Cincinnati 2014-2015
In
October 2014, we gave checks to the following schools for their music education programs. We choose
schools based on their state proficiency exam scores, starting at the bottom. We do this because music
education for young children has been proven to improve grades in Language, Math and
Science.
William H. Taft Elementary -
$2,000
Rothenberg Academy -
$2,000
Roberts Academy -
$1,000
Covington James E. Biggs Early
Childhood Education Center - $1,000
Covington Ninth District Elementary -
$1,000
Newport Primary School -
$1,000
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On Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 7pm, please join us for an evening of "Swingin' with
Count Basie" at Deer Park High School. This is the premiere performance of the Big Joe Duskin Foundation Orchestra
!!!
All proceeds benefit the Deer Park High School music program.
Deer Park's jazz ensemble will perform the first few songs, then our orchestra will perform an evening of all Count
Basie favorites, including "All Of Me", "Fly Me To The Moon", "Blues In Hoss' Flat", "Shiny Stockings" and many
more.
With 21 musicians all together, you can't help but have a great time !!!
Tickets are available at the school office or call 513-891-0010. Tickets can also be purchased at Crawford
Auditorium at the school during their 69th annual performance of "Parkers" on Friday & Saturday, April 24 &
25.
Click here for more details on
"Parkers".
Our new orchestra is available to
perform high school fundraisers like this and community events throughout Greater Cincinnati and includes:
Philip Paul, drums - King Studio drummer and
toured with Woody Evans Trio for 25 years
Art
Gore, drums - Toured with George Benson for five years and CCM professor
Scott Pazera, bass - Jazz Band
Director at Wabash College
Brian
Batchelor-Glader, piano - Xavier professor
Brandon Coleman,
guitar
Michael
Dudley, trumpet
Scott Belck,
trumpet - Director of Jazz Studies at CCM and toured with Manhattan Transfer and the Woody Herman
Orchestra
Hank
Mautner, trumpet
Kenneth L Traylor,
trumpet
Marc
Fields, trombone - Toured with Ray Charles for six years and CCM professor
Charles
Dong, trombone
Josh Omatis, trombone
Eric
Campbell, trombone
Garin Webb, alto sax
Ben Walkenhauer, alto
sax
Randy
Villars, tenor sax
Oz
Landesberg, tenor sax
Paul
Batchelor-Glader, baritone sax
Dixie Karas,
vocals
Jamie Taylor, vocals
Wade Baker,
Artistic Director, conductor and trumpet
And please remember, all of this is made possible through proceeds from the Cincy Winter Beerfest (mid-Feb) and the
Beerfest On Fountain Square (Sept 11 & 12).
www.CincyBeerfest.com has all the great
details.
We couldn't do this without your support
!!!
King Studio
legend Philip Paul will perform drums on "Shiny Stockings", which Frank Foster wrote about a childhood friend who
later became Philip's wife, Juanita Paul.
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On May 8, 2015, we will be giving checks to the following
schools for their music education programs. We choose schools based on their state proficiency exam
scores, starting at the bottom. We do this because music education for young children has been proven
to improve grades in Language, Math and Science.
Academy of World Languages Elementary - $1,000
Roselawn Condon Elementary - $1,000
Rees E. Price Elementary - $1,000
Frederick Douglass Elementary - $1,000
Covington Sixth District
Elementary - $1,000
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On May 13, 2015, Ricky Nye &
Friends will be performing an in-school presentation at Mount Washington Elementary school,
Rick's friends include Paul Ellis on drums, Chris Douglas on bass and
William Brian Hogg on saxophone.
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