The Official Website of Los Angeles Music Week

LOS ANGELES MUSIC WEEK
DECEMBER 1 TO 11, 2005

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The Artistic Mission of Los Angeles Music Week

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 through various interactive resources. 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 twelve 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 submarine sandwiches from the Busy Bee in San Pedro.

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LOS ANGELES MUSIC WEEK
PRESS CONFERENCES

Photo on the left side:
Songwriting duo Jay Livingston and Ray Evans rejoice
over being honored by LAMW in 1996 as they display the
Hollywood composers and lyricists cache provided
by the United States Postal Service.

Photo on the right side:

LAMW President Vicki Evans, USPS's Financial Manager Gary St. Clair, and former principal, Dr. Kattie Prejean,
congratulate Jester Hairston for being honored by Los Angeles Music Week. During the Press Conference, the honorees
were greatly moved by the outstanding choral tribute performed by the 52nd. Street School Chorus. 52nd's Director,
William Marshall, taught the honorees' works and historical significance to the chorus to
pay tribute to the songwriters and conductors at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.

LAMW's Honorees, composers Jay Livingston, left and Ray Evans, right 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.

Singing Los Angeles Music Week's accolades, the Hillcrest Elementary School
Chorus serenades attendees with gratitude for being honored in Council Chambers
for their stellar music instruction, as demonstrated by Director Carol
Dodson during the LAMW Press Conference.

Los Angeles Music Week's Press Conference at the historically
renovated City Hall Rotunda, with congratulations extended to
Director Margie Evans, center, by (clockwise from the left)
Honoree Bonnie Janofsky, Mayor James K. Hahn, Honoree
Buck Page and the Riders of the Purple Sage, Councilman Nate
Holden and Councilwoman Jan Perry. Mayor Hahn and Councilmember
Holden joined the group in singing "Ghost Riders on the Range."

Press Conference
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Salvatori Room

Los Angeles Music Week congratulates the assembled honorees, including, top photo, The Pilgrim School, and in the photo below, seated are Dr.
Solomon Burke, Bea Wain, John E. Collins, Lorez Alexandria and Council Chambers Honoree, Alexis Donnelly. Standing are Community Arts
Director Leslie Thomas, LAMW Director Margie Evans, Dean Larry Livingston of USC, Nancy Meyers, Virginia Bland, Stanley M. Gortikov,
Atty. Mitchell Abbott, The American Youth Symphony's Directors and Dr. Earl Sherburn.

LAMW Honorees, The Pilgrim School, pleased press
conference attendees with their lovely angelic salutations.

Los Angeles Music Week 1996 Honoree Peggy Lee gratefully receives the Historic Bandleaders
Commemorative Cache during a private reception in lieu of the Press Conference,
from USPS Communications Specialist Larry Dozier, Arts Consultant Dr. Earl
Sherburn and LAMW Executive Director and Founder Margie Evans.

Dr. Steven Berry, Director Margie Evans and
Dr. Thomas Somerville congratulate Marrina Waks.

Additional Press Conference Photos