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style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt" size=5><EM><STRONG>NEWS
RELEASE</STRONG></EM></FONT><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #8db3e2"
color=#ffffff size=3><STRONG><BR></STRONG></FONT><BR>April 29,
2010<BR><BR><STRONG><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" size=3>2010 ROBERTO OCASIO
LATIN JAZZ CAMP LINKS MUSIC AND DANCE<BR>Bobby Sanabria,
Artist-in-Residence<BR></FONT></STRONG><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
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Cleveland, Ohio – The Roberto Ocasio Foundation today announced that student
enrollment is underway for the sixth annual Roberto Ocasio Latin Jazz Music
Camp, July 11-16, at Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music
</FONT><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(Berea/Cleveland,
Ohio)</SPAN></I></FONT><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"> under the direction
of Artist-In-Residence, Bobby Sanabria, world renowned leader in the Latin and
jazz fields as a multi-Grammy-nominated drummer, percussionist, composer,
arranger, bandleader, producer and educator.<SPAN> </SPAN>The resident
camp is for music students in grades 8-12 (including 2010 graduates), all
instruments—percussion (including Afro-Cuban and Brazilian), drum set, brass,
woodwinds, piano, and all other instruments.<SPAN> </SPAN>The year’s camp
is also open to middle and high-school students of dance to learn or expand
Latin-dance skills under the instruction of Eileen Torres, internationally
recognized salsa instructor, entertainer, producer, historian, and
educator.<BR><SPAN>
</SPAN>The music program includes the technical aspects of playing, composition,
and improvisation in the various styles in Latin jazz, the history of the
continuum, and analysis of the rhythmic aspects (in particular, la
clave).<SPAN> </SPAN>Sanabria and faculty provide group and individual
instruction, rehearsals, jam sessions, nightly music presentations, field trips,
Latin-jazz activities, and a public recital concert.<SPAN> </SPAN>The
Latin-dance curriculum, overlapping with selected classes in the music program,
will include social and folkloric dances as well as a study of the evolution of
Latin dance, its pioneers and masters.<SPAN> </SPAN>Prerequisite for both
programs is middle-school-and-above levels of general music and dance
background.<SPAN> </SPAN>Jazz and Latin-dance studies are not required but
helpful.<SPAN> </SPAN>The week’s tuition ($550) covers all costs
(instruction, materials, activities, room and board) excluding
travel.<BR><SPAN>
</SPAN>Application deadline is June 10 (tuition-discount deadline is extended to
May 30).<SPAN> </SPAN>Time payment and sponsorship arrangements are
available as well as limited scholarship and financial-assistance
opportunities.<SPAN> </SPAN>Complete details and application forms are
posted at robertoocasiofoundation.org or contact the RO Foundation at
440.572.2048 or
trof@robertoocasiofoundation.org.</FONT><BR><BR><STRONG>Contact: Bev
Montie<BR>The Roberto Ocasio
Foundation<BR></STRONG>(robertoocasiofoundation.org)<BR>P.O. Box
81230<BR>Cleveland, OH
44181<BR>440.572.2048<BR>trof@robertoocasiofoundation.org<BR>__________<BR><BR><STRONG>Bobby
Sanabria </STRONG>has performed with a veritable Who’s Who in the world of
jazz and Latin music, as well as with his own critically acclaimed
ensembles. His diverse recording and performing experience includes
work with such legendary figures as Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Ray Barretto,
Candido, Paquito D’Rivera, Charles McPherson, Mongo Santamaria, Chico O’Farrill,
Henry Threadgill, and the Father of Afro-Cuban Jazz, Mario Bauzá. Featured on
numerous Grammy-nominated albums, including The Mambo Kings soundtrack, Bobby’s
own big-band CDs, “Big Band Urban Folktales” and “Afro-Cuban Dream,” were
nominated for main-stream Grammys as Best Latin Jazz Album of 2007 and 2001,
“Folktales” also winning the 2008 Jazz Journalists Association Award.
Bobby was honored as “2005 Percussionist of the Year” by readers of DRUM!
Magazine and has received recognition for his work in radio and television,
including award-winning documentaries for PBS, BRAVO, and The Smithsonian.
He was honored in 2006 with a permanent NYC street dedicated to him on the
renowned Bronx Walk of Fame in recognition of his work and contributions that
have made a difference throughout the world. Bobby is a graduate of the Berklee
College of Music and a recipient of its prestigious Faculty Association
Award. A leader in the Afro-Cuban and jazz fields as both drummer and
percussionist, he is considered one of the world’s foremost performers,
educators and articulate scholars of la tradición. He is a professor at
New York City’s famed New School University and the Manhattan School of Music in
the jazz and contemporary music programs. His recording, “Kenya
Revisited,” with the MSM Orchestra received a 2009 Latin Grammy®
nomination. Bobby also writes for national publications, is a frequently
featured guest on “NPR This Weekend,” and recently was a consultant and a
featured artist in the four-part documentary, “Latin Music U.S.A.,” broadcast
nationwide for PBS in fall 2009. Mr. Sanabria proudly endorses LP
(Latin Percussion), Remo drum heads, Sabian cymbals, Tama drums, and Vic Firth
sticks and mallets. <EM><A href="http://www.bobbysanabria.com/"
target=_blank>www.bobbysanabria.com</A> <BR></EM><BR>
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