Nancy Sirianni

About Nancy Sirianni

Nancy Sirianni is a singer and songwriter who served as lead vocalist for the band the scoldees alongside Jack Hoffman. The duo collaborated for over a decade, forming multiple bands including Ol' Folked Up, Big Orange Marble, and the scoldees. The scoldees released two CDs, "My Pathetic Life" (2000) and "Nightcap World" (2003), and performed at Woodstock '99 on the Emerging Artists Stage. Sirianni also pursued acting with roles including a featured part on "Law & Order Criminal Intent."

In this interview

• Describes the scoldees CD receiving a ton of really good press
• Explains she writes melodies in her head then finds them on guitar
• Says she never formally learned to write, believes it's an affinity
• Discusses ten-year songwriting partnership with Jack Hoffman through three band incarnations

“I think you either have an affinity towards it or you don't and the biggest lessons are to be learned from music that has come before.”— Nancy Sirianni, in this interview

Since this interview

Sirianni later became Outreach Coordinator for Helping To Heal Foundation (2013) and Account Executive at Omnimusic (2014). She also worked on a Passive House sustainable design project and performed in stage productions at Manhattan Theatre Source.