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Our immediate past vice president Cettina Donato conducts Messina Orchestra at Teatro Greco in Taormina, Sicily
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Irene Robbins, who lives in and performs Italy, will be in South Florida from August 18-29, and is available to play either Motown or jazz. Contact her for bookings at irene.robbins@gmail.com
WIJSF NEWS APRIL 2015
WIJSF News March 2015
March is Women’s Herstory Month!
This year we celebrate 8 years of musical service! Watch video newsletter and scroll through announcements below. Thanks for your support of our mission to promote women musicians, globally! WIJSF Dues are due on March 1st.
More gigs for Catherine Russell
Fri March 20: Orlando, FL – UCF Jazz Festival
Wed March 25: New York, NY – Carnegie Hall – Standard Time with Michael Feinstein, Y.A. “Yip” Harburg program
PAY DUES at www.wijsf.com/join.htm
WIJSF NEWS January 2015
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Celebrating 8 years of Musical Service!
As of January 1, 2015, 284 members, 154 musicians, and 53 males! Join us, today!
Music begins in the womb! ~ Diva JC MUSICIAN’S SURVEY | SIGN THE PETITION | MAKE A DONATION | SHOPPING
Welcome new members: Cheryl D. Barnes, Andrea Garrison, Rondi Charleston, and Steve Moore
Help recruit new members, today! Send your friends to www.wijsf.com/join.htm
Bring in two new members in 2015 and your membership is FREE!
Featured Artists: Sharon Rae North, Cheryl D. Barnes, Saskia Laroo, Renee Baker, and Brazilian Voices
Message from the Executive Director
In our 8th year, we will shift from music production to a political agenda of lobbying and advocating for women in the arts. For 7 years, our record of promoting, presenting, and producing women’s music is solid! Now is the time to get serious, politically. As you know, in March, I began a campaign to call for a Symposium on Women in the Arts at The White House, together with a petition that has gathered over 400 signatures. Although we received no response from The White House, 42 people registered to attend the symposium and we are in the process of identifying a venue in Washington, D.C. for this momentous event in August 2015. Women in all artistic disciplines are invited to attend this one-day session to create fact-finding and planning committees to move our agenda forward. In my final year of pursuing my doctorate in Business Marketing, I will be surveying and interviewing several professional female musicians to analyze and report on the status of women musicians and their business marketing practices. All members will be encouraged to complete one or more surveys to contribute to my study. ~ Diva JCWELCOME TO OUR 3RD INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT SIGRUN JORDING!
OUR 5TH MUSIC COLLECTION IS HERE!
On January 2, 2015, we release our 5th compilation CD of 12 fabulous female composers. Place your orders and share this link with others as sales help to support the work we do. All of our CDs are available and we ask that you purchase them at a special price to members of $10 by requesting a PayPal invoice from me at divajc47@yahoo.com. Otherwise, the CDs are $15 plus shipping.
SUPPORT OUR MISSION!
In 2015, it is imperative that members take a renewed interest in our mission to promote women musicians, globally. Without your support, our work becomes extremely difficult. It is time to step up to the plate, pay your dues, invite others to join, and offer new ideas, suggestions, and insight into how we can move our organization forward. I welcome all of your comments either on this blog or in email. If you have not yet joined our Facebook page and followed us on Twitter, please do so, now!
GET FEATURED!
YOUR STORIES: ALL members please submit photos, fliers, cd releases, and all announcements to Joan Cartwright at divajc47@yahoo.com by the 28th of each month. I do not go to each of our 154 musical members’ websites to get news. It is up to each individual to submit news items to me. Thanks for your cooperation!
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Congratulations to Jennifer Beckles who received certification in Crime Scene Technology from Palm Beach State College on December 19, 2014.
Now, along with being a fine interpreter of the American Song Book, Jennifer is a certified crime scene investigator.
MORE AMAZING MUSICWOMEN!
Maestra Renee Baker will receive the inaugural Henry Lewis Conducting Award during a special dinner honoring composers Roy Harris, Renee Baker, and Henry Lewis
Maestra Renee Baker will conduct the premiere performance of Roy Harris’ Bicentennial Symphony including orchestra, chorus, and solo male and female narrators on January 17, 2015, as centerpiece of the 150th Anniversary celebration of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ending slavery, at Luckman Fine Arts Complex in Los Angeles. The chorus driven score has text from the Preamble to the Constitution, Gettysburg Address, Emancipation Proclamation, and original text. The solo male narrator is Bass-Baritone Donnie Ray Albert and Soprano Renee Baker is the female narrator. Maestra Baker’s credits include composer, painter, poet, and violinist/violist. The roles of conductor and female narrator by Maestra Baker for the Los Angeles premiere of the Bicentennial Symphony are unprecedented in music annals. This is a co-production of CSULA Department of Music, Theater, Dance and MusicUNTOLD supported by the Employee Community Fund of the Boeing Company and Colburn Foundation.
Brazilian Voices is a non-profit musical organization of up to 40 women that sing Brazilian and international music for concerts, educational and philanthropic events. Known as 10-time winner of the Brazilian International Press Award for Outstanding Brazilian Musical Group, it has released 7 CDs and performed widely for 13 years, including in Barcelona, Madrid, Mexico, New York and London, in addition to almost 400 performances in South Florida, reaching more than 10,000 people yearly. These talented female vocalists volunteer their voices and time to preserve the rich multicultural Brazilian heritage and do intercultural outreach in the community. Brazilian Voices fosters cultural exchange and music appreciation through its 4 departments:
- Concerts and Performances: Brazilian Voices was able to greatly expand its cultural exchange outreach in South Florida, and reach thousands with the beauty of our music and message.
- Culture and Education: Brazilian Voices was able to show the beauty, culture and historical aspects of Brazil in successful educational shows at various venues in Broward and Miami Dade Counties which were attended by more than 2,000 children and adults. We received much praise and positive feedback from these shows.
- Arts & Healing: Brazilian Voices was able to bring Bossa Nova-rich melodies and live music performances to more than seven institutions, including several new ones delighted to welcome us this year.
- Customized Performances: Brazilian Voices was able to entertain and delight hundreds of guests in corporate events, weddings and engagement parties, and also raise funds from these events to support all departments.
UPCOMING EVENTS
 New Year’s Eve ‘Soiree’ Live in the ParlorFor the smart set: Bring in the new year in style, with authentic, sophisticated, intimate, swinging Jazz & Blues [WATCH VIDEO] Tick Tock-Tick Tock the New Year begins at 12 o’clock Emme Kemp on piano & vocalist JaRon Eames 9 p.m. – 1 a.m. Attire: Elegant – Ticket: $50.00 Menu: New Orleans Fried Fish, Creole Shrimp/Rice, Home-made Chili, Potato Salad or Green Salad, Corn Bread, Wine, Champagne, Dessert RSVP ONLY in the Parlor – 222 E.85th St. #2E, NYC 212-472-9295 or Text: 646 337 0620 jaroneames@gmail.com | www.jaroneames.com – This is an ongoing event.
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Follow Jeannette Pina’s South Florida Jazz List every month at southfloridajazzlist.com
Thanks, Jeannette, for the mention on your website of our CDs! 
Saturday, January 24 @ 8- 11 pm
The Bean Runner Cafe
201 S Division Street
Peekskill, NY 10566
LENORE RAPHAEL
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10 @ 7:30 PM
THE HALLE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER
237 North Salem Street, Apex, North Carolina
Jim Ketch, trumpet, Jason Foureman, bass, Kobie Watkins, drums
Tickets: www.etix.com
Halle Box Office 919 249 1120
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JANUARY 12-17
California/Hawaii Tour
MONDAY, JANUARY 12 @ 2:15-3:30 PM
Jazz Master Class with guitarist HOWARD ALDEN
Orange County School for the Arts
1010 North Main Street, Santa Ana, CA
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14 @ 7:30 PM
Rancho Mirage Library concert
HOWARD ALDEN, guitarist, JIM DE JULIO, bass, ROGER KING JR., drums
71100 Highway 111, Rancho Mirage, CA
760-341-7323
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 15 @ 7:30 PM
The Merc for Jazz 42051 Main Street, Temecula, CA
866-653-8696
HOWARD ALDEN, guitar and JIM DE JULIO, bass
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 17 @- 7:30 PM
The Atherton Theater 738 Kaheka Street, Honolulu, HI
Tickets: 808-955-8821
DOUG MacDONALD, guitar
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FEBRUARY
North Carolina/Florida Tour And for those who plan ahead in New York City
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TUESDAY MARCH 3, 2015 @ 8 p.m.
The Baha’i Center 53 East 11 @Street, New York, NY 10003
Tickets: 212 222-5159 Admission: $15, Students $10
HOWARD ALDEN, guitar and KELLY FRIESEN, bass
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FRIDAY, MARCH 6
TRUMPETS JAZZ CLUB 6 Depot Square, Montclair, NJ
HOWARD ALDEN and KELLY FRIESEN
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MARCH 22 – SOUTH AFRICA TOUR!!!
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More information coming. For more great jazz listening on the net, tune into www.purejazzradio.org
24/7 of great straight-ahead jazz. Lenore Raphael’s JazzSpot archived shows at www.lenoreraphael.com/thejazzspot.html
 Saturday, January 17, 2015 @ 7:00 p.m.
443 West 3rd Street (at East Avenue)
Red Wing, MN 55066
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Saturday, January 17, 2015 @ 7:30-10:30 p.m.
House of Music & Entertainment (H.O.M.E.)
430 N. Camden Drive
Beverly Hills, CA
Reservations: 310-271-4663 $10.00 Admission
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 PEGGY DUQUESNEL
Sunday, January 18, 2015 @ 5:45 p.m. 138 W Commonwealth Avenue 714-871-8800 |
Sunday, January 25, 2015
6:00 – 8:00 pm
The Lobster Pot Bistro
478 Mandalay Avenue, Clearwater Beach, FL 33767 (727) 446-8809
FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2015 @ 8:00 pmTurnage Theatre
Beaufort County Arts Council
150 W. Main Street, Washington NCTICKETS: $20 general admission; $17.50 limited balcony seating
beaufortcountyartscouncil.orgWinner of the 2014 Black Women in Jazz Award for Best Cellist, Shana Tucker returns to her beloved North Carolina for a weekend tour of eastern and western sides of the state, beginning in “Little” Washington, NC at the historic Turnage Theatre. Shana credits her genre-bending ChamberSoul™ journey to the influences of 80’s & 90’s pop music, movie soundtracks, and world music, interwoven with steady nods to her classical and jazz roots. With: Nick Rosen (piano), Pete Kimosh (bass), Stephen Coffman (drums)
SATURDAY, JANUARY 17 @ 8:00 pm
Diana Wortham Theatre
2 South Pack Square, Asheville NC
2 South Pack Square, Asheville NC
TICKETS: Regular $30; Student $25; Child $15
www.dwtheatre.com
www.dwtheatre.com
Through well-crafted lyrics, lingering melodies, and compositions that blend humor and gravity, Shana Tucker is a work of art, an original gumbo of grace and class. Tucker, a classically trained musician (who for some time was whisked away by Cirque de Soleil as cellist and mezzo-soprano for its groundbreaking work, KÀ) often stands and plucks her cello like a string bass. “I can’t deny the classical training,” she says. “But I like the thump of walking blues & old-timey bass lines.” In a sultry fusion of acoustic pop and soulful jazz-folk, Shana Tucker evokes the spirit of Americana greats such as Bill Withers and Esperanza Spalding. With: Nick Rosen (piano), Keith Ganz (guitar), Pete Kimosh (bass), Stephen Coffman (drums)
SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 2015 @ 3:00 pm
Spivey Hall – Clayton State University
2000 Clayton State Blvd, Morrow GA
Spivey Hall – Clayton State University
2000 Clayton State Blvd, Morrow GA
“You rarely see Joni Mitchell invoked as a reference point,” notes the Raleigh News & Observer, “because her music is so uniquely individual that few can follow her. But in Shana Tucker we have a worthy successor.” “Her sense of lyricism is real keen and the words of her songs are just as compelling as her distinctive, outstanding singing” (JazzTimes). “Her sweet, unerring voice alone would be enough to support a career,” affirms IndyWeek.com: “Tucker and her cello blur the lines in our heads that divide classical, jazz, folk, R&B and soul.”
Joining Tucker on stage at Spivey will be Dr. Kay Pace and the Martha Ellen Stillwell School of the Arts (MESSA) Honors Chorus. There will also be a brief program to honor recognized area educators. A light reception will take place in the lobby immediately following the performance. With: Eric Hirsh (piano), Pete Kimosh (bass), Stephen Coffman (drums)
* * * * SPECIAL SONGWRITING WORKSHOP * * * *
SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 2015 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Tickets: $7 general admission
www.spiveyhall.org
This workshop is designed for advanced HS students, college students, and adults who want to learn more about the songwriting process. The goal of this workshop is to give practical tools for participants to use that will help them express themselves through music – and more specifically, through song – while learning the basic anatomy of song structure. Overall, the workshop should be an inspiring and empowering experience for participants.
Shana Tucker’s Spivey Hall residency is funded in part by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Georgia Council for the Arts.
Sharon Rae North
February 7, 2015
Metropolitan Room
34 West 22nd Street (Bet. 5th & 6th Aves)
New York, NY 10010
212.206.0440
Online ticketing at www.metropolitanroom.com
She will perform at Black Women In Jazz in Atlanta in March and was nominated in the Best Black Female Vocalist of the Year category. Her new SunRae Jazz Band performs straight-ahead Jazz standards and contemporary songs with a Jazzy vibe. Her song The Way You Make Me Feel is featured on the WIJSF Music Collection V!
NEW RELEASES
Meet our newest member
It was an honor to be featured in Women in Jazz South Florida’s newsletter and on the website with musical members. I have a deep belief in the importance of supporting the arts, and especially, independent artists who bring such richness to our world. The support that we give each other can serve as a healing, unifying force among all people. Our music can bring joy and thoughtfulness and peace. May we all move forward into the New Year with music in our hearts to share with all.
MEDIA BLITZ
255 ARCHIVED SHOWS since 2008! NOTE: Diva JC will interview WIJSF members, only, in 2015. Shows will air once or twice, monthly.
| 1/2/2015 4:00 PM | Ariane Cap – Special Day – FRIDAY |
| 1/8/2015 4:00 PM | Donna Singer – Thursday |
Many thanks to our newest Honorary Member Andrea Garrison, host of Online With Andrea who featured our four WIJSF Music Collections over the past year. Listen to the archived shows at these links:
www.mjtvnetwork.info Watch host Mimi Johnson’s interview with Joan Cartwright about www.wijsf.org 
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YOUR STORIES: ALL members please submit photos, fliers, cd releases, and all announcements to Joan Cartwright at divajc47@yahoo.com by the 28th of each month.
WIJSF NEWS November 2014
Membership is due March 1st Every Year!
Celebrating 7 years of Musical Service!
As of November 1, 2014, we have 282 members, 153 musicians, and 53 males! Join us, today!
Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together. ~ Anaïs Nin
Help recruit new members, today! Send your friends to www.wijsf.com/join.htm
Featured Artists: Jenny Love, Gail Jhonson, Paula Atherton, Joan Cartwright
Message from the Executive Director
This month, the newsletter is published late because I was on a month-long cruise from October 12 to November 9, with little Internet access. Although it was fun entertaining hundreds of guest on the Royal Caribbean Allure of the Seas, the largest cruise ship on the high seas, the downside is that little got done for WIJSF, except that I was able to introduce many of the cruise guests to our organization by giving them our business card with our website and a few of the catalogs. I even met a couple that publish a magazine “Treasures of the Heart” in Pembroke Pines, Florida, that may be interested in publishing some of the stories about our musical members. So, all was not lost. My experience on the high seas was enhanced by visiting several countries, including St. Thomas, St. Maarten, Jamaica, and Mexico. It’s always wonderful to experience other cultures and made me happy to be an American, when I realized how many amenities we enjoy in the USA. Each Sunday, our band had to evacuate the ship and go through customs, a feat I can do without for the remainder of this year. The long lines were tedious as some weeks there were up to 6,000 guests disembarking. Since we were not regular crew members, this was an unfortunate part of our requirements. By the Sunday that we left the ship, I had truly had enough of this exercise. As usual, the music was our saving grace. We had lots of fun, entertaining hundreds of Jazz and Blues lovers, and I’m sure we left a lasting impression on many of them. As you all know, I’m ever conscious of the need to give women musicians working opportunities. I called three women to do this gig with me – Bertha Hope, Linda Presgrave, and Sally Smith – all pianists, but none were available with such short notice (I only had about a week to pull a band together). So, I wound up engaging three men to do the gig – Walter Bland (p), Anthony Chatman (b), and Art Weiss (d). With the uncomfortable sleeping arrangements, I’m sure the ladies are grateful they were unable to accompany me.
Walter Bland (p), Diva JC, Art Weiss (d), Anthony Chatman (b) Royal Caribbean Allure of the Seas in Jazz on 4
Accomplishments
Paula Atherton was a featured artist at the New Brunswick Jazz Project on Sunday, November 9. Read this exciting article
Gail Jhonson with Norman Brown
UPCOMING EVENTS
Follow Jeannette Pina’s South Florida Jazz List every month
WIJSF member Jenny Love (center) performs
FRIDAY NOV 14, 2014
AN EVENING AT TH COPACABANA with the
Mark Fernicola Latin American Orchestra @ Seminole Coconut Creek Casino
SATURDAY NOV 15, 2014
4th ANNUAL A SAFE HAVEN WONDERLAND GALA
Celeste Ray is in WY, OR and WA with Four Celtic Voices
November 13 @ 7:30 pm
Wallenstein Theatre, Big Bend Community College
26th and Randolf, Moses Lake, WA 98837
Wallenstein Theatre, Big Bend Community College
26th and Randolf, Moses Lake, WA 98837
Jacoby Auditorium, Umpqua Community College
1140 College Road, Roseburg, OR
1140 College Road, Roseburg, OR
Dottie Kelly
- December 12 – The Hurricanes – Marathon Keys, FL – 9 pm – 1 am
- December 13 The Hurricanes – Marathon Keys, FL – 9 pm – 1 am
- December 28 -Spoon Wrecker Grille – Marathon Keys, FL – 7 pm – 10 pm
Many thanks to Mimi Johnson for hosting MUSICWOMAN RADIO for the last four weeks, while Joan Cartwright was performing on a cruise ship in the Caribbean. Be sure to listen to the archived shows at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/musicwoman, with the exception of Jean Fineberg’s interview archived at www.blogtalkradio.com/theartsreporter/2014/10/16/jeanfineberg-1
| 11/6/2014 5:00 PM | Diane Ellis Sax | ||||
| 11/13/2014 4:00 PM | Paula Hampton Drummer | ||||
| 11/20/2014 4:00 PM | Peggy Duquesnel Malbon | ||||
| 11/28/2014 4:00 PM | Lynette Washington NOTE SPECIAL DAY – FRIDAY | ||||
NEW CD RELEASES
We’re excited to announce that our 5th compilation of music by WIJSF members will release in January 2015.
Peggy Duquesnel’s 2009 release is available at www.joyspringmusic.com
This CD archives the energetic concert of Saskia Laroo and her eight-piece funk unit on May 3, 2013, in Zimbabwe, during the unique Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA). The band with her rocking rhythm section was supplemented on this occasion by rappers and Phantom Complex, African percussionist Pape Seck and the American pianist/vocalist Warren Byrd. http://saskialaroo.com
YOUR STORIES: ALL members please submit photos, fliers, cd releases, and all announcements to Joan Cartwright at divajc47@yahoo.com by the 28th of each month.
WIJSF NEWS October 2014
Membership is due March 1st Every Year!
Celebrating 7 years of Musical Service!
As of October 1, 2014, we have 282 members, 153 musicians, and 53 males! Join us, today!
What shall I sing for your lullaby? ~ Langston Hughes
Welcome to our newest members: Rondi Charleson and Steve Moore
Featured Artists: Diane Ellis, Emme Kemp, LeNora Jaye, Mimi Johnson, Saskia Laroo, and Dottie Kelly
Message from the Executive Director
The 99th ASALH Convention in Memphis, TN, was a great success. Not only did I distribute over 500 Women in Arts & Women in Business Catalogs, introducing people to our organization, members, and business associates, but I delivered my paper Blues Women: The First Civil Rights Workers to an enthusiastically responsive audience in the Louis XVI Room at The Peabody Hotel, on Thursday, September 25, 2014.
I visit the infamous Blues mecca BEALE STREET, where I listened to the music of two lovely vocalists Adrianne Dotson and Shay-Renae, who agreed to play songs from our compilation CDs III and IV on her radio show! The most exciting news is that the 100th ASALH Convention will be in Atlanta in 2015, and I will be on the Volunteer Committee and invite our WIJSF Atlanta members to join me in supporting this tremendous organization.
Diva JC, Shay-Renae, and Adrianne Dotson on Beale Street, Memphis, TN
ACHIEVEMENTS
MEDIA BLITZ
| 10/2/2014 4:00 PM | Denise Jannah | |
| 10/9/2014 4:00 PM | Yvette Mashun Devereaux | |
| 10/16/2014 4:00 PM | Jean Fineberg | |
| 10/23/2014 4:00 PM | Rodney Kendrick | |
| 10/30/2014 4:00 PM | Theresa Hightower |
http://blogtalkradio.com/lifeissobeautiful
UPCOMING EVENTS
Jeannette Pina spends hours collecting event information for her South Florida Jazz Events calendar, so everyone in South Florida will know where to go for the best Jazz!
http://us8.campaign-archive1.com/?u=b0086e48dfe7454781607b17a&id=0e2b8ebc19
Click image above for tickets and Watch “Billie” Trailer
Oct 4 Falmouth, MA – Falmouth Jazz Festival at Highfield Theatre
Oct 5 Wellfleet, MA – Wellfleet Preservation Hall for Payomet Arts
Oct 7 New York, NY – Dimenna Center, Jazz Drama Program Benefit (6:30pm)
Oct 11 Helena, AR – King Biscuit Blues Festival (with Jimmy Vivino & Black Italians)
Oct 18 Nancy, FRANCE – Nancy Jazz Pulsations
Oct 24 Novosibirsk, RUSSIA – SibJazz Fest
Nov 15 Summit, NJ – Summit JCC
Nov 23 Charleston, WV – Culture Center Theater / Mountain Stage Radio Show
Dec 8 New York, NY – Louis Armstrong House Museum GALA at Capitale
Dec 13 Princeton, NJ – McCarter (Berlind) Theatre (with Ladies Sing The Blues)
Dec 31 Madison, NJ – Shanghai Jazz
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