A Doctor of Magic
Magician society awards degree to Sammy Cortino

Magician Sammy Cortino was presented his Doctoral Degree in Magic, the most comprehensive degree offered by the International Magicians Society.

With more than 37,000 international members, the society is the world’s largest.  

Magic forms taught in the program include paper magic, hypnotism, grand illusion, card manipulation, money magic, and other varieties. Cortino, 19, said the course has allowed him to produce routines in a more studied manner.

“I learned the conventions of every aspect of all magic forms,” he said. “Creating solutions for a new number is now a snap.”

With the degree under his belt, Cortino is hard at work securing an agent to book illusion shows at performing arts centers internationally and is in the early stages of taking his large-scale, 90-minute Las Vegas style show to regional performing arts centers in 2009. Cortino performed last year at the Hayes Center in Blowing Rock.

For more on Cortino, visit his official Web site at www.sammycortino.com