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Reggae Nights with De Lions of Jah in Charleston

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It’s time again to enjoy summer in Wannamaker County Park with the annual Reggae Nights. The first concert of the season takes place on Saturday, May 9th. Gates open at 7:30 pm and the concert begins at 8:30 pm.

Bring your whole gang, your own blanket or chair, and your best mood. Spend an evening in the park enjoying an outdoor concert.

Charleston County Park & Recreation Commission will play host to
De Lions Of Jah at its first concert of this summer’s reggae series. The concert, held at Wannamaker County Park, will be on Saturday, May 9 with gates opening at 7:30pm and music beginning at 8:30pm.

Bring your chair or blanket, kick back, and celebrate summer with an outdoor old school reggae concert with a new attitude.

Tickets can be purchased at the gate. $8 for adults (13 and up) or 5 Greenbax; children 12 and under are free. Annual Gold Passes will be honored. Food, beverage, and souvenirs will be available for purchase.

For more information visit www.ccprc.com/reggae or call (843)-795-4FUN (4386).

De Lions at the Conch House

Free Concert in Savannah -Music for Mothers

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Savannah Arts Academy’s Silver Winds Ensemble will present a concert at the Jewish Educational Alliance (5111 Abercorn) on Sunday, May 10th at 3:00 p.m. The concert is FREE & OPEN to the public.

Music NotesThe Silver Winds Ensemble (SWE) has earned consecutive Superior Ratings at the Georgia Music Educators Association Performance Evaluation Festival and Shamrock Music Festival in Dublin, Georgia since the opening of Savannah Arts in 1998. SWE most recently traveled to Troy University after being invited to perform for the Southeastern United States Honor Band Clinic. Many SWE Alumni are now attending universities and conservatories.

Each year, SWE members audition and are selected to the Governor’s Honors Program, Various University Honor Bands, Georgia Music Educators Association (GMEA) District One Honor Band, GMEA All-State Jazz and GMEA Concert Band. The Georgia House of Representatives and State Senate has commended Silver Winds on several occasions in the area of performance.

Michael Hutchinson, SWE’s conductor, now in his 25th year of teaching, was named Savannah Arts Academy’s 2000 Teacher of the Year, He is a graduate of VanderCook School of Music and Troy State University has

directed Silver Winds since the opening of Savannah Arts Academy.
Mr. Hutchinson is a member of:
• National Band Association
• National Educators Association
• Georgia Educators Association
• International Association of Jazz Educators
• Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
• Blue Key National Honor Society
• Music Educators National Conference
• Society for General Music .

Please join the Silver Winds Ensemble for a magical musical treat honoring our wonderful mothers.
Silver Winds Ensemble

Jazz Appreciation Month Concert – Savannah, Georgia

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The Coastal Jazz Association of Savannah
Jazz Appreciation Month Concert

Rite of Swing
The Annual Duke Ellington Concert Featuring The Savannah Jazz Orchestra w/ Saxophonist Mark Sterbank on Sunday, April 19, 2009, 5:00 p.m.

The Coastal Jazz Association of Savannah presents a tribute to Duke Ellington on Sunday, April 19, 2009 which will feature special guest saxophonist, Mark Sterbank.

This event will be celebrating the legacy left by one of America’s greatest musicians/composers for what would have been his 110th birthday (born April 29, 1899).

Every year The Savannah Jazz Orchestra, under the co-leadership of Teddy Adams and Randy Reese, features both unfamiliar compositions and special guest artists as a part of enhancing the genius of every Ellington concert. This will be CJA’s 23rd year paying tribute to Mr. Ellington.

Special guest: Saxophonist Mark Sterbank is Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies and saxophone instructor at Charleston Southern University. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music, where he received the coveted Performer’s Certificate and a Master of Music degree from the University of New Orleans, where he also studied with pianist Ellis Marsalis under a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts.

His credits include performances with Fred Wesley, Mary Wilson, the Darius Rucker Big Band, the Charleston and Savannah Symphonies, a national tour with the Harry Connick, Jr. Orchestra, and performances with Nicholas Payton, Brian Blade, Eartha Kitt, and the Temptations. Mark currently resides in Charleston, South Carolina.

Those in attendance will also bear witness to Priscilla Albergottie Williams, who is the featured vocalist for the Savannah Jazz Orchestra. Ms. Albergottie Williams, one of the finest vocalists in this area, has been performing both church and secular music and does them in superb equilibrium. She performed with trombonist, Teddy Adams, for years and was the featured vocalist with the Savannah Jazz Orchestra. She can be heard on SJO: live recording “Satin Doll”, the music of Duke Ellington and Johnny Mercer.

This special concert will be held on Sunday, April 19, 2009, 5:00 p.m. at the Armstrong Atlantic State University “Fine Arts Auditorium”

It is free and open to the public and is presented by The Coastal Jazz Association through a generous grant from the City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs.

For more information call 912-675-5419 or go to www.coastal-jazz.org

A Golden Isles Christmas – Brunswick, GA

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A Golden Isles Christmas is a holiday Concert featuring Nathaniel Roper and Glynn Academy Concert Choir; works by Bach and others. Coastal Symphony of Georgia is organizing this Christmas concert taking place on December 15, 2008 at 8pm at the Glynn Academy Auditorium – Monck & Norwich Street – Brunwick, Georgia
Admission: $25 adult, $5 student/child
For more information, please call (912) 634-2006 or visit www.coastalsymphonyofgeorgia.org