This is all about Piano Slam - piano, poetry, dance and DJ. Details are below, but let me share with you the following: it started three years ago as part of Dranoff's mission to bring our music to audiences that would otherwise never have a chance to experience world class music. Then, 4 public middle and high schools got involved in the poetry competition that is the core of this project; this time, students from 61 schools contributed their works. Then, we worked with the student poets, pianists, spoken word artists and DJ; now we have broadened the program to include dance. Now, an award winning director is creating the show. I really want you to understand that this is not a" high school play"; it will be original, dynamic, exciting, touching and authentic. Please come and see for yourselves; bring your friends as well. The tickets to the show are free, but required. Better still, to help the Dranoff, purchase VIP tickets for the party afterwards at Bin 18 just north of the Arsht Center. There are so many supporters who have made it possible for us to bring Piano Slam back to the community. I want to thank each person and each organization that has believed in this and I hope that we can all look forward to a Volume 4!
Gabriele Fiorentino
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CONTENT
| 2010/2011 DRANOFF SEASON...calendar
PIANO SLAM 3...read read SEASON OF OUR FRIENDS...read
CONCERTS....read
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2010/2011 DRANOFF SEASON
MAY 4 at 7:30pm
"Piano Slam Vol 3", Adrienne Arsht Center for Performing Arts, Miami.
This third issue of Piano Slam will bring the Duo Stephanie and Saar back to Miami, to play with DJ Brimstone, poet Adrian Castro , dancers of the Thomas Armor Youth Ballet and winners of the public school poetry competition in a production directed by Teo Castellanos. VIP reception following. The Artists will be present.
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OCTOBER 23 at 7:30pm
Percussion and Two Pianos, Duo Stephanie & Saar (New York) with the New World Symphony, Lincoln Theater, Miami Beach.
NOVEMBER 4 at 7:30pm
"New Music for Hammer & Strings" with Duo Seo and Kato (Japan) with the Bergonzi Quartet, 4141 Buliding, Design District, Miami.
NOVEMBER 19 at 7:30pm
Steinway Gallery in Coral Gables presents a special concert by the Duo Smolina & Mogilevsky. Steinway Gallery, 4104 Ponce de Leon, Coral Gables.
FEBRUARY 16 at 7:30pm
"Mostly Schubert" with Duo d'Accord (Germany) and Frank Levy. University of Miami Gusmann Hall, Coral Gables.
DRANOFF 100
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PIANO SLAM Volume 3 Many kids live in a world where they have no voice. The mission of Piano Slam is to utilize music as a tool and inspiration to give our youth a voice through artistic expression. Piano Slam is so called, by the way, because a poetry competition is referred to as a Poetry Slam. We hope you will not only come yourselves, but bring your friends to support this. Here is why: This, our third Piano Slam, will involve a number of new elements and people to widen the appeal and the sustain the impact of the experience for the students. Marcel Bergmann is the composer of this year's focal music. He and Elizabeth Bergmann were Dranoff competition winners in 1993. They have recorded their performance of Urban Pulse. The stage show is directed by Teo Castellanos. It will feature not only the Duo Stephanie & Saar, the poet Adrian Castro and the DJ Brimstone 127, but also the dancers of the Thomas Armor Youth Ballet. The music features selections of mostly American composers, played and juxtaposed in a dialogue with some of the great hip hop pieces so associated with urban life. And, of course, the 16 winning poets of the Miami Dade middle and high school system. Plus the winner of last year's high school poems, Brianna Hartfield, will emcee. If you have Facebook, please "like" Piano Slam! 
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THE SEASON OF OUR FRIENDS
Saint Martha Concert Series All concerts take place at St. Martha in the Shores, 9301 Biscayne Blvd, Miami Shores, at 3pm.
For information on the 2011/12 season, please go to: Saint Martha
Friends of Chamber Music
All concerts take place at the Gusmann Hall, University of Miami, 1314 Miller Drive, Coral Gables, and start at 8pm.
May 16 - Ken Noda, piano; Alex Filterstein, clarinet; and friends
May 18 - Cyprien Katsaris, piano TBA - William De Rosa, cello; James Ehnis, violin; Santiago Rodriguez, piano. Friends of Chamber Music
Weltklassik This series will continue in the Fall of 2011. Website
Bach Society Please refer to the website for concert times and venues.
May 21 - Donald Oglesby and the Miami Collegium Musicum
Miami Bach Society
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Alejandra Von Hartz Gallery 2630 NW 2 Avenue Miami April 9 - June 4 Ivana Brenner, Urpflanze. Teresa Pereda, Earth, Rites of Restitution. Photography, object, video Website
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CONCERTS
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Japan
April 17 - Chiba. Katsutadai Music Room. Duo Seo & Kato.
April 28 - Tokyo. Metropolitan Festival Hall. Pieces my Akira Miyoshi and Motoharu Kawashima (premiere). Duo Seo & Kato.
April 29 - Tokyo. Charity concert. Duo Deu'or
May 1 - Tokyo. Charity concert. Duo Deu'or
May 15 - Toyonaka, Osaka. Sosh Square. Duo Deu'or
May 28 - Nanjo. Okinawa. Sugar Hall. Duo Deu'or
Vietnam
May 8 & 9 - Hanoi. Opera House. Duo d'Accord
May 10 - Saigon. Opera House. Duo d'Accord
Germany
May 6 - Augsburg. Mozartiade. May 11 - Mannheim. Schloss, Rittersaal. July 4 - Dresden. 50 Years Partnership Dresden- St. Petersburg Duo HumburgerFrance June 18 - Petignac. Festival Fete de la Musique et du Silence. Duo Humburger Austria May 18 - Innsbruck. Festsaal Conservatory. Duo d'Accord Holland June 1 - Maastricht. AINSI June 5 - Bergen NH.Canto Ostinato June 10 - Raalte. Liszt for Children June 17 - Culembor. A night at the Rock opera. June 18 - Heeswijk Dinther, Natuurtheater June 30 - Weert. Canto Ostinato July 2 - Culemborg. Carmina Burana July 7 - Maastricht. Canto Ostinato July 8 - Zwart Festival Jeroen Van Veen website
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Wednesday May 4
7:30 pm
Adrienne Arsht Center for Performing Arts
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