July 5, 2009, Sunday, at 3:00 p.m.

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July 5, 2009, Sunday, 4:00 p.m.

Saint Paul's Episcopal Church

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SUNDAY JULY 5, 2009 4:00 PM - Celebrate America!  The program will feature works by a variety of American composers ranging from the relatively obscure 19th century organist John Zundel, to Arthur Foote, a member of the late-Romantic 'Boston Six', the impressionist Charles Tomlinson Griffes, iconoclastic Charles Ives and ever favorite John Philip Sousa.

Flutist Robert Billington will be featured in Griffes' ethereal Poem for flute and piano, and in Allen Blank's charming Waltz.  Cellist Claudio Jaffe will perform some seldom performed, but immediately accessible, works by Foote.  Billington and Jaffe will be joined by pianist Keith Paulson-Thorp for Charles Ives' famous Variations on America, the Cum-Bac Rag by Charles Johnson and Robert Hampton's Cataract Rag, and a new arrangement of John Philip Sousa's Stars and Stripes Forever.

Baritone Ed Pierson will return to St Paul's to sing some favorite American spirituals, including Deep River, Motherless Child, Ain't got time to Die and Didn't it Rain.  Dr Paulson-Thorp, the concert's host, will perform John Zundel's Variations on 'Home, Sweet Home' on the church's Lois Davett Memorial Chamber Organ.

SUNDAY AUGUST 23, 2009 4:00 PM - Duelling Divas of Jazz  Anita Smith and Adriana Samargia join the St Paul's Jazz Ensemble for a sizzling afternoon of jazz solos and duets.

TICKETS: are available at the door for $15, or $18 for preferred seating, $5 for students.  Or, please call 561-278-6003.  Doors open 30 minutes before concert time.

Email drkeith@stpaulsdelray.org to order tickets.  Please include your name, phone number and number of tickets in the body of your email.
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July 9 - 21, 2009

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American Airlines Presents
Symphony of the Americas’ Summerfest 2009
Maestro James Brooks-Bruzzese, Artistic Director

Symphony of the Americas, Fort Lauderdale’s professional orchestra, announces its Summerfest orchestra schedule presented by American Airlines. Each summer, Symphony of the Americas (SOA), under the artistic direction of Dr. James Brooks-Bruzzese, collaborates with a European chamber orchestra, to present great concerts, master classes and educational experiences on three continents, as part of the Michael &  Madelyn Savarick Global Outreach initiative.

Summerfest 2009 begins in Budapest, Hungary, where SOA musicians join the Remenyi Ede Chamber Orchestra for concerts and a CD recording in early June. The Summerfest orchestra performs next in Panama, before settling in Fort Lauderdale for a three-week residency from July 6 – 22. On July 23, Summerfest continues with a performance residencies in Nicaragua and Guatemala. SOA is pleased to act as Fort Lauderdale’s ambassador, promoting our area as a cultural destination to audiences around the world. Summerfest presented by American Airlines, is sponsored in part by Hyatt Regency Pier 66 Luxury Hotels & Resorts, Sun-Sentinel, Wachovia, Royal Rent A Car, Broward Cultural Council & Board of County Commissioners, and Florida Division of Cultural Affairs.

Summerfest South Florida performances will be held in several Fort Lauderdale locations, with a gala concert and reception at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts on July 17 at 8 pm. The orchestra will also perform in Pembroke Pines, Deerfield Beach, Key West, Miramar, Weston, Pompano Beach, Miami Beach, and Miami Lakes. For more details, consult the Summerfest schedule below or visit www.symphonyoftheamericas.org

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July 11 + 18, 2009 Auditions

July 25, 2009 Finals

Talent Quest Miami! Register Here

TALENT QUEST MIAMI

WHAT:    Talent Quest Miami!  A new competition open to all ages and all types of talent, with a $500 Grand Prize and magnificent prizes 2nd and 3rd place. 

WHO:  The Arts at St. Johns and its Artistic Director, David Kingery, have created a new annual, Miami-wide talent competition to show the world the great talent residing here – from all cultures, ethnicities, ages, genre, and lifestyles.

David Kingery has an 18-year career as a singer, actor, and director here in Miami and in New York and California. He created this competition to help inspire and motivate the many eclectic artists and performers whom he has met locally.

WHY:  .Audiences are going crazy over American and British talent competitions. Miami is a hotbed of talent that is sometimes overlooked because of our emphasis on bringing in outside talent. We want to show Miami and the world what a great diversity of talent has developed right here under our noses.

WHEN:   

The preliminary auditions are Sat., July 11 & 18, at Arts at St. Johns.

The Finals are Sat., July 25 at the Colony Theatre on Lincoln Road.

WHERE:   

PRELIMINARIES: Arts at St. Johns, 4760 Pinetree Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33140.

FINALS: Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL 33139.

COST:  Talent Quest has no entry fee for the competing artists.

There is no charge for audience attendance at the preliminaries, which are open to the public.

The Final Competition costs $20 to be part of the audience; tickets can soon be purchased through the Colony Theatre or at the door.

More details: Arts at St. Johns is looking for a colorful assortment of talented people including: Singers, Dancers, Impressionists and Impersonators, Jugglers, Poets/Spoken Word, Contortionists, Comedians, Magicians, Musicians, Ventriloquists, or anything else that people call talent! Contestants will perform on stage in front of judges and audiences, in the hopes of winning the viewing audiences' votes and the grand prize! 

Talent Quest Miami begins with two weeks of preliminary auditions, where the audience and panel of judges vote on each contestant’s performance.  Then the 12 acts with the top number of votes go on to the finals at the Colony Theater.  The finalists will strut their stuff to convince the judges & audience (whose votes will decide the winner) that they are the best!

            Miami Performers to Showcase Talent at Talent Quest Miami!

            Does Miami have the next Susan Boyle? You can find out at Miami’s first live talent competition, “Talent Quest Miami!” when our performers takes center stage at Miami Beach to show the rest of the world that, while Britain and America may have talent, we’ve got the best performers on the planet.

            “Miami is a hotbed of talent that is sometimes overlooked because of our emphasis on bringing in outside talent. We want to show Miami and the world what a great diversity of talent has developed right here under our noses,” said David Kingery, the Arts at St. Johns’ artistic director, who came up with the brainstorm to put on the show.

            “Our goal is to show the world the great talent residing here, so we’re going to put on a great show with talented performers drawn from all ages, cultures, ethnicities, genres and lifestyles,” he added. The talent can include singers, dancers, musicians, jugglers, impressionists, impersonators, poets and spoken word performers, contortionists, comedians, magicians, ventriloquists, and more.

            The celebrity judges for Talent Quest Miami! include the lovely Miami diva, Elaine Lancaster and national concert producer, Roger Abramson; the third judge will soon be announced.

            Tickets are now on sale for the competition, which takes place on Saturday, July 25 at 8 p.m. at the Colony Theater. At the event, the best of the city’s talent will perform in front of a panel of celebrity judges. The judges will vote on the best of the talent, but the audience will be the deciding vote. The winner will receive the $500 grand prize, and there will be second and third winners as well.

            Talent Quest Miami begins with two weeks of preliminary auditions, where the audience and a panel of judges vote on each contestant’s performance.  Then the 12 acts with the top number of votes go on to the finals at the Colony Theater.  The finalists will strut their stuff to convince the judges & audience that they are the best.

            The free preliminaries take place on July 11 and 18 at the Arts at St. Johns in Miami Beach, 4760 PineTree in Miami Beach. The Colony Theater is located at 1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach. For tickets, go online to www.artsatstjohns.com or purchase at the Colony Theatre box office.           

            For more information on Talent Quest Miami, contact David Kingery, 786-525-9983 or Carol Hoffman-Guzman, 305-613-2325, or visit www.talentquestmami.com.

For More Information, Contact:  .David Kingery, 786-525-9983.

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2 types of performance sought for Talent Quest Miami: Dance and Cabaret

Arts at St. Johns programs are supported by funding & donations from Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council, State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs (Florida Arts Council & National Endowment for the Arts), St. John's Church, Dade Community Foundation, The Pillars of the Miami Beach Chamber, and Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs(the Cultural Affairs Council, the Mayor, and the Miami-Dade County Board of Commissioners).

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