 NWSA DEAN OF MUSIC TO PERFORM DURING THE LATIN SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME GALA
Milton Rubén Laufer, Dean of Music at New World School of the Arts will join the ranks of distinguished musicians Placido Domingo Jr, Jose Jose, Michael Bolton and Natalie Cole, among many others, as they perform during the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame Inaugural Induction Gala. The black tie gala, taking place at the New World Center in Miami beach, will pay tribute to Latin music's most iconic songwriters including Manuel Alejandro (Spain), Jose Angel Espinoza "Ferrusquilla" (Mexico), Jose Feliciano (Puerto Rico), Julio Iglesias (Spain), Armando Manzanero (Mexico) and Concha Valdéz Miranda (Cuba). "This is going to be a big night for us on the world Stage!" said Laufer who will be performing his own version of Lecuona's Siboney with Spanish singer Concha Buika. NWSA Director of Jazz studies, Jim Gasior, will be playing piano in the orchestra while four NWSA students will also perform as a quartet with Ruben Blades and Draco Rosa - the students are: Erin David, violin; David Fernandez, violin; Adrian Castillo, viola; Edward Luengo, cello. Hosted by Carlos Ponce, the evening will induct seven Latin musicians into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame and will honor Grammy Award winning and Oscar-nominated actor, director, producer and musician, Andy Garcia, with the Living Legend Award. April 23; 7:30 PM
New World Center
500 17th Street, Miami Beach
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 LEGENDARY JAZZ DRUMMER, DUFFY JACKSON, JOINS NWSA JAZZ ENSEMBLE IN CONCERT
The legendary Jazz drummer Duffy Jackson joins the NWSA High School Jazz Combos, in a dynamic evening concert. With 25 students, the NWSA HS Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Jim Gasior, will perform a mix of jazz standards from the repertoire of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and contemporary composer Jeff Steinberg. "Duffy is a living legend and a walking jazz encyclopedia," said Gasior. "As a big band drummer, he's second to none. His work with the students is awe inspiring - nothing short of magical. His work with our students will have a lasting impact."
Duffy Jackson has been performing since the age of four, when his father, legendary Jazz Bassist, Chubby Jackson, gave him his first set of drums. Duffy Jackson's powerful, swinging style has driven such big name bands as Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Lionel Hampton and Illinois Jacquet. He's also performed with Jazz legends Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Billy Eckstine, Stan Getz, Buddy Rich and Harry "Sweets" Edison to name a few.
April 25; 7:00 PM
William and Joan Lehman Theatre
Miami-Dade College North Campus
11380 NW 27th Avenue, Miami
Admission to the concert is free
Information at 305-237-7855
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COLLEGE SPRING DANCE CONCERT
This year's College Spring Dance Concert will be an exciting and varied program, featuring the work of two faculty choreographers - a ballet Closet 5716 by ballet faculty member, Gerard Ebitz and a new work by faculty member Peter London Seoul Soul inspired by the dance and music traditions of Korea. The program will also feature the work of four guest artists, two at the cutting edge of dance making and two masters of the modern dance era. Lily, a new work by popular up-and-coming choreographer Kyle Abrahams (Abraham.In.Motion dance company) is a fusion of hip-hop, jazz, modern, and ballet styles with a dramatic, urban sensibility. The Virgin Queen, created in 2011 by Darshan Singh Bhuller, is a tour de force work evoking the era of Queen Elizabeth through 21st century eyes, using film projection technology to transport us back in time, and going back and forth from the music of that era to the rock music of 1980's England.
April 25, 26, 27; 7:30 PM
April 28; 2:00 PM
New World Dance Theater
25 NE 2nd Street, 8th floor, downtown, Miami
General admission is $12, students and seniors is $5
Information at 305-237-3341
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BFA CLASS OF 2013 TO MARCH IN CAP-AND-GOWN
Accompanied by their professors and mentors, this year's college class of 47 BFA candidates will take the streets of downtown Miami marching to the beat of African drummers. As their predecessors have done for more than a decade, the proud students will receive the fruit of their labor - their college degrees from the hands of their dean and Provost. The keynote address will be delivered by Dennis Scholl, Vice President / Arts for the Knight Foundation, who oversees the foundation's national arts program, including the Knight Arts Challenge and Random Acts of Culture. The 2013 Valedictorian who represents the Music division, is Pietro Scaffitto, a Composition major. A well known collector of contemporary art for over three decades and three-time regional Emmy winner for his work in cultural documentaries, Scholl is the founder of a series of initiatives dedicated to building the contemporary art collections of museums, including the Guggenheim, the Tate Modern and the Miami Art Museum. In 2012, he was a Harvard University Advanced Leadership Fellow, focusing on the role of culture in community engagement.
April 30; 2:00 PM
Olympia Theater at Gusman Center for the Performing Arts
174 E. Flagler, downtown Miami
Information at 305-237-3472
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THE LARAMIE PROJECT CLOSES THE THEATER SEASON
The New World School of the Arts high school theater program closes the season with the poignant The Laramie Project, a play by Moises Kaufman and the Members of the Tectonic Theater Project. Patrice Bailey, Dean of Theater at NWSA highlighted, "This play offers an opportunity for our students to connect to a hate crime committed on a young man and to explore the different points of view of a story. It is my hope that our students will become activists of tolerance."
Time Magazine calls The Laramie Project, "A pioneering work and a powerful stage event." Directed by Stuart Meltzer for the high school theater division, this NWSA docu-drama is considered by many to be one of the most startling and honest theatrical experiences in the past 20 years. The Laramie Project depicts the events of October 6, 1998 when Matthew Shepard was beaten and left to die tied to a fence in the outskirts of Laramie, Wyoming. He died 6 days later.
"This play represents the modern day civil rights movement in America," explained Meltzer. "To this day the senseless hate crimes that exist on our nation's campuses are frightening and archaic. It is with plays like The Laramie Project that, if we can open one mind up to tolerance, we have done our job."
Shepard's torture and murder became a watershed historical moment in America that highlighted many of the fault lines in our culture.
May 10, 11; 7:30 PM
May 12; 2:00 PM
Colony Theater
1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach
General admission is $12
Information at 305-237-3541
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HIGH SCHOOL SPRING DANCE CONCERT
The NWSA High School Spring Dance Concert will feature works by faculty choreographers Rebecca Cannan, Gerard Ebitz, Lara Murphy, and Tina Santos as well as by two guest choreographers, the late modern dance icon Martha Graham and the contemporary choreographer Sidra Bell, Artistic Director of Sidra Bell Dance New York.
The varied program of dances includes the swirling and challenging ballet, Tuxedo Park, by Gerard Ebitz; Lara Murphy's contemporary ballet, Cortical Voyage; Tina Santos' new work for the Senior Class, appropriately entitled Last Call, which blends the contemporary dance styles of ballet and jazz with a colorful, traditional Philippine folk dance called "Binaylan"; and Rebecca Cannan's new modern dance work featuring live musical performance by Sean Dibble, Buffalo Brown, and Mitch Kopp.
May 10, 11, 16, 17, 18; 7:30 PM
May 12; 2:00 PM
New World Dance Theater
25 NE 2nd Street, 8th Floor, downtown Miami
General admission is $12, students and seniors $5
Information at 305-237-3341
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TIMESCAPES CAPTURES THE ESSENCE OF SOUTH BEACH
Timescapes, a five-story mixed-media mural created by South Florida's New World School of the Arts (NWSA) visual artists Jeffrey Noble and Sebastian Duncan-Portuondo, at Miami's Sagamore Hotel, was recently unveiled during a chic VIP reception for a select number of arts enthusiasts and community luminaires. The second stairwell artistic project commissioned by the Cricket Taplin Collection of contemporary art, Timescapes is a large-scale paint-mosaic-mirror artwork spanning the full height of the semi-exposed stairwell that leads up to the Muse beauty suite, the beachside spa at the "art hotel."
The three-hour fete was much "more than an opportunity to enjoy this artwork," explained Maggy Cuesta, dean of the visual arts program at NWSA "it was a chance to experience the outcome of a beautifully executed collaboration between two students who barely knew each other at the onset of the project, but who drew inspiration from one another through their unique style and artistic approach."
A short documentary by Wet Heat, capturing the high-powered final week of the artistic effort, also premiered during the reception.
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 RUINED TAKES SEVERAL CARBONELL AWARDS
The Carbonell Awards once again recognized the exceptional work of New World School of the Arts alumni and faculty members. Winning for Best Production, Ruined was also front and center as Lela Elam garnered the coveted statuette in the Best Actor category for her stellar performance in the GableStage production. Congratulations to NWSA alumni Lela Elam, Renata Eastlick, Devon Dassaw, Marckenson Charles - and NWSA faculty members David Kwait and Jeff Quinn. They were all instrumental for the remarkable success of this play.
Michael McKeever, respected playwright and guest artist at NWSA, also took home a Carbonell for Moscow, in the category of Best New Play. |
THANK YOU, NEW WORLD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS SUPPORTERS
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 WINNING
ILLUSTRATOR
NWSA high school visual artist Jackie Albano was honored on April 14, at the 29th Annual L. Ron Hubbard Achievement awards at the prestigious Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
The event celebrated the annual winners in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests, where Jackie was one of the twelve illustrator winners making it further than some several thousand others who entered the international competition, and where she saw her illustration published in the bestselling Science Fiction anthology series - L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XXIX.
IMPASSIONED LAZARUS BY NWSA TENOR
RUSSEL THOMAS
Russel Thomas (NWSA music alum) was recognized for his powerful portrayal of Lazarus in John Adams's ambitious oratorio The Gospel According to the Other Mary. The production tells the story of the Crucifixion from the perspective of Mary Magdalene, with a libretto compiled by the director Peter Sellars, drawn from the Hebrew Bible and Christian New Testament sources, with poems and texts by Dorothy Day, Louise Erdrich, Primo Levi and others woven in.
"The tenor Russell Thomas was an impassioned Lazarus, heroic in his quest to comprehend what encountering Jesus has done to his family." - Gustavo Dudamel at Avery Fisher Hall.
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