Thursday, June 08, 2006

Free Vocal Performance @ the Atlas

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 12th, 2006

Contact: Jen DeMayo
Email: jdemayo@atlasarts.org
Phone: 202-399-7993


Levine School of Music’s Near Northeast Singers Give Free Performance at the
Atlas Performing Arts Center


The Levine School of Music Near-Northeast Senior Singers' Chorale will be giving a free performance at the Atlas Performing Arts Center at 2pm on Sunday June 11th, 2006. The four-year old group is made up of seniors who reside in two Northeast DC retirement communities, Delta Towers and Capitol Hill Towers. Theladies will be performing spirituals, gospel and other selections along with percussion by Tom Teasley and piano accompaniment by Michael Terry.

Charles Williams, Director of the Chorale, has been with Levine for more than 20 years as a voice and musical theatre instructor. This is his second year with the chorale. Mr. Williams has performed as a soloist all over the world, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and The Kennedy Center. He's been the vocal coach of the nationally known Sweet Honey and The Rock for many years. Washington, D.C.'s Levine School of Music serves as a vital community resource by embracing two principles central to its mission: excellence and accessibility. One of the nation's largest and most prestigious community music schools, it offers music education for students of every age, ability and background. To maintain the school's accessibility, it offers an extensive scholarship program that is both need and merit based. Levine was founded in 1976 in memory of musician and prominent Washington attorney Selma M. Levine. Started by Diana Engel, Ruth Cogen and Jackie Marlin in the basement of a small church, it has grown into one of the country's leading community music schools. It is one of the few community music schools accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music.
The Atlas Performing Arts Center is the lynchpin of Washington’s newest arts and
entertainment district emerging on the H Street Corridor. The historic movie theatre is being reborn as the city’s sole community-based arts center with multiple performance and classroom spaces. The renovations will be completed by the Fall of 2006.
The Near Northeast Singers are funded by the Atlas Arts Access Fund.

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