Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Eric Conway: Morgan State University Choir sings for Inauguration of Morgan Alumna Catherine Pugh as Mayor of Baltimore!
Mayor Catherine Pugh
Eric Conway writes:
Hello Morgan Community,
Yesterday
was a great day in Baltimore! Catherine Pugh, a Morgan alumna, was
sworn into office as the fiftieth mayor of Charm City! The event was
replete with local and national politicians to support our new mayor.
Everyone spoke so very eloquently of our new mayor. Catherine Pugh
surely has the support of everyone that she has ever touched, to bring
Baltimore into a new Renaissance!
Yesterday
was an even greater day for Morgan and its choir! Catherine Pugh, of
course asked the choir of her alma mater to sing for the ceremony! The
Morgan choir sang the national anthem to open up the event. Prior to
the oath of office, the choir sang two selections, warmly received with
several attendees immediately standing to their feet after each song.
Many persons told me how proud they were to behold a sea of Morgan blue
up front, representing the institution so very well.
If
you were not able to see this inspiring ceremony, see below a link
capturing the entire event and a few snapshots of the choir’s day at the
event.
Fair Morgan!
Eric
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Metropolitan Opera HD Live: See "L'Amour de Loin" Live in Cinemas this Saturday! [Starring Eric Owens]
Eric Owens
Met Opera
| Don’t miss Kaija Saariaho’s L’Amour de Loin
this Saturday, December 10, 2016 at 12:55pm ET at your local cinema.
Susanna Phillips, Tamara Mumford, and Eric Owens star in Robert Lepage’s
dazzling production conducted by Susanna Mälkki in her Met debut. “Iridescently beautiful. [Kaija Saariaho] conjures currents, surf, spray, and geysers…with a ceaseless, phosphorescent sea of sound… Susanna Mälkki summons the score’s swells and undertows with Poseidon-like powers… She proves herself an indispensable marvel.” —New York Magazine “Powerful… Rich and original… Eric Owens, in one of his finest Met roles, makes an achingly vulnerable Jaufré. Susanna Phillips looks and sounds radiant as Clémence. Tamara Mumford brings mellow sound and calm dignity to the role of the pilgrim.” —New York Times “This vivid, enormously affecting production, conceived by Robert Lepage, is a landmark in itself.” —Wall Street Journal “One of the operatic wonders of our time.” —WQXR “Magical. A journey to operatic bliss.” —New York Observer |
Joffrey Ballet announces ALAANA artists for 2017 Winning Works Choreographic Competition, March 11-12, 2017 (African, Latino(a), Asian, Arab & Native American)
Shannon Alvis is
originally from Greenwood, Indiana and received her training at Butler
University and the University of Utah. She began her career with the
second company of Hubbard Street Dance
Chicago (HSDC), then went on to dance and perform professionally with
HSDC for nine years. In 2009, Ms. Alvis went on to further her growth as
a dancer at Nederlands Dans Theater under the direction of Jim Vincent
and Paul Lightfoot. During her time in Chicago
and Europe, she toured internationally performing works by many
world-renowned choreographers such as:
Jiří Kylián, Nacho Duato, William
Forsythe, Ohad Naharin, Jorma Elo, and Crystal Pite. Having since
returned to Chicago and given birth to a little baby girl, Shannon is
once again sharing her artistry with the community.
She has appeared in several productions at the Lyric Opera including
Rob Ashford's
Carousel, Susan Stroman's The Merry Widow, and most recently Les Troyens
with Helen Pickett. She is on faculty at the Joffrey Academy of
Dance, and Interlochen School for the Arts. Ms. Alvis is now very happy
to be exploring her creativity through works of her own. In the past
year, she has choreographed for Visceral Dance Chicago,
Thodos Dance Chicago, and DanceWorks Chicago.
Sean
Carmon joined
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
in 2011 and has performed major solo and featured roles in
ballets by many notable choreographers. His own choreographies have
been performed all across the country and internationally and have been
lauded as "everything and then some..." and
"powerful" and "seriously flawless" by major national print and online
publications such as The
New York Times, Newsweek, JET
Magazine, BroadwayBlack, DanceSpirit and Dance
Magazine. He has choreographed for the Youth America
Grand Prix among other national competitions. Mr. Carmon has also
created works on the AAADT for their 2012 and 2016 Ailey Dancer's
Resource Fund benefit performances. Mr. Carmon created a
new, critically acclaimed work, Youth Novels, on METtoo,
a youth company, in Houston, TX and was commissioned by The Dance Gallery Festival to create
fever dream featuring two fellow Ailey dancers. He also teaches master classes in contemporary jazz and
Horton-based modern and choreographs for dance conventions, high schools, colleges and universities across
America and internationally.
Karen
Gabay grew
up in San Diego and has had a career as a ballerina that spans over
thirty-five years. Her repertoire includes Odette/Odile in
Swan Lake, Giselle in the title role and her most favorite role of Juliet in
Romeo & Juliet. During Gabay’s long association with Ballet
San Jose (formerly the Cleveland San Jose Ballet) she began dancing
principal roles at the age of eighteen and later held the title of
Artistic Associate. As a choreographer, she created numerous
ballets for the company including the 2012 production of BSJ’s annual
production of
The Nutcracker which led to her first children’s book, “The
Nutcracker: A Story in Verse.” Gabay was awarded the Artist Fellowship
Award for choreography by the Arts Council Silicon Valley and was
nominated for an Isadora Duncan Award for her performance
in Tzigane. Gabay is the co-founding Artistic Director of her own ballet troupe,
Pointe of Departure which performs in the bay area and in
Northeast Ohio. She is an active Screen Actors Guild Member and
continues to pursue work in film and television. Gabay recently joined
the faculty at the San Francisco Ballet and is part of their
Master Class series.
Jimmy
Orrante was
a recipient of the 2005 Princess Grace Choreography Award, the 2011
Special Project Award for DanceTech and the sole recipient of the 2014
Choreography Mentorship Co Commission
(CMCC) Award, all from the New York City based Princess Grace
Foundation.
A
native of Los Angeles, he attended The Los Angeles County High School
for the Arts and continued his training at The North Carolina School of
The
Arts. He has danced with Nevada Ballet Theatre, Memphis Ballet and 20
years with BalletMet where he had the opportunity to choreograph 15
premieres for the company. In addition to BalletMet, he has created
ballets for Ballet Austin, Motion Dance Theatre, Rochester
City Ballet, Ballet Arkansas, Atlanta Ballet’s Wabi Sabi and UC
Irvine’s National Choreographers Initiative. Mr. Orrante’s repertoire
includes two full length ballets,
The Great Gatsby, which premiered with BalletMet in 2009 and was reprised in 2015, and the children’s ballet
The Ugly Duckling for Rochester City Ballet. This performance
series included a successful sensory friendly performance which was
featured on PBS’s Facebook page. His choreography on students has earned
him several awards including the National Recognition
Award from Regional Dance America, and he has served as choreographer
in residence at Dennison University. Jimmy currently resides in
Columbus, Ohio with his wife and 3 children.
Joffrey Ballet
THE JOFFREY BALLET ANNOUNCES 2017 WINNERS OF THE
WINNING WORKS CHOREOGRAPHIC COMPETITION,
PRESENTED IN FIRST TIME COLLABORATION WITH THE
CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY HAROLD WASHINGTON LIBRARY CENTER
Four aspiring choreographers will present World Premieres in “Winning Works”
in a weekend of FREE performances at the
Chicago Public Library Harold Washington Library Center, March 11-12, 2017
CHICAGO – December 5, 2016 – The Joffrey
Academy of Dance, Official School of The Joffrey Ballet, announces
the recipients of the seventh annual Winning Works Choreographic
Competition:
Shannon Alvis, Sean Carmon, Karen Gabay and Jimmy Orrante.
This announcement follows a national call for ALAANA (African,
Latino(a), Asian, Arab and Native American) artists to submit
applications, which began in July. The choreographers’ world
premiere works will be showcased on the members of the Joffrey Academy
Trainee Program and Joffrey Studio Company in “Winning Works” presented
in collaboration with the
Chicago Public Library Harold Washington Library Center
located at 400 South State Street, in three performances,
Saturday, March 11 at 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM and Sunday, March 12 at 2:00 PM. For the first time in its seven-year history, the “Winning Works” performance will be
free to audiences.
The
Winning Works Choreographic Competition was created to recognize
talented and emerging ALAANA choreographers and to provide them with a
platform to showcase
their original and innovative work. The winning choreographers are
awarded a $5,000 stipend
and
have the opportunity to seek guidance from Joffrey Artistic Director
Ashley Wheater and Head of Studio Company and Trainee Program Raymond
Rodriguez.
“It
is through the work of emerging choreographers that we are able to
experience the world we live in through the future of our art form,”
said
Ashley Wheater, Artistic Director of The Joffrey Ballet. “Winning
Works not only allows the Joffrey Studio Company and Trainees the
chance to perform in these world premiere works, but also creates an
opportunity to showcase the inspiring choreography
of these diverse and talented artists.”
"Dance is a robust and rich language and this year, the Joffrey is honored to partner with the
Chicago Public Library Harold Washington Library Center
as we present the seventh annual “Winning Works”, said
Greg Cameron, Executive Director of The Joffrey Ballet. “Chicago
Public Library Commissioner Brian Bannon and Mayor Rahm Emanuel believe
in the power of storytelling, community, and the expression of dance to
engage and inspire - a mission well aligned
with the “Winning Works” program. We're thrilled to present these four
choreographers and look forward to activating the
Chicago Public Library Harold Washington Library Center
with their unique perspectives.”
"We are thrilled to launch this partnership and co-host these ambitious programs”, said
Brian Bannon, Chicago Public Library Commissioner. “Chicago Public Library
is dedicated to supporting lifelong learning for patrons of all ages,
and we know learning opportunities take many forms, such as those
expressed through the performing arts. These “Winning Works” performances
will provide Chicago Public Library and The Joffrey Ballet with an
opportunity to engage people of all backgrounds and ages in a way that
may inspire them to pursue new and exciting interests with both
organizations."
OperaCréole Presents A Créole Christmas Friday, Dec. 9 & Saturday, Dec. 10, both at 8 PM, at Marigny Opera House, New Orleans, Louisiana
Featuring the music of Mozart, Gounod, Schubert, Puccini, and African American composers Emile Desamours, William Grant Still, and Mitchell Southall, the concert is crowned with a musical "living rosary" that gives the devotional prayer a moving interpretation.
The concert is $25 at the door, $15 for seniors and students, and music lovers of all ages are welcome. We look forward to seeing you all there! Bon Krismis!
Givonna Joseph
Founder, Director, OperaCréole
Mezzo-Soprano
Founder, Director, OperaCréole
Mezzo-Soprano
Music of Many Colours: Nigerian Composers UnMask Classical Music for a Better World, Sat. 17th Dec., 5:45 PM to 8:30 PM, Rivington Place, London, UK
Fela Sowande (1905-1987)
Nigerian Composer, Organist & Professor and
Father of Modern Nigerian Art Music is featured at
Bilkis Malek writes:
A must see event 'Music of Many Colours’ - Saturday 17th December, 5.45-8.30pm at Rivington Place, Shoreditch.
Get into the spirit of the season with this celebration of Nigerian
Classical Music and its message for a ‘common humanity’. The event
features the Singing Cultures Choir, Visual Installation, Poetry and
Drinks Reception. For further information and to book tickets visit http://transculturalvisions.com/tickets/ . You can also view the event video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIUXdKW5B-Y&feature=youtu.be
Thank You
Bilkis Malek
Director, Transculturalvisions
Mobile: 07941370979
Website: www.transculturalvisions.com
Transculturalvisions is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Charity registration no. 1154089.
Monday, December 5, 2016
27th Annual Holiday Concert of Still Waters Youth Sinfo-Nia of Metropolitan Atlanta Orchestra Sat., Dec. 17, 2016, 4:30 p.m. at First Congregational Church
Sinfo-Nia Spreads Holiday Cheer!
With
almost three decades of providing orchestral music education,
opportunity and exposure to thousands of youth throughout America and
Africa, it is with much pleasure and anticipation to announce the 27th
Annual Holiday Concert of Still Waters Youth Sinfo-Nia of Metropolitan
Atlanta Orchestra (Sinfo-Nia). On Saturday, December 17, 2016, 4:30 p.m.
at the historical First Congregational Church, Sinfo-Nia will present a
commanding holiday musical tribute to OutKast featuring Keisha Jackson’s One Voice Music Group.
We are planning an evening that will prove to be one of Atlanta’s most
memorable holiday affairs. Proceeds from the event will benefit
musicians participating in our “Strings Across the Waters” 2017 summer
performance tour to Jamaica.
Admission: VIP $30, Adult $15, Student $10
Purchase your online ticket now at http://sinfo-nia.com/concert-tickets/
For more information: www.sinfo-nia.com or info@sinfo-nia.com
Comment by email:
Hi Bill, We appreciate your continued support of Sinfo-Nia! Cheers to the Holiday Season!🌲 Alycia W Robinson
Purchase your online ticket now at http://sinfo-nia.com/concert-tickets/
For more information: www.sinfo-nia.com or info@sinfo-nia.com
Comment by email:
Hi Bill, We appreciate your continued support of Sinfo-Nia! Cheers to the Holiday Season!🌲 Alycia W Robinson
John Malveaux: Jamie Azpeitia-Sachs is Artistic Director of Inland Empire Contemporary Ballet, Inc.; her daughter Sydney in Nutcracker Dec. 4; Jay Nafeesah
John Malveaux and Jamie Azpeitia-Sachs
Sydney
John Malveaux and Jay Nafeesah
John Malveaux of
writes:
Great
privilege and pleasure to witness accomplishments by children of my
friends. Jamie Azpeitia-Sachs is daughter of high school friends Gwen
and Kelton Reese. Jamie is artistic director of Inland Empire
Contemporary Ballet, Inc. Attended Dec 4, 2016 performance of NUTCRACKER
at Grand Terrace Performing Art Center. Jamie's daughter Sydney is a
developing soloist with significant potential. See pic of Jamie and me,
pic of Sydney, and pic of special guest Jay Nafeesah, (current company member of the historic Dance Theatre of Harlem and resident of London) and me.
AaronAsk: Weekly mentoring for a creative life: "Collaborate" (YouTube: 3:11)
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