The Soul Of Miami

The Rhythm Foundation presents Philip Glass: Etudes and Other Work for Solo Piano
Thursday, March 17th, 8:00 p.m.
New World Center. 500
17th Street
Miami Beach, FL 33139
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Tickets can be purchased online at NWS.edu or the New World box office at 305.673.3331

An evening of solo acoustic piano featuring recent etudes and work composed and performed by Philip Glass. An intimate and unique look at a visionary at work, this evening provides a fond re-acquaintance for Glass fans and a perfect introduction for new audiences. The program consists of music originally composed for solo piano as well as a number of arrangements for organ or instrumental combinations. All the selections are from 1976 to the present.

Phlilip Glass in concert in Miami Beach is presented with support of Baptist Health South Florida. Additional support is provided by Miami Magazine. Annual support is received from the Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs and the Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council.

For more information about local openings and events, please visit www.miamiartguide.com

KCC Productions and the Van Dyke Cafe present the Yorgis Goiricelaya Ensemble
Thursday February 24, at 9 PM
The Van Dyke
846 Lincoln Road
South Beach

For more information, call 305-534-3600 or visit thevandykecafe.com.

Yorgis Goiricelaya Martinez was born in the province of Matanzas, Cuba. He started his musical career in Cuba at the age of eight, with the piano. At the age of 10 he joined local Cuban bands for 2 years. Yorgis later relocated to Costa Rica where he continued his pursuit of a musical career. In 1997 he began to perform with professional local groups in Costa Rica. A year later, he began to perform with major local artists as a bassist, later as a pianist as well.

He then began to write and arrange music and joined the most recognized Cuban group in Costa Rica, Conjunto Chocolate, for which he was the manager, pianist, and writer/arranger. During this period, the group recorded 2 very successful CD’s. With his growing popularity and recognition in Costa Rica he started producing music with some of the most accomplished artists in this era (1999-2005).

In the year 2004 he launched his independent music project named “Abriendo Caminos.” translated as “opening paths.” The Album was released in August of 2005 and immediately exceeded the expectations of critics. He later launched a series of concerts, which were noted as the best Cuban music concerts in Costa Rica by the Costa Rican newspaper “La Nacion.” This CD was composed by Yorgis. He also directed, produced, wrote, arranged, sang, played the bass, piano, and the flute.

In December of 2005, Yorgis relocated to Miami performing with an array of pretigious latin artists such as Albita, Rey Ruiz, Luis Enrique, Issac Delgado, Francisco Céspedes, Habana Abierta, Luis Boffil, El Tumbao; Jazz groups such with Carlos Averhoff (Irakere), Hilario Bell , Osmany Paredes, Paquito D´Rivera, Rey Ruiz, Issac Delgado etc. He also worked with the legendary Grammy winner Albita Rodriguez as a pianist and writer on her live CD, Lena . Other artists he has worked with include Alejandro Sanz, Oscar D´León, Miles Peña, Marvin Diz, Los Del Rio, Braily, etc.

He has participated with important Latin musical figures such as: Oscar D’ Leon, Albita, Rey Ruiz, David Bisbal, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Luis Enrique, Arturo Sandoval, Paquito D’Rivera, Franco de Vita, Celia Cruz, La India, Jose Alberto el Canario, Chucho Valdés, Carlos del Puerto Jr, Ignacio Berroa, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Amaury Gutierrez, Ana Barbara, Johnny Ventura, Julio Sabala, Lena, Manolin (el medico de la salsa), Puerto Rican Power, Lucrecia, Habana Abierta, Barullo, Francisco Cespedes and others, demonstrating his youthful talent, experience and professionalism of international caliber.

In recent years, Yorgis has recorded and toured on an international level in the USA, Europe, Mexico, Carribean, Central America, and South America with artists Rey Ruiz, Albita, Issac Delgado. Yorgis is also making the “Ciclos” world tour of Grammy winner Luis Enrique.

When not on tour, he works daily as a bass player on Miami TV shows such as:
Pellizcame Que Estoy Soñando, Channel 41
Escandalo TV, Telefutura.
Sabado Gigante (Univision) watched in over 40 countries.
Telemundo 51

In 2010 Yorgis has released his second Album called “Elegance” with special guest as: Paquito D´Rivera, Isaac Delgado, Osmany Paredes, Tony Pérez among others of Latin Jazz icons. The album is available in most of the digital music stores around the world.

Right now he is working in a new production called “Elegance by Night”. A live DVD using Elegance repertory and new songs which will be ready for the next year.

Pulse: Late Night at the New World Symphony
Friday, 2/25, 10 p.m.
New World Center
500 17th Street
Miami Beach, FL 33139
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Pulse: Late Night at the New World Symphony transforms the Gehry-designed performance hall and atrium into a nightclub-style social setting. Pulse will feature the artistry of Mercury Soul together with the New World Symphony in performances of theatrically enhanced contemporary music integrated into an evening-long set of DJ-spun electronic. Cocktail bars inside the hall, nightclub lighting and video projections will enhance the ambience of these cutting-edge social, musical and dance events. In short, this is going to be an amazing way to experience the New World Center! Don’t miss it!

Information courtesy University of Wynwood.

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings!
March 20, 2011
The Fillmore Miami Beach
At The Jackie Gleason Theater
1700 Washington Ave
Miami Beach FL 33139

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Jazz & Blues Florida.

Friday, February 25 · 8:00pm – 10:00pm
SoBe Institute of the Arts
2100 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, FL

SoBe Arts Presents
Beautiful Dreamers
150 Years of American Vocal Music
American Masterworks Series 2011

6:30pm Art Speaks – “Words & Music”
8:00pm Open Friday Concert: Beautiful Dreamers

Performers:
Rebekah Diaz, soprano
Graham Fandrei, baritone
Adam Chefitz, piano

Program: Love duets from Carousel, Porgy and Bess, West Side Story and Jubilee, Ives Songs and much more.

Songs by Amy Beach, Eve Beglarian, Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Stephen Foster, George Gershwin, Lou Harrison, Richard Hundley, Charles Ives, Carson Kievman, Cole Porter, Richard Rogers and Neil Rolnick. Based on texts by Robert Browning, Stephen Sondheim, Lord Byron and others.

The concert is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. Advanced seating reservations are available to donors (at any level) of “The Annual Giving Campaign for SoBe Arts.”

Free Parking. Enter lot off Washington Avenue between the Miami Beach Convention Center and the 21st Street Recreation Center.

www.sobearts.org

Sunday, Feb. 27, 3pm
Arts at St Johns
4760 Pine Tree Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33140
INFO: 305-613-2325

Kathleen Bell, Soprano
accompanied by Liera Antropova, Piano and Elena Olondo, Flute

Price: $20.00 at Door.
$15.00 Online.

Lauter Wonne, lauter Freude, Georg Philipp Telemann.
“Laudate Dominum” from Vesperae solemnes de confessore, K339, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Diez Villancicos de Noël, Joaquín Nin y Castellanos.
Three Songs, Gabriel Fauré.
Cowboy Songs, Libby Larsen.

Currently, Kathleen Bell is Vocal Instructor at the SoBe Music Institute (Miami’s Institute for Performing Arts), Adjunct Instructor of Voice at the New World School of the Arts, the Director of Music Ministry at St. Augustine Church, and an FVA Festival Adjudicator.

Ms. Bell is a graduate of the University of Miami Vocal Performance program, where she was featured as Violetta in Verdi’s La Traviata, the Countess in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, and Lizette in Puccini’s La Rondine. While pursuing a master’s degree in Vocal Pedagogy at F.I.U., Kathleen performed as Adina in Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amour and Miss Warbelwell in Mozart’s The Impressario, directed by Phillip Church.

Ms. Bell has traveled extensively throughout Europe, performing in Denmark, Austria, and Italy in recitals and as Adele in J. Strauss’s Die Fledermaus with the Rome Festival Orchestra. Locally, Kathleen has been a featured soloist with the Miami Symphony, the Miami Oratorio Society, the Hispanic Lyric Theatre, and as a member of the ensemble of Florida Grand Opera.

March 13, 3pm
Bass Museum of Art
2100 Collins Avenue (New Collins Park entrance)
Miami Beach, FL 33139

On Sunday, March 13 at 3 p.m., the Bass Museum of Art and the Florida International University School of Music present Mummies, Monets & All That Jazz as part of their ongoing concert series at the museum. The event highlights the most talented musicians at FIU and provides locals with a Sunday afternoon music program consisting of popular opera selections meant to delight, thrill and entertain. Free to members. $8 for non-members.

KCC Productions and the Van Dyke Cafe present Deskarga Jam Band Saturday, February 19, at 9 PM. The Van Dyke is located at 846 Lincoln Road, South Beach. For more information, call 305-534-3600 or visit thevandykecafe.com.

Deskarga Jam Band….Timba meets Latin Jazz. Composed of Cuban-American musicians with a unique free style of playing, the musicians individually have performed with Julio Iglesias, Jon Secada, Los Sobrinos, Tipica Tropical, among others. Deskarga’s repertoire covers everything from Benny Moré, Los Van Van, Buena Vista, and NG La Banda to Celia Cruz. The band has played to the greater Miami dance audience in venues such as Alcazabas, Macabi Cigar Bar, Mojitos & Calle Ocho Festival among others, as well as numerous private and corporate events.

Deskarga have earned a reputation for exceptional musicianship and their exciting energetic live performances. They can captivate audiences’ hearts with their soulful montunos, explosive percussion riffs, and melodic vocal improvisations.

KCC Productions and the Van Dyke Cafe present Silvano Monasterios and the Fourth World Ensemble, Friday, February 18, at 9 PM. The Van Dyke is located at 846 Lincoln Road, South Beach. For more information, call 305-534-3600 or visit thevandykecafe.com.

Voted “Best Jazz Musician in Miami (2009)” by the Miami New Times, pianist-composer Silvano Monasterios hails from Caracas, Venezuela. After obtaining an “Outstanding Soloist Award” at the University of Colorado in 1991, Silvano received a music scholarship from the University of Miami, from which he earned a Bachelor of Music in 1995.

Silvano has performed with a number of important artists including Ira Sullivan, Terumasa Hino & the World Jazz All-Stars, Othello Molineaux, Dave Liebman, Melton Mustafa, Marc Johnson, Donald Byrd, Alan Harris, Paquito D’Rivera, Arturo Sandoval, Nathen Page, Randy Brecker, Sammy Figueroa, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Paul Wertico, Mark Egan, Shakira, David Lee Roth, and Nestor Torres.

In 1998, Silvano was voted “New Artist of the Year” at the Hennessy Cognac Jazz Search in New York City. 1998 also marked the release of his first CD, Roads Not Taken, which received outstanding reviews in the U.S. and Latin America.

He earned his Master’s Degree in Jazz Piano and Pedagogy in 2004 from The University of Miami. DownBeat Magazine honored Silvano as the winner of its “Best Jazz Instrumental Soloist Award” in the 28th Annual (2005) Student Music Awards. In 2006, his new recording, Fostered, was released. Fostered features all original compositions, including “Avila”, mentioned above.

In 2007, Dogleg Records, a new independent company, released a recording of a live concert by the Wertico/Egan/Monasterios Trio entitled “Jazz Impressions”. Silvano composed, performed & co-produced two songs, including the title track, of the 2008 GRAMMY-nominated album, “The Magician”, by Sammy Figueroa & His Latin Jazz Explosion. This wonderful CD has been nominated as “Best Latin Jazz Album of the Year”.
The 4th World Ensemble, emerging in 2007 from Monasterios’ desire to experiment with the fusion of Latin Rhythms, World Music and Pure Jazz, features Monasterios on piano, accompanied by percussion, drums, bass and saxophone. The ensemble performs all original music composed and arranged by Silvano, and this year will release a new CD, “Unconditional.”

KCC Productions and the Van Dyke Cafe present Big Poppa E and the E Band, Thursday, February 17, at 9 PM. The Van Dyke is located at 846 Lincoln Road, South Beach. For more information, call 305-534-3600 or visit thevandykecafe.com.

Born in 1948 and now in his third decade as a professional performing artist, E continues to nurture his passion for the Blues. Growing up in New York, he discovered his purpose at the age of 13, when he was drawn to the sounds of Acoustic Blues, and got his first harmonica when he discovered Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. In the 70s, 80s and 90s, he developed his singer/songwriting talents, as well as an aptitude for playing other instruments beautifully… His specialty was the blues harp. He established himself as a ground-breaking harmonica player, and became a percussionist with Hodges, James and Smith (back in the early 70s) as well as a studio musician with Bolic Sound Studios, playing behind Ike and Tina Turner. He also played percussions on Sussex Records with Bobbi Hall behind Bill Withers in 1971 through 1974. In the 80s, he moved to Chicago where he played with the likes of John Prine, Jo Mapes, and Joseph Jarman.

While family and other commitments would interrupt his career, E always returned to his roots in blues, and 2000 saw the release of his second album, “The First Time Out”, an extraordinary recording that was an eclectic mix of ten original compositions comprising Blues, R&B, Jazz, Delta and Gospel. In 2002, E hit his stride, adding his exceptional harmonica skills and powerful vocals to the mix. He delivers charismatic, compelling, and passionate performances that are charged with emotion and filled with his authentic signature style. Always experimenting with new sounds, he sometimes makes bold, daring renditions of obscure tunes of legendary icons such as Robert Johnson, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker, adding his unique spin to them.

2006 was a creative year for E, what with three albums released and building his own record label, Black Owl Music. While his albums showcase the sensual range of his vocals and the use of his voice as an incredibly multi-faceted instrument, it is his haunting harp signature style that captivates and inspires his audience. “Mississippi Reminiscence” is the most personal of his work, and “Five Long Years: A Tribute To Carey Bell” has been hailed as sheer unadulterated blues.