Oakland East Bay Symphony presents a Free Public Forum on Jazz Artists in the Concert Hall - March 27, 2010

<BODY> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="6" WIDTH="590" STYLE="border-collapse: collapse" BGCOLOR="#FFFFDD"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="10" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT"> </TD> <TD WIDTH="396" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" HEIGHT="76" ROWSPAN="3"><FONT SIZE="-1"><FONT FACE="Arial"><I><FONT SIZE="+2" FACE="Times New Roman" COLOR="#CC0000"></FONT></I><B><FONT SIZE="+1"></FONT></B></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT SIZE="-1"><FONT FACE="Arial"><B><FONT SIZE="+1">P U B L I C    F O R U M </FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><FONT SIZE="4">Jazz Artists in the Concert Hall</FONT></B></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT SIZE="-1"><FONT FACE="Arial"><B></B></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT SIZE="-1"><FONT FACE="Arial"><B>Admission: <FONT COLOR="#660000">FREE</FONT></B></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><B></B></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><B>Date:<IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></B><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">Saturday, March 27, 3pm<B><BR><BR>Location:<IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="9" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></B>City of Oakland Downtown Oakland Senior Center<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="12" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"> (Veterans Memorial Building)</FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="12" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"> 200 Grand Avenue, Oakland CA<BR></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><B>Introduction & Commentary: </B>Maestro Michael Morgan <BR><BR><B>Keynote:</B> Professor John Howland, PhD<BR></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT SIZE="-1"><FONT FACE="Arial"><B>Panelists:</B> New Vision/New Vistas Project Composers: <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"> Rebeca Mauleón, Benedikt Brydern and Scott Amendola</FONT></FONT><FONT SIZE="-1"><FONT FACE="Arial"> <BR><BR><B>Moderator:</B> John Kendall Bailey </FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial"></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><BR>Composers Rebeca Mauleón, Benedikt Brydern and Scott Amendola will discuss the history of jazz composers making the transition to the concert hall, including Duke Ellington, George Gershwin and Darius Milhaud. <BR><BR>Topics will include American cultural history and the stratification of popular vs. classical culture that began in the 19th century, and the split that occurred at the turn of the century.<BR> </FONT></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="161" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="CENTER" COLSPAN="2" ROWSPAN="3"><FONT FACE="Arial"></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><IMG SRC="../image/200910/Rebeca-piano.jpg" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="151" HEIGHT="150" BORDER="0"><BR><FONT SIZE="-1">Mauleón<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/200910/brydern-150.JPG" BORDER="0" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="150"><BR><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Brydern<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/200910/scott_9_12_07_1.jpg" WIDTH="154" HEIGHT="150" BORDER="0"><BR>Amendola</FONT></FONT></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="10" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" HEIGHT="76"> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="10" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="CENTER" HEIGHT="165"> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="10" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="CENTER" HEIGHT="71"> </TD> <TD WIDTH="396" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="CENTER" HEIGHT="71"><FONT SIZE="-1">The New Visions/New Vistas Commissioning Project is supported <BR>by a grant from <B>The James Irvine Foundation</B>. <BR>Presented by <B>Oakland East Bay Symphony</B> in association <BR>with <B>Oakland Symphony Chorus</B> and <BR><B>City of Oakland Downtown Oakland Senior Center</B> </FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="161" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="CENTER" COLSPAN="2" HEIGHT="71"> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY>