Overview
Music is an integral part of Samantha DiGiorgio’s work. With relative pitch, moderate to advanced sight reading skills, and an ability to dictate pitch by vibration in addition to sound, Samantha enjoys working with other musicians to create astounding pieces to fulfill any project’s needs. From vocals, to tap dance, to dununba and djembe, music theory, drum kit, and more, Samantha is well equipped to take on a multitude of projects.
Singing/Vocals
Born the granddaughter of baritone opera singer Andrew Lawrence Nachby, Samantha was blessed with a range from C3-G6. With a strong belt and a naturally controlled vibrato, Sam easily tackles a wide variety of styles and genres including but not limited to jazz, musical theatre, classical (choir), classical (solo), pop, indie, rock, and folk. Growing up Samantha participated in several choirs including Montgomery County Honors Chorus (2015) “The Singing Colonels; The Magruder HS Chamber Choir” (2019-2023), the Montgomery County Youth Choir (2019 and 2022). She currently trains under Michelle Mallardi at LIU Post predominantly in the style of musical theatre.
Sam DiGiorgio singing in the style of MT jazz
Tap Dance
While tap dance may be considered a style of dance, it is in fact a musician style training to which Sam credits most if not all of her percussion skills. She was a part of The JaM Youth Project® from 2017-2023. During which time she was mentored by award winning tap dancer, choreographer and CEO, Mark Orsborn. Intense tap training gave Sam a keen sense of rhythm which built a foundation for her percussive aspirations. In practice, there are generally two genres of tap dance: rhythm tap and musical theatre tap. Rhythm tap focusing more on sound and musical quality, and musical theatre tap focusing more on lines and visual spectacle. While neither is superior nor inferior to the other, Sam’s tap training has been focused on rhythm tap, though their versatility in dance training has provided them the ability to add clear lines, shapes, and other visual elements to their tap performance.
Samantha DiGiorgio performing their tap solo in 2023 at DanceMakersInc®
West African Percussion
In 2024 Samantha took a class that changed their life. While studying both African and modern dance with Fritzlyn Hector, Sam not only learned the dance techniques that each style had to offer, but was incredibly fascinated by the live percussionist in each of their classes. “Jembe John” was a very memorable and talented musician, and Sam soon began trying to decipher the rhythms from each class. Eventually she asked Jembe John if he could teach her how to play the dununs (a type of west African drum), to which he happily obliged. Sam then became his student and worked hard learning and practicing various rhythms on both the dununs and the djembe. Additionally Sam indulged her fascination and thirst for knowledge by learning more and more about West African dance, percussion, theatre, and culture.