Sissy Handler (born 6 May 1976 in Graz) is an Austrian singer, songwriter, vocal coach and producer. She is best known under her stage name of MisSiss. Her music is mainly pop, soul, R&B and gospel.
Life and work Sissy Handler comes from a musical family. After obtaining her certificate of secondary education from Fürstenfeld high school, she attended the tourism college in Bad Gleichenberg. She then sang in several pop, soul and blues bands before taking classical voice training with Margarita Kyriaki-Wagner and additional singing lessons with Romana Carén, Dean Kaelin, Mary Ann Kehler, Wendy Parr and Leon Bérrange. She subsequently developed her special interest in black music, especially in soul, R&B and gospel.MisSiss, from website 4audio.at, called May 3, 2016. Her first musical role as Sister Robert Ann in Nunsense was followed by further projects. In 2006, she founded the Soulistics, the band with which she still performs her own songs in full orchestration.Austrian music – MisSiss & Soulistics , from website w24.at, called May 3, 2016. She also reached the finals in the 2008 Ö3 sound check with her single Diva backed by her band Soulistics. The album of the same name, launched in the summer of 2012, had been planned beforehand, and production of the album had already started. At the same time, she was also singing with the gospel/soul/pop ensemble Gospel and More, a group she has been singing with since 2006. Together with Ingrid Diem, she founded Voicedimensions – vocal training and coaching for aspiring professionals the following year. In 2015, together with Veronika Fiegl, Handler founded the platform You're the Voice, a workshop series for aspiring singers and professional singers.
Her collaboration with the Argentine producer Ariel Gato resulted in the album Sissita's Soul TangosCyrus Rhodes: CD REVIEW: Sissita – "Sissita's Soul Tango" from: Indie Music Digest, called May 3, 2016. with Fernando Suárez Paz (Astor Piazzolla’s first violinist) and Gabriel Senanes (former conductor of the Teatro Colón). This was followed by live tours with these Argentine musicians, in 2010 in South America, and in 2011 in Germany and Austria. Sissita's Soul Tangos has been broadcast on over eighty German radio stations to date. At the end of 2011, she sang as a member of the gospel quartet Gospel & More the Coca Cola Truck Tour and was seen as a gospel singer in the Christmas film "Weihnachtsengel küsst man nicht". She brought out her second album Soulistics in the summer of 2012. In 2014, the single He's So Special became Radio Wien’s summer hit of the year.
She also works as a singer and songwriter with colleagues like Eva Maria Marold, for whom she wrote the songs for the album Ziemlich 30. She also worked as a composer, texter and singer with Christoph Brüx.
Discography 2011: "Sissita's Soul Tangos", album, with Ariel Gato.Intercontinental and high emotional, from website fairaudio.de, called May 3, 2016.Jimmy Rae: Sissita's Soul Tangos from: Skopemag.com, October 21, 2010, called May 3, 2016. 2011: “Nightmares”, single and music video 2011: “A New Life”, single 2011: “A New Life Remix” of club jumpers, single 2012: “Soulistics”, album, with Florian Hirschmann, Hannes Breitschädel and Ariel Gato.Soulistics from MisSiss , from website albumcheck.de called May 3, 2016. 2012: "Diva", single and music video 2013: "Diva Remix" remix of Bart & Baker, single on "Electro Swing" compilation 2013: "It's Christmas Time", single 2014: "He's So Special", single 2016: "This love is golden", Single, Sealight/Tap-Water Records 2017: „Do you wanna marry me?", Single, Sealight/Tap-Water Records 2017: „Colors of Love", Album, Sealight/Tap-Water Records
Films 2011: "Weihnachtsengel küsst man nicht", (ORF/ZDF/ARD)Don't kiss Xmas Angels, from website Filmfonds Wien, called May 2, 2016.
Other performances 2007: Danube Island Festival with Gospel and More on the World Music Stage.25th Danube Island Festival – World Music Stage, from website emap.fm, called May 3, 2016. 2010: South America Tour with Sissita's Soul Tangos (Argentina, Uruguay)Llega a Uruguay la cantante austríaca MisSiss. from: El País Digital, called May 3, 2016. 2013: Classic World Hits Tour in China
Awards 2011: Short list for Grammy Awards with "Sissita's Soul Tangos" 2012: Recommendation for Grammy Awards with "Soulistics"
External links official website MisSiss Soulistics website Gospel & More website
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