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Contemporary extension of the Hunter Museum of American Art
As the birthplace of the tow truck, Chattanooga is the home of the International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum.[106] Another transportation icon, the passenger train, can be found at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, called TVRM by locals, which is the largest operating historic railroad in the South. Chattanooga is home to the Hunter Museum of American Art. Other notable museums include the Chattanooga History Center, the National Medal of Honor Museum, the Houston Museum, the Chattanooga African American Museum, and the Creative Discovery Museum.[107][108][109][110][111]
Arts and literature
Chattanooga has a wide range of performing arts in different venues. Chattanooga's historic Tivoli Theatre, dating from 1921 and one of the first public air-conditioned buildings in the United States, is home to the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera (CSO), which became the first merged symphony and opera company in the United States in 1985. The CSO performs under the baton of Kayoko Dan.[112] The Chattanooga Theatre Centre offers 15 productions each year in three separate theater programs: the Mainstage, the Circle Theater, and the Youth Theater.[113][114] Another popular performance venue is Memorial Auditorium.
Chattanooga hosts several writing conferences, including the Conference on Southern Literature and the Festival of Writers, both sponsored by the Arts & Education Council of Chattanooga.[115][116][117]
Attractions
Chattanooga touts many attractions, including the Tennessee Aquarium, caverns, and new waterfront attractions along and across the Tennessee River. In the downtown area is the Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel, housed in the renovated Terminal Station. Also downtown are the Creative Discovery Museum, a hands-on children's museum dedicated to science, art, and music; an IMAX 3D Theatre, and the newly expanded Hunter Museum of American Art. The Tennessee Riverwalk, an approximately 13-mile-long (21 km) trail running alongside the river, is another attraction for both tourists and residents alike.
Across the river from downtown is the North Shore district, roughly bounded by the Olgiati Bridge to the west and Veterans Bridge to the east. The newly renovated area draws locals and tourists to locally owned independent boutique stores and restaurants, plus attractions along the Chattanooga Riverpark system, including Coolidge Park and Renaissance Park.[118][119]
The Chattanooga Zoo at Warner Park is located a short distance from the downtown area.
Parks and natural scenic areas provide other attractions. The red-and-black painted See Rock City barns along highways in the Southeast are remnants of a now-classic Americana tourism campaign to attract visitors to the Rock City tourist attraction in nearby Lookout Mountain, Georgia. The mountain is also the site of Ruby Falls and Craven's House.[120] The Lookout Mountain Incline Railway is a steep funicular railway that rises from the St. Elmo Historic District to the top of the mountain, where passengers can visit the National Park Service's Point Park and the Battles for Chattanooga Museum.[121] Formerly known as Confederama, the museum includes a diorama that details the Battle of Chattanooga. From the military park, visitors can enjoy panoramic views of Moccasin Bend and the Chattanooga skyline from the mountain's famous point or from vantage points along the well-marked trail system.[122]
The Heritage park is a park that lies in East Brainerd. Heritage park has a bocce ball court, a playground complete with swings, and a walking pavement. The park also features an off-leash dog park which is operated by the Friends of East Brainerd, the City of Chattanooga Parks and Recreation Department, McKamey Animal Center and the Goodwill Assistance Dog Academy.
Near Chattanooga, the Raccoon Mountain Reservoir, Raccoon Mountain Caverns, and Reflection Riding Arboretum and Botanical Garden boast a number of outdoor and family fun opportunities. Other arboretums include Bonny Oaks Arboretum, Cherokee Arboretum at Audubon Acres, and Cherokee Trail Arboretum. The Ocoee River, host to a number of events at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, features rafting, kayaking, camping, and hiking. Just outside Chattanooga is the Lake Winnepesaukah amusement park. The Cumberland Trail begins in Signal Mountain, just outside Chattanooga.
Chattanooga News - January 8, 2016
The driver who hit and killed a Chattanooga runner is being charged with vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of an accident.
59-year-old Valerie Bray was driving on Moccasin Bend in September when she drove into 28-year-old Cameron Bean.
Bean was one of the top runners in the country.
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The Hamilton County school board held a meeting about the Ooltewah rape case that violated Tennessee’s Sunshine Law.
The board held an unannounced meeting Wednesday about 30 minutes before the scheduled public meeting.
The law requires the board to give public notice beforehand.
In the unannounced meeting, Superintendent Rick Smith made his first extensive public remarks about the assault.
He said action is being taken to make sure a similar incident does not happen again. You can read his full remarks at Timesfreepress.com.
School board chairman Jonathan Welch says he did not mean to violate the law.
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The Tennessee Board of Regents chancellor plans to resign in protest of the governor’s plan to break up the system.
Governor Haslam’s proposal would create independent boards for six state universities currently governed by the Board of Regents.
But John Morgan says the plan is wrong and unworkable.
The governor’s proposal is set to go before lawmakers next week.
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It turns out the Hamilton County School Board actually is allowed to discuss the Ooltewah rape case.
The board’s chairman told those gathered at a public meeting Wednesday that the board could not talk about the case at the request of law enforcement.
But a Sevier County official says a gag order has not been filed that would prevent the school board from saying anything.
The school board’s attorney says he still advises the board members not to discuss the case.
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Elton John is returning to Chattanooga.
The pop icon is coming to McKenzie Arena March 12th.
Tickets start at $27 dollars. They go on sale next Friday at 10 a.m. at tickettracks.com.
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A million-dollar Powerball ticket has been sold in Chattanooga.
The ticket was bought at a Mapco on Cummings Highway.
The winner has not yet come forward to receive the prize.
The full jackpot is now a record $700 million dollars.
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Authorities in DeKalb County Alabama say two masked men pushed their way into a home and shot a man.
It happened in Kilpatrick Wednesday night.
The victim was airlifted to a hospital in Birmingham.
A $1,000 dollar reward is being offered in the case.
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The executive director of the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera is resigning.
Molly Sasse French will leave at the end of the month to focus on her health and family.
She’s been on medical leave since November.
Samantha Teter has been named interim director.
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A 27-year-old Calhoun, Georgia, man is missing.
Sean Patrick McDuffy was last seen December 20th.
He planned a trip to western North Carolina.
Now detectives believe foul play may be involved.
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Nearly a thousand acres will be preserved in Jackson County, Alabama.
The Nature Conservancy struck a deal with John Gully to save the land.
The Paint Rock River watershed reportedly has several species found nowhere else.
The land will not be open to the public.
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A convicted murderer in Grundy County will get a new trial.
Adam Clyde Braseel was 21 when he was accused of killing Malcolm Burrows in 2007.
Now a judge says Braseel did not have an effective attorney.
He could get a bond set today.
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Rico Monuments has moved.
The company has operated in the center of St. Elmo for 30 years but its lease has not been renewed.
Owner Manny Rico says the business is now on Rossville Boulevard.
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Roberts Mill Road on Signal Mountain has reopened.
It had been closed since heavy rain washed away part of the road over Christmas.
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Finally, The National Weather Service is no longer calling for snow on Sunday. Instead, we’ll likely see some rain.
Chattanooga Bach Choir - Mardi Gras 2009
A Mardi Gras Celebration to benefit the Chattanooga Bach Choir. Held on February 23, 2009 at the Walden Club in Chattanooga,TN.
Chattanooga Update - June 17, 2013
Hello Chattanooga. Here's a quick look at today's top stories.
First of all, Bradley County may become one of the first school systems in Tennessee to allow teachers to arm themselves in the classroom.
State legislation passed in response to the Newtown, Connecticut school shooting now allows some school employees to carry concealed weapons on campus.
The teachers and staff who do so must have three things: 40 hours of training, a carry permit, and the superintendent's permission.
So far, few school districts in the state are interested in giving guns to teachers, but the law is finding support in Bradley County, where many teachers and parents support the idea of providing more security at schools.
So far, Hamilton County school officials seem to agree that a teacher's job is to teach and a deputy's job is to protect, and it'd be better not to mix the two.
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Next up, a teenager from Rome, Ga. drowned over the weekend at Little River Canyon National Preserve in north Alabama.
19-year-old Ricardo Perez was swimming with friends when he went under the water and didn't come back up on Saturday evening.
The drowning came a day after a six year old boy was found face-down in a pool at the McKee Employee Recreation Center in Collegedale.
The boy was taken to the hospital, but there's no update on his condition.
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And Bradley County Sheriff Jim Ruth is still on medical leave recovering from a stroke, but he says he intends to get back to work as soon as possible.
Ruth spent several days at the beginning of the month in an intensive care unit in Nashville.
Still, some deputies complain they weren't given accurate information about the sheriff's illness.
One said it took 11 days for the department to tell deputies that the sheriff had a stroke.
But Chief Deputy Wayne Bird says the department has been very up front and honest about Ruth's condition since the beginning.
For his part, the sheriff says doctors are pleased with his progress. He hopes to go home early this week.
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Also, Bradley County Commissioner Jeff Yarber has plead guilty to driving under the influence.
In a statement, Yarber said he apologizes for the act.
He'll be fined $350 dollars, will serve 48 hours, and will apply to have an alcohol sensor installed in his vehicle.
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Next, after a few glitches from Mother Nature early on, repairs to Signal Mountain's W Road are now on track and in budget at the halfway mark.
Take a look:
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And two new restaurants are on the horizon in the chattanooga area.
Firebirds Wood Fired Grill is set to open next spring near Hamilton Place mall, and Santa Fe Cattle Company plans to unveil its newest roadhouse-style restaurant in Cleveland this August.
The restaurant will open inside Bradley Square Mall, which is also getting a new food court this summer.
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Finally, you've got to see this. A flashmob wedding proposal on the Walnut Street Bridge on Sunday. Take a look:
born Feb. 13, 1942 Roland Carter Lift Every Voice
Composer, arranger, conductor, pianist, scholar, researcher, teacher... Roland M. Carter is the UTC Holmberg Professor of American Music. During his 23-year tenure at The University of Tennessee Chattanooga, Professor Carter conducted choirs, taught classes, accompanied recitals, arranged music, funded concerts, fostered inter-departmental productions, chaired the department, mentored and recruited students, and effectively promoted affirmative action.
Carter has presented and performed concerts in the nation’s most prestigious venues and with major orchestras; lectures, workshops, master classes, and festivals for schools, churches, colleges, and universities, and national associations throughout the country. His compositions and arrangements are performed by music organizations throughout the world. Carter has produced, appeared on, and served as consultant for national and international radio and television programs. He is in constant demand as guest conductor and lecturer and maintains a very active schedule of workshops and performances.
For his notable contributions to the performance and preservation of African American music, Carter's biography and list of compositions are included in Our Musical Heritage, a catalog published jointly by Carl Fischer Music and the National Association of Negro Musicians; his bio also appears in International Dictionary of Black Composers and the soon to be released updated edition of The New Grove Dictionary of American Music. He has received national awards from, and has been recognized by the National Association of Negro Musicians, the National Black Music Caucus, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and Sigma Iota Theta Music Fraternities. He was selected to conduct the inaugural concert of the African American Music Series at Carnegie Hall. He has received the Tennessee Governors Arts Award and his contributions have been recognized by universities throughout the country including an honorary doctorate from Shaw University in Raleigh, NC. Carter shares with Robert Shaw and Leonard DePaur the honor of being one of only three musicians ever to receive honorary membership in the Morehouse College Glee Club.
In addition to teaching and performing, Carter has an outstanding record in arts advocacy and service. A life member of the National Association of Negro Musicians, Carter has served on its Board of Directors, Chair of the Committee on Choral Standards, and national President. He is a life member of the American Choral Directors Association. Carter has served as a member and co-chair of the NEA Music Advisory Panels for Choruses. He has held seats on several national, regional, and local including the Chattanooga African American Museum, the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera Association, Allied Arts of Chattanooga (ArtsBuild), Tennessee Arts Commission, National Association of Arts Agencies, Southern Arts Exchange, the League of American Symphony Orchestras and SPHINX. He is founder and CEO of MAR-VEL, a publisher specializing in music by African American composers and traditions.
Lift Every Voice and Sing — often referred to as the Black American National Anthem— is a song written as a poem by James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) in 1900 and set to music by his brother John Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954) in 1905.
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87th Annual New Jersey All-State Chorus and Orchestra (2016)
Lift Every Voice and Sing - arr. Roland Carter
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Chattanooga, Tennessee | Wikipedia audio article
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
00:02:02 1 History
00:09:07 2 Geography
00:11:00 2.1 Cityscape
00:13:45 2.1.1 Downtown revitalization
00:15:45 2.2 Neighborhoods
00:16:20 2.3 Important suburbs
00:16:28 2.4 Climate
00:18:28 3 Demographics
00:21:50 3.1 Religion
00:22:44 4 Economy
00:27:06 4.1 Utilities
00:28:55 4.2 EPB's gigabit public fiber optic network
00:31:05 4.3 Banking
00:32:54 5 Culture and tourism
00:33:03 5.1 Museums
00:33:46 5.2 Arts and literature
00:34:36 5.3 Attractions
00:37:35 5.4 Festivals and events
00:39:43 6 Sports
00:40:08 6.1 Organized sports
00:42:49 6.2 Outdoor sports
00:47:49 7 Media and communications
00:48:11 7.1 Newspapers
00:50:18 7.2 Online media
00:51:04 7.3 Radio
00:51:17 7.3.1 AM
00:51:25 7.3.2 FM
00:51:33 7.4 Television
00:52:58 8 Law and government
00:56:36 9 Education
00:56:45 9.1 Primary and secondary education
00:58:02 9.2 Higher education
00:59:30 9.3 Public library
01:00:36 10 Health care
01:02:05 11 Transportation
01:02:33 11.1 Principal highways
01:02:56 11.2 Major surface routes
01:03:47 11.3 Tunnels
01:04:28 11.4 Public transit
01:04:54 11.5 Bicycle-sharing system
01:05:15 11.6 Railroad lines
01:08:30 11.7 Bridges
01:10:43 11.8 Air travel
01:11:07 12 Notable people
01:11:17 13 Pop culture
01:11:44 13.1 Novels
01:12:06 13.2 Documentaries
01:12:49 13.3 Films
01:13:41 13.4 Sporting and entertainment events
01:14:12 13.5 TV shows
01:14:37 13.6 Miscellaneous film and TV productions
01:15:29 14 Sister/Twinning cities
01:17:02 15 See also
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Chattanooga is a city located along the Tennessee River near the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee. With an estimated population of 179,139 in 2017, it is the fourth-largest city in Tennessee and one of the two principal cities of East Tennessee, along with Knoxville. Served by multiple railroads and Interstate highways, Chattanooga is a transit hub. Chattanooga lies 118 miles (190 km) northwest of Atlanta, Georgia, 112 miles (180 km) southwest of Knoxville, Tennessee, 134 miles (216 km) southeast of Nashville, Tennessee, 102 miles (164 km) northeast of Huntsville, Alabama, and 147 miles (237 km) northeast of Birmingham, Alabama.
The city, with a downtown elevation of approximately 680 feet (210 m), lies at the transition between the ridge-and-valley portion of the Appalachian Mountains and the Cumberland Plateau. Surrounded by mountains and ridges, the official nickname for Chattanooga is Scenic City, reinforced by the city's reputation for outdoor activities. Unofficial nicknames include River City, Chatt, Nooga, Chattown, and Gig City, referencing Chattanooga's claims that it has the fastest internet service in the Western Hemisphere.Chattanooga is internationally known for the 1941 song Chattanooga Choo Choo by Glenn Miller and his orchestra. Chattanooga is home to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) and Chattanooga State Community College.
The city has its own typeface, Chatype, which was launched in August 2012. According to the Nooga.com website, this marks the first time that an American city has its own custom-made typeface and also the first time a crowd-funded custom-made typeface has been used for any municipality in the world.
ECHOES FROM A JAPANESE GARDEN by Andrea Centazzo
My first short film shot in HD 1080p 24fps on a Nikon D5300. As all my previous works, this one too is just music and images, not telling a story but suggesting a state of mind, a mood and an atmosphere. In the composing process the music come first and the images are complementing the sound.
In memoriam of Aiko Nishijima 1916-2013
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During his artistic career that spans over 40 years, composer, conductor, percussionist multimedia artist and filmmaker Andrea Centazzo has given more than 2000 concerts and live performances in Europe and the United States, as well as appeared and performed on numerous radio and television broadcasts worldwide. He has recorded over 200 LP's, CD's and DVD's, and he has authored 500 compositions mostly published by Warner Chappell (ranging from opera and symphony to solo works) and eight musicology books.
He's the director of more than 20 video films presented in all the festivals and venues around the world.
He has performed at festivals, concert seasons and theaters as soloist and conductor of his compositions conducting the American Youth Symphonic Orchestra, the LA Contemporary Orchestra, the Mitteleuropa Orchestra, the ER Youth Symphonic Orchestra and many Ensembles.
He also directed and staged his operas as well theatrical plays of other US authors.
His opera TINA was highly acclaimed in Italy as well in California.
Holding a PHD in Ancient Music from the prestigious University of Bologna, he did teach in Europe as well in USA from Universities to Jazz schools.
He has performed and recorded, co-leading, with some of the greatest avant-garde soloists and composers, including John Zorn, Derek Bailey, Sylvano Bussotti, Steve Lacy, Don Cherry, Evan Parker, Fred Frith, Lester Bowie, Tony Oxley, Tom Cora, Alvin Curran, Henry Kaiser, Teo Jöergesmann, Albert Mangelsdorf, Gianluigi Trovesi, Anthony Coleman, Toshinori Kondo, Elliott Sharp, Don Preston just to name few.
Deservedly, Centazzo has received a number of prestigious music, film and video Awards (Italian Critic's Choice Award, Italy, Downbeat Magazine Poll, USA, International Video Festival Tokyo, Japan, Prix Arcanal of French Culture, France, Jazz Forum Critic's Poll, USA, Bruce Chatwin Award, Italy, Dramalogue Award, USA and many more).
Recently his 30th ICTUS Anniversary Box Set has been nominated Box Set of 2006 by the Journalists of the American Jazz Critics Association.
For 20 years now, Centazzo has been working to create multi-media experiences, combining live music with video images, blending traditional instrumentation with the latest music digital technology.
His two multimedia solo project MANDALA (inspired by the Buddhist Universe) and ETERNAL TRAVELER (inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci) got enthusiastic welcome from audiences and critics both in USA and Europa, appearing in TV broadcasts at CBS, KPFK, Rai and several international magazines.
Lately finding a new source of inspiration in Science and Technology Centazzo
wrote and directed 2 worldwide acclaimed multimedia shows: EINSTEIN'S
COSMIC MESSENGERS (with astrophysicist Michele Vallisneri inspired by the
Gravitational Waves) and R-Evolution (inspired by the life and work of Charles Darwin).
His last 2011 project has been the music for orchestra composed and orchestrated for The Searcher, a new majestic show at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago.
In 2006 Centazzo re-established, highly successful, his famous ICTUS Records label, born in 1976 as one of the most prominent catalogues of new contemporary classical, avant-garde, jazz music and experimental film.
Next year he has been requested by John Zorn to present the 35 years of ICTUS activity in a 24 concert series Festival at The Stone in NY.
Born and raised in Italy, but naturalized American in 1996, since 1992 he lived and worked in Los Angeles, traveling extensively in Asia and Europe.
Now he's resident in Long Beach, CA.
For more information:
video works @
myspace,com/andreacentazzo
myspace,com/andreacentazzotranscendentalgongs
myspace.com/andreacentazzosoundtracks
andreacentazzo.com
myspace.com/andreacentazzosoundtracks
ictusrecords.com
myspace.com/andreacentazzowestcoasttrio
myspace.com/centazzorobinsonstowe
myspace.com/acvoyagers
Opera singer and McCallie grad Thomas West performs at the Times Free Press
Juilliard students Thomas West and Nate Raskin stop by for a special edition of Music Wednesday on Thursday.Thomas West is a former McCallie School student now studying voice at The Juilliard School.
EAC Unbroken Mural Project with Forgotten Child Fund and Chattanooga Autism Center
The City of Chattanooga Department of Education, Arts & Culture invites the community to drive by the new Forgotten Child Fund location to see the brand new Mural Project painted today through an Unbroken community project in partnership with the Chattanooga Fire Department and students from Chattanooga Autism Center, the Forgotten Child Fund Mural Project will bring to life the organization's new location at the corner of Main and Hawthorne streets (1715 Main Street).
San Francisco Exposition Organ
Friends of the Exposition Organ is an ad hoc group of concerned citizens whose mission is to protect and find a home for the great San Francisco Exposition pipe organ built for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915. This historic San Francisco treasure has been mothballed for almost 20-years and is presently stored in Brooks Hall in San Francisco Civic Center.
Promising developments are happening as a direct result of many years of effort by 'Friends'. Please join our mailing list and stay informed as this the project continues to move forward.
copyright © 2014 Vic Ferrer Productions, Inc.
WINDOWS OF NEW YORK by Andrea Centazzo
Strolling around Manhattan and looking the reality reflected in millions of windows...
The film is based on my composition Twelfth Dance: Nan from Heart of wax ICTUS Records CD.
The footage was shot in April 2014 while I was visiting for last time my dearest friend Gilles Laheurte. It has been a privilege walking around with him, chatting and laughing in his last week of normal life. The morning I left, Gilles was hospitalized and I never saw him again. This short film is dedicated to him, remembering that happy week we had together....
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During his artistic career that spans over 40 years, composer, conductor, percussionist multimedia artist and filmmaker Andrea Centazzo has given more than 2000 concerts and live performances in Europe and the United States, as well as appeared and performed on numerous radio and television broadcasts worldwide. He has recorded over 200 LP's, CD's and DVD's, and he has authored 500 compositions mostly published by Warner Chappell (ranging from opera and symphony to solo works) and eight musicology books.
He's the director of more than 20 video films presented in all the festivals and venues around the world.
He has performed at festivals, concert seasons and theaters as soloist and conductor of his compositions conducting the American Youth Symphonic Orchestra, the LA Contemporary Orchestra, the Mitteleuropa Orchestra, the ER Youth Symphonic Orchestra and many Ensembles.
He also directed and staged his operas as well theatrical plays of other US authors.
His opera TINA was highly acclaimed in Italy as well in California.
Holding a PHD in Ancient Music from the prestigious University of Bologna, he did teach in Europe as well in USA from Universities to Jazz schools.
He has performed and recorded, co-leading, with some of the greatest avant-garde soloists and composers, including John Zorn, Derek Bailey, Sylvano Bussotti, Steve Lacy, Don Cherry, Evan Parker, Fred Frith, Lester Bowie, Tony Oxley, Tom Cora, Alvin Curran, Henry Kaiser, Teo Jöergesmann, Albert Mangelsdorf, Gianluigi Trovesi, Anthony Coleman, Toshinori Kondo, Elliott Sharp, Don Preston just to name few.
Deservedly, Centazzo has received a number of prestigious music, film and video Awards (Italian Critic's Choice Award, Italy, Downbeat Magazine Poll, USA, International Video Festival Tokyo, Japan, Prix Arcanal of French Culture, France, Jazz Forum Critic's Poll, USA, Bruce Chatwin Award, Italy, Dramalogue Award, USA and many more).
Recently his 30th ICTUS Anniversary Box Set has been nominated Box Set of 2006 by the Journalists of the American Jazz Critics Association.
For 20 years now, Centazzo has been working to create multi-media experiences, combining live music with video images, blending traditional instrumentation with the latest music digital technology.
His two multimedia solo project MANDALA (inspired by the Buddhist Universe) and ETERNAL TRAVELER (inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci) got enthusiastic welcome from audiences and critics both in USA and Europa, appearing in TV broadcasts at CBS, KPFK, Rai and several international magazines.
Lately finding a new source of inspiration in Science and Technology Centazzo
wrote and directed 2 worldwide acclaimed multimedia shows: EINSTEIN'S
COSMIC MESSENGERS (with astrophysicist Michele Vallisneri inspired by the
Gravitational Waves) and R-Evolution (inspired by the life and work of Charles Darwin).
His last 2011 project has been the music for orchestra composed and orchestrated for The Searcher, a new majestic show at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago.
In 2006 Centazzo re-established, highly successful, his famous ICTUS Records label, born in 1976 as one of the most prominent catalogues of new contemporary classical, avant-garde, jazz music and experimental film.
Next year he has been requested by John Zorn to present the 35 years of ICTUS activity in a 24 concert series Festival at The Stone in NY.
Born and raised in Italy, but naturalized American in 1996, since 1992 he lived and worked in Los Angeles, traveling extensively in Asia and Europe.
Now he's resident in Long Beach, CA.
For more information:
video works @
myspace,com/andreacentazzo
myspace,com/andreacentazzotranscendentalgongs
myspace.com/andreacentazzosoundtracks
andreacentazzo.com
myspace.com/andreacentazzosoundtracks
ictusrecords.com
Thomas Wilkins Interview
Thomas Wilkins discussed his career as an orchestral conductor and the opportunities available to American orchestras for reimagining community engagement in the 21st century. This interview was conducted as part of SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras, made possible by Washington Performing Arts and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Speaker Biography: Thomas Wilkins is the music director of the Omaha Symphony and principal conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, and holds the Germeshausen Family and Youth Concert Conductor Chair with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. His previous conducting posts include the Detroit Symphony, Florida Orchestra and Richmond Symphony. Wilkins served on the music faculties of North Park University, the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga, and Virginia Commonwealth University. In 2014, Wilkins received the Outstanding Artist award at the Nebraska Governor's Arts Awards for his significant contribution to music in the state. He has appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Atlanta Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Utah Symphony and National Symphony Orchestra. He is chairman of the board for the Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund and is a national ambassador for the World Pediatric Project.
Speaker Biography: Nicholas A. Brown is a music specialist in the Library's music division and an active conductor and musicologist.
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David Sabella sings Don't Take Your Beau to The Seashore - By Irving Berlin & E Ray Goetz
David Sabella performs this song as Julian Eltinge in the new play with music, JULES, written by Michael Levesque. The song was written by E. Ray Goetz & Irving Berlin in 1911 for Julian Eltinge who was at that time the highest paid star on Broadway, in Vaudeville and in the silent movies. Born William Julian Dalton, Eltinge became professionally known as Mr. Lillian Russell or Lady Bill as he always performed both the leading male and leading female roles in his musicals. While there are no surviving recordings of Eltinge's voice, his immense popularity, critical acclaim, and nick-name mentioned above make it clear that he completely embodied his female characterizations both physically and vocally. Mr. Sabella-Mills is the first performer to record these songs since their creation for Julian Eltinge.
For more information on this play please contact the playwright, Michael Levesque at mlevesq59@yahoo.com
To Learn more about Julian Eltinge please Google him. He was an amazing performer with a vast legacy. :)
About David Sabella:
On Broadway: Mr. Sabella originated the starring role of Mary Sunshine in the 1996 revival of CHICAGO, with Bebe Neuwirth, Ann Reinking, and Joel Grey. He returned to the Broadway company, to appear with Melanie Griffith as Roxie Hart. And, returns as needed for the Broadway and National Touring Companies. He is also appeared in workshops of Kander and Ebb's newest colaberation, The Visit, with both Angela Landsbury & Chita Rivera.
Off-Broadway: He recently starred in JULES at the Laurie Beechman Theater. He also starred in Kiss and Make Up at the Lucile Lortel Theater, as part of the New York International Fringe Festival. He has also appeared in an HBO reading of The Green Room, as well as Hexed in The City, Foxy, Watch Your Step, So Long 174th Street. and O'Henry's Lovers (New York Musical Theater Festival). Other Musical and Theater credits include: A Little Night Music, Seesaw, Godspell, Merrily We Roll Along, The Gingerbread Lady, and The Lisbon Traviata.
Voiceover work: Several network television cartoon series, including Peter Pan and the Pirates for FOX and Teacher's Pet for Disney.
In Classical Music: As a countertenor Mr. Sabella has won several prestigious voice competitions including The Luciano Pavarotti International Voice Competition, The Metropolitan Opera Eastern Regional Auditions, and The New York Oratorio Society Competition at Carnegie Hall. He starred in the title role of Giulio Cesare with Virginia Opera (available on Koch International Label), L' incoronazione di Poppea (Utah opera), and Die Fledermaus (Lincoln Center). He has appeared numerous times at both Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center as a principal soloist in such works as the Bach B-Minor Mass, Handel's Messiah, and Peter Schickele's comical Three Bargain-Counter Tenors. He has toured internationally with the now legendary La Gran Scena Opera Company.
Nationally recognized as a Master Teacher in Musical Theater and Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Techniques, Mr. Sabella has served on several university faculties including NYU, Tisch School of the Arts, CAP21 Studio; The New School University's Mannes College Prep. Division; and the State University of New York, College at Purchase and College at Newpaltz. He has been a guest teacher at Ann Reinking's Broadway Theater Project in Tampa, Florida, and has conducted vocal master-classes, Teacher Trainings and musical theater workshops at Las Vegas University, California State University (@ Fullerton), Ithaca College and LA Valley College.
Mr. Sabella-Mills is currently the President of NYSTA The New York Singing Teachers' Association, and a member of The National Association of Teachers of Singing. and The Voice Foundation, as well as AEA & SAG.
ANDREA CENTAZZO INTERVIEW ON THE MIC - VIETNAMESE TV IN ENGLISH
Composer, percussionist and multimedia artist Andrea Centazzo was interviewed on the Vietnamese TV after his successful tour in September 2011.
The interview is in English with excerpts from his latest multimedia project 1000
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During his artistic career that spans over 40 years, composer, conductor, percussionist multimedia artist and filmmaker Andrea Centazzo has given more than 2000 concerts and live performances in Europe and the United States, as well as appeared and performed on numerous radio and television broadcasts worldwide. He has recorded over 200 LP's, CD's and DVD's, and he has authored 500 compositions mostly published by Warner Chappell (ranging from opera and symphony to solo works) and eight musicology books.
He's the director of more than 20 video films presented in all the festivals and venues around the world.
He has performed at festivals, concert seasons and theaters as soloist and conductor of his compositions conducting the American Youth Symphonic Orchestra, the LA Contemporary Orchestra, the Mitteleuropa Orchestra, the ER Youth Symphonic Orchestra and many Ensembles.
He also directed and staged his operas as well theatrical plays of other US authors.
His opera TINA was highly acclaimed in Italy as well in California.
Holding a PHD in Ancient Music from the prestigious University of Bologna, he did teach in Europe as well in USA from Universities to Jazz schools.
He has performed and recorded, co-leading, with some of the greatest avant-garde soloists and composers, including John Zorn, Derek Bailey, Sylvano Bussotti, Steve Lacy, Don Cherry, Evan Parker, Fred Frith, Lester Bowie, Tony Oxley, Tom Cora, Alvin Curran, Henry Kaiser, Teo Jöergesmann, Albert Mangelsdorf, Gianluigi Trovesi, Anthony Coleman, Toshinori Kondo, Elliott Sharp, Don Preston just to name few.
Deservedly, Centazzo has received a number of prestigious music, film and video Awards (Italian Critic's Choice Award, Italy, Downbeat Magazine Poll, USA, International Video Festival Tokyo, Japan, Prix Arcanal of French Culture, France, Jazz Forum Critic's Poll, USA, Bruce Chatwin Award, Italy, Dramalogue Award, USA and many more).
Recently his 30th ICTUS Anniversary Box Set has been nominated Box Set of 2006 by the Journalists of the American Jazz Critics Association.
For 20 years now, Centazzo has been working to create multi-media experiences, combining live music with video images, blending traditional instrumentation with the latest music digital technology.
His two multimedia solo project MANDALA (inspired by the Buddhist Universe) and ETERNAL TRAVELER (inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci) got enthusiastic welcome from audiences and critics both in USA and Europa, appearing in TV broadcasts at CBS, KPFK, Rai and several international magazines.
Lately finding a new source of inspiration in Science and Technology Centazzo
wrote and directed 2 worldwide acclaimed multimedia shows: EINSTEIN'S
COSMIC MESSENGERS (with astrophysicist Michele Vallisneri inspired by the
Gravitational Waves) and R-Evolution (inspired by the life and work of Charles Darwin).
His last 2011 project has been the music for orchestra composed and orchestrated for The Searcher, a new majestic show at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago.
In 2006 Centazzo re-established, highly successful, his famous ICTUS Records label, born in 1976 as one of the most prominent catalogues of new contemporary classical, avant-garde, jazz music and experimental film.
Next year he has been requested by John Zorn to present the 35 years of ICTUS activity in a 24 concert series Festival at The Stone in NY.
Born and raised in Italy, but naturalized American in 1996, since 1992 he lived and worked in Los Angeles, traveling extensively in Asia and Europe.
Now he's resident in Long Beach, CA.
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ictusrecords.com
myspace.com/andreacentazzowestcoasttrio
myspace.com/centazzorobinsonstowe
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Tullahoma, Tennessee
Tullahoma is a city in Coffee and Franklin counties in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Tennessee. The population was 18,655 at the 2010 census. In 2014 the population was estimated to be 18,899. It is the principal city of the Tullahoma micropolitan area, which consists of Coffee, Franklin, and Moore counties and is the largest micropolitan area in Tennessee.
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Tribute To Our Fallen Soldiers - US Marine Cpl. Aaron M. Faust, 22, Louisville, Ky.
Tribute To US Marine Cpl. Aaron M. Faust, 22, Louisville, Ky.
Improvising a Musical Metropolis: Detroit, 1940s-1960s
Ethnomusicologist Mark Slobin surveys his research on the musical life of his hometown, Detroit, Michigan, during my day, the 1940s-60s. He positions his personal experience in the wider panorama of a musically dynamic city of recent immigrants from Europe and migrants from the American South, and addresses the role of the schools and subcultures in shaping Detroit's complex cultural landscape.
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The Plastic People of the Universe
The Plastic People of the Universe is a Czech rock band from Prague. It was the foremost representative of Prague's underground culture, which had gone against the grain of Czechoslovakia's Communist regime. Due to their non-conformism, members of the band often suffered serious repercussions such as arrests. The group continues to perform despite the death of its founder, main composer and bassist, Milan Mejla Hlavsa in 2001.
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Samuel Leroy Jackson |Biography|mother|Sun Sign|NetWorth|[Biography #14]
Samuel Leroy Jackson ~Biography~Sun Sign~NetWorth~[Biography #14]
Samuel Leroy Jackson was born on December 21, 1948 is an American actor and film producer. He achieved prominence and critical acclaim in the early 1990s with films such as Jungle Fever (1991), Patriot Games (1992), Amos & Andrew (1993), True Romance (1993), Jurassic Park (1993) and his collaborations with director Quentin Tarantino including Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1997), Django Unchained (2012), and The Hateful Eight (2015).
He is a highly prolific actor, having appeared in over 100 films, including Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Unbreakable (2000), Shaft (2000), The 51st State (2001), Black Snake Moan (2006), Snakes on a Plane (2006), and the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999–2005).
With Jackson's permission, his likeness was used for the Ultimate version of the Marvel Comics character Nick Fury. He has also played Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), Thor (2011), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), The Avengers (2012), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) as well as the TV show Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..
The actor has provided his voice to several animated films, television series and video games, including the roles of Lucius Best / Frozone in Pixar Animation Studios' film The Incredibles (2004), Mace Windu in Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008), Afro Samurai in the anime television series Afro Samurai (2007), and Frank Tenpenny in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004).
Jackson has achieved critical and commercial acclaim, surpassing Frank Welker as the actor with the highest-grossing film total of all time in October 2011, and he has received numerous accolades and awards. He is married to LaTanya Richardson, with whom he has a daughter, Zoe. Samuel L. Jackson is ranked as the highest all-time box office star with over $4.9 billion total box office gross, an average of $69.1 million per film.
In 1980, Jackson married actress and sports channel producer LaTanya Richardson,whom he met while attending Morehouse College. The couple have a daughter, Zoe (born 1982). In 2009, they started their own charitable organization to help support education. Jackson has said he attends each of his films in theaters with paying customers, saying: Even during my theater years, I wished I could watch the plays I was in – while I was in them! I dig watching myself work. He also enjoys collecting the action figures of the characters he portrays in his films, including Jules Winnfield, Shaft, Mace Windu, and Frozone.
Jackson is bald but enjoys wearing wigs in his films. He said about his decision to go bald: I keep ending up on those bald is beautiful lists. It's cool. You know, when I started losing my hair it was during the era when everybody had lots of hair. All of a sudden I felt this big hole in the middle of my afro, I couldn't face having a comb over so I had to quickly figure what the haircut for me was. His first bald role was in The Great White Hype
In June 2013, Jackson launched a joint campaign with the charity Prizeo in an effort to raise money to fight Alzheimer's disease. As part of the campaign, he recited various fan-written monologues and a popular scene from the AMC series Breaking Bad. In August 2013, he started a vegan diet for health reasons, explaining that he is just trying to live forever, and attributes a 40 lb weight loss to his new diet. He launched a campaign called One for the Boys, which teaches men about testicular cancer and urges them to get themselves checked out.
SELECTED MOVIES OF SAMUEL L. JACKSON AND UPCOMING MOVIES.
1. Goodfellas (1990)
2. Pulp Fiction (1994)
3. Jurassic Park (1993)
4. True Romance (1993)
5. Django Unchained (2012)
6. Out of Sight (1998)
7. Jackie Brown (1997)
8. Unbreakable (2000)
9. The Incredibles (2004)
10. The Avengers (2012)
11. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
12. Iron Man (2008)
13. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
14. The Other Guys (2010)
15. Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
16. Do the Right Thing (1989)
17. Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
18. Trees Lounge (1996)
19. Menace II Society (1993)
20. Sea of Love (1989)
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Orange Blossom Special at Bob's 11-17-13
John Tempelaere and Friends made an appearance November 17th at 3 PM- 4PM at Bob's Barn jamborees in Lake Odessa before the Sunday jam 4 PM - 7 PM
John (Johan) Tempelaere was born in Belgium to parents who were born in America to newly immigrated Belgian families. John grew up speaking Flemish, and learned to read music and train his ear to the musical scale in school.
When John was 10 years old, his parents decided to move back to America and settled in Saint Clair Shores, Michigan. In 6th grade, John's parents bought him his first violin, and he had one year of instruction in the school orchestra.
The family moved to Utica, MI in 1973. That summer John was 15, he answered a Mother Earth magazine ad to work on a new farm in Tennessee for room and board. He rode his 10 speed bike from Utica, MI to Tennessee! On this summer journey, and summers thereafter (by car), John got to meet and hear several old time fiddlers, which grew his fiddling repertoire.
In 1976, John joined the Utica Civic Orchestra for 1 year.
John started playing his violin in his church orchestra in 1977. John met his wife Susan at the church they attended during a Christmas program practice; Susan was singing in the choir, and the church orchestra participated with John on violin.
Susan & John were married in 1980, and after a one month honeymoon in Belgium, they moved to Lake Odessa, MI. They were seeking a more rural place to live.
In 1980, John started playing with the MI fiddlers association. He and his wife are pictured in a 1984 MI fiddlers Association book of MI fiddlers.
In 1981, John and Susan moved to Ionia MI where they started a family. John's oldest, Bethany, studied opera as a soprano at Grand Valley State University and is the vocal coordinator for her church's worship team. Emily plays bass guitar and is a concert enthusiast, staying current with interesting music and supporting local artists. And youngest, Eric, is a prolific composer and musician who expresses the family's musical gifts through his unique two-man band called Filmloom.
While living in Ionia, John has enjoyed playing with the Grand Valley Strings for the Ionia Commission on Aging, as well as once a month in Lyons Muir, St. Johns, Thornapple Valley Hammered Dulcimer Association, and Sundays at Bob's Barn, and at Ionia Bluegrass.
Currently John volunteers at the ICCMH Adult day Program, helping in many ways including playing his fiddle and guitar.
To book John Tempelaere contact Susan on facebook.
No smoking, no alcohol, no spittin', no cussin' but smilin's fine.
Please park facing the buildings to the stop sign and across the street. Bring a finger food. Donations are appreciated.
Contact Lynda or Bob Warner Cci, at 1-616-374-8205 or email tfcloggers@att.net for more information for a PM 3 PM set.
MISSION STATEMENT - Our mission at Bob's with Bob's Barn Jamborees is to further and to educate with mature acoustical string music and American dance, filling such to the Lake Odessa area for the benefit of our community of God, family, friends, neighbors in Kent, Eaton, Barry and Ionia counties.
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