16th Annual Competition for the Charlie Palmieri Memorial Piano Scholarship Established by Tito Puente
Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts, a division of Boys & Girls Harbor, Inc. announces the Sixteenth Annual competition for the Charlie Palmieri Memorial Piano Scholarship established by Tito Puente. The competition is scheduled for Saturday, November 5, 2005 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. Applications must be returned by November 1. Serving as competition jurors are pianists, Arturo OÂ’ Farrill, Sonny Bravo, Pablo Mayor, and Dr. Martin Soderberg, Director of the Conservatory's Classical Music Program.
New York, NY (PRWEB) September 22, 2005
Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts, a division of Boys & Girls Harbor, Inc. announces the Sixteenth Annual competition for the Charlie Palmieri Memorial Piano Scholarship established by Tito Puente. The competition is scheduled for Saturday, November 5, 2005 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. Applications must be returned by November 1. Serving as competition jurors are pianists, Arturo OÂ’ 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.
Since 1970, the Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts, a division of Boys and Girls Harbor, Inc., has undertaken an important role in the preservation of Afro-Caribbean Latin music. The Conservatory's efforts have revolved around two equally important activities: the amassing of materials which make up the unprecedented more than 16,000 piece Raices Latin Music Collection and the instruction and development of the next generation of Latin musicians.
The Raices Latin Music Collection documents the genreÂ’s folkloric roots in Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, and the subsequent development of Latin Jazz and Salsa in New York City. Established in l979 by Ramon Rodriguez and Louis Bauzo, the Raices Collection, with over 18,000 objects, is an Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution and an Official Project of Save Americas Treasures.
Dedicated to the research, preservation, and promotion of Afro-Caribbean Music, Raices conducts ongoing public programs such as historical concerts, exhibitions and symposia that use the Collection as their nucleus. In addition, the materials in the Raices Collection are used to instruct and mentor the next generation of musicians. Located in East Harlem, an important birthplace of the music, Raices is engaged in four distinct areas of programming: preservation of the Collection, expansion of the Collection, public education and outreach and developing resources to be able to provide access by national audiences and future generations.
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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