For Immediate Release Urban Music Presents proudly supports Horns to Havana - PlazaCuba La ENA Campaign  | |
Compliments of Horns to Havana Website
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Video - Jazz @ Lincoln Center with Cuban Students in 2010 Donations for Instrument Drive are needed by Monday July 25, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO, July 18, 2011 - Urban Music Presents joins Plaza Cuba, Bay Area community members Melissa Daar, who directed Caribbean Music & Dance (CMDP) in the 1990s and Bay Area resident Susan Marchionna, partner of saxophonist Ron  | |
Ron Stallings Teaching.
Compliments of Susan Marchionna
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Stallings who wishes to celebrate his memory by asking you to support Horns to Havana, established by a group of musicians from the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra after they visited Havana in October 2010. These musicians, led by Carlos Henriquez, distinguished bassist for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, are rallying to take instruments to schools in Havana, where clinics, workshops, and instrument repairs will also take place. 
These organizations and individuals are coming together to provide instruments to the four schools in Cuba: Escuela Nacional de Arte (La ENA), Manuel Samuel Conservatory, Amadeo Roldan Conservatory and Guillermo Tomas Bouffaratigue Music Conservatory. "...Weeks after they had returned home, the band members were still talking about the love and respect that Cubans have for their musicians, dancers, and performing artists. But they also saw gifted students without instruments...In Havana, in even the best schools, there are not nearly enough working instruments for the young people who want to learn to play." ~ Carlos Henriquez, Bassist for Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Working under the umbrella of the Center for Cuban Studies in New York, the Horns to Havana committee and partnering organizations, such as PlazaCUBA, plan to raise enough money to fly a full planeload of instruments to Havana. The four designated schools will be the recipients of these instruments. After Ron Stallings' passing, Ms. Marchionna put together a 2 CD compilation, "Remembering Rev" of  recordings he did with artists that include: John Santos and The Machete Ensemble, John Calloway, Tanaora, Wayne Wallace, and many others. Susan has offered a CD as a thank you for every donation. Please enclose your mailing address to receive the CD. "Because this is a project that I know Ron would wholeheartedly support, it is in his memory that I am donating my time and funds. I am joining with the Bay Area organization, PlazaCUBA, and Horns to Havana to raise jazz orchestras in Cuba." ~ Susan Marchionna There are a few ways to donate: (Preference of donation is via PayPal) - please note contributions need to be made by Monday July 25. You can make an online donation through Urban Music Presents. PayPal closed down Horns to Havana's PayPal account because it contained the word Havana despite it being legal. Urban Music Presents is fiscally sponsored by Independent Arts and Media, which is a non-profit 501c3 and entitles you to receive a tax deduction for your contribution. In the memo, please notate HORNS PROJECT. - You will receive a confirmation letter from Independent Arts and Media as well as from Horns for Havana. To Donate via PayPal Please Click Here You may also pay by credit card by calling: 212-242-0559 Or send a check or money order to: The Center for Cuban Studies, 231 W. 29th St., suite 401, NY, NY 10001 Please Note: All Donations need to be at The Center for Cuban Studies for this round of instrument donations by Monday, July 25, 2011. For more information: www.hornstohavana.org www.facebook.com/pages/PlazaCubas-Horns-to-Havana-La-ENA-Campaign/127589957322982?ref=ts&sk=wall # # # Press inquiries
Stephanie Dalton, Urban Music Presents 415.796.2319 / 415.503.8207 stephanie@urbanmusicpresents.com www.urbanmusicpresents.com | 
