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19th ANNUAL COMPETITION
FOR THE
CHARLIE PALMIERI MEMORIAL
PIANO SCHOLARSHIP
Established
by TITO PUENTE
Saturday, February 21, 2009,
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
HARBOR CONSERVATORY
FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, a division of Boys & Girls Harbor,
Inc. announces the Eighteenth Annual competition for the CHARLIE
PALMIERI MEMORIAL PIANO SCHOLARSHIP
established by Tito Puente.
The competition is scheduled for Saturday,
February 21, 2009 from
12:00 pm until 2:00 pm at the Harbor Conservatory located at One East 104th Street in Manhattan. For applications and guidelines and to schedule an audition,
call (212) 427-2244 Ext. 557.
Serving as competition
jurors are pianists, Arturo O’ Farrill, Sonny Bravo, Pablo
Mayor, and Dr. Martin Soderberg, Director of the Conservatory's
Classical Music Program.
The Charlie Palmieri
Memorial Piano Scholarship is awarded to intermediate and advanced
pianists ages 12-25 for the study of Latin style piano. Applicants
must demonstrate their talents in Classical and/or Popular Latin
styles. The winner will receive one year's training free of charge
at Harbor Conservatory with one of our specialists in the field
of Latin piano. The Scholarship in memory of Charlie Palmieri was
established by Tito Puente to
further the inspirational musicianship of the great pianist.
In style, versatility and instrumental virtuosity, bandleader/pianist/arranger
Charlie Palmieri had few equals. In addition to recording, arranging
and performing he taught music and Puerto Rican history in the CUNY
system. The late great Tito Puente, the "King of Latin music", master timbalero, arranger,
composer, and bandleader, also cared deeply about education for
young students and the need for youngsters to continue and/or begin
their musical studies, as well as to reaffirm pride in Hispanic
culture.
Harbor Conservatory for the Performing
Arts is proud of its 39 year history of helping young people gain
a deeper appreciation of the arts through individual and group instruction,
special ensembles, public performances, master classes, and faculty
and guest artist recitals. The Harbor's world-renowned Latin Music
program is complemented by equally strong Classical Music, Dance
and Drama programs. With a curriculum that ranges from Contemporary
Salsa and Latin Jazz to traditional Afro-Caribbean folkloric music,
and a faculty of "who's who in Latin music" students study
a variety of musical forms such as danzon, son, cha cha cha and
mambo, as they learn music illustrating different periods and artists
in Latin music history.
At the Conservatory students enjoy
the unique opportunity to learn while playing classic music made
popular by artists such as Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Johnny Pacheco
and others. Profiled in People Magazine, New York Times, Daily
News and on Channel 13 in the documentary, “Mi Mambo!”;
the Conservatory’s Latin Music program has been a recipient
of the Tito Puente Scholarship Fund, Celia Cruz Foundation, Johnny
Pacheco Scholarship Fund, Carlos Santana’s Milagro Foundation,
and Phish Fan’s Mockingbird Foundation.
For
more information regarding Harbor
Conservatory and its music, dance and theater programs,
please call (212) 427-2244 ext. 573 or visit us on line at www.harborconservatory.org
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Nina Olson
Director of External Affairs
Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts &
Raices Latin Music
Museum
One East 104th Street, New York,
NY 10029
Tel: 212/427-2244ext. 577
nolson@theharbor.org;
nolson@raicescollection.org;
www.harborconservatory.org
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