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Allison Trujillo Strong is an American pop singer, songwriter and actress known for her Broadway work in the musicals ''Bye Bye Birdie'' and ''Mamma Mia!''. Strong, who began acting at age 7, won a national jingle-singing competition for Oscar Mayer at age 11, and appeared in local productions in and around her home of Union City, New Jersey since childhood, in venues such as the Park Performing Arts Center and Montclair State College, where she majored in musical theater. She also was an award-winning poetry reciter. She has performed at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and on the morning TV Show ''Good Morning America'', for numerous governors of New Jersey, as well as at the White House and for Colombian President Álvaro Uribe. A Colombian American herself, she writes and performs vocals in both English and Spanish, and composes on both piano and acoustic guitar. Strong's debut, dual-language album, ''March Towards the Sun'', was released August 31, 2014 to positive reviews. In 2015, she played Ado Annie Carnes in a Annandale-on-Hudson, New York production of ''Oklahoma!'', for which she garnered praise by ''The New York Times''. ==Early life and career== Allison Trujillo Strong〔Nardone, Christine (November 16, 2001). ("Cutting the mustard Girl wins national Oscar Mayer contest" ). ''The Hudson Reporter''.〕 is from Union City, New Jersey. Her great-grandfather, who died in the 1940s, made his living in Colombia by writing poetry, an activity in which Strong herself developed a strong interest and connection to him.〔("National Endowment for the Arts Presents Sixth Annual Poetry Pavilion at the National Book Festival: Biographies of Participants" ). National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved June 3, 2012. 〕 Strong grew up in a Spanish speaking household and spoke only Spanish until an incident in a store. As Strong explains, "A woman yelled at my mother and told her that she should be ashamed of herself for not teaching me English, since I'd need it in school...From that point on, she only spoke to me in English. But once I got to high school, I decided to throw myself into the English as a Second Language program and took Spanish classes with all of the kids who had just come to this country, and it forced me to learn."〔Testa, Jim (December 2, 2013). ("Meet Allison Strong, the Hoboken Music Awards' 'People's Choice'" ). NJ.com.〕 At age 7, her mother, Patricia Trujillo, addressed Strong's shyness by enrolling her in acting classes〔Moses, Claire (October 15, 2009). ("Hudson teen in Broadway cast of 'Bye Bye Birdie'" ). NJ.com. October 15, 2009〕 at the John Harms Center for the Arts (now the Bergen Performing Arts Center)〔("Hoboken Girl of the Week: Allison Strong " ). Hoboken Girl. August 11, 2014.〕 in Englewood. From grades 1 - 8, Strong attended Woodrow Wilson School, an arts-integrated school〔〔 in Weehawken, where she studied drama under Joseph D. Conklin.〔Rosero, Jessica (May 14, 2004). ("'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown' Park Players bring life to the Peanuts gang" ). ''The Hudson Reporter''.〕 Strong began her singing career in the contest circuit at age 9, when she won New Jersey Network (NJN)'s Hispanic Youth Showcase with the first show tune she ever learned, "Much More" from ''The Fantasticks''. She would go on to win that competition three times, later hosting an Emmy-winning show for the channel.〔Diggs, Tom (February 10, 2011). ("The Brilliant and Beautiful Allison Strong" ). Perks, The Musical. (Archived at Kickstarter ). Retrieved August 27, 2014.〕 At age 10, Strong joined the Park Players of Union City, an acting troupe based out of Union City's Park Performing Arts Center. She received professional vocal training, and learned to sing opera, eventually becoming member of the Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus.〔 In November 2001, 11-year-old Strong was selected from more than 2,000 entries and 10 finalists as the winner of Oscar Mayer's second Concurso Cantando Hasta La Fama ("Sing for the Fame") contest, in which she sang the brand’s jingle in Spanish. Her victory earned her the opportunity to appear in a national Oscar Mayer commercial and $20,000 toward her college fund.〔 Her first lead role was at age 12 as Dorothy Gale in her school's production of ''The Wizard of Oz''.〔〔Mulero, Eugene (January 30, 2003). ("Hello, yellow brick road Students perform 'Wizard of Oz' Jan. 30 - Feb. 2" ). ''The Hudson Reporter''.〕 The same year she appeared in the Metropolitan Opera's ''Carmen''.〔("Allison Strong Photo Gallery" ). ''Playbill''. Retrieved August 27, 2014.〕 By age 13 Strong appeared in the Park Players' May 20, 2004 production of ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'', her fifth production with the Park Players.〔 That same year Strong was one of 48 participants selected statewide for NJPAC's sixth annual Summer Youth Performance Workshop Showcase program, which features the state's most gifted performing arts students.〔"Soloist". ''The Union City Reporter''. November 2004.〕 On April 7 and 8, 2006, Strong, while a sophomore at Union Hill High School, appeared in the school's production of ''Annie Get Your Gun''.〔Rosero, Jessica (April 9, 2006). ("Love and sharpshooting Union Hill High School presents 'Annie Get Your Gun'" ). ''The Hudson Reporter''.〕 On March 27, 2008, Strong won the statewide Poetry Out Loud competition, a contest sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the Poetry Foundation, in which students recited and performed poems of their choosing. Strong beat over 5,000 students from 44 high schools and one home-schooled student.〔Millan, Nicholas (May 6, 2008). ("Only the 'Strong' survive UC student, state poetry reading champ to compete nationally" ). ''The Hudson Reporter''.〕 Strong earned $1,500 in scholarship and awards, and praise from the judges, who noted, "Strong elegantly relates the mounting tone from astute humor to quiet triumph." Strong’s performance of the William Shakespeare sonnet “My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun” appears as the fifth segment of a DVD compilation of the 2006 – 2007 finals that was released that November for schools and teachers.〔McGlone, Peggy (November 11, 2008). ("New Jersey 'Poetry Out Loud' champ featured on new DVD" ). NJ.com〕〔Blair, Elizabeth (April 29, 2008). ("Students Compete in Poetry Recitation Contest" ). NPR.〕 In June 2008, Strong graduated from high school, where she was that school's final salutatorian before it converted to Union Hill Middle School. Following graduation, she attended the Cali School of Music at Montclair State University, where she majored in musical theater.〔〔Staab, Amanda (April 5, 2009). ("A local ‘little woman’" ). ''The Hudson Reporter''.〕 In September 2008, Strong participated in the NEA’s Sixth Annual Poetry Pavilion at the National Book Festival.〔("National Endowment for the Arts Presents Sixth Annual Poetry Pavilion at the National Book Festival" ). National Endowment for the Arts. September 18, 2008〕 On March 28 and April 5, 2009 she played Jo March in a production of ''Little Women'' at the Studio Playhouse in Montclair, New Jersey.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Allison Strong」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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