Carmino Ravosa

Who is Carmino Ravosa?

Carmino Ravosa is an American composer and lyricist, singer, pianist, as well as a producer, director, and musical historian. Ravosa, who has been writing music for children for decades, is one of the most popular songwriters for schools in America.

Ravosa is known for his songs published by Silver Burdett & Ginn and numerous songs with themes related to United States history. Ravosa is the Composer-in-Residence and Faculty Fellow at the Dalton School, a private school in New York City, where he is described as a "Dalton legend". He was formerly the Composer-in-Residence for the Edison Project. Previously, he was a music teacher at the Fox Meadow School in Scarsdale, New York.

Carmino Ravosa is an author and editor for Silver Burdett & Ginn's music textbook series "World of Music" and "The Music Connection", and the composer of the theme musicals in the two series. He also was a songwriter for the CBS children's shows Captain Kangaroo and Romper Room, the PBS program Shining Time Station, and the PBS publication Sesame Street Magazine.

He was named The Hartt School Alumnus of the Year in 2009 and was honored in 2013 at the Briarcliff Manor-Scarborough Historical Society's annual dinner.