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by Jeff Tsuji
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THE "L.A. MUSIC
WEEK" ANTHEM
If
harmony is what you seek,
What is Los Angeles Music Week? Los Angeles Music Week (LAMW) is a seven day celebration of Los Angeles' multifaceted musical heritage, serving the entire city and county of Los Angeles, now in its ninth year. Throughout the week of December 8 to 15, 2002, LAMW annually showcases L.A.'s musical past and the many artists whose legendary contributions have impacted this city, while building links to all citizens. This is accomplished through performances, interviews, student projects, performer showcases and special events, representing music of all genres, held at multiple locations. LAMW's goals are to encourage legendary artists to teach and mentor students, raise public awareness of the diverse musical genres performed in this great city, honor cultural diversity and encourage those who artistically educate our youth. Every year, LAMW coincides with the issue of the U.S. Postal Service's Commemorative Music Heritage Stamps, whereby framed enlargements are presented to honorees. Rare cancellations with postmarks, true collector's items since 1996, may only be purchased through Los Angeles Music Week. |
THE NEIGHBORHOOD MUSIC SCHOOL
LAMW 2002 HONOREE
The Neigborhood Music School is a registered, non-profit organization
that has been offering
affordable music lessons to the children of East Los Angeles since
1914. It began as a Settlement
School when East Los Angeles was a neighborhood of immigrant Russian
and Jewish families, a
community where the school was founded by a socially concerned lady,
Pearle Odell, who became
known as the Eastside Music Lady. Beginning appropriately in
a house on Mozart Street, it now
operates in an 108 year old Victorian house near Fourth and Boyle.
The school now provides half-hour private lessons to almost 300 students
in piano, voice, violin, guitar and
orchestral instruments. The instructors are professional musicians,
who enjoy part-time teaching and
graduate students from local universities. The director is a
very experienced retired music teacher. The fees
that are paid by the students go almost entirely to the teachers.
Students who show a real desire for lessons
but cannot afford them can be given scholarships with funds provided
by individuals and local foundations.
Operating expenses are provided through an annual fund drive plus musica
soirées given by such
distinguished artists as Carol Neblett, Claudine Carlson and Christopher
Parkening. The Board of Directors
is made up of local college and public school music teachers and various
professional people who are
interested in music and all serve without pay. Its honorary board
insludes a list of prominent local musicians.
The school owns its debt-free property and the house is listed in "Architecture
in Los Angeles" as on e of
only two 19th. century houses left in the area. After the 1987
earthquake, the board was forced to spend
all of its back-up funds to make the house safe again, but it was left
in a very shabby, run-down condition.
In the early 1990's, it was restored from top to bottom to its Victorian
beauty, thanks to grants totalling $160,000
from eleven foundations, especially Parsons, Ahmanson and Weingart
and with the contribution of the
contracting skills of Nicholas Akers, a restoration contractor in Pasadena
and himself an avid music lover.
For more information, contact: rmfowells@earthlink.net
LAMW's 1996 Honorees, composers
Jay Livingston and Ray Evans of "Mona Lisa" fame, rejoice with LAMW's
Founder and
Executive Director Margie
Evans, as they interact with the joyous students of the Fifty Second Street
School Chorus as
Director William Marshall
assists them in paying the honorees tribute during the Press Conference
at the Dorothy Chandler
Pavilion. Fifty
Second Street School and Reseda High School are the adopted schools of
Los Angeles Music Week.
RAY CHARLES
KAY STARR
THE
HONORABLE VICKI REYNOLDS
MARL YOUNG
RICH
CAPPARELA
BUCK PAGE &
THE RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE
EDDIE RAY
BONNIE R. JANOFSKY
BOBBY
RODRIGUEZ
RITA COOLIDGE
THE GLENDALE SYMPHONY
SIDNEY WEISS,
CONDUCTOR
EARL
PALMER
COUNCIL CHAMBERS HONOREES ONLY:
DR. O. W. WILSON
SHIRLEY MASSIE
1996
Los Angeles Music Week Honorees' Biographies
BRIEF
SYNOPSIS OF LOS ANGELES' MUSIC HISTORY
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Artistic Mission
Fulfilling the motto, "An Instrument of Unity, " Los Angeles Music Week serves all the residents of the Greater Los Angeles area, including its surrounding basins. The performances, projects and events impact people of diverse cultures, ages, ethnicities, religions and socio- economic groups. The scope of events offers Angelenos opportunities to hear musical genres that they have never experienced and invites them to explore venues in various parts of the city. The educational activities of LAMW are enabled in elementary, middle and high schools. LAMW takes an active role in Los Angeles' cultural tourism industry by offering a wide variety of performances that showcase the city's musical heritage. Due to the drastic cutbacks in music curricula in schools over the past decade, the majority of the city's children know little or nothing about the rich musical heritage of the city they live in and have no scope of the musical genres available to them, from classical to jazz to ethnic musics. Many children have very few musical skills or lack the resources for acquiring them. LAMW's program elements, such as field trips, in-school presentations and opportunities to interface with living musical legends, broaden musical understanding and have created musical bridges between the communities over the past six years. The sponsors and partnerships listed on this page dutifully enable LAMW to accomplish the educational goals and facilitate field trips for the school children in order to link music with other aspects of culture and learning. The children derive so much pride and motivation from learning how many famous musicians from all aspects of the music business grew up in their own communities. Face-to-face dialogue with successful living legends gives them the impetus to explore their own God-given talents and capabilities, inspiring them to learn. The Children's Day field trips open up a world of amazing wonder and possibility. In the words of Founder/Executive Director Margie Evans describing the 1999 Children's Day event, "Serious joy was had by these wonderful children." One parent, accompanying her child to the California Science Museum trip, commented, "This is what it's all about, giving children a chance to succeed." During the 2001 LAMW celebration at the Warner Grand Theatre, selected schools were elated to receive a cash donation of $500 for their music departments, while parents, honorees and children raved about everything from the musical performances, to the unique LAMW t-shirts provided by Target, to the superbly tasty sub sandwiches from the Busy Bee in San Pedro. |
LAMW is an Affiliate Associate of Collectibles.com
and BarnesandNoble.com.
Every purchase expands musical awareness!
Los
Angeles Music Week is an Affiliate Associate.
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Margie Evans, Executive Director melamw@earthlink.net P.O. Box 451146 L.A., CA 90045-8511 Ph: 310-670-6898 Fax: 310-670-6908 |
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