
This September, I'm heading to Venice to perform (as Alto) Monteverdi Vespers 1640 with full Baroque consort under Philip Thorby again, in the Scuola di San Rocco. I've also joined the Schola Cantorum at St Paul's as a professional singer; we'll be doing great works from the 16th, 17th and 20th c British choral tradition during the services. Finally I've become one of the Divas at O'Connell & Company, joining the troupe Diva by Diva, an all-female performance in WNY's longest running show.
May 2015
Lots of modeling gigs have come in for June, I'll be shooty shoot shooting a lot this summer! First is a week in NYC: I've been selected to test shoot with Michelle Alexandra Photography, one of the very top photographers in North America. We'll also be shooting me in looks by designer Serita Bell, which will go into her lookbook. Then I model for Serita Bell on the Curves at Sea All White Cruise during Full Figured Fashion Week NYC 2015 - I'll be rocking one of her garments for the press on the VIP cruise through NY harbor! Next, MODAL Productions and myself as a model are being featured on the cover of Queen Size Magazine!
In Buffalo early June, I'm shooting again for Rack Plus Magazine in their All-Stars issue! Superstar designer Dede Allure is providing all the garments, wait till you see the creative brief... Finally in July, I'm shooting a feature for Gorgeous Freaks Magazine with my pal Julie C Foser.
April 2013
Some exciting news from the local opera world: I've been appointed to the Advisory Committee for the Metropolitan Opera National Council Regional Auditions Buffalo/ Toronto! Our District is part of the Great Lakes Region and draws singers from all over The US and Canada. In other news, I will be reprising the opera recital A Musical Journey Through the Mediterranean for OperaBuffs on April 13th, and have also been invited by an opera foundation to portray Carmen at a private concert in early May.
February 2013
Get ready Buffalo - The Winking Women of Whimsy... (...or 2 Snarky Broads and a Dude) are coming! Due to a generous grant from the University of Wisconsin, Oberlin alumnae Mezzo Julie Cross, DMA ('99) and myself ('97) will share a selection of sarcastic, snarky and tongue-in-cheek solo songs & duets spanning 5 centuries of opera, art songs and jazz on Saturday 8 June. Featuring all sorts of keyboards from Robert Hull. We've also been invited with our trio, including superstar opera mezzo Katherine Ciesinski, to present a scholarly Lecture-Recital at the biennial Feminist Theory and Music Conference 12, July 31-August 4, in Clinton, NY. We're excited to share our research about low female voices, and I'll be demonstrating with a range of Mezzo, Tenor, Baritone and Bass arias. I talk a bit about the genesis of this concert series in my Buffalo Rising Sounds of Buffalo interview; listen to this extended radio interview about the eventwith Peter Hall at Classical 94.5 (WNED).
October 2012
Tune into WNED the last week of the month, I'm featured in two radio interviews with Classical FM 94.5's Peter Hall, talking about National Opera Week in WNY, the opportunities for classical music in Buffalo, some info about low-voiced females, and my own career and opera recitals the first week in November. Listen to 94.5FM on the radio or check out both clips anytime here.
September 2012
I was so surprised, proud and pleased to be chosen as the cover model for the Sept. 2012 issue of Lioness Magazine! Visit my Press section to learn more about the magazine, the great organization behind it, and photo credits. Also I'm starting another small side career as a professional stylist for fashion shoots! I'm working with a great local photographer/ digital artist and we'll build up my own styling portfolio together.
September 2012
I've joined the casts of a feature movie filming locally, the award-winning script Give and Take: more info can be found in the Events calendar. And in opera news, I'll be helping out the chorus of Donizetti's Maria Stuarda for Opera Sacra in mid-November, details to follow...
September 2012
I'm really pleased to announce that in addition to the amazing Vocalis Chamber Choir, I've also joined Harmonia Chamber Singers, and Vox Lumine. Harmonia is doing great collaborations with some of WNY's top ensembles and venues this coming year, and we'll be recording Victoria Requiem for CD release. Vox Lumine is a new emerging professional vocal ensemble for Western New York and the Canadian Niagara/ Toronto region; all the members are professional singers with music degrees. Check out the Events calendar for more info on all events with these great groups.
August 2012
Purchase your own copy of the 2012-13 Help For Heroes Hollywood Glamour today! All proceeds benefit the national 2012-13 Help For Heroes organization, which provides aid to wounded, injured and sick British Service personnel, veterans, and their families. See my page (April) in the Gallery on my Modeling page - I recreated an amazing shoot of screen goddess Linda Darnell.
July 2012
I’ve done some interviews with e-zines lately about plus modeling, check them out: Fashion Police News; and Plus Model 411. Also I've added lots of bookings, gigs, concerts and jobs to my Events Calendar with lots more coming soon. Most exciting, I've been cast in a lead role in the Buffalo 48 Hour Film Project, working with NDstudios! You can view the final film here. It was nominated for the Best of Buffalo/ Audience Award, which was so cool. Check back often for updates...
