Our immediate past vice president Cettina Donato conducts Messina Orchestra at Teatro Greco in Taormina, Sicily
WATCH the video and scroll thru the slides for news about members of Women in Jazz South Florida, Inc.
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
May News features Fondazione Adkins-Chiti: Donne in Musica, Ellen Seeling, Jenny Love, Shana Tucker, Shirazette Tinnen, Alicia Svigals, Renee Baker, Saskia Laroo, Warren Byrd, Stan Alston, and more.
Watch the video and scroll through the slides.
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
Greetings! Would you rather watch a video of our February Newsletter? Then, WATCH this!
Otherwise, the news is below. Note that images link to relevant pages. Please comment and Enjoy!
Janice Harrington has been invited back to the U.S. Embassy in Bulgaria on February 23-27, 2015. Click the photo for full details.
Singer/Songwriter Carol Garrett released her sophomore CD “Live on Purpose” and the title song is featured on the WIJSF Music Collection V (2015). Click the image for the CD on CDBaby.
THE SIBLINGS SITCOM TV SHOW picked up on SOON TV on ROKU!
Airing begins March, 2015! 15 Million+ Viewers!
We are accepting commercial spots for programming. For the sponsor advertising proposal contact thesiblingssitcom@gmail.com
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL @
www.youtube.com/TheSiblingsSitcom
Watch out for The Triple Threat Band!
Wed Feb 4: New York, NY – Carnegie Hall / Zankel Hall (Standard Time with Michael Feinstein) Gershwin program~!!!
Sat Feb 14: Wayne, NJ – William Patterson University-Shea Center for Performing Arts ***Celebrate Valentine’s Day***
Thu Feb 19: New York, NY – Tribeca Performing Arts Center
***Highlights In Jazz 42nd Anniversary Gala***
Sun Feb 22: Newark, NJ – NJPAC Dorthaan’s Place Jazz Brunch (11am & 1pm)
Mon Feb 23: New York, NY – Rainbow Room
***featured vocalist with Andy Farber’s After Midnight Orchestra***
SUN. FEB 8, 2015 @ 9:30 AM & 11:00 AM MUSIC MINISTRY AT UNITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE
FRI. FEB 13, 2015 @ 8:30 PM – 11:00 PM AN EVENING AT THE COPACABANA WITH MARK FERNICOLA AND THE LATIN AMERICAN ORCHESTRA AT NYY LOUNGE – SEMINOLE COCONUT CREEK CASINO
SAT. FEB. 14, 2015 @ 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM VALENTINE’S CONCERT AT SONOMA RESTAURANT, DORAL, FL RSVP 786-615-7821. LIMITED CAPACITY.
SUN. FEB. 15, 2015 @ 9 AM &11:00 AM MUSIC MINISTRY AT UNITY ON THE BAY, MIAMI, FL
SAT FEB 21, 2015 @ 10:00 AM-1:00 PM NO MORE BROKEN HEARTS WORKSHOP ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PRESENTED BY THE HONORABLE DOROTHY BENDROSS MINDINGALL AT CHARLES R. DREW MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SUN. FEB 22, 2015 @ 9:30 AM & 11:00 AM MUSIC MINISTRY AT UNITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE
Monday 16 February 2015 @ 7 pm
Nicki Mathis appears with Dr. Robert Hemphill, Jeanie Miller
in Black History Month 2015
A Century of Black Life, History and Culture
Performing Arts Night, A Renaissance of African Culture
Highlighting the Contributions of African Americans through Artistic
Expression Directed by Cathy Garner
El Paso College ASC Auditorium, Bldg A
9050 Viscount, El Paso, TX FREE Open to the public
Info Olga Chavez 915.831-3324, ochafe30@epcc.edu
photo by RPinder, PhD
Feb 5 @ 4 p.m. EST – Carol Garrett
Feb 12 @ 4 p.m. EST – JodylynnTalevi
As of July 1, 2014, we have 274 members, 146 musicians! Join us, today!
New members: Ariane Cap (CA) and Sharon Rae North (VA)
Featured in this issue: Bertha Hope, Peggy Duquesnel Malbron, Teja Lanise, Dr. Donna Singer, Sharon Marie Cline, Mimi Johnson, Lucretia Daniel, Catherine Russell, Julie Holtzman, and Gail Jhonson
Ladies and gentlemen, FYI, WIJSF dues come due every March 1. I’m sure you know how difficult it is for most of us in this downturned economy. I want to thank Lydia Harris and Peggy Duquesnel Malbron for paying their dues, last month. I encourage you to pay your dues in support of the work we do through this organization. Just go to www.wijsf.org or www.wijsf.com/join.htm and pay online. If you prefer to mail a check payable to Women in Jazz South Florida, Inc., just let me know and I’ll email you our address. Also, we now have 273 members. With your help, we can get to 300 by the year’s end, so please invite ONE friend to join us. Remember, they do not need to be a musicians to join us in our mission to promote women musicians, globally!
MOST IMPORTANT!
We’re almost at 350. Let’s pump it up over the weekend! Share this petition with all your contacts, please. Thanks, Joan – http://www.change.org/petitions/women-in-jazz-south-florida-inc-hold-a-symposium-on-women-in-arts |
The most important statement from a woman musician in this century!!! Téja Lanise please tell her we salute her!
Karen Briggs, Robin Bramlett, Joan Cartwright, Gail Jhonson, Kim Scott, Benita Lewis, and Darlene Moreno. It was delightful to meet and hear Jazz in Pink at the Steel City Jazz Fest in Birmingham, AL, on June 7, 2014. They are dynamic on stage!
More BWIJ Award Winners
Cellist Shana Tucker Bassist Teja Lanise Filmmaker Janice Roshalle Littlejohn
On June 22, Téja Lanise (bass) performed with Jonelle Monae at the Hollywood Bowl and STEVIE WONDER walked onstage for a surprise performance! He SANG and PLAYED! Téja declared, “It was AMAZING! I’m still in shock! It was all I could do to contain myself onstage! Of course, I cried after the show was over. I’m just SO grateful for all these amazing, unexpected blessings in the past 6 months! I could have never dreamt this!”
Prior to being on stage with Brandy and Prince, while performing with mega-star Janelle Monae, whose group Jamanati was featured on The David Letteman Show on June 11, Téja toured with Musique Soulchild, and was a part of Amazing Musicwomen with Joan Cartwright, in 2012.
Congratulations to Dr. Donna Singer.
Auditions are over for me with NBC The Voice.
I am very happy to say that I made it to the 4th round out of 6.
It’s been a fun, crazy, wouldn’t change it for the world ‘ride’. Thanks everyone for the love and support. Next stop, international jazz festival in Nebraska with The Doug Richards Trio, not a bad gig.
Also, Donna got hired for gig in Pompano, FL, and Jazziz Jazz Club/Restaurant in Boca Raton, FL, Entertainment Manager asked me for my press kit.
Both are great establishments in South Florida, Hooray!
Lucretia Daniel just completed a tour in California and Nevada
Sharon Marie Cline’s CD THIS IS WHERE I WANNA BE is taking a trip around the world. In the past two weeks, the album has played in Jakarta, Japan, Barcelona, Italy, London, Poland, Brazil, Venezuela, Australia, France, and in the U.S. from coast to coast, with heavy airplay in the Midwest, FL, Upstate NY, Northern CA, and on Honolulu radio in Hawaii! Sharon said, “I wish I could travel with the CD and see all of these amazing places! Putting it in my manifesting pot! I’m quite proud and grateful for the positive response the CD is receiving. In Love & Music, Sharon.” Get your copy at iTunes.com, Amazon.com, CDbaby.com or your favorite music retailer.
The 57th Grammy Online Entry opens from July 1-23, 2014 (First Round) for recordings released between October 1, 2013 to July 23, 2014. We will be submitting our fourth compilation CD of 10 fabulous female composers in several categories. If you are a voting member of The Recording Academy, we strongly suggest you vote for our CD!
 Our newest member #274 Ariane Cap is an extremely talented bassist who has partnered with a brilliant bassoonist to create some magnificent music! Click the image to get to Ariane’s website and listen to her music. |
 This is the real cover without Joan’s edit |
RAGAN WHITESIDE RELEASES QUANTUM DRIVE ON JULY 8
Quantum Drive is the highly anticipated 3rd studio release from Jazz/Soul Flutist, Vocalist and Songwriter Ragan Whiteside. Fusing Contemporary Jazz, Classic R&B, Neo-Soul, and Hip-Hop, this album appeals to musicians and music lovers alike. Collaborating with Ragan are Bob Baldwin, Frank McComb, Althea René, and Patrice Rushen (Remind Me). QUANTUM DRIVE unifies generations of music from the 60’s Soul Biscuit to the Dirty South’s line-dancing Work it Out to the underground club-hopping Quantum Drive. Smokey Room is for the jazz fusion-ista and Like the First Time is for lovers.
Available on Amazon and iTunes. Get details at www.raganwhiteside.com
![[Silent scream and a backflip] "Remind Me" is #1 most added on the Billboard Radio Chart for 6/30/14!!! Thank you radio family!!!!! Listen to snippets at http://www.raganwhiteside.com/music/](https://womeninjazzsouthflorida.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/ragan-billboard1.jpg?w=714)
[Silent scream and a backflip]
“Remind Me” is #1 most added on the Billboard Radio Chart for 6/30/14!!! Thank you radio family!!!!! Listen to snippets at http://www.raganwhiteside.com/music/
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!
OoN with Ariane Cap (Bass) & Paul Hanson (Bassoon)
Get tickets at http://billieholiday.eventbrite.com/
Solo Piano Performance:
Friday, July 18 & Saturday, July 26
Sir Winston’s – Queen Mary
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
1125 Queens Hwy, Long Beach, CA 90802
562-499-1657
This is a cozy listening environment and a great chance to visit and request your favorite standards!
Peggy Duquesnel Contemporary Band
Sunday, August 3 @ 7 pm – 9 pm
Spaghettini Grill and Jazz Club
3005 Old Ranch Parkway
Seal Beach, CA 90740
(562) 596-2199
Advance tickets encouraged and available at: Spaghettini.tix.com
Monday, July 21 @ 8:30 pm – JULIE’S “Ageless BDAY BASH for IFAW”BIRTHDAY BASH for JULIE HOLTZMAN – pianist / singer / arranger
Featuring BOOTS MALESON, my fave bassist in the Universe!
Wondrously diverse program will include rare & familiar gems :
| 7/2/2014 1:00 PM | Karen Briggs Violinist |
| 7/3/2014 4:00 PM | Kim Scott Flautist |
| 7/10/2014 4:00 PM | Camille Thurman Sax |
| 7/17/2014 4:00 PM | Mimi Jones Bass |
| 7/24/2014 4:00 PM | Shirazette Tinnin Drummer |
| 7/31/2014 4:00 PM | Melissa Moonchild Stokes |
SPECIAL SHOW WITH KAREN BRIGGS ON JULY 2 @ 1 P.M.
Bertha Hope talks with musicians about her husband pianist and composer Elmo Hope
Celebrating 5 years of Musical Service!
As of November 1, 2012, we have 200 members, 96 musicians!
JUST VOTE! Exercise your right to be an American!
The biggest news this month is that we reached our goal of 200 members before the end of 2012. It’s all gravy from here on, folks! Invite a friend to join.
WIJSF has made it possible for women musicians to convene on Fort Lauderdale Beach from October 9 to 13, 2013, at the MUSICWOMEN CONFERENCE. Registration is open.
The South Florida Symphonyhas offered WIJSF Members a special offer. Gather a group of 10 friends and receive 2 free tickets and 15% off the remaining tickets. Seating is limited! Call now and make your reservations! ph: 954-522-8445. Click the image below for details.
Please keep Yvette Norwood Tiger in your prayers as she is recovering from serious surgery and send some light and love to her husband Steve Tiger, too! This was a sudden circumstance and she is working very hard to recover. Yvette was scheduled to perform with us on February 2 and March 10, 2013. With your prayers, she may recover in time, however, it’s a long road for her to travel. Yvette is a talented young vocalist with a heart of gold. We miss her smiling face and beautiful voice, very much. If you care to email her, just let me know, and I’ll send you her email address.
Victorya Cole performs at “The Friday Night Jazz” from 5:30 to 7:30 on Friday, November 2, 2012, at the Palm Beach Public Library, 411 Clematis Street, West Palm Beach, Fl 33401, with Mark Marineau (piano), Don Coffman (bass), and Karl Ott (drums).
On Monday, November 12, 2012, 7:30 pm, Victorya will do “Jazz In The Sanctuary” A Dozen Divas Divine with Jim van Voorheis (piano), Chris Hulka (bass), and Claudio Berardi (drums); at The Church of the Nativity, 1151 SW Del Rio Boulevard, Port St. Lucie, Fl 34953. Call 772-343-0401 for tickets.
This concert is funded by a grant from Broward Schools through the Student Enrichment in the Arts Program (SEAS).
Nicki Mathis Afrikan Amerikan Jazz Duo with legendary Jazz Giant Emery Austin Smith will perform on Sunday, November 18, 2012 @ 11:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. Japanalia presents them at the Mark Twain House and Museum Murasaki Jazz Brunch Series, at 351 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, CT 06105. Call 860-280-3152 for tickets. Website. [Photo: Ron Thompson]
Performance fee support for Nicki Mathis may be available to nonprofit organizations through the New England States Touring (NEST) program of the New England Foundation for the Arts.
THURSDAY @ 4 P.M. EST
| 10/25/2012 | Teri Wilson | |
| 11/01/2012 | Sherri Maricle | |
| 11/08/2012 | Ragan Whiteside | |
| 11/15/2012 | Filmmakers: Judy Chaikin, Janice Littlejohn, and Carol Bash | |
| 11/22/2012 | Cinzia Spata | |
| 11/29/2012 | Susan Fleet | |
| 12/06/2012 | Barb Jungr | |
| 12/12/2012 | Renee Baker | |
| 12/17/2012 | Mike/Michelle | |
| 12/20/2012 | AntoinetteMontegue | |
Geetu Hinduja is a fine guitarist and composer from Mumbai, India. She is our 199th member and decided to switch from being in art consulting to being an artist. She is touring India with her quartet.
An accomplished violinist, Renee Baker has shifted from purely classical to jazz music and she is passionate about the switch. Her Chicago Modern Orchestra Project and FAQtet perform, nationally, and globally! Renee said, ““There is an urgent, compelling element to being able to let go, allowing yourself to shout and having it manifest itself on paper and then sent out into the world as performance. I don’t do a lot of second guessing…I don’t take back prayers – the original shout-out is the most genuine.”
Watch this video with Renee Baker’s orchestra members. . .
These ladies are rehearsing their songs to be performed on November 14 for students at Dillard Center for the Arts in Fort Lauderdale. The concert will include the music of Robin Avery and Joan Cartwright with accompaniment by Paul Banman (p), Jimmy Daniel (d), Anthony Turner (b), Malcolm Black (sax), and Wayne Rediker (guitar).
The challenge of being a composer and musician for a woman can lead to strange and wonderful twists in our economic paths. Sometimes, we experience dread and other times our lives, much like a roller coaster, swings up and over all the cares we think we have in the world. As creatives, we find other means of expression than making music. For Teri Wilson, developing her own line of bath and beauty products is filling the need for both creativity and income.
Sharon Marie Cline has a campaign on Indiegogo.com that outlines her project. Please if you are moved to do so, check it out and contribute, $20 or more. We have many perks and offerings… and you will be helping to bring a dream to fruition. Please go to: I WANT TO DONATE NOW!
In Gratitude, Sharon
Watch Sharon’s video:
WIJSF has made it possible for women musicians to convene on Fort Lauderdale Beach from October 9 to 13, 2013, at the MUSICWOMEN CONFERENCE. Registration is open.
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