Melanie Fontana, Mooreland Hill Class of 2001, has been signed to Rondor/Universal & Jaymes and David Foster as a songwriter/vocalist. Since her signing, she has been working with music production teams in the greater Los Angeles area, as well as with production teams in Toronto and Sweden. Most recently, she has written, recorded and released her first single on iTunes and Amazon.com.
The title of the song released is “Love is Everything” (Shelter Me). The selection is to be the theme song for the upcoming PBS documentary entitled “Shelter Me” about lives that are positively impacted by shelter pets. Melanie wrote the theme song along with co-writers Austin Bis and Daniel Walker and performs the theme.
“Shelter Me” the documentary, (www.shelterme.com) was produced by Steven Latham, (and sponsored by Ellen Degeneris’ Halo Pet food line) & will be aired coast to coast this May and June on the PBS network. It will be aired locally on WGBY/Springfield (ch. 12 Comcast/Ch. 17 Cox cable) June lst at 9pm. The air date for the Hartford PBS network, CPTV is to be announced later in the summer. The theme song single, “Love is Everything”is now available on iTunes and Amazon.com for purchase and download.
Mooreland Hill Class of 2001 Alumni, Melanie Fontana has been working hard to make her mark in the music industry. Today she is officially on the map.
Pop Mega superstar Justin Bieber released his holiday album “Under the Mistletoe” on November first which includes a track written by Melanie and her team of songwriters in Los Angeles titled “HOME THIS CHRISTMAS” which features The Band Perry. The album is available on iTunes as well as local department stores. “Home This Christmas” is Melanie’s first published work as a songwriter.
Melanie continues to perform as well as songwrite. Since her graduation from MHS, Melanie has performed at children’s parties, as well as performances at town events,area coffee houses and lounges as well as New Britain children’s festivals prior to moving out of state. She has performed at top entertainment spots such as The Apollo Theatre in Harlem, NY and B.B. Kings in NYC. Most recently she has performed at House of Blues in Los Angeles as well as at the Los Angeles Lobster Festival. She is also recognizable in the greater Hartford and tri-state area for having written and recorded a trio of parody songs for DJ Gary Craig of WTIC-FM 96.5 in Hartford which aired coast to coast as well as via internet radio.
Melanie is currently employed as a songwriter and vocalist with various production teams in Los Angeles and works at several major recording studios. She is also employed part time as a vocalist/hostess for Wayne Foster Entertainment. Melanie currently lives in North Hollywood, CA with her siamese cat, Ms. Vanderbilt.
Just a quick note of welcome to the website. Please know that if you are ever in the area, feel free to stop by to see the old school. I would be happy to give you a tour anytime.
Mike Dooman ’78
Headmaster
