The second day of iChoose proved another thrilling day for the team. Staff and students of Albany Senior High School warmly welcomed cast and crew onto their gorgeous campus. Albany is a state-of-the-art facility where, according to principal Barbara Cavanagh, students are focused on as young adults. All along the corridors these young adults voiced…
The iChoose team couldn’t have asked for a better start to their anti-bullying campaign at schools in Auckland. Debuting in front of Year 9 students at Mount Albert Grammar (High) School, one of the largest and most multicultural schools in New Zealand, the cast were warmly welcomed and given plenty of positive feedback from both…
Under the direction of Lisa Brickell, the multiethnic cast of iChoose wowed the 210-strong audience at a dress rehearsal held at New Zealand Culture Centre in Ellerslie, Auckland, on Saturday, February 23. Finishing touches were being put on ahead of the iChoose program rollout to ten Auckland high schools the following week. Audience members included…
As 16-year-old Alex Wood plays the jazz standard “Misty” on the piano, bassist Buster Williams hangs on every note. But it is the absence of sound he is listening for. “Allow the space and the air in the music to be part of the improvisation,” says Williams – brow furrowed, bass resting on his shoulder…
January was named ‘Guam Peace Month’. The first annual Latte Peace Festival opened at Guam’s Tamuning Park on Jan. 12 with a celebration promoting cultural exchange with neighboring islands. Located in the western Pacific, the island of Guam has withstood the horrors of war. More than 1,000 citizens gathered at Tamuning Park to express their…
Narrated by Academy Award winners Sissy Spacek and Herbie Hancock, Amazon Gold is the disturbing account of a clandestine journey into the Amazon rainforest. Two journalists, led by a Peruvian biologist, uncover the savage unraveling of pristine rainforest. They bear witness to apocalyptic destruction in the pursuit of mine gold, with global consequence. Presenting surreal…
Renowned artists to mentor students as part of Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance’s partnership with UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/jazz-legends-herbie-hancock-wayne-242396.aspx
(Many thanks to Peter Dorbin and the Philadelphia Inquirer for permission to use this article.) November 25, 2012 By Peter Dorbin, Inquirer Culture Writer (Philly.com) Would the symphony orchestra be better off if it somehow could be sequestered from such outside concerns as politics and money―the greatest idealization of humanity cut off from humanity itself? Such…
A car accident and cancer could have ended Shunzo Ohno’s career, but he could not be stopped. (Many thanks to Kansas City Star editor Joe Klopus for permission to use this article from their issue dated October 24, 2012.) By Joe Klopus The Kansas City Star Trumpeter Shunzo Ohno is a seemingly shy and modest guy, and…
His recent feat, which has been recognized by the renowned Guinness record-keeping association, and which has been confirmed by airline officials on each leg of his journey, had Dr. Shochi traveling to 12 cities in 9 nations across North America, Europe and Africa. “In my whole life, I have never said ‘I’m tired.’ One of…