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Kvitka Cisyk
Kvitka Cisyk (April 4, 1953 – March 29, 1998, born Kvitoslava-Orysia Cisyk; also known as Kacey Cisyk) was an American coloratura soprano of Ukrainian ethnicity. Cisyk, a classically trained opera singer, achieved success in four musical genres: popular music, classical opera, Ukrainian folk music and commercial jingles for radio and TV advertisements.
Cisyk recorded "You Light Up My Life" for the film of the same title (Oscar and Golden Globe Awards win in 1978), sang the "Have you driven a Ford lately?" and "You deserve a break today!" jingles, and released two critically acclaimed albums of Ukrainian songs.
Cisyk was the daughter of two Ukrainian immigrants from Eastern Galicia; her given name, Kvitka, is Ukrainian for "flower". Her father, Wolodymyr Cisyk, a well known Ukrainian concert violinist and teacher, taught his daughter the violin when she was five years old, grooming her for a career as a classical musician.
Cisyk attended the High School of Music & Art in New York City and graduated in 1970. She attended Harpur College, also known as SUNY Binghamton, for one year directly after high school. Her sister taught piano there. In the summer of 1971, she attended a SUNY-sponsored opera program in Ghent, Belgium. She received a violin scholarship to the Mannes College of Music, but had switched to classical voice training by the time of her graduation.
In January 1971, the initiative committee (chaired by Lubomyr Zobniv), which consisted mainly of Harpur College students, created a television program called "Thoughts of Ukraine" to mark the Day of Unity of Ukraine. The script was prepared by Maria Cisyk (music teacher) and Maria ("Mima") Koropiy (graduate student in French; host of a Ukrainian radio program). The program featured Ukrainian folk dances, poems by Taras Shevchenko, songs performed by Kvitka Cisyk with guitar accompaniment by Bohdan Sokhan (a student from New York) and Yuriy Turchyn (a student at Rutgers University), and songs accompanied by Maria Tsysyk's piano. The individual performances were harmoniously combined with photographic material from Ukraine and background music selected and played for the program by Maria Cisyk. On the evening of January 22, the program "Thoughts on Ukraine" was broadcast on WINR-TV.
Cisyk's original goal was a career as an opera singer, but her father's death left the family without a source of income. Needing to earn money immediately, Cisyk pursued a career as a session singer in popular music. She drew her professional name (Kacey) from her first and last initials.
Cisyk began singing in clubs, while submitting audition tapes to producers and advertising agencies. She had a successful career as a background singer in popular music, working as a backup singer for Carly Simon and Michael Franks and for artists produced by Quincy Jones.
Cisyk's work in commercials brought her to the attention of Joe Brooks, who worked as a composer and arranger of jingles. Brooks, who wrote, directed and composed the score for the movie You Light Up My Life chose Cisyk to dub the singing voice of actress Didi Conn.
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Kvitka Cisyk
Kvitka Cisyk (April 4, 1953 – March 29, 1998, born Kvitoslava-Orysia Cisyk; also known as Kacey Cisyk) was an American coloratura soprano of Ukrainian ethnicity. Cisyk, a classically trained opera singer, achieved success in four musical genres: popular music, classical opera, Ukrainian folk music and commercial jingles for radio and TV advertisements.
Cisyk recorded "You Light Up My Life" for the film of the same title (Oscar and Golden Globe Awards win in 1978), sang the "Have you driven a Ford lately?" and "You deserve a break today!" jingles, and released two critically acclaimed albums of Ukrainian songs.
Cisyk was the daughter of two Ukrainian immigrants from Eastern Galicia; her given name, Kvitka, is Ukrainian for "flower". Her father, Wolodymyr Cisyk, a well known Ukrainian concert violinist and teacher, taught his daughter the violin when she was five years old, grooming her for a career as a classical musician.
Cisyk attended the High School of Music & Art in New York City and graduated in 1970. She attended Harpur College, also known as SUNY Binghamton, for one year directly after high school. Her sister taught piano there. In the summer of 1971, she attended a SUNY-sponsored opera program in Ghent, Belgium. She received a violin scholarship to the Mannes College of Music, but had switched to classical voice training by the time of her graduation.
In January 1971, the initiative committee (chaired by Lubomyr Zobniv), which consisted mainly of Harpur College students, created a television program called "Thoughts of Ukraine" to mark the Day of Unity of Ukraine. The script was prepared by Maria Cisyk (music teacher) and Maria ("Mima") Koropiy (graduate student in French; host of a Ukrainian radio program). The program featured Ukrainian folk dances, poems by Taras Shevchenko, songs performed by Kvitka Cisyk with guitar accompaniment by Bohdan Sokhan (a student from New York) and Yuriy Turchyn (a student at Rutgers University), and songs accompanied by Maria Tsysyk's piano. The individual performances were harmoniously combined with photographic material from Ukraine and background music selected and played for the program by Maria Cisyk. On the evening of January 22, the program "Thoughts on Ukraine" was broadcast on WINR-TV.
Cisyk's original goal was a career as an opera singer, but her father's death left the family without a source of income. Needing to earn money immediately, Cisyk pursued a career as a session singer in popular music. She drew her professional name (Kacey) from her first and last initials.
Cisyk began singing in clubs, while submitting audition tapes to producers and advertising agencies. She had a successful career as a background singer in popular music, working as a backup singer for Carly Simon and Michael Franks and for artists produced by Quincy Jones.
Cisyk's work in commercials brought her to the attention of Joe Brooks, who worked as a composer and arranger of jingles. Brooks, who wrote, directed and composed the score for the movie You Light Up My Life chose Cisyk to dub the singing voice of actress Didi Conn.
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