| Rhythmic
Concepts Inc. presents |
| In
the Name of Love |
| The
6th Annual Musical Tribute Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. |
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Sunday, January 20, 2008, 7:30 pm at the Oakland Scottish Rite
Center. |
In
the Name of Love
has grown substantially over the past six years into one of Oakland’s
most prominent civic and cultural events. As one of Oakland's only
non-denominaitional tributes to Dr. King, this civic and soulful
celebration attracts 1,400 people to pay homage, through music,
to one of the greatest humanitarians of our time.
Our
talent for this year includes Linda Tillery and the Cultural
Heritage Choir; Rhiannon and Terrance Kelly in
an unprecedented duo; the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir;
and the Oakland Children’s Community Choir backed up by Khalil
Shaheed's Oaktown Jazz Workshop.
A
keynote address will be presented by Ray Taliaferro, KGO radio.
Clifford Brown Jr., KCSM, KDYA, KDIA, will be serving as our emcee.
Archival
footage of Dr. King's powerful oratories will be shown throughout
the evening, and the City of Oakland Citizen Humanitarian Award
will be given to an individual who has given back to the community
in extraordinary ways.
L inda
Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir
The Cultural Heritage Choir, lead by Linda Tillery
is a Grammy © nominated voice and percussion ensemble, now in its
16th year continues its mission of preserving African-American culture
through stick, story, song and dance. This mission is pursued through
academic research, review of historical recordings, documents and
video footage and most importantly - live performance. Their percussion
driven vocals are rooted in the deep-south and also strongly connected
to their West African and Caribbean origins. Performers include
Rhonda Benin, Eloise Burrell, Melanie DeMore and the newest member
Bryan Dyer. They have recorded 5 CD's.
Cultural
Heritage Choir's Web Site
Oakland
Interfaith Gospel Choir
The
Gospel Academy Award-winning Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, under
the direction of Terrance Kelly, is a multiracial, interfaith group
of 55 vocalists united in their love of gospel music with its message
of hope, joy, unity and justice.
Their
exquisite vocal harmonies and stirring gospel repertoire have led
to performances with gospel recording stars Tramaine Hawkins, Take
6, The Clark Sisters, Walter Hawkins, Timothy Wright, The Dixie
Hummingbirds, Clarence Fountain and The Five Blind Boys of Alabama,
and with jazz and pop recording artists Linda Ronstadt, Peter Gabriel,
Pharaoh Sanders, Stan Getz, John Denver, Marlena Shaw and Jeffrey
Osborne. The Choir headlined the 40th Annual Atlanta Arts Festival
and delivered memorable performances at the New Orleans, Monterey,
Russian River and San Francisco Jazz Festivals, the Oakland Coliseum
Concert for Nelson Mandela and the 1994 Grace Cathedral sermon by
South Africa's Bishop Tutu. OIGC has toured Australia, Israel, Canada
and travelled throughout the US.
Oakland
Interfaith Gospel Choir's Web Site
Rhiannon
and Terrance Kelly
Rhiannon
is a vibrant, singer, composer and master teacher who has been bringing
her potent blend of world music, jazz, improvisation and storytelling
to audiences for over three decades. In 1976 Rhiannon co-founded
the groundbreaking all-woman jazz quintet, Alive! This pioneering
group toured internationally for 10 years and released three CD's.
She is a founding member of the innovative a cappella ensembles
Voicestra and SoVoSo'.
In
addition to her ongoing solo performing and recording career, and
her current ensemble project, Bowl Full of Sound, Rhiannon enjoys
a longtime musical collaboration with vocal improvisation master
Bobby McFerrin. From 1986-1992 she was a member of his 12 voice
orchestra, Voicestra. In 1993-94, Bobby formed the improvisational
quartet, Hard Choral, featuring Rhiannon. In 1997 she recorded "Circlesongs"
with Bobby, and has been a featured soloist on his U.S. and European
Voicestra tours since 1997. She makes her home in No. CA.
Rhiannon's
love of music, theater and the unexpected has resulted in collaborations
with poets, storytellers, performance artists, ritualists, visual
artists and dancers around the world. These include composing and
performing a solo a cappella score for SF's acclaimed dance company
ODC and choreographer, Brenda Way; a commission score for Maya Angelou's
historic inaugural poem "On the Pulse of the Morning," and ongoing
teaching and performance with Ruth Zaporah, distinguished founder
of Action Theater. She has been on the cutting edge of vocal improvisation
and performance art for decades and has appeared at Monterey, Montreaux
and SF Jazz Festivals, the Vancouver International Folk Festival,
Montreal Jazz Festival, and many others.
Rhiannon's Web Site
Terrance
Kelly was born in Oakland in 1962. His late father was the esteemed
jazz and gospel pianist, Ed Kelly. His mother, the late Faye Kelly,
was a gospel choir directress and pianist. Kelly has garnered extensive
musical credentials in both gospel and jazz music. His credits include
choral arrangements on albums by Linda Ronstadt and the Kronos Quartet,
and gospel arrangements of popular music for TV and soundtracks.
He wrote or arranged much of the music for all three albums performed
by the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir (OIGC). His professional
awards include an Emmy Award in 1995 for his choral arrangement
of the OIGC's KGO-TV public service announcement, and the Gospel
Music Academy Award for Best Director (twice) and a a "Local Heroes"
Award from KQED-TV for this directorship of the Oakland Interfaith
Gospel Youth Choir (since 1986). He currently serves as Artistic
Director, directing both the adult & youth choirs. He is Minister
of Magnification at Imani Community Church and Professor of Music
at Foothill College. Mr. Kelly has been a favorite teacher at Rhythmic
Concept's annual Jazz Camp since 1982. He also travels to Vancouver,
Canada and throughout Northern CA to teach gospel music workshops
Oakland
Children's Community Choir
is a music education project designed and produced by RCI specifically
for Oakland elementary schools with little or no access to the arts.
Over 150 children from Garfield, Glenview and Cleveland elementary
schools were exposed to high quality music education under the Musical
Direction of Melanie DeMore and pianist Ben Heveroh. These schools
were selected because of the diversity of the population and the
lack of funding for cultural programming. This project provides
a number of important services for underserved children: access
to music education, exposure to the teachings of Dr. King, and an
unusual and exciting opportunity to gain experience performing with
professional artists and civic leaders.
Oaktown
Jazz Workshop
is a multifaceted presentation, and preservation organization dedicated
to celebrating the artistic and cultural significance of America's
Classical Music - Jazz. Under the musical direction of Khalil Shaheed,
OJW was formed in 1994 and celebrates jazz music as an American
indigenous art form of profound artistic & cultural significance.
The purpose of OJW is to promote, preserve, and present this music
so that all youth, and especially African American youth, develop
a sense of ownership and pride in jazz music as a uniquely American
cultural tradition. OJW creates a safe, structured environment in
which young people with different levels of musical experience are
able to come and be a part of a creative jazz ensemble under the
guidance of professional master musicians.
Oaktown
Jazz Workshop's Web Site
Ray
Taliaferro
is currently an on-air personality for KGO NEWSTALK AM 810. He hosts
a Mon. - Fri. phone-in radio talk show that airs between 1 to 5
am The program is known as the "Early Show" and primarily consists
of lively (and sometimes confrontational) discussion of contemporary
issues in American politics, culture, and current events. Ray has
been in broadcasting for over 30 years. He started in talk radio
in 1967 at SF's KNEW (AM). He then got into TV, hosting a show on
KHJ-TV (KCAL-TV) before accepting a news anchor position at SF's
KRON-TV. Taliaferro joined KGO Radio in 1977, co-hosting KGO-TV's
AM Weekend program. Taliaferro was the first African American talk
show host on a major market radio station in the country. He helped
found the National Association of Black Journalists in 1975, and
was honored by the SF Black Chamber of Commerce in '94 with the
Black Chamber Life Award, as a "forerunner in broadcasting."
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Concert
date/time: Sunday, January 20, 2008, 7:30 pm
Location:
Oakland Scottish Rite Center, 1547 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA
Box
office opens 5:00 pm; doors open at 6:30 pm
Advance
Tickets: $20, $15 seniors (65+) and students (with ID), $6 Children
12 and under
At the door: $22, $17 seniors and students, $6 Children
Tickets by phone: (800) 838-3006, or to purchase online:
click
Brown Paper Tickets.
For
more info, please contact:
Stacey Hoffman, Executive Director
2501 Harrison Street, Oakland, Ca., 94612
(510) 287-8880
RCI@jazzcampwest.com
Presented by Rhythmic Concepts, Inc. RCI is an Oakland-based non-profit
organization. The event has been made possible through the City
of Oakland, Cultural Funding Program; William and Flora Hewlett
Foundation; California Arts Council, a state agency, and the National
Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency; R.O.O.F Foundation; Clorox;
See’s Candies; Bay Area News Group East Bay; Oakland Tribune; KBLX;
The Mechanics Bank; and Solstice Press.
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