Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington (BGCGW) celebrating 127 years of

continuous service to children, teens and families, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater

Washington (BGCGW) is a Major Metro Affiliate of Boys & Girls Clubs of America

(BGCA). BGCGW serves over 14,000 youth annually at 12 sites throughout Wash-

ington, D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. Since 1886, Boys & Girls Clubs of

Greater Washington has provided positive options for youth in the Washington,

D.C. region. Our Clubs provided thousands of boys and girls with daily guid-

ance oriented character development programs in a positive environment where

children are encouraged to develop their ambitions and turn them into GREAT

FUTURES.

TAP 2013BGCGW’s 2013 Teen Arts Performance (TAP) Camp is partnering for the first

time with Kirov Academy of Ballet (KAB), to offer three weeks of classical train-

ing to local youth. This, alongside our collaboration with Michigan Park Com-

munity Development Corporation at Michigan Park Christian Church, Broadway

playwright Keni Fine, and the various artists who have donated their time to

offer camp participants world class arts training, has made this program a huge

success.

TAP CAMP BACKGROUND:

Teen Arts Performance (TAP) program was launched in October 2007, to serve as

a regional performance arts troupe for BGCGW’s clubs and to provide world-class

qualitative arts training opportunities for kids interested in pursuing arts related

careers or with a keen interest in the arts. Program participants receive intensive

training and master classes from renowned artists. They also enjoy arts related

field trips as well as performance opportunities at high profile arts institutions

and festivals. Tony Small is the founding Artistic Director.

2013 PARTNER: KIROV ACADEMY

OF BALLET BACKGROUND:The Kirov Academy of Ballet is a world-class ballet training institution where serious stu-

dents from around the world prepare for a professional career in dance. Our internation-

ally-recognized faculty trains aspiring young dancers in the methodology of the St. Peters-

burg-based Vaganova Ballet Academy, noted as the most famous and influential classical

ballet school in the world. Each year, the DC-based academy places more than 75% of its

graduates with professional dance companies around the world, while other KAB graduates

go on to further their education at universities with prestigious dance programs.

2013 PARTNER: MICHIGAN PARK COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (MPCDC):

Rev. Marvin J. Owens, Jr., Pastor, Michigan Park Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) &

Board Chair of the Michigan Park Community Development Corporation

Barabra Owens, Program Liaison, Michigan Park Christian Church

Theodora H. Brown, Esquire., MPCDC Executive Director

WELCOME TO BGCGW’S 6TH ANNUAL TEEN ARTS PERFORMERS CAMP!

This is a project of love initially conceived with the help of our Women’s

Leadership Group to bring the kidsand teens we serve a deeper exposure to the

performing arts. As schools continue to contract their offerings due to economic

pressure, we are bound to keep this very important activity available to our youth.

If you are reading this you probably already know how the arts can be in-

tegral to the expression of feelings and bringing out that inner voice that is often

unheard. Talents of which perhaps noone is aware have come to light through

participation in TAP Camp. Amazing collaboration, partnership and generosity are

adjectives that describe the group of campers, professional artists, student interns

and other volunteers (including BGCGW administrative and club staff ) assembled

every summer by our Regional Artistic Director, Tony Small. These folks give their

time and experience for the benefit of our youth.

This year we will be working on the wonderful new musical play,

ENDANGERED!, a modern fable written by NY playwright Keni Fine and scored

by Tony. Not only can they learn about set design and costume making, they will

get an idea of Broadway music- making from A to Z. Additionally the themes and

lyrics of the play, both spoken and sung, will expose campers to the science around

endangered species, including the environment, ecology and zoology as well as

emphasizing the reading skills necessary to learn and excel in acting roles. Last but

not least our curriculum will include the concept of ‘edutainment’as we study the

scientific method, along with a module on the physical sciences provided by AAAS,

the world’s largest consortium of STEM educators. This integration of STEM and

the arts brings true momentum to the phrase“BGCGW is running on STEAM! “

Thank you for your interest in TAP Camp. Our end of summer event this

year will be an August 8th performance of Endangered! at the Kennedy Center’s

Millennium Stage. We hope you will not only join us at this marvelous event but

will actively look for ways to support our campers as they explore the exciting

world of the arts and beyond.

–Pandit F. Wright, President & CEO

Book & Lyrics Keni Fine

Music & Orchestration Tony Small

iPad Orchestration Lemond Brown

Backdrop David Ibata

Costumes & Make-up Kelvin Hill

Drama Consultant Shayna Small

Featuring:

Kirov of Academy Ballet Student Allegra Kirksey-Curtis (Ballerina)

Nova Payton, Helen Hayes award winning actress

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington:Pandit F. Wright, President & CEO

Debbi Jarvis, Chairman, Metropolitan Board of Directors

Patty Perkins Andringa, Chair, Womens Leadership Committee

Tony M. Small, Regional Artistic Director/ Camp Founder

Damion Parran, Camp Director & Regional Arts Manager

Kirov Academy of Ballet:Madame Adrienne Dellas Thorton, Artistic Director

Jonathan Park, Executive Director

Oscar Hawkins, Ballet Instructor

Anastasia Zolotova, Marketing

Marci Levin, Development Consultant

TAP Camp Arts Interns:Tariq Al-Sabir

Gabriella Berrios

Jong Hoon Kim

endangered! (THE ECO-MUSICAL)

A R T I S T BIOGR APHIES

TONY SMALLregional arts manager

Tony was a piano prodigy at 4 years of age. He has won national composer/lyricist awards in Jazz, Gospel, Classical and Musical Theatre genres, including:

• 2012 & 2009 Meet The Composer Awards/New Music USA for his Tales & Traditions Anthology that debuted at the Smithsonian’s National Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) Festival, U.S. Department of Interior’s Jazz Festival, DC Jazz Festival and Kennedy Center 2009 - 2012; • Tony Award Winning BMI Musical Theatre Alum -- New York Times calls the Harvard of Musical Theatre -- (2006-08);• 2008 American Composer Forum (D.C. Chapter) award for his Shine Through Musical Theatre Project – Composer/Librettist/Lyricist;• 2008 Stellar (Grammies of Gospel) Composer/ Lyricist -- I Am recorded by Maurette Clark • Actor on the 2008 HBO WIRE series; conductor and Artistic Director for featured Boys Choir on theme song and sound track.• 2007 Maryland State Arts Composer Award;• White House Millennium Residency (America’s top 55 community Art-ists --spearheaded by Hillary Clinton). Composed and orchestrated the Waltz of the Butterflies Symphony 1st Movement, ACRO Dinosaur Theme for the Museum of Natural Science and ScienceQuest Musical.

The Indianapolis Star quotes “The stage becomes classroom for kids” at the Madame Walker Theatre and Center for Urban Research Quarterly (Chicago) says “No one

doubts that if Tony has his way, every child who works with him will be one of tomorrow’s leaders.”

TONY SMALL CONTINUED

Tony has created multidisciplinary and S.T.E.M. + Arts = STEAM programs that have spanned the U.S., Caribbean Islands and South Africa. He has managed and fund raised for arts pilots in 4 major cities including Washington DC, Baltimore, Chicago and India-napolis. He serves as the first Regional Artistic & Cultural Arts Director for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington, D.C. (1 of the nation’s largest affiliates) impacting 15,000+ youth in D.C., VA and MD. He has also served as Artistic Director for the Historic Madame Walker Theatre, Lecturer of Fine Arts at Chicago Loyola University, Training Director for the American Association for the Advancement of Science Chicago linkages program, Founding Director of the Urban League’s Camp SMART and Artistic Director for North Shore Music Academy in Chicago. Tony’s creations include “Edutainment” matinees, 5 musicals, 2 anthologies and 100s of compositions that have been featured at the nation’s most celebrated cultural institutions including: the Kennedy Center, Madame Walker Theatre, Smithsonian, Chica-go DuSable Museum, Indianapolis Children’s Museum, The Hayti Heritage Center, Eubie Blake International Jazz Center, Reginald Lewis Museum Theatre, National Children’s Museum, The Chicago Museum of Science and Industry Underground Song for exhibit premiere with Bill Nye The Science Guy, and a national FOX TV feature of his 911 memori-al song and video. He has trained youth choirs for Soulful, Baltimore & NSO Symphony debuts, the 2008 White House tribute to Gospel, Cherry Blossom Fest, the Joseph Broadway tour and the Andy Williams Holiday tour. He is a veteran Musical Theatre Director ranging from Urinetown at John Hopkins University to the WIZ. Tony has 25+ years of ecumenical expertise from serving as Music Minister/Worship Arts Director in churches with 5,000+ memberships including: United Method-ist, A.M.E., Latino, Pentecostal, Catholic, Baptist, Church of God and as an accompanist for Jewish synagogues, 7th Day Adventists and many non-denominational or multiethnic congregations. Artist Residencies: Baltimore Office of Promotion and Arts (8 Baltimore public schools), Baltimore and Chicago Archdiocese Schools, Baltimore Parks and Recreation, Morgan State University Arts Camp, Y.E.P.A.W. - Youth Performance Arts Workshop in Akron Ohio and Cape Town, South Africa, Howard Street Alternative High School for Juvenile youth (Chicago, IL), Chicago Public Schools, City Lights (Chicago’s oldest af-ter-school program) and the CYCLE Wiz Factory (300+ inner-city youth in the Chicago Cabrini Housing Projects). Tony’s Business Major and Music Minor at Anderson University included being an honors recital performer his sophomore year and a record-breaking track & field ath-lete; he is still an avid ½ marathon runner. He has 1 daughter who is an actress, director and graduate of the Juilliard School.

DAMION A. PARRANregional arts managerDamion is a graduate of DeVos Institute’s Arts Manage-ment Fellowship program at The Kennedy Center (2010). Damion served five seasons as the managing director of Watts Village Theater Company (WVTC), a nonprofit multicultural theater organization based in Los Angeles, California. While at WVTC, he co-developed and produced over ten of the organization’s theater projects. He received his BFA in theater management from CalArts. After com-pleting his BFA, he became a member of Cornerstone Theater Company’s artistic ensemble and administrative staff. While there, he worked as associate producing di-rector and education coordinator. Damion’s professional theater experience also includes work with Center Theatre Group’s playwrights’ laboratories and Performing for Los Angeles Youth (P.L.A.Y.). In 2005, Mr. Parran received Cornerstone Theater Company’s Quentin Drew Communi-ty Bridge Award.

keni fine

PLAYWRIGHT/LIBRETTIST

MEET OUR COMMISIONED

I am passionate about using art - theater, music, song, story - to help educate and illuminate the most im-portant issues of our times. I have also always been passionate about nature and protecting wildlife and the envi-ronment, concerned with issues such habitat destruction, global warming and the fossil fuel debacle, chemical pollu-tion, poaching, melting icecaps, killing and disappearance of mammals and other species. This is what inspired me to write “ENDANGERED!” The Eco-Mu-sical along. “ENDANGERED!” is a fun title, but also a scary word. It means that an entire animal species of is in danger

of becoming extinct - disappearing forever, which is happening now to a fright-eningly large number of species. “ENDANGERED!” invites us all to ask: “Why are there so many “endangered” species of animals in our zoos, and around the globe?” “What is being done about it, and what can I do to address the disappear-ance of habitats and animal species?” “What can I do to address global warming and climate destruction, which is causing extreme weather such as “super-storms,” to happen?” It gives kids and adults alike a chance to enjoy a fun story of a group of colorful animals coming together to help each other, and then to later think about the issues raised and do something about it. I hope they do both.

KENI FINE is a multi-faceted artist-writer-performer, yogi, dad and spiritualcomedian. His ‘altar’ ego is Swami Pajamananda! aka Swami PJ. Follow Keni

on Facebook as /Keni Fine /SwamiPajamananda & /Endangered the Musical; ontwitter @swamipj. See more at www.kenifine.com ≈ www.swamipj.com &

www.kenifinephotography.com

DIVA

MEET OUR FEATURED

nova payton

Nova is a Washington, DC native and former American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) student. She has performed with Yolanda Adams, Anthony Hamilton, Freddie Jackson, Karen Clark Sheard, Richard Smallwood, Hezekiah Walker, and the legendary Stevie Wonder. Nova performed on tour with Roberta Flack, 3 Mo’ Divas (“Diva,”), Smokey Joe’s Café (B.J.), and If This Hat Could Talk. She was nominated for the 2006 Barrymore for Outstanding Leading Actress in Dreamgirls, was the Helen Hayes Award Recipient as the Best Supporting Actress in a Resident Musical for her portrayal of MotorMouth Mabelle in Hairspray, and nominated for the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actress for Dreamgirls at Signature Theatre in 2012-2013.

2013 LEARNING LABORATORY ARTISTS

Nathan Jolley is a professional Jazz Drummer, Percussionist, Composer, Songwriter, Arrang-er, and Producer from Wash-ington DC. Nathan received his B.M. in Jazz Studies/Jazz Percussion from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University as a Dean’s List student with a 3.6 GPA. Nathan graduated the Cedar Brook Academy in 2005 as an honor student. After graduation, Nathan was offered a full schol-arship to the prestigious Johns Hopkins University Peabody Conservatory. The youngest of seven, Nathan grew up in a mu-sical family. Nathan’s greatest influence is his father, the late Noble Jolley, Sr., renowned jazz guitarist, and composer. Nathan

has performed with the Peabody Conservatory Lab Band, Jazz Ochestra and Latin Jazz Band; the Washington Jazz Arts Institute Orchestra; and the WES Group. Nathan also performs with his brother Noble Jr., in the Jolley Twins Group. Nathan has opened for John Legend, Ron Carter, James Moody, and McCoy Tyner; he’s performed with Antonio Hart, Ingrid Jensen, Eric Lewis, Gary Thomas, Cynda Williams from Spike Lee’s “Mo Better Blues,” and Malcolm Jamal Warner from the “Cosby Show.” He was invited by Rufus Reid to study at the prestigious “Ravinia Jazz Festival” in Chicago, IL, and was also invited to study with Christian McBride, at the prestigious ”Aspen Snow Mass Summer Jazz Camp”; in Aspen, Colorado. Nathan’s CD credits include: The Wes Group’s “A Jazz Mass” and their latest release “Ancestors;” “American University Jazz Christmas;” “Rebel Youth Shine Compilation Album; Fred Foss’ “Lessons From The Masters,” and Rashida Jolley’s “Love Is Not A Game.” He has toured in Cuba, St Lucia, Anguilla, and Bonaire. He has also per-formed at the East Coast Jazz Festival, Kennedy Center, Blues Alley, Lincoln The-ater, Zanzibar Blue in Philadelphia, and the Blue Note in New York, to name a few. Nathan has received critical acclaim for his stellar performances. Evan Haga from Jazz Times Magazine wrote, “Nathan is an equally confident and expressive player whose performance was a display of youthful athleticism; he buoyed and bounced around the kit with an elasticity that matched the shifting dynamics of his drum-ming. It was explosive musicianship that deserved a bountiful audience.”

nate jolly

chelsea green

dr.

Having shared the stage with internationally renowned artists including Ro-berta Flack, MC Lyte, Denyce Graves, Tye Tribbett and Questlove and Black Thought of The Roots, emerging artist Chelsey Alyse Green, The Green Violinist, is certainly “environmentally sound” when it comes to today’s popular music scene. A former Strathmore Artist-In-Residence, Chelsey Green and her ensemble, The Green Project, have definitely been shaking things up on the live music scene from coast to coast. Classically soloing in New York’s prestigious Carnegie Hall at age 16, Green has been honored to perform in many highly regarded venues around the world, with several symphonies, and at many churches and congregations across the nation. Chelsey Green’s varied performance resume includes performances at the NAACP National Convention and Leadership 500 Summit, 2012 Saint Lucia Jazz Festival, the 2012 White House Correspondence Dinner Reception, 2012 BET Honors Dinner, the 2011 Essence Music Festival, the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, the Lake Arbor Jazz Festival, The Music Center at Strathmore, the famed Blues Alley nightclub, Bobby Jones Gospel, The John F. Kennedy Center, and more!

solomia gorokhi

dr.

Ukrainian born violinist Solomia Gorokhivska performs for audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. She holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree at the Catholic University of America in Washington DC. As a soloist and or-chestral violinist, Dr. Gorokhivska has performed in Germany, Poland, Serbia, Russia, China, USA as well as the major concert halls of her native Ukraine. She earned her Bachelor of Music Degree from Ternopil State College of Music and her Master Degree at Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine. In addition, she received her Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in Cultural Studies from the National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”, Ukraine. From 2006-2010 she held a senior editor position at the National Broadcast Company of Ukraine, producing and hosting program series “Alone with Music”. Dr. Gorokhivska is an International laureate award recipient in clas-sical and world music performance. She is an Artistic Director of “Gerdan” ensemble and a soloist of “Rock Creek Jazz” band based in Washington DC metropolitan area. She serves as a faculty member at the International School of Music in MD and Harmonia School of Music in VA. The enchanting sounds of the violin in Solomia’s hands create the unique musical quality and refine-ment.

 szymon

markiewiczBALLET ACCOMPANIST

johnkim

FEATURED INTERN

Szymon graduated the State Music School (Poland) in 2001, from the Krakow Academy of Music with honors, training under Prof. Mr Radwan. He attend-ed the Berklee College of Music (2007-2009) where

he studied Jazz-Gospel piano, music composition and arrangement under Prof. Dan Larkin. He also studied with Prof. Kaluzny of Poland, Jason Thompson and Howard Francis of the United Kingdom. Szymon performed as a pianist, conduc-tor and producer on many CD and DVD projects, both classical and gospel.

John is a junior at George Mason University pursuing a degree in Music Edu-cation with a concentration in voice and piano. He came from South Korea at the age of 9 and has lived in the US ever since. He was the winner of the ICON competition in 2009 and performed on The Kennedy Center Mi llennium Stage. He is also the assistant music director at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, DC.

michaelgary

Michael Gary II is an up-and-coming musician In the Baltimore area. He graduated from Baltimore School for the Arts in 2012 and is a second year student at Peabody Con-servatory, pursuing his BM in Jazz Guitar Performance. Michael plays regularly on the East Coast’s Gospel scene with Steve McCoy and Sacrifice, and has recorded with several gospel artists, including Earnest Pugh and Derrick McDuffey in Portland, Oregon.

garyrichardson

Bassist Gary Richardson, Native of Baltimore, Md attended Frederick Douglass HS, Frostburg State University, Howard University and former adjunct instructor at Towson State University. Gary is an American bassist performing many genres of music. He’s an instructor, charity supporter and a stanch advocate of the important role of music education for children of all ages. He has performed with a variety of national artist in small and large Jazz, R&B, and classical ensembles throughout the United States and abroad. Performing with such noted artist as Darin Atwater, American Studio Orchestra, Ethel Ennis, Gary Thomas, Gabrielle Goodman, Pieces Of A Dream, Kenny Kirkland, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Slide Hampton, Angela Bofield, Jean Carn, Ertha Kit, Babatunde Olatungi, Bill Mays and the list goes on… Love, Courtesy, Discipline and Respect for all is the creed he has learned to live by. “Music a language that transcend all cultural barriers”

robin fay massie-pighee

VIOLINIST

Robin is a professional violist in the Baltimore/D.C. area, who attended The University

of Maryland, College Park (2003); New England Conservatory (2004); and The Peabody

Institute of The Johns Hopkins University (2006). She has performed with The Phil-

adelphia Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, and was Assistant Principal Viola

with the Delaware Symphony Orchestra and Co

Principal Viola with the Black Pearl Chamber

Orchestra (Philadelphia). As a recording artist,

she has appeared with Jill Scott, BET’s Bob-

by Jones Gospel,, Earth, Wind & Fire, Aretha

Franklin, and Clay Aiken. Ms. Massie-Pighee is

Founder and Executive Director of Musicians of

Mercy (MOM), raising funds for humanitarian

causes through benefit concerts. A Guest Viola

Professor at The University of Delaware, she

maintains a private studio for middle and high

school students.

 

army band/jazz ambassadors

andrei pidkivka

dr.

Andrei Pidkivka has a Doctoral Degree in flute performance from Michigan State

University. As a concert classical flutist, teacher and performer, and maker of

a variety of folk flutes of his native Ukraine, Andrei Pidkivka has been critically

acclaimed in the United States and Europe as a preeminent performer on his

instruments. When the Seattle Symphony performed the convert version of Lord

of the Rings on July 17, 2004, the Seattle Times wrote, “Andrei Pidkivka owned

the spotlight. Close your eyes and you’re in The Shire.”

Mr. Pidkivaka has presented numerous lectures and workshops on folk

flutes of Eastern Europe in many universities and colleges across the United

States. He performs extensively in concerts and festivals. Performances include:

the Kennedy Center for the Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Andy Warhol

Museum, Severance Hall, the National Folk Alliance Conference, National Flute

Association in Washington, D.C. and more.

RETURNING ARTIST

 

exalt brass

rebeccaolason

(HORN) has per-formed with the Eu-gene Symphony, Eu-gene Opera, Oregon Mozart Players and other Oregon pro-fessional ensembles. In 2010, she won the Aeron Chamber Music Competition with the Oregon Un-dergraduate Wood-wind Quintet. At the University of Oregon, she participated with the Eugene Con-temporary Chamber Ensemble and the Oregon Jazz Labs. She is a graduate of University of Oregon (2012) and is pur-suing her masters at Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University in Balti-

more.

w i l l i a m marrin(TROMBONE)

is from Long Island, New York, is in his third year of study with James Olin at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins Univer-sity, in Baltimore, Maryland. He has performed with the Peabody Symphony Orchestra, Peabody Jazz Orchestra, The Nassau Pops Sym-phony Orchestra and the Peabody Camera-ta. He has played in master classes with Joseph Burgstaller, Ronald Barron, Mark Kellogg, Jim Martin, and Lisa Albrecht. He is a student intern in the Howard Coun-

ty School district.

j o s h u a ganger(TRUMPET)

has been featured as a solo-ist with the Indiana Wesleyan Universi-ty Wind Ensemble, and performed with Bobby Vinton, the Gaither Vocal Band, Denver, Mile High Orchestra, New En-gland Symphonic Winds and the Balti-more Actors’ Theatre Conservatory. Josh-ua is Associate Prin-cipal Trumpet with the Peabody Wind Ensemble and Di-rector of Exalt Brass while pursuing his Masters degree at Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University. He is a graduate of Indiana Wesleyan University with a degree in Mu-

sic Education.

kevin sabik (TRUMPET)

p e r f o r m s music ranging from classical to jazz to experimental. Kev-in has made it to the Semi-Finals of the National Trumpet Competition. He has performed with the Peabody Concert Orchestra, Peabody Wind Ensemble, Peabody Latin Jazz Ensemble, Peabody Jazz Orchestra, and Peabody Improvisa-tional Multimedia Ensemble. Kevin has studied with Josef Burgstaller and Ed-ward Hoffman, and has been coached by David Fedderly. He is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Music degree in Trumpet Performance at Pea-body Institute of The Johns Hopkins Uni-

versity.

kirov academy of ballet

(FEATURED PARTNER)

oscarhawkins

FEATURED BALLET INSTRUCTOR AND COREOGRAPHER

Oscar is a native of Brandywine, Maryland. After studying voice and drama, he ambitiously decided to add dancing to his repetoire. In 1987, Oscar en-rolled in the Duke Ellington School of the Performing Arts under the supervision of Madame Lynn Welters. He was recommended by Mikhail Lavrovsky to attend the Kirov Ballet Academy (Universal Ballet Academy) where he trained intensive-ly with Rudolph Khara tian, Alla Sizova, Ludmila Morkovina, Nikolai Morozov and Vladimir Djuluhadze. He has danced with Kirov Ballet Company II, Ballet In-ternational, Tulsa Ballet, Deutsche Opera, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal, Spoleto Festival Ballet and performed leading roles in Giselle, Swan Lake, Paquita, Esmerelda, The Nutcracker, Don Quixote, Le Corsaire, Venetian Carnival, Alberto Alonzo’s “Car men”, Jeffrey Holder’s “Douglas” and “Troy Games”, George Balanchine’s “Four Tem peraments” and “Prodigal Son”, Vladimir Anguelov’s “Forte”, Alonso King’s “Signs and Wonders” and Dennis Nahats “A Midsummer Night Dream” and “Go Daddy O”. Oscar has received critical acclaim for his choreography “Strange Fruit” (danced to the vo-cals of Billie Holliday) and “Cris D’Enfant” (music written and sung by Hawkins). Mr. Hawkins has performed in Las Vegas with Cirque Du Soleil’s “Mystère”, Lead Act with Belle Et Foux in Berlin, Germany and worked with Hinton Battle as a Principal Char acter in the film “The Great Observer”.

sarahcheney

allegra kirksey-curtis

BALLET INTERN

DANCER/BALLET INTERN

Sarah studied the Vaganova method of ballet at The Ballet Arts Academy at the Old Waldorf School with on full scholarship, training under Oscar Hawkins. She has per-formed as the “Sugar Plum Fairy” and “Snow Queen” in The Nutcraker; “Pas de Deux” and “Pas de Quatre” in Esmeralda; “Fairy Dolls” and “Variation 5’ in Paquita; “Wed-ding Variation” in Raymonda; and Pas de Quatre. Sarah danced in “The Ballet Project” and performed with Michele Wiles, ABT; Maria Jacobs Yu, Cleveland ballet; and Kelly Mernick, Houston Ballet. She will attend Brigham Young University where she will major in ballet.

Allegra was born in Maryland received her formal ballet training from Oscar Hawkins at Ballet Art Academy in Wal-dorf, Maryland. She attended the Kirov Academy of Ballet’s Summer Intensive and the year-around program with during the 2012-2013 academic year. This year,

Allegra completed the Harid Conservatory Summer Intensive in Boca Raton, Florida.

shaynasmall

KENI FINE – LIBRETTIST/LYRICIST & GUEST

TONY SMALL – COMPOSER, LIBRETTIST, LYRICIST & ORCHESTRATOR

DAMION PARRAN – KENNEDY CENTER FELLOW ALUM AND CAMP MANAGER

GUEST MUSICAL THEATRE DIRECTOR/COACH

Shayna Small was accepted obtained her BFA from The Juilliard School in 2009. She began her acting training in high school at Baltimore School for the Arts, where she was encouraged to audition for a summer program at NYU CAP21 for musical theater. It was there where she gained a further passion for mu-sical theater and dance. Afterwards, she was accepted into one of the coveted 18 spots in the drama department at The Juilliard School. Some of her stage credits include: International - Working the Musical (UK), The Laramie Project (UK); Regional - Young Playwrights Festival (CenterStage), Closer (Baltimore, MD); Juilliard - Three Penny Opera, Assassins, Romeo and Juliet, Hurt Village, House of Bernarda Alba, Saturday Night/ Sunday Morning, and Book of Days. In addi-tion to her career as highly sought after voice-over artist, she teaches and directs in programs throughout the country and internationally with organizations such as ASTEP, ArtReach, The Boy’s & Girl’s Club, CENTERSTAGE, The Helen Hayes Awards, Baltimore School for the Arts, and Showdown Theatre Arts (UK).

tariq al-sabir FEATURED INTERN: PEABODY CONSERVATORY OPERA AND COMPOSITION MAJOR ON FULL SCHOLARSHIP

Tariq is a Vocalist/Composer from Baltimore, Maryland. He

was featured as a lead voice on the theme song for Sea-

son 4 of HBO’s “The Wire” and as a soloist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Na-

tional Symphony Orchestra, the D.C. Jazz festival, Ana-

costia Jazz Festival, and

Hilary Hahn’s Tsunami Relief Concert. Tariq currently studies

voice with Steven Rainbolt and composition with Judah Adashi at the Peabody Con-servatory of Johns Hopkins. He is the founder and CEO of Musicuseit Productions.

joe coleman“PAPA TAP”

Joe was the lead vocalist with “The Platters” for many years and was a reg-ular at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas performing popular songs such as “My Prayer”, “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”, “The Great Pretender” and many more Number 1 hits. Joe has also performed with the renowned Barbra Streisand on her Finale Tour, The Temptations, Smokey Robinson, Na-talie Cole, B.B. King, Lou Rawls and many more. Mere words cannot ex-press how proud Joe was to have, recently, been selected as the Featured Vocalist for a Tribute Awards Gala for television

icon and philanthropist, Oprah Winfrey, which was held in Washington, DC. Joe also feels blessed to have been tapped to perform for such luminaries as Maya Angelou, Quincy Jones, Nancy Wilson and the wonderful, cinema icon, Sidney Poitier. Joe received rave reviews from the Washington Post, NY Daily News, ABC-TV and other major media outlets for his 26 original song compositions for the hit musical “If This Hat Could Talk” [Hats], which has been successfully tour-ing the country for the past 3 years. Joe not only composed the music for “Hats”, but also starred in the production with, none other than, Grammy Award winning vocalist, Stephanie Mills and Tony Award winning actress, Melba Moore. Joe also served as the Co-Executive Producer for “Hats” and was part of the lead creative team that featured George Faison as its Director and book-writer. Joe has been featured on the “Today Show with Katie Couric” and has appeared on the “Regis & Kelly Show”. He has performed in world-class enter-tainment locations, such as NYC’s Avery Fisher Hall, Beacon Theatre and Plaza Hotel; Top of the Pops (London); Queen Elizabeth Stadium (Hong Kong), The Foreign Businessman’s Hotel (China); Mugen (Tokyo); Princess Casino Cruises (West Palm Beach); Fox Theatre (Atlanta); The Chicago Opera House (Chicago) and many other first class venues.

vanessa naghdiDIANE SLAWYER/ BACKGROUND VOCALIST

Vanessa holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Virginia Commonwealth University. She has performed in Virginia Opera’s Camelot and at the Mansion at Strathmore. Roles include playing Amelia (Ame-lia Goes to the Ball) and Ado Annie (Oklahoma!), Susannah (The Marriage of Figaro), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Christine (The Phantom of the Opera), and Ma-ria (West Side Story), among others. Her professional and international debuts were with the Mittelsächsisches Theater and Philharmonic in Germany. She was awarded The National Society of Arts and Letters’ Shirley Rabb Winston Schol-arship in Voice. She will attend Arizona State University to pursue her Master of Music degree in Opera Performance.

arron pighee

Arron Pighee is a profes-sional graphic artist with extensive experience as a production artist, photographer and web designer. Born in Cleveland, OH, he relo-cated to Baltimore, MD where his design career has its roots. A 2006 graduate of the University of Baltimore, Mr. Pighee earned a B.S. in Corporate Communications. His designs have appeared in publica-tions such as The Washington Post, The Washingtonian, Chesapeake Bay Magazine and The Baltimore

Sun among others. As an independent contractor, he has worked on major marketing campaigns on the local and national levels. This includes freelance design work for the Baltimore City Council, The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD), Safeway, Inc., and Burger King, Inc. Mr. Pighee takes great pride in producing clear and original designs to meet the needs of his clientele. His creativity is showcased in a diverse range of formats: brochures, fliers, banners, signs, post cards, graphic rendering, digital photo retouching, image color separation and vehicle wrapping services. He regularly utilizes computer software in Adobe – Pho-toshop, Illustrator, Image Ready, PageMaker, In

Design – Quark Xpress, CorelDraw, Microsoft Office and Digital Photography. On the cor-porate end – his knowledge of file management, copyright and confidentiality law – and his ability to create attractive visual presentations, logos, and advertising campaigns have earned him his strong reputation as an expert designer. Aside from his passion for design, Mr. Pighee enjoys using his talents to serve the community. He has volunteered with House with a Heart Foundation to sell raffle tickets to raise money to assist the homeless in Baltimore. He was also a regular volunteer for The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (AIEDRP), conduct HIV screenings in inner city communities. In his spare time, he enjoys painting, drawing, music, and cook-ing. Now, Mr. Pighee lends his creativity and expertise to Musicians of Mercy (MOM) as our chief Graphic Artist and Marketing Director.

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VISUAL ARTS,David Ibata is based in the Washington DC metropol-itan area. He received his Bachelors degree in fine arts from the Corcoran College of Arts and Design in 2008 before attending the New York Academy of Art the end of the same year and receiving his Masters in figurative painting in 2010. David has been instructing in art in the Washington metro area since 2008 and became an official copyist at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. in 2012.

Lemond was born in Washington, D.C. As a child he showed an interest in the arts, and gravitated toward music and visual art. It was his love of drawing that led him to study Science, Technology, & Design. While at-tending high school, Lemond gained important skills in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S.T.E.M) program, and as the membership chairman of National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). While at Drexel University, Lemond was a member of American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

(ASHRAE), and was also still actively involved with NSBE and the Black Stu-dent Union (BSU). Upon graduating from Drexel University’s co-op program in 2012 with a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering, Lemond applied the invaluable knowledge that he learned there to pursue his passion. Lemond works with other social justice organizations, and has developed into a youth activist in his community. By following his passion for reaching out to young people, he strives to inspire the next generation.

 

davidibata

IN THE MIX

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lemondbrown

IPAD ORCHESTRA

CONDUCTOR

(BACKDROP ARTIST/ ART INSTRUCTOR

 

ryo yanagitani

Ryo Yanagitani has distinguished himself as one of Canada’s most promising young concert artists. His most recent success includes winning the gold medal at the 10th San Antonio International Piano Competition, where he was also given special recognition for a performance of the complete Chopin Ballades. Among other honors, he is also the grand prize winner of the Hugo Kauder Inter-national Piano competition and a laureate of the Minnesota International Piano-e-Compe-tition, the Dr. Luis Sigall International Piano competition in Vina del Mar (Chile), and the Hilton Head International Piano Competition. Ryo has made concerto appearances with

the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, San Antonio Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Hartford Sym-phony Orchestra, and the Moroccan Symphony Orchestra among others. In addition to many solo recitals, he has been in demand as a chamber mu-sician, performing in a wide range of settings, from the duo sonata repertoire to large ensembles. He is frequently invited as guest pianist to chamber music festivals across the US, in the capacity of both lecturer and pianist. His most recent collaboration with cellist Dai Miyata has resulted in a number of concert tours of Japan. He is also pianist of Duo Chrysalis with cellist Jacques Lee Wood, and their collaboration has taken them on a tour of performances across the United States and Korea. A recipient of many scholarships and awards, Ryo has been endowed twice by the Canadian Arts Council with a grant as an Emerging Artist, and is a recipient of the Arthur Foote Scholarship from the Harvard Musical Association. He was also recently awarded the Sony Foundation of America Career Grant through the Salon de Virtuosi of New York, and a Washington Award by the S&R Foundation of Washington DC. He has also been an artist-in-residence of the Maxwell Shepherd Fund of Connecticut. Ryo is also increasingly recognized not only as a performer but also as a pedagogue, and is fre-quently asked to adjudicate competitions and conduct masterclasses in North America and Asia. He has also recently released two solo CDs consisting of works by Chopin and Debussy, as well as a CD in collaboration with the cellist Dai Miyata. Ryo Yanagitani received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Yale School of Music under Boris Berman, a Bachelor Degree in Piano Performance from the University of British Columbia under Doctor Henri-Paul Sicsic, and an Artist Diplo-ma from the Cleveland Institute under Sergei Babayan. He was an instructor for the Chamber Music Program at Yale, as well as a visiting Assistant Professor of Piano at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver for the 2011/2012 academic year. He currently holds the post of Artist-in-residence for the S&R Foundation of Washington DC, and is artistic coordinator of the Overture concert series at the Evermay Mansion in Georgetown.

Rashida Jolley SOLOIST & HARPISTLADY GAGA’S HARPIST

Singer-Songwriter-Musician Rashida is a unique and truly gifted artist. She spent the past year on a world tour with international mega star Lady Gaga, performing in major arenas across the world and gaining a huge fan base, crowning her “The Soul of R&B with the Power of Pop.” She fuses various elements of R&B, Hip Hop, Classical, and Pop music togeth-er to produce a melodic and creative ground-breaking style that is all her own. Her father, the late Noble Jolley Sr., a renowned jazz guitarist, earned Howard University’s first degree in Jazz Studies and mentored Rashida and her six siblings in music and in performance. When she was 7 years old, Rashida began singing lead in her church choir and started studying the harp at the DC Youth Orchestra at age 10. It was her mother’s idea to com-

bine her vocal stylings with the harp, so she began composing songs on the harp which became part of her performance. Because of Rashida’s charming personality and personal mission, she travels across the country when she is not performing, engaging young audiences with her public speaking and mentoring. She also shares messages of following your dreams and living a healthier lifestyle as a spokesperson for The American Heart Association. Rashida appeared on NBC’s hit show “America’s Got Talent,” where she quickly became a fan favorite, receiving standing ovations for every performance. She has opened up for John Legend, and received accolades for her performance at the Ludacris Foundation’s Tribute to Quincy Jones. Rashida currently appears in the HBO Documentary “HBO Presents Lady Gaga in The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden,” out on DVD, and is also pictured in Lady Gaga’s Book titled “Lady Gaga x Terry Richardson.” In addition, Rashida has appeared on The Ellen Show, The Today Show, The Mo’Nique Show, NBC, FOX 5, WJLA 7, BET, MTV, BELGIUM TV, GERMAN TV, E! Cable Television Network and several syndicated radio shows. In print, Rashida recently graced the cover of On Tap Magazine, and has been featured in Glamour Magazine, Ebony Magazine, Sister to Sister Magazine, US Weekly Magazine, USA Today, Uptown Magazine, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, and Baltimore Sun newspapers.

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markiewiczshayna small

PIANIST, CONDUCTOR, COMPOSER

JUILLIARD GRADUATE, ACTRESS

     

 

chelsea green

tariq al-sabir

army band/jazz ambassadors

david ibata

PEABODY CONSERVATORY, COMPOSER

PEABODY CONSERVATORY, VOCALIST, COMPOSER

VISUAL ARTIST, COPYIST

robin fay massie-pighee

VIOLINIST

ENDANGERED! THE ECO-MUSICAL was developed through the generous support of

Ferris Family Foundation and BGCGW’s Women’s Leadership Group.

Acknowledgements:Mitsui & Co. (USA) Inc., Vice President & Gen-eral Manager Masamutsu Shinozaki, and Office Administrator Emi Uda; DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, Executive Director Lionell

Thomas; and Repeat Performance, the Dancer’s Department Store in Rockville, Maryland; Kirov

Academy of Ballet Madame Adrienne Dellas Thornton, Robert Lucas, and Jonathan Parker

Special Thanks:Pandit F. Wright, Patty Perkins Andringa,

Marci Levin, Anastasia Zolotova, Larry Cook, Dellie Reed, Rev. Marvin J. Owens, Jr. and Mrs. Barbra Owens, Ebonie Johnson Cooper, Norris

Garner