![Bonagura (center) is pictured with her creative team at 3 Ring Circus [l to r]: [Davis Dirickson, PLLC partner R. Landon Dirickson, Esq., ASCAP Senior Creative Director LeAnn Phelan, 3 Ring Circus Music Director of A&R/Artist Management Casey LeVasseur, Franklin Publishing & Management President Darrell Franklin, Alyssa Bonagura, 3 Ring Circus Music President Jeffrey Steele, ASCAP Senior Creative Director Mike Sistad. Photo: Colin M Lewis - Stella Cadente ENT](http://last.musicrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/alyssa-bonagura1.jpg)
Bonagura (center) is pictured with her creative team at 3 Ring Circus (L-R): Davis Dirickson, PLLC partner R. Landon Dirickson, Esq.; ASCAP Senior Creative Director LeAnn Phelan; 3 Ring Circus Music Director of A&R/Artist Management Casey LeVasseur; Franklin Publishing & Management President Darrell Franklin; Alyssa Bonagura; 3 Ring Circus Music President Jeffrey Steele; ASCAP Senior Creative Director Mike Sistad. Photo: Colin M Lewis – Stella Cadente ENT
The daughter of artists Michael Bonagura and Kathie Baillie (Baillie and the The Boys), Bonagura first recorded for a duet with Kenny Rogers at age 10, and was on tour by age 13, opening a 50+ city tour for Marty Stuart. She attended Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts in the U.K. In 2012, her song “I Make My Own Sunshine” was placed in a Lowe’s commercial. She has also recorded and performed with artists including Vince Gill, Matt Maher, Jo Dee Messina, and Steele.
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