Brett Rigby Releases 'A Minute: The Songs of Craig Carnelia' CD

The debut album of Brett Rigby, A Minute: The Songs of Craig Carnelia, is the first complete Craig Carnelia album released in over a decade. Featuring the unpublished title song, A Minute, this collection of Craig Carnelia's work is now available on iTunes.

A Minute: The Songs of Craig Carnelia is the first album of former Craig Carnelia student, Brett Rigby (SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS - NYU). With new arrangements by Brian Usifer (THE BOOK OF MORMON), the album considers the fleeting nature of time throughout Carnelia's award-winning work. A compete track listing of the album reads as follows:

A Minute
The Kid Inside
The Mason
Things I Learned in High School
She Was K.C.
Look In My Eyes
You Can Have the TV
What You'd Call a Dream
Flight
The Picture in the Hall/Nothing Really Happened
Cast of Thousands
Life on Earth

The album features additional vocals by Elani Gianulis, piano accompaniment by Eric Kang and cello by Daniel Delaney. A Minute is produced by Mat Leland and recorded at Pyramid Studios in New York City. Brett Rigby has studied with Craig Carnelia for over six years and recently starred as JJ Hunsecker in New York University SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS, working with the original creative team: Carnelia (Lyrics), John Guare (Book), and Marvin Hamlisch (Music).

Concert dates for A Minute: The Songs of Craig Carnelia will be announced this month on www.Brett- Rigby.com. Concerts will be held at The Union in Kalamazoo, MI and several venues in New York City. A Minute: The Songs of Craig Carnelia is now available on iTunes. For more information, visit www.Brett-Rigby.com.