The Waterfront Playhouse will
present “Carmen.
The Singer. Not The
Opera,” a concert
evening with Carmen
Rodriguez. This
reprise of last year’s
sold-out concert is set
for tomorrow night,
Saturday, January 17,
at 8 pm.
Carmen Rodriguez
is one of Key
West’s most beloved
singer/entertainers.
The gala post-performance
party is be
sponsored through
the generosity of Jimmy
Olson and Keith
Dempster.
To Help KWHS Band Go
To Rome to Perform
PHOTO: BOBBY NESBITT, MARJORIE PAUL-SHOOK AND BRUCE MOORE are just three of the entertainers
who will perform at the “When in rome” concert Sunday evening.
Popular Italian and Sinatra-
Era tunes is the musical
theme for the “When in Rome”
concert that will be held at
the KWHS Auditorium this
Sunday, November 16 at 7pm.
This event is a fund-raiser for
the Key West High School
Band, which has been invited
to perfrom in Italy on New
Years Eve.
More Than a Music Store
If you’re a professional
musical performer around
town or just a music student,
you probably know the folks
over at MacArthur Music.
They’ve been around for two
decades. In fact, owners Carol
Brooks and Chris Novak are celebrating
the 20th anniversary of
the store this month.
June and Phil MacArthur
founded MacArthur Music in
1988, selling just acoustic pianos.
But the business has grown
over the years to become the
community’s only full-service
music store.
Phil and June retired in
1999 and sold the business to
Carol and Chris. And, today,
they do a lot more than just sell
and rent all types of musical
instruments and accessories.
They support and promote
music in the Keys in just about
every way imaginable.
Will
Feature Music Room
Students
The Music Room, under the direction of Robin Kaplan,
presents a high-energy jazz-themed concert this Sunday, June
1st at 1pm at the Tennessee Williams Fine Arts Theatre Foyer
on College Road. Entrance to the jazz concert consists of a tax
deductible donation of $10 per person with all proceeds benefiting
the local SPCA.
The students will be performing songs from
“The great American songbook” along with some hip Latin-jazz
tunes accompanied by an all star rhythm section featuring Skipper
Kripitz on drums, Joe Dallas on bass, Tim McAlpine on guitar
and The Remaining Ten Band. Joining this instrumental ensemble
will be vocalists, Melody Cooper, Peter Diamond and Kathleen
Peace. You will also enjoy a very special guest performance by
the legendary jazz steel-pan musician, Othello Molineaux.
THE SOUTHERNMOST BRASS will help Sloppy Joe’s Bar celebrate 71 years at the corner of Duval and Greene this Monday, May 5, 8-10pm. Before the show, Theo and Ganine (a former Radio City Rockette) from Theo & Ganine’s Dance Center in Marathon will offer free swing dance lessons.
Dozens of musicians will jazz-it-up like never before when the Key West High School Jazz Band performs with the Paradise Big Band, The Sugarloaf Middle School Band, The Crizby Jazz Trio and many fabulous singers including Marjorie Paul-Shook, Carmen Rodriguez, Bruce Moore, Bobby Nesbitt, Maj Johnson, Joe Dallas and Melody Cooper.
This jazz themed dinner party is on Sunday, May 4th from 6 to 9 PM at Mangoe’s Upstairs, located at 700 Duval Street. Tickets for the JAZZ-NITE dinner are limited so get them early at MacArthur Music, 906 Kennedy Drive or at the KW High School main office (cash or check only, please). The entry price is $40 per person which includes a delicious buffet dinner generously provided by Mangoes.
Call 304-1027 for information about the May 4th jazz-nite event which will surely be a big-band and dance lover’s night out!
at Cancer Foundation Benefit
THE 2008 WOMAN’S HOPE CONCERT, scheduled for next Friday evening, March 28, at 8 p.m.
at the Tennessee Williams Cabaret Theatre, promises an all-star cast.
Ten female headliners,
including Libby York, Marilyn Holderfield, Kathleen Peace, Carmen Rodriguez, Joy Hawkins,
Melody Cooper, Kim Gordon, Christine Cordone, Camille Toler and Maj Johnson, will be joined
by special guest Bobby Nesbitt in this one-of-a-kind concert produced by the Key West Woman’s
Club.
to be an upbeat mix of pop, cabaret, show tunes, and jazz all drawn from the themes of love and
hope.
All proceeds benefit the Cancer Foundation of the Florida Keys, which helps cancer patients
right here in the community by providing screenings, referrals, and financial assistance. Tickets
can be purchased through Keystix.com or the Tennessee Williams Theatre box office, 296-1520.
“Fit For a King” Concert
The Key West Symphony
Orchestra closes its 10th Anniversary
Master Concert season
with “Fit for a King” on April
4th and 5th at the Tennessee
Williams Theatre, 5901 College
Road.
Under the skillful leadership
of Music Director and conductor
Sebrina Maria Alfonso,
the final Master Concert of the
2008 season will feature internationally
acclaimed pianist
Andreas Klein and rising opera
singer Yuriko Nonaka.
German-born pianist Andreas
Klein is internationally
acclaimed as a luminous and
captivating artist and an introspective
and poetic performer.
He is considered a premier interpreter
of works by Beethoven,
Mozart, and Schumann and has
performed as a soloist in leading
venues including Carnegie Hall
and the Kennedy Center. The
New York Times proclaimed
him: “A fascinating artist with
all the indispensable qualities:
temperament, taste, touch, tone,
the four T’s of pianism.”
At Schooner Wharf Bar
MOTOR CITY JOSH will be at Schooner Wharf Bar tonight and tomorrow night, Friday and
Saturday, February 15-16, 7 ‘til midnight.
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