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2/03/2006
Berklee College of Music and ACT Roxbury Present Hip-Hop Empowerment Summit: Making Your Music Heard
Saturday, February 4, Noon
Roxbury Center for the Arts at Hibernian Hall
Boston, MA, January 19, 2006. Berklee College of Music and ACT Roxbury
are presenting Hip-Hop Empowerment Summit: Making Your Music Heard, a
free event, on Saturday, February 4, 2006, from noon to 2:30 p.m., at
Roxbury Center for the Arts at Hibernian Hall, 186 Dudley St., Roxbury,
MA. The summit, which opens with a keynote address by Bill Banfield,
Professor of Africana Studies/Music and Society at Berklee, will focus
on empowering young underground hip-hop artists to make their music
heard and feature a panel discussion with members of the local hip-hop
community and media. The event will also include a live freestyle
showcase for new hip-hop artists ages 13-21. For more information, or
to sign up for the showcase, please call 617-541-3900 x2321 or visit
www.actroxbury.org.
Noon Bill Banfield, Professor of Africana Studies/Music and Society
at Berklee College of Music, delivers the keynote address Take Back
the Music.
12:30 p.m. Make Your Music Heard panel discussion, moderated by Bill
Banfield.
Panelists include:
Renee Graham, a Boston Globe correspondent writing about hip-hop, and a
pop culture correspondent for NPR (WBUR).
Raydar Ellis, Brick Records artist and 2005 Berklee graduate in Music
Business/Management and Music Synthesis, will release his debut album
Late Pass, featuring Ed O.G. and Esoteric, and produced by Ellis,
Hezakiah, 7L, and Beyonder, in 2006.
Darcie-Nicole Wicknick, co-founder of the Boston Hip-Hop Alliance and
founder of Ask Darcie music business consulting, is a 2001 Berklee
graduate in Music Business/Management.
DJ Nomadik, founder of Soulkore Productions, a hip-hop/r&b radio DJon
WMBR 88.1 FM, and Malika of the Boston Chapter of the Universal Zulu
Nation.
1:30 p.m. Freestyle Showcase A Berklee rhythm section backs local
rappers and turntablists for a live set of local hip-hop, directed by
David Cowan, Percussion Instructor at Berklee. Please sign up in
advance at www.actroxbury.org, ages 13-21 only please.
Berklee College of Music was founded on the revolutionary principal
that the best way to prepare students for careers in music was through
the study and practice of contemporary music. For 60 years, the college
has evolved constantly to reflect the state of the art of music and the
music business. With over a dozen performance and nonperformance
majors, a diverse and talented student body representing over 70
countries, and a music industry "who's who" of alumni, Berklee is the
world's premier learning lab for the music of today and tomorrow.
ACT Roxbury is the cultural economic development program of Madison
Park Development Corporation. ACT (Arts, Culture & Trade) Roxbury
celebrates culture and the arts and uses these assets to foster the
physical, economic, and social revitalization of Roxbury. The
organization hosts the Roxbury Arts Series; catalogues and publicizes
Roxburys artistic and cultural resources; hosts the Danette Jones
Business of Culture Series; publishes an annual Roxbury Is Rich Holiday
Shopping Guide; and hosts art shopping tours with Discover Roxbury.
They also manage the Roxbury Center for Arts at Hibernian Hall, a grand
multipurpose two-story ballroom. ACT Roxbury is taking decisive action
to reflect, preserve, and nurture arts, culture, and trade for the
benefit of Bostons residents.
# # #
Allen Bush
Director of Media Relations
Berklee College of Music
1140 Boylston St, MS-1140 PI
Boston, MA 02215
617-747-2658
Roxbury Center for the Arts at Hibernian Hall
Boston, MA, January 19, 2006. Berklee College of Music and ACT Roxbury
are presenting Hip-Hop Empowerment Summit: Making Your Music Heard, a
free event, on Saturday, February 4, 2006, from noon to 2:30 p.m., at
Roxbury Center for the Arts at Hibernian Hall, 186 Dudley St., Roxbury,
MA. The summit, which opens with a keynote address by Bill Banfield,
Professor of Africana Studies/Music and Society at Berklee, will focus
on empowering young underground hip-hop artists to make their music
heard and feature a panel discussion with members of the local hip-hop
community and media. The event will also include a live freestyle
showcase for new hip-hop artists ages 13-21. For more information, or
to sign up for the showcase, please call 617-541-3900 x2321 or visit
www.actroxbury.org.
Noon Bill Banfield, Professor of Africana Studies/Music and Society
at Berklee College of Music, delivers the keynote address Take Back
the Music.
12:30 p.m. Make Your Music Heard panel discussion, moderated by Bill
Banfield.
Panelists include:
Renee Graham, a Boston Globe correspondent writing about hip-hop, and a
pop culture correspondent for NPR (WBUR).
Raydar Ellis, Brick Records artist and 2005 Berklee graduate in Music
Business/Management and Music Synthesis, will release his debut album
Late Pass, featuring Ed O.G. and Esoteric, and produced by Ellis,
Hezakiah, 7L, and Beyonder, in 2006.
Darcie-Nicole Wicknick, co-founder of the Boston Hip-Hop Alliance and
founder of Ask Darcie music business consulting, is a 2001 Berklee
graduate in Music Business/Management.
DJ Nomadik, founder of Soulkore Productions, a hip-hop/r&b radio DJon
WMBR 88.1 FM, and Malika of the Boston Chapter of the Universal Zulu
Nation.
1:30 p.m. Freestyle Showcase A Berklee rhythm section backs local
rappers and turntablists for a live set of local hip-hop, directed by
David Cowan, Percussion Instructor at Berklee. Please sign up in
advance at www.actroxbury.org, ages 13-21 only please.
Berklee College of Music was founded on the revolutionary principal
that the best way to prepare students for careers in music was through
the study and practice of contemporary music. For 60 years, the college
has evolved constantly to reflect the state of the art of music and the
music business. With over a dozen performance and nonperformance
majors, a diverse and talented student body representing over 70
countries, and a music industry "who's who" of alumni, Berklee is the
world's premier learning lab for the music of today and tomorrow.
ACT Roxbury is the cultural economic development program of Madison
Park Development Corporation. ACT (Arts, Culture & Trade) Roxbury
celebrates culture and the arts and uses these assets to foster the
physical, economic, and social revitalization of Roxbury. The
organization hosts the Roxbury Arts Series; catalogues and publicizes
Roxburys artistic and cultural resources; hosts the Danette Jones
Business of Culture Series; publishes an annual Roxbury Is Rich Holiday
Shopping Guide; and hosts art shopping tours with Discover Roxbury.
They also manage the Roxbury Center for Arts at Hibernian Hall, a grand
multipurpose two-story ballroom. ACT Roxbury is taking decisive action
to reflect, preserve, and nurture arts, culture, and trade for the
benefit of Bostons residents.
# # #
Allen Bush
Director of Media Relations
Berklee College of Music
1140 Boylston St, MS-1140 PI
Boston, MA 02215
617-747-2658
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