ARTS ALIVE

ARTS ALIVE

LoOK at what's coming up! August 2010
Each month during the months of August, September and October, Arts Alive will be highlighting the artists that are scheduled for our exciting upcoming 2010-2011 season. This month we begin with Steven Wallace and Dr. Adele Allen.

Steven Wallace ~ Classical Tenor ~ November 10, 2010 ~ 8pm
Adele Allen, MD ~ Pianist ~ November 10, 2010 ~ 8pm

Request for volunteers
""Out of Time" ~ Annual Fundraiser ~ April 9, 2011

Student Outreach Program

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Steven Wallace ~ Classical Tenor ~ November 10, 2010 ~ 8pm
Steven Wallace
Skilled in singing and composing everything from classical to hip-hop, Steve has sung the lead in seven operas, toured worldwide, and composed his own 3-act opera, a piano sonata, and 10 classical art songs. He has worked with written and/or produced music for Ledisi, Ghostface Killah, De La Soul, BET's Harlem Heights, NBC's Phenomenon, MTV's Hood Fab and DFX, Angela Johnson, Chester Gregory, Kev Brown, Maya Azucena, Darien, Dj Spinna and Substantial as well as countless other up and coming artists. He has also shared the stage with Common, Talib Kweli, Robin Thicke, Leon Ware, Avant and worked as Musical Director for The Indie Soul Mixer 2009, and with Amanda Diva, Abby Dobson, Tye Phoenix, and Mahasin as well as countless others in "Revisiting Miseducation" a Lauryn Hill tribute, and in November 2008 he premiered and conducted his Symphony #1 in G at his wedding in honor of his wife, entitled "Symphony Di Matrimonia."
Steve has recieved numerous accolades from his peers and musical legends. He is spoken of very highly by Award winning songwriter Gordon Chambers and Indie Soul Pioneer Eric Roberson, and even Mr. Ramsey Lewis himself said "Steve Wallace... you're a bad man!" Jazz Pianist and Grammy Award Nominee Onaje Allen Gumbs has given him rave reviews along with critical acclaim from Rolling Out Magazine, Dusty Groove America.com, and the top soul music site on the web, SoulTracks.com Influenced by an eclectic collection of artists including The Roots, A Tribe Called Quest, DJ Premier, Puccini and Beethoven, Steve Wallace continues to be a beacon of inspiration for those lucky enough to know and work with him. He is a dynamic vocal coach, energetic band leader, brilliant composer, and dazzling producer. Mr Wallace has been teaching voice in various styles for over a decade and he has been a faculty member at the Brooklyn Music School for since 2004. .


Adele Allen, MD ~ Pianist ~ November 10, 2010 ~ 8pm
Dr. Adele Allen
A graduate of Wellesley College (BA in Economics & Political Science, with a Minor in Music), Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons' Institute of Human Nutrition (M.S. in Human Nutrition), and the American University of the Caribbean (Plymouth, Montserrat - currently in St. Maarten, Dutch West Indies), Dr. Allen has played the piano since the age of five and the organ since the age of 20. She has pursued post-baccalaureate music studies at the New Eng- land Conservatory of Music and the New York School of Liturgical Music. Her private music instructors have been Miss Phyllis Moss (Wellesley College), Dr. David LeVita (Brooklyn Museum musicologist), Mr. Ira Pendler and Mr. Joseph Smith (NY School of Liturgical Music ).
"Dr. Allen will be releasing her newest CD on March 1, 2010 entitled "LIVE from ST. Thomas, USVI: A Tribute to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.". This CD will feature Dr. Allen performing on a Rodgers three-manual electric organ, Professor Austin A. Venzen on flute, Miss Melita Etienne (mezzo-soprano), Dr. Lawrence O. Benjamin (baritone), Mrs. Lorna Freeman-Dennis (soprano) and the Sts. Peter & Paul Cathedral Choir conducted by Mrs. Jo-Sandra Jones James. One of the highlights of that recording is the massive rendition of "Lift Ev'ry Voice & Sing" which was a soul-stirring rendition performed by the entire audience of 300 people. All proceeds from the sales of the CD will be contributed to the Haitian medical relief work of Alfred O. Heath, M.D., FACS, a well-accomplished former Commissioner of Health for the USVI, and Caribbean Commander of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem Knights Hospitalier. Checks for the CDs should be made payable to "HAITI: Help & Hope".


Request for volunteers


Kids Corner
How would you to like to see an Arts Alive concert for free? You can by volunteering. Call 776.8566 for more information.
Volunteers needed for:

Concerts: Ushers, assist at the box office, assistance with mailings, setting up chairs, distributing posters.

Arts & Crafts Festivals: Assist with Kids Corner, sell raffle tickets, face painting, balloon art, demonstrate your art or craft at festivals, performing your poetry, singing, music, dance, martial art, story telling, drumming, or...?

""Out of Time" ~ Annual Fundraiser ~ April 9, 2011

An artist's view of time
Exploring the views that philosophers, psychologists, or physicists have on time can be fascinating, and sometimes even mind-boggling. Still, after researching these diverse and equally interesting perspectives, we are left with one question. How does the artistic mind-a visual artist, a writer, or a director-view time?
Certainly their perspective is a unique one. Time, like art and entertainment, means different things to different people around the world. To entertain themselves, some people like to read books. Others would rather watch a movie, listen to music, go to a museum, or take in a show. The common denominator in all these activities is that they all take time. Since the concept of time permeates not only everyone's work day, but play day as well, we thought it might be worthwhile to look at how artists from various disciplines (whose products are usually associated with leisure time) depict time in their work.
We will provide you with an interesting link between the subjects of art, entertainment, and time as we help you visualize the concept of time through an artist's eyes. We will discuss ways artists have depicted the passage of time or time itself using refined realistic methods as well as more abstract forms using symbols and hidden meanings. Time will also be shown to be an important part of music, movies, television, and books.
In a nutshell, we will endeavor over the next few months to explain and give examples of how time is viewed, depicted, and integrated into the world of art and entertainment.
We are also looking for donations of clocks, watches, timepieces etc. (working or not working) for our artists to use in their fantastical art pieces!


Student Outreach Program

Dinner with Eric Bibb, Jonte and Tabari at Romano's
One of the new editions to the Student Outreach Program is our Dinner with the Artist Essay Contest. It offers an exciting opportunity for two music students from the St. Thomas/St. John School District to enjoy a wonderful dinner with internationally famed artists at Romano's Restaurant by writing a 200 word essay outlining why he or she should be chosen as the person to dine with the artist. It's been a great success. You can support the Student Outreach Program by donating $300. to help Arts Alive defray the cost of tickets that are given free of charge to 20 students each and every concert and your donation would be properly noted in every concert program booklet.

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Arts Alive is the presenting arm of Tillett Foundation, Inc. a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. These events are supported in part by an award from the Virgin Islands Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.