<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><div class=""><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><div class=""><div id="wmQuoteWrapper" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt;"><div class=""><div id="wmQuoteWrapper" class=""><font size="2" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 10pt;"><div id="AOLMsgPart_1_49d124d2-4c36-44c4-87a2-5e0fdf2ed10e" class=""><div class="aolReplacedBody"><span mce_style="font-family: Verdana; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;" class="" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><div class=""><font face="verdana, geneva" class="" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://robertoocasiofoundation.org/" class="" style="font-size: 18px;"><b class="">robertoocasiofoundation.org</b></a> or call <b class="" style="font-size: 20px;">440.572.2048</b> </font></div></span></div></div></div></div></font></div></div></span></div></div></span></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><div class=""><div id="wmQuoteWrapper" class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><div class=""><div id="wmQuoteWrapper" class=""><font size="2" class=""><div class=""><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center; font-size: 15px;" class=""><b style="font-size: 18px; text-align: start; font-family: verdana, geneva;" class=""><font face="verdana, geneva" class="">CLEVELAND'S OWN "ROBERTO OCASIO" LATIN JAZZ CAMP</font></b></div> <div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;" class=""><b style="font-size: 16px; text-align: start; font-family: verdana, geneva;" class=""><font face="verdana, geneva" class="">June 25 - 30, 2017</font></b><b style="font-size: 16px; text-align: start; font-family: verdana, geneva;" class=""><font face="verdana, geneva" class=""><i class=""> </i></font></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;" class=""><b style="" class=""><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="" class=""><br class=""></span></b></div><div style="font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><div id="AOLMsgPart_1_49d124d2-4c36-44c4-87a2-5e0fdf2ed10e" class=""><div class="aolReplacedBody"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-family: Verdana; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><div class=""><font face="verdana, geneva" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" class=""><b class="">The Roberto Ocasio Foundation</b> (TROF) 2017 applications are being accepted until May 15 for the Camp, <b class="">June 25-30</b>, at <b class="">Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland</b>. The Camp has been in existence for 13 years under the leadership of <b class="">Artistic Director/Artist-In-Residence, Bobby Sanabria</b>--seven-time <b class="">Grammy</b> nominee and world-renowned jazz and Latin jazz drummer/percussionist, composer, music educator, bandleader, and producer. </font><br class=""> <br class=""> <font face="verdana, geneva" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" class=""><b class="">For music students of all instruments in grades 8-12,</b> the one-of-a-kind resident Camp emphasizes the Latin side of the jazz continuum that includes l</font><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;" class="">earning about the history, culture, and relationship to jazz and all other forms of American popular music, and a </span><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;" class="">public performance. The program covers technical and style aspects of Latin jazz, analysis of Latin American rhythms (in particular, la clave), and jazz composing, arranging, and improvising. </span></div></span></div></div></div></div></font></div></div></span></div></div></span></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><div class=""><div id="wmQuoteWrapper" class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><div class=""><div id="wmQuoteWrapper" class=""><font size="2" class=""><div class=""><div style="font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><div id="AOLMsgPart_1_49d124d2-4c36-44c4-87a2-5e0fdf2ed10e" class=""><div class="aolReplacedBody"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-family: Verdana; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><div class=""><font face="verdana, geneva" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" class=""><b class="">$700 tuition </b>covers dorm accommodations, meals, instruction, materials, rehearsals, professional and celebrity presentations/sessions, cultural activities, and field trips.</font><br class=""> <br class=""> <font face="verdana, geneva" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" class=""><b class="">The KeyBank Foundation</b> will present the Camp's annual big-band <b class="">Latin Jazz concert on June 30th, 7pm, at The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gartner Auditorium - 11150 East Boulevard in University Circle; Cleveland, Ohio.</b> The concert is <b class="">FREE </b>and open to the public. Mr. Sanabria will direct Camp students, faculty and special guest artist(s) TBA in a Latin-jazz repertoire that also pays tribute to early Cuban influences, plus the <b class="">100th birthday of Dizzy Gillespie</b> and the 60th anniversary of the Broadway opening of the renowned musical, <b class="">West Side Story.</b></font><br class=""> <br class=""> <font face="verdana, geneva" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" class="">The Ocasio Latin Jazz Camp is supported in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture and The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation, The KeyBank Foundation, The George Gund Foundation, and The Giant Eagle Foundation. Mr. Sanabria's residency is made possible in part by LP (Latin Percussion), Remo, Sabian, Tama, and Vic Firth.</font><br class=""> <br class=""> <font face="verdana, geneva" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" class="">See <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://robertoocasiofoundation.org/" class="" style="font-size: 18px;"><b class="">robertoocasiofoundation.org</b></a> or call <b style="font-size: 20px;" class="">440.572.2048</b> for more information and application.</font><br class=""> <br class=""> <font face="verdana, geneva" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" class=""># # # #</font><br class=""> <font face="verdana, geneva" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" class=""> </font></div> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </font> </div> </div></span> </div> </div></span></div>
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