5 May 2011 (San Rafael, CA)
Coming off of the highly successful show with Lester Chambers and guitarist Steve Cropper at Yoshi’s San Francisco last month, Saturday May 14 8:00 pm will see Miraflores Music’s Marcia Miget on sax with the Lester Chambers Blues Revue at Point Reyes’ historic Dance Palace.
A recent addition to Lester’s band, the past NEA Music Award recipient, and Artistic Director of Miraflores Academie, Ms. Miget ‘wowed’ the Yoshi’s audience at the “Sweet Relief” fundraiser. Her performance track record encompasses local Jazz and Latin Festival events from Monterey to Sacramento with names like Jorge Santana, Gabriel Manzo, Tony Menjivar, Anthony Brown, Wayne Wallace, Abel Sanchez, Marco Reyes and Bill Ortiz who come from groups the likes of Malo, War, Tower of Power and Santana, to name a few.
Growing up in Missouri with her family, Mom, Dad and three sisters, ”The Vaune Sisters” performed jazz, gospel and folk, music throughout the Midwest at churches, music education conventions and on radio and television. No stranger to the Blues, upon admission to Drake University she was invited to become a member of Midwest Express, with legendary Blues vocalist Big Mike Edwards and bassist Dartanyan Brown, both current Iowa Blues Hall of Fame recipients. In 1978 the Band was voted Best Midwest Blues/Jazz Band. Marcia says, “Performing with Lester Chambers is an honor. His distinctive voice and strength carries a message of Hope to the world.”
A composer/arranger as well as performer and educator, Ms. Miget’s arrangement of ‘Georgia’ is on the bill to be performed by the Lester Chambers Revue at this year’s Monterey Blues Festival, Sunday June 26 at 8pm on the Payton Gardens Stage. In 2010 she created an arrangement of John Coltrane’s ‘After the Rain’ for Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra that was performed at Northeastern University’s John Coltrane Festival.
Ms. Miget is an active member of Bay Area ‘Legend of Latin Rock’s’ Abel Sanchez’s Frisco Project, recently performed with them at San Francisco’s Cesar Chavez Birthday Parade. Saturday May 28 at 1pm she will be performing with Dr. Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
Dance Palace, located at 503 B Street Point Reyes Station (415) 663-1075, was originally founded in 1971 as a studio for dance, in an historical building referred to locally as the "Old Palace", the Dance Palace and has developed into one of the most active community facilities in the Bay Area.
North Bay Musician/ Educator’s Arrangement performed at CD Release Premiere at Yoshi’s San Francisco
(San Rafael, CA) - On Wednesday September 29 at 7:30PM Marcia Miget will perform with Anthony Brown's Asian American Orchestra, for the CD release premiere of "India & Africa: A Tribute to John Coltrane at Yoshi’s SF. Requested by Dr. Brown to arrange ‘After the Rain’ Ms. Miget says, “The distinct musical identity of The Asian American Orchestra is driven by Anthony Brown’s unique conceptual vision. Coltrane’s musical essence continues to transform the mind, body and spirit.”
Multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and educator Ms. Miget is the Founder and Master Instructor of Miraflores Academie, a non-profit Music Performance Studio in San Rafael, CA. She has most recently performed with Abel Sanchez and the Spirit of Latin Rock. With skills that cross multiple genres she’s also appeared at with the Asian American Orchestra, Voices of Latin Rock, Wayne Wallace’s Rhythm and Rhyme, the Northern California Lighthouse Singers 25th Anniversary conducted by Helen Stevens and Stephen Roberts and the Montclair Women’s Big Band. She’s played at Monterey, Stern Grove, Sonoma, Fillmore and San Jose Jazz Festivals and the International Association of Jazz Educators' Conventions with the African American Jazz Caucus AllStar Big Band (in 2004 was the Featured Artist with the Historically Black Colleges' University Allstar Band). Her performance pedigree includes multiple appearances with Carlos Santana, and such notables as Larry Ridley, Buddy Baker, Kenny Barron, Orestes Vilato, Frank Foster, Pete Escovedo, Donald Byrd, Tyrone Hill of Sun Ra’s Arkestra, Freddy Redd, Carl Perazzo, Phish, John Santos, Babatunde Lea, Jorge Santana and Prophet, Jaimeo Brown and Dartanyan Brown. Her past bands have opened for the likes of Chick Corea, Kenny Loggins, Phoebe Snow and performed on MTV with Rickie Lee Jones. She has been the featured performer with the James Cleveland Choir at the Gospel Music Workshop of America, and the Toronto International Association of Jazz Educators' Convention.
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MARCIA MIGET ON MUSICWOMAN LIVE!
Performer/Educator Miget on Internet Talk Show
San Rafael, CA - On Wednesday, January 28 at 9 am PST, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and educator Marcia Miget will be interviewed on Musicwoman Live! wijsf.com. Hosted by Joan Cartwright this program discusses the creative impetus and challenges of women who perform and write music.
North Bay saxophonist Marcia has most recently appeared at Yoshi’s with Dr. Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra and performed with the Voices of Latin Rock at Yountville’s Lincoln Theater. With skills that cross multiple genres she’s also appeared with Wayne Wallace’s Rhythm and Rhyme, the Northern California Lighthouse Singers 25th Anniversary conducted by Helen Stevens and Stephen Roberts and the Montclair Women’s Big Band. She’s played at Monterey, Stern Grove, Sonoma, Fillmore Jazz Festivals and the International Association of Jazz Educators' Conventions with the African American Jazz Caucus AllStar Big Band (in 2004 was the Featured Artist with the Historically Black Colleges' University Allstar Band). Her last project-as-producer was Passing the Baton: the Miget-Redd Session Part 1 with legendary Bebop pianist, Freddy Redd. Her performance pedigree includes multiple appearances with Carlos Santana, and such notables as Larry Ridley, Jimmy Cobb, Buddy Baker, Kenny Barron, Orestes Vilato, Frank Foster, Pete Escovedo, Donald Byrd, Tyrone Hill of Sun Ra’s Arkestra, Freddy Redd, Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra, Carl Perazzo, Phish, Wayne Wallace, John Santos, Babatunde Lea, Abel Sanchez, Jorge Santana and Prophet, Jaimeo Brown and Dartanyan Brown. Her past band has opened for Chick Corea, Kenny Loggins, Phoebe Snow and performed on MTV with Rickie Lee Jones. She has been the featured performer with the James Cleveland Choir at the Gospel Music Workshop of America, and the Toronto International Association of Jazz Educators' Convention.
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MIRAFLORES’ MIGET TO TOUR WITH DR. ANTHONY BROWN
AND THE ASIAN AMERICAN ORCHESTRA
North Bay Saxophonist performing with AAO at U. of Illinois Campus
On Thursday, November 6, 7:30 pm North Bay saxophonist Marcia Miget will perform with Dr. Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra as part of the Marquee Jazz Series at University of Illinois Champaign Urbana’s Foellinger Great Hall.
A mutual admiration society Ms. Miget has been a consistent presence performing and recording with Dr. Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra since 2004, last year playing reeds on the AAO’s tenth anniversary cd, ‘10’. Over the last four years Marcia has performed this big band’s unique repertoire at Monterey, Stern Grove, and Fillmore Jazz Festivals.
Having skills that cross multiple genres she performs regularly with the Voices of Latin Rock with performance credits including Wayne Wallace’s Rhythm and Rhyme, the Northern California Lighthouse Singers 25th Anniversary conducted by Helen Stevens and Stephen Roberts, the Montclair Women’s Big Band and Carlos Santana. She’s played at several International Association of Jazz Educators' Conventions with the African American Jazz Caucus AllStar Big Band (in 2004 was the Featured Artist with the Historically Black Colleges' University Allstar Band). Her last project-as-producer was with legendary Bebop pianist, Freddie Redd. Her performance pedigree includes multiple appearances with Carlos Santana, and such notables as Larry Ridley, Jimmy Cobb, Buddy Baker, Kenny Barron, Orestes Vilato, Frank Foster, Pete Escovedo, Donald Byrd, Tyrone Hill of Sun Ra’s Arkestra, Freddy Redd, Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra, Carl Perazzo, Phish, Wayne Wallace, John Santos, Babatunde Lea, Abel Sanchez, Jorge Santana and Prophet, Jaimeo Brown and Dartanyan Brown.
A composer, percussionist, Guggenheim fellow, former director of the Smithsonian’s Jazz Oral History Project, past Grammys Chapter President Dr. Anthony Brown brings personal and academic expertise as a BlAsian by melding Eastern and Western sounds and sensibilities. Using Asian instruments in a Big Band idiom the AAO, under the direction of Dr. Brown, delivers reimagined, redefined Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, and George Gershwin works on the erhu (two-string Chinese violin), shakuhachi (Japanese flute), and suona (Chinese trumpet). Downbeat magazine rated Monk’s Moods a “five-star masterpiece” and one of the four best CDs of 2003. The AAO grew out of a project with an assemblage of players including bassist Mark Izu, who also plays Chinese mouth organ; Hong Wang, on reed trumpet, erhu (two-string Chinese violin), and traditional Chinese percussion; Yangqin Zhao on Chinese hammered dulcimer; trombonists Wayne Wallace and Dave Martell; reed players Melecio Magdaluyo, and Masaru Koga; and trumpeters Henry Hung and Geechi Taylor with Creative Director, Dr. Anthony Brown, on drums.
This presentation is supported by the Performing Arts Fund, a program of Arts Midwest funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that ‘a great nation deserves great art’, with additional contributions from Illinois Arts Council, General Mills Foundation, and Land O’Lakes Foundation.
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MIGET TO PERFORM AT GREAT AMERICA MUSIC HALL WITH VOICES OF LATIN ROCK
North Bay Saxophonist performing with Bay Area Latin Legends
On Wednesday October 29, 2008 at 8 pm North Bay saxophonist Marcia Miget will perform with the Voices of Latin Rock, which includes Bay Area legends Abel Sanchez, Jorge Santana, Gabriel Manzo, Mic Gillette, Bill Ortiz at the Great American Music Hall at 859 O'Farrell Street in San Francisco.
In Spring of 2007 multi-instrumentalist, educator, composer and producer Miget was invited by guitarist and VOLR coordinator Abel Sanchez to perform with the Voices of Latin Rock at Arizona’s Cesar Chavez Day Celebration. It’s been a mutual admiration society with Marcia performing with the musicians ever since. Multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and educator, Marcia has most recently performed with the Voices of Latin Rock at Yountville’s Lincoln Theater (to 3 standing ovations) and at Yoshi’s (SF) with Dr. Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra. With skills that cross multiple genres she’s also appeared with Wayne Wallace’s Rhythm and Rhyme, the Northern California Lighthouse Singers 25th Anniversary conducted by Helen Stevens and Stephen Roberts and the Montclair Women’s Big Band. She’s played at Monterey, Stern Grove, Sonoma, Fillmore Jazz Festivals and the International Association of Jazz Educators' Conventions with the African American Jazz Caucus AllStar Big Band (in 2004 was the Featured Artist with the Historically Black Colleges' University Allstar Band). Her last project-as-producer was Passing the Baton: the Miget-Redd Session Part 1 with legendary Bebop pianist, Freddy Redd. Her performance pedigree includes multiple appearances with Carlos Santana, and such notables as Larry Ridley, Jimmy Cobb, Buddy Baker, Kenny Barron, Orestes Vilato, Frank Foster, Pete Escovedo, Donald Byrd, Tyrone Hill of Sun Ra’s Arkestra, Freddy Redd, Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra, Carl Perazzo, Phish, Wayne Wallace, John Santos, Babatunde Lea, Abel Sanchez, Jorge Santana and Prophet, Jaimeo Brown and Dartanyan Brown. Her past band has opened for Chick Corea, Kenny Loggins, Phoebe Snow and performed on MTV with Rickie Lee Jones. She has been the featured performer with the James Cleveland Choir at the Gospel Music Workshop of America, and the Toronto International Association of Jazz Educators' Convention.
About the Voices of Latin Rock - This band represents the artists, musicians, and seasoned players who were responsible for creating this sound known today as Latin Rock! Hand picked and selected from the best of the best, they not only were at the roots of this sound, but also are the players who have been representing this sound throughout the world for over four decades. In the 1970s, Santana and Malo roared out of San Francisco’s Mission District barrio with a hot new sound, combining burning acid guitar wedded to a base of boiling Latin percussion. Their recordings are hailed as pioneering classics of the new sound known as ‘Latin rock’. Santana spearheaded a cultural wave, which represented a totally new art form known as Latin Rock. At one stage Santana were the biggest selling act in the world, outselling even The Beatles. Other Mission based acts such as Malo, Azteca, Dakila, Sapo and Abel & the Prophets also emerged out of that first wave. It was this same talent pool, which fed the ranks of Sly & The Family Stone, Graham Central Station, Tower of Power, Cold Blood and many others. The roster of the band includes members who have played with, or currently play with, bands like Malo, Santana, Sapo, Abel & the Prophets, Azteca, and countless others. Their flexibility and capability allows this band to bring shows featuring many star players and guests from other world known acts. In recent shows the Voices of Latin Rock have featured guest appearances by members of other famous bands such as Marcos Reyes from War, Lydia Pense from Cold Blood, Fred Sanchez & Bobby Espinosa from El Chicano, Lenny Williams and Mic Gillete from Tower of Power, Booker T from the MGs, Jackie Greene, Greg Errico from Sly & the Family Stone and the list goes on. Get the picture?!
8 September 2008
Miraflores Music’s Miget To Perform With Dr. Anthony Brown
And The Asian American Orchestra
North Bay Saxophonist performing at 10th Anniversary Event
On Thursday, September 11 at Yoshi’s Night Club in San Francisco North Bay saxophonist Marcia Miget will perform two shows with Dr. Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra.
A mutual admiration society Ms. Miget has been a consistent presence performing and recording with Dr. Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra since 2004. Over the last four years Marcia has performed this big band’s unique repertoire at Monterey, Stern Grove, and Fillmore Jazz Festivals.
With skills that cross multiple genres she performs with the Voices of Latin Rock (most recently receiving two standing ovations at Yountville’s Lincoln Theater) with performance credits including Wayne Wallace’s Rhythm and Rhyme, the Northern California Lighthouse Singers 25th Anniversary conducted by Helen Stevens and Stephen Roberts, the Montclair Women’s Big Band and Carlos Santana. She’s played at several International Association of Jazz Educators' Conventions with the African American Jazz Caucus AllStar Big Band (in 2004 was the Featured Artist with the Historically Black Colleges' University Allstar Band). Her last project-as-producer was with legendary Bebop pianist, Freddie Redd. Her performance pedigree includes multiple appearances with Carlos Santana, and such notables as Larry Ridley, Jimmy Cobb, Buddy Baker, Kenny Barron, Orestes Vilato, Frank Foster, Pete Escovedo, Donald Byrd, Tyrone Hill of Sun Ra’s Arkestra, Freddy Redd, Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra, Carl Perazzo, Phish, Wayne Wallace, John Santos, Babatunde Lea, Abel Sanchez, Jorge Santana and Prophet, Jaimeo Brown and Dartanyan Brown.
Celebrating their ten-year history with the release of a new commemorative CD entitled “Ten" on Tuesday, August 26, the Yoshi's event inaugurates the AAO’s innovative annual home season. For the Yoshi's shows, the AAO will be performing selections from their trilogy of homages to American composers, Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn ("Far East Suite"), Thelonious Monk ("Monk's Moods"), and George Gershwin ("Rhapsodies"). The performance will feature guitarist Terrence Brewer, saxophonist Hafez Modirzadeh, with other guest artists. The AAO grew out of a project funded by reparations money allocated by Congress with an assemblage of players including bassist Mark Izu, who also plays Chinese mouth organ; Hong Wang, on reed trumpet, erhu (two-string Chinese violin), and traditional Chinese percussion; Yangqin Zhao on Chinese hammered dulcimer; trombonists Wayne Wallace and Dave Martell; reed players Melecio Magdaluyo, and Masaru Koga; and trumpeters Henry Hung and Geechi Taylor and with Creative Director, Dr. Anthony Brown, on drums.
Yoshi's, 1330 Fillmore Street San Francisco, CA 94115 415-655-5600 Tickets are available Yoshi's, check link for times and pricing.
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info@mee-j.comMIGET AND JERRY FROHMADER ‘FEED YOUR SOUL’
Miget Continuing To Perform 2007 Popular Concert Series
On Wednesday October 8, 2008, from noon to 1:30 Marcia Miget will perform the popular lunchtime concert series with multi-instrumentalist Jerry Frohmader. Occurring on the patio of the First Presbyterian Church, corner of 5th and ‘E’ Streets, San Rafael Ms. Miget will perform with a local name musician or former student in Jazz, Latin or classical genres.
Accomplished both inside and outside the classroom Frohmader’s professional hats include composer, performer, teacher and arts administrator. His compositions have been performed in cities and universities throughout the USA and Europe. During his tenure as Assistant Dean in the School of Music at the California Institute of Arts, he composed a musical score for the opera "Victory Over The Sun" by Malevich. It was performed at the L.A. County Museum of Art, The Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., the New Theater Festival in Berlin and Amsterdam, at the Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and at the Aspen Music Festival. Outside the classroom, he designs music for multimedia projects and the web, as well as produces music for television commercials, videos and films. As a professional musician, on keyboards & saxophone, he has performed with the New Jersey Symphony, Clark Terry, Bill Watrous, AM Los Angeles, & the Jerry Lewis Telethon.
Multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and educator, Marcia has most recently appeared at Yoshi’s with Dr. Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra and performed with the Voices of Latin Rock at Yountville’s Lincoln Theater. With skills that cross multiple genres she’s also appeared with Wayne Wallace’s Rhythm and Rhyme, the Northern California Lighthouse Singers 25th Anniversary conducted by Helen Stevens and Stephen Roberts and the Montclair Women’s Big Band. She’s played at Monterey, Stern Grove, Sonoma, Fillmore Jazz Festivals and the International Association of Jazz Educators' Conventions with the African American Jazz Caucus AllStar Big Band (in 2004 was the Featured Artist with the Historically Black Colleges' University Allstar Band). Her last project-as-producer was Passing the Baton: the Miget-Redd Session Part 1 with legendary Bebop pianist, Freddy Redd. Her performance pedigree includes multiple appearances with Carlos Santana, and such notables as Larry Ridley, Jimmy Cobb, Buddy Baker, Kenny Barron, Orestes Vilato, Frank Foster, Pete Escovedo, Donald Byrd, Tyrone Hill of Sun Ra’s Arkestra, Freddy Redd, Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra, Carl Perazzo, Phish, Wayne Wallace, John Santos, Babatunde Lea, Abel Sanchez, Jorge Santana and Prophet, Jaimeo Brown and Dartanyan Brown. Her past band has opened for Chick Corea, Kenny Loggins, Phoebe Snow and performed on MTV with Rickie Lee Jones. She has been the featured performer with the James Cleveland Choir at the Gospel Music Workshop of America, and the Toronto International Association of Jazz Educators' Convention.
info@mee-j.com 16 January 2008
MIRAFLORES MUSIC’S MARCIA MIGET TO PERFORM
WITH Voices of Latin Rock LEGENDS
North Bay Saxophonist to play Bimbo’s with Abel Sanchez and Jorge Santana
On Thursday January 24th 2008 North Bay saxophonist Marcia Miget will perform with Voices of Latin Rock legends Abel Sanchez, Jorge Santana and Malo at Bimbo’s in San Francisco.
In Spring of 2007 multi-instrumentalist, educator, composer and producer Miget was invited by guitarist and VOLR coordinator Abel Sanchez to perform with the Voices of Latin Rock at Arizona’s Cesar Chavez Day Celebration. Most recently Marcia co-produced the Feed Your Soul series which saw her performing with ‘Friends’ the likes of Sun Ra’s Kash Killion, percussionist Barbara Borden, guitarist Randy Vincent, Marin Academy’s Bob Schleeter, past students pianist Jarrett Cherner, saxophonist Kelly Styger and current phenom, saxophonist Robby Marshall. With skills that cross multiple genres she has performed with Dr. Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra, Wayne Wallace’s Rhythm and Rhyme, the Northern California Lighthouse Singers 25th Anniversary conducted by Helen Stevens and Stephen Roberts, the Montclair Women’s Big Band and Carlos Santana. She’s played at Monterey, Stern Grove, Sonoma, Fillmore Jazz Festivals and the International Association of Jazz Educators' Conventions with the African American Jazz Caucus AllStar Big Band (in 2004 was the Featured Artist with the Historically Black Colleges' University Allstar Band). Her last project-as-producer was Passing the Baton: the Miget-Redd Session Part 1 with legendary Bebop pianist, Freddie Redd. A Member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences her performance pedigree includes multiple appearances with Carlos Santana, and such notables as Larry Ridley, Jimmy Cobb, Buddy Baker, Kenny Barron, Orestes Vilato, Frank Foster, Pete Escovedo, Donald Byrd, Tyrone Hill of Sun Ra’s Arkestra, Freddy Redd, Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra, Carl Perazzo, Phish, Wayne Wallace, John Santos, Babatunde Lea, Abel Sanchez, Jorge Santana and Prophet, Jaimeo Brown and Dartanyan Brown. Her bands have opened for Chick Corea, Kenny Loggins, Phoebe Snow and performed on MTV with Rickie Lee Jones. She has been the featured performer with the James Cleveland Choir at the Gospel Music Workshop of America; in a 2003 Jam Session Tribute to Oscar Peterson at the Toronto International Association of Jazz Educators' Convention.
About the Voices of Latin Rock In the 1970s, Santana and Malo roared out of San Francisco’s Mission District barrio with a hot new sound, combining burning acid guitar wedded to a base of boiling Latin percussion. Their recordings are hailed as pioneering classics of the new sound known as Latin rock. Santana spearheaded a cultural wave, which represented a totally new art form known as Latin Rock. At one stage Santana were the biggest selling act in the world, outselling even The Beatles. Other Mission based acts such as Malo, Azteca, Dakila, Sapo and Abel & the Prophets also emerged out of that first wave. It was this same talent pool, which fed the ranks of Sly & The Family Stone, Graham Central Station, Tower of Power, Cold Blood and many others.
Bimbo's 365 Club 1025 Columbus Avenue (at Chestnut Street), San Francisco, CA 94133 Tickets are available online, at all outlets and tickets.com charge-by-phone: 1-800-225-2277 or at the club box office, Monday - Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Visa, Mastercard or cash only)
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21 October 2007
MIGET AND SAXOPOLY REVISITED ‘FEED YOUR SOUL’
CONCERT SERIES CONTINUES WITH MIRAFLORES ACADEMIE’S PREMIERE SAXOPHONE GROUP
On Wednesday October 24, 2007, Marcia Miget with Saxopoly Revisited of Miraflores Music School will perform the seventh lunchtime concert on the patio of the First Presbyterian Church, corner of 5th and ‘E’ Streets, San Rafael. Each week from noon to 1:30 pm Ms. Miget has performed with a local name musician or former student in jazz, Latin or classical genres.
The latest in the lineup of Marcia’s ‘Friends’ is Saxopoly Revisited. Saxopoly has been one of the select ongoing instrumental ensembles of Miraflores Academie since the inception of the school. This premiere jazz saxophone ensemble under the direction of Ms. Miget has performed the music of American Jazz composers such as Monk, Niehaus and Parker and historically showcases the award-winning talents of the most outstanding students. As a group Saxopoly in various configurations has participated in a number of public performances including San Rafael’s Italian Street Painting Festival for the last ten years. This ensemble will feature past and current members of Saxopoly, including original member Jeff Derby, Hall Middle School’s Music Director on alto, Elysia Strauss on tenor, taking a break from Oberlin College while on full scholarship, both of whom have made music their career, Marin School of the Arts sophomore Jimmy Kraft on baritone and Master drummer and educator Sly Randolph.
2 September 2007
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH HOSTS CONCERT SERIES
‘FEED YOUR SOUL’ WITH MARCIA MIGET
Beginning Wednesday September 5, 2007, and for the next eight Wednesdays Marcia Miget of Miraflores Music School will perform a series of lunchtime concerts on the lawn of the First Presbyterian Church, corner of 5th and ‘E’ Streets, San Rafael.
From noon to 1:30 pm each week these concerts will feature Marcia with name musicians from the ‘neighborhood’ and past students performing in jazz, Latin and classical genres. So far the scheduled lineup includes the likes of Sun Ra’s Kash Killion, Marin Academy’s Bob Schleeter, Robby Marshall, Jarrett Cherner, Barbara Borden, and Randy Vincent. Initiated by Reverend Alexander of the First Presbyterian Church, it’s an opportunity to cultivate a sense of community by meeting the ‘neighbors’ in the downtown area.
A multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and educator, early this Spring Marcia performed with the Voices of Latin Rock at Arizona’s Cesar Chavez Day Celebration. With skills that cross multiple genres she’s the only female saxophonist/flutist with Dr. Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra, performing with Wayne Wallace’s Rhythm and Rhyme, the Northern California Lighthouse Singers 25th Anniversary conducted by Helen Stevens and Stephen Roberts and the Montclair Women’s Big Band. She’s played at Monterey, Stern Grove, Sonoma, Fillmore Jazz Festivals and the International Association of Jazz Educators' Conventions with the African American Jazz Caucus AllStar Big Band (in 2004 was the Featured Artist with the Historically Black Colleges' University Allstar Band). Her last project-as-producer was Passing the Baton: the Miget-Redd Session Part 1 with legendary Bebop pianist, Freddy Redd. A Member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences her performance pedigree includes multiple appearances with Carlos Santana, and such notables as Larry Ridley, Jimmy Cobb, Buddy Baker, Kenny Barron, Orestes Vilato, Frank Foster, Pete Escovedo, Donald Byrd, Tyrone Hill of Sun Ra’s Arkestra, Freddy Redd, Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra, Carl Perazzo, Phish, Wayne Wallace, John Santos, Babatunde Lea, Abel Sanchez, Jorge Santana and Prophet, Jaimeo Brown and Dartanyan Brown. Her past band has opened for Chick Corea, Kenny Loggins, Phoebe Snow and performed on MTV with Rickie Lee Jones. She has been the featured performer with the James Cleveland Choir at the Gospel Music Workshop of America; in a 2003 Jam Session Tribute to Oscar Peterson at the Toronto International Association of Jazz Educators' Convention.
MARCIA MIGET ON ‘GETTING TO KNOW YOU’
21 May 2007
MARCIA MIGET JAZZ TO PERFORM AT SAN RAFAEL STREET PAINTING FESTIVAL
SON TO PERFORM AT NORTH BAY SAXOPHONIST’S 12TH APPEARANCE
On Sunday June 10, 2007 for the 12th year North Bay musician, Marcia Migét will be performing 1:45 pm on the Main Stage, Mission and ‘C’ Streets, at San Rafael’s Italian Street Painting Festival.
A ‘Maestra’ of many elements her most recent public performance with Voices of Latin Rock legends Abel Sanchez, Jorge Santana and Malo was at the Cesar Chavez Arizona Celebration. Saxophonist, pianist, flutist, educator and Director of Miraflores Academie, Marcia Miget’s performance pedigree includes multiple appearances with Carlos Santana, Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra, the James Cleveland Choir, Montclair Women’s Big Band and Wayne Wallace’s Rhythm and Rhyme.
Composer, ‘session player’ Ms. Miget has performed with legends such as Freddy Redd, Buddy Baker, Kenny Barron, Frank Foster, Pete Escovedo, Donald Byrd, Tyrone Hill of Sun Ra’s Arkestra, Freddy Redd, Larry Ridley, Gath Weber, Dartanyan Brown and the Iowa Hall of Fame All-Stars. 2006 saw her at the Fillmore Jazz Festival with David Hardiman’s San Francisco Big Band Allstars; 2003 through 2005 with the AAJC (African American Jazz Caucus) Dance Band at the International Association of Jazz Educators' Convention; in 2004 as Featured Artist with the AAJC/HBCU (Historically Black Colleges' and Universities) Allstar Big Band; with Dr. Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra playing the Monterey, Stern Grove and Fillmore Jazz Festivals. She has been featured with the 2004 Historically Black College All-Star Band, African American Jazz Caucus Big Band, Montclair Woman’s Jazz Orchestra, the featured performer James Cleveland Choir, Lighthouse Singers, and performed on MTV with Ricki Lee Smith.
Incorporating a variety of styles including Latin, Gospel, Folk as well as Jazz, Marcia Miget will have as this year’s special guest performer son, Jaimeo Brown. One of the hottest drummers on the East Coast and current Ralph Bunche Fellow, Jaimeo has performed nationally and internationally with a host of musicians that includes Stevie Wonder, Carlos Santana, Wynton Marsalis, Steve Turre. Kaamal (aka Q-Tip), Carl Craig, Pharoah Sanders, Bobby Hutcherson and more.
MARCIA MIGET ON ‘GETTING TO KNOW YOU’
NORCAL EDUCATOR/PERFORMER TO BE INTERVIEWED ON KSAV.ORG INTERNET RADIO
Tuesday, May 15th at 6:30 pm PST on KSAV.org we’ll hear Marcia Miget interviewed on ‘Getting to Know You’ by on-air personality, Susan McCray.
A multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and educator, Ms. Migét performs in multiple genres nationally at venues from international music festivals to local concert halls. Most recently she performed on one of three stages with Voices of Latin Rock Legends, Abel Sanchez, Jorge Santana and Malo at the Cesar Chavez Arizona Celebration featuring War, Michael Salgado, Graciela Beltran and others the event. 2006 saw her at the Fillmore Jazz Festival with David Hardiman’s San Francisco Big Band Allstars; 2003 through 2005 with the AAJC (African American Jazz Caucus) Dance Band at the International Association of Jazz Educators' Convention; in 2004 as Featured Artist with the AAJC/HBCU (Historically Black Colleges' & Universities) Allstar Big Band; with Dr. Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra playing the Monterey, Stern Grove and Fillmore Jazz Festivals. She has been the featured performer with the James Cleveland Choir at the Gospel Music Workshop of America. With numerous television soundtracks to her credit she’s a consummate musician.
Migét’s performance pedigree includes multiple appearances with Carlos Santana, and legends such as Freddy Redd, Buddy Baker, Kenny Barron, Frank Foster, Pete Escovedo, Donald Byrd, Tyrone Hill of Sun Ra’s Arkestra, Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra, Wayne Wallace’s Rhythm and Rhyme, and son, drummer Jaimeo Brown to name a few.
MARCIA MIGET TO PERFORM WITH VOICES OF LATIN ROCK LEGENDS Interviewer Susan McCray started her career casting on such shows as: “Happy Days”, “Laverne and Shirley”, “Mannix”, and “The Odd Couple” continuing on with such shows as “Hawaii 5-0”, “Little House on the Prairie” as well as television movies. As VP of Talent for Michael Landon Productions, she continued to cast the series “Little House on the Prairie”, “Father Murphy”, “Highway to Heaven”, and television movies “The Loneliest Runner”, “Where Pigeons Go To Die”, the motion picture “Sam’s Son” and the CBS pilot “Us”. With a list of interviewees like Katherine Leigh Scott, Christopher Riddle, Johnny Mann, Jayne Meadows, Jan Eberle, Frankie Lane, Al Viola Marcia is in good company. Listen with your Heart to Marcia Miget on KSAV.org.
NORTH BAY SAXOPHONIST TO PERFORM AT CESAR CHAVEZ ARIZONA CELEBRATION MULTI-BAND EVENT
Invited by Project Coordinator and Voices of Latin Rock legend guitarist Abel Sanchez Marin musician Marcia Miget will be part of a band including the likes of Jorge Santana and Malo at the Cesar Chavez Arizona Celebration Saturday March 31 and Sunday April 1. Featuring War, Michael Salgado, Graciela Beltran and others the event will take place on three stages. Jorge Santana, Abel Sanchez and Rudy Chavez Medina collaborated on writing Song for Cesar to honor the late Cesar Chavez’s strength and perseverance. Proceeds from the event go to the California farm workers and their families who have been affected by the recent freeze.
Migét’s performance pedigree includes multiple appearances with Carlos Santana, and legends such as Freddy Redd, Buddy Baker, Kenny Barron, Frank Foster, Pete Escovedo, Donald Byrd, Tyrone Hill of Sun Ra’s Arkestra, Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra, Wayne Wallace’s Rhythm and Rhyme, and son, drummer Jaimeo Brown to name a few.
A multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and educator, Ms. Migét performs in multiple genres nationally at venues. 2006 saw her at the Fillmore Jazz Festival with David Hardiman’s San Francisco Big Band Allstars; 2003 through 2005 with the AAJC (African American Jazz Caucus) Dance Band at the International Association of Jazz Educators' Convention; in 2004 as Featured Artist with the AAJC/HBCU (Historically Black Colleges' & Universities) Allstar Big Band; with Dr. Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra playing the Monterey, Stern Grove and Fillmore Jazz Festivals. She has been the featured performer with the James Cleveland Choir at the Gospel Music Workshop of America. With numerous television soundtracks to her credit she’s a consummate musician.
Tickets are $10 in advance $15 at the gate and available at www.gettix.net or 866.433.8849.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Saxophonist Marcia Miget to Perform with David Hardiman's SF Allstar Big Band
Posted: 2006-10-05
North Bay Saxophonist to perform at Fillmore Big Band Dance Festival
On Sunday, October 8 at 1:15 PM multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and educator, North Bay's Marcia Miget will perform with David Hardiman and the San Francisco Allstar Big Band featuring tenor player Charles McPherson at the Fillmore Big Band Dance Festival and BBQ Cookoff, Kimball Park on Steiner St. between Geary Blvd. and Ellis St., San Francisco. This Free Outdoor Concert features top Bay Area Jazz, Blues and Afro Cuban Big Bands and will have a large dance floor for dancing. Ms. Miget's most recent performances include the 2005 International Association of Jazz Educators' with the African American Jazz Caucus Allstar Big Band (and was the 2004 Featured Artist performing with the Historically Black Colleges' University Allstar Band); the 2004 Monterey, Stern Grove and Fillmore Jazz Festivals as the only female saxophonist with Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra; and with Wayne Wallace and Pete Escovedo at Vallejo's Jazz Festival.
With skills that cross multiple genres she's recorded with Dr. Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra on his latest Big Band Project, Gershwin; performed with the Northern California Lighthouse Singers 25th Anniversary conducted by Helen Stevens and Stephen Roberts; and her latest project-as-producer is Passing the Baton: the Miget-Redd Session Part 1 available on www.mee-j.com . Her performance pedigree includes multiple appearances with Carlos Santana, and such notables as Freddy Redd, Larry Ridley, Jimmy Cobb, Buddy Baker, Kenny Barron, Orestes Vilato, Frank Foster, Donald Byrd, Tyrone Hill of Sun Ra's Arkestra, Carl Perazzo, Dimitri Methany, Phish, John Santos, Babatunde Lea, Abel Sanchez, Jorge Santana and the SF Kids, Jaimeo Brown and Dartanyan Brown to name a few. “For me there's a realtime balance in the musical education of children and performing. My experiences indicate that music places one in 'a state of discovery' making the individual receptive to learning and retention”, says Migt. Director of Miraflores Music Academie, Marcia Migt, is a 'Maestra' of many elements.
Based in the Bay Area since 1988, Miraflores Academi has been, a preeminent private school that has been the foundation for some of Marin's best musical talent, as current and graduated students, e.g. Jarrett Cherner, Jeff Derby, Jaimeo Brown, Alex Baky, J.J.Byars, Lou Wiskus, Robby Marshal, Isabella Quereshi, Zach Gunsell, Dan Birch, Bram Kincheloe, Elecia Strauss, Seth Paris, Kristina Hoffman, Andrew Capra and Salvador Santana, evidence.
These graduates, and many more, have been selected for prestigious musical performance groups like the International Monterey High School All-star Jazz Band, California High School All-State Band, California High School All-State Concert Band, the San Francisco Jazz High School Allstars and attend a number of institutions such as Oberlin College, Sarah Lawrence, Berklee School of Music, the New School to Cal Arts, Manhattan School, NYU, USC and UCLA or performing professionally with such names as Bill Watrus, Mingus Big Band, and Greg Tardy. The array of award-winning students from Miraflores have performed in such events as the Duke Ellington Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, the International Association of Jazz Educators' Convention, San Jose Jazz Festival, San Francisco Jazz Festival, Santa Cruz Jazz Festival, and Reno Jazz Festival.
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NORCAL MUSIC SCHOOL DONATES TO IAJE
MIGÉT’S MIRAFLORES ACADEMY COMMISSIONS WORK OF ARTIST CARL LEWIS
For the 33rd Annual International Association of Jazz Educators’ Convention in NY Marica Migét, Director of Miraflores Music Academy, decided to commission one of Carl ‘Djinn’ Lewis’ JazzIcons and donate it to the IAJE’s Global Outreach Fund.
Based in the Bay Area since 1988, Ms. Migét has established of the preeminent private schools creating the foundation for some of Marin County’s best musical talent. Miraflores Music Academié has produced the likes of, Jeff Derby, Jaimeo Brown, Alex Baky, J.J.Byars, Robby Marshall, Isabella Quereshi, Zach Gunsell, Bram Kincheloe, Elecia Strauss, Seth Paris, Kristina Hoffman, Jarrett Cherner and Salvador Santana. Students have been selected for prestigious musical performance groups on the state and national levels like the International Monterey High School All-star Jazz Band, the San Francisco High School Jazz Allstars and have received a variety of scholarships to institutions such as Oberlin College, Sarah Lawrence, Berklee School of Music, the New School to Cal Arts, Manhattan School of Music, NYU, USC and UCLA. The array of award-winning Miraflores students have performed in the Duke Ellington Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, the International Association of Jazz Educators’ Convention, San Jose Jazz Festival, San Francisco Jazz Festival, et al, or with ‘players’ from Bill Watrus to Greg Tardy to the Mingus Big Band.
A ‘Maestra’ of many elements, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and educator, Marcia Migét’s most recent performances include with the Iowa Blues Hall of Fame Allstars, Globestar Recordings’ Alex Puentes of the Alex Cuba Band, the 2005 San Jose Jazz Festival with Wayne Wallace’s Rhythm and Rhyme, Sonoma Jazz Festival’s ‘Unplugged’ Series. Last year she played the 2005 International Association of Jazz Educators' with the African American Jazz Caucus Allstar Big Band (and was the 2004 Featured Artist performing with the Historically Black Colleges' University Allstar Band), the 2004 Monterey, Stern Grove and Fillmore Jazz Festivals as the only female saxophonist with Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra; and with Wayne Wallace and Pete Escovedo at 2004’s Vallejo’s Jazz Festival.
With musical skills that cross multiple genres, this year alone Marcia recorded with Dr. Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra on his latest release Rhapsodies, a re-arrangement of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody; performed with the Northern California Lighthouse Singers at their 25th Anniversary conducted by Helen Stevens and Stephen Roberts; and her latest project-as-producer, Passing the Baton: the Miget-Redd Session Part 1 ‘streams’ and is available on www.mee-j.com.
A ''performing' artist, Carl Lewis’ imagery is housed in the collections of such institutions as the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (his alma mater), Southern Methodist University, Texas Instruments, the Brooklyn Museum, the Schomburg Collection for Research into Black Culture of the New York City Public Library, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts and the Amon Carter Museum. Selected in 1993 he was one of ten artists included in a Curriculum Guide for the Smithsonian Institution's African American Museum Project. Co-author of Lumiere Captureé (Captured Light), an overview of the history of laser imagery as art, his energies are currently involved in imajinnWEST, utilizing and designing products evolving from the sculptural light illusions he photographed. A Fellow of the International Biographical Center (Cambridge) and referenced in a number of publications, e.g. African American Lives by Henry Louis Gates and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Who's Who in the South and Southwest (24th through Millennium Editions), Black Photographers 1940-1988; a Bio-Bibliography, An Illustrated Survey of Contemporaries, and Deborah Wills' Reflections in Black; Black Photographers 1940 to the Present.
The JazzIcons facet of Carl’s work combines photographs of Elder musicians with jissereau laser imagery manipulated via computer, the resultant print is then finished with an Old World surface treatment like goldleaf or eggshell. For the IAJE donation Marcia and Carl selected Dr. Donald Byrd because of his innovation and his Blackbyrds impact on the urban youth of the 1960s.
“For us the connection between the visual and aural worlds seemed a perfect match.,” Lewis and Migét say in harmony, “With the school’s population as young as they are we’re always searching for modalities to keep their attention. Animation and our prospective distance learning programs are next. Wait ‘til you see it.”
With more than 8,000 members in 40 countries, IAJE is the leading authority and primary voice for the promotion of jazz. Through the Global Outreach Fund they provide financial resources for education and outreach including the IAJE Artist Outreach Network, the Gil Evans and ASCAP/IAJE Commission Programs, the Sisters in Jazz Collegiate All-Stars, the Clifford Brown - Stan Getz Fellowship Program, IAJE Teacher Training Institutes, distributing more than $1 million to deserving students, educators, and institutions since 1968.
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15 Nov 05
MIGÉT FEATURED ON ASIAN AMERICAN ORCHESTRA PROJECT
MARCIA MIGÉT’S 10th YEAR PERFORMING AT NORCAL STREET PAINTING FEST
For the tenth year saxophonist/pianist/flutist, Marcia Migét will be performing at 1 pm on Sunday June 12, 2005 on the Main Stage at San Rafael’s Italian Street Painting Festival. Joining her this year is Kash Killion, Djinn Carl Lewis Sly Randolph, and Bob Schleeter.
A ‘Maestra’ of many elements, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and educator, Marcia Migét’s most recent performances include the 2005 Sonoma Jazz Festival ‘Unplugged’, 2005 International Association of Jazz Educators' with the African American Jazz Caucus Allstar Big Band (and was the 2004 Featured Artist performing with the Historically Black Colleges' University Allstar Band); the 2004 Monterey, Stern Grove and Fillmore Jazz Festivals as the only female saxophonist with Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra; and with Wayne Wallace and Pete Escovedo at Vallejo’s Jazz Festival.
Director of Miraflores Music Academie her musical skills cross multiple genres, this year alone she’s recorded with Dr. Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra on his latest Big Band Project, Rhapsody by Gershwin; performed with the Northern California Lighthouse Singers at their 25th Anniversary conducted by Helen Stevens and Stephen Roberts; and her latest project-as-producer, Passing the Baton: the Miget-Redd Session Part 1 ‘streams’ and is available on www.mee-j.com . Her performance pedigree includes multiple appearances with Carlos Santana, and such notables as Freddy Redd, Larry Ridley, Jimmy Cobb, Buddy Baker, Kenny Barron, Orestes Vilato, Frank Foster, Donald Byrd, Chick Corea, Tyrone Hill of Sun Ra’s Arkestra, Karl Perazzo, Susanne Cianni, Phish, John Santos, John Handy, Babatunde Lea, Abel Sanchez, Jorge Santana and the SF Kids, Jaimeo Brown and Dartanyan Brown to name a few.
Recently returning from a European tour with Sun Ra’s Arkestra, bassist Kash Killion’s concert history includes performances with Donald Byrd, George Cables, Billy Higgins, Reggie Workman as well as being an integral member of the Arkestra. A consummate session musician he has recorded Afro-Cuban music with several salsa groups and just finished a film score with Tom Waits. His latest project, Lost Legacy of the Cello, is currently available through kkillion@four-four.com. Having studied with the great Indian musician, Ali Akbar Khan he plays assorted Middle Eastern stringed instruments such as, serengi ditruba and esraj, as well as cello and bass.
Born in Alton, Illinois (Miles Davis’ home town) Kash has played extensively with such icons as Cecil Taylor, John Zorn, Julius Hemphill, Reggie Workman, Sun Ra, Butch Morris and George Lewis. His interest in avant garde jazz was ignited by Sun Ra in 1978, and further heightened by meeting and playing with Pharoah Sanders. A composer and multi-instrumentalist, he’s composed and performed with dance troupes and poets including Amiri Baraka, Alice Walker, Quincy Troupe.
Vocalist and Aural Colourist with Miget’s mee-j band, ‘Djinn’ Carl Lewis’ career as a musician began as a member of the prestigious Cathedral Choir of St. John the Divine (New York). Upon graduating he then sang with the Little Church around the Corner (the Actors’ Church) performing Broadway show tunes along with religious music. He then became a member of the Pen and Scroll Drum Corps performing in numerous NY events like the Thanksgiving Day Parade. Since the 1970’s he has been primarily involved in the visual arts. With images in six museum collections his line of limited edition clothing is set to premiere this Fall. President of the Crown Family Unity Programs, he has been involved in every aspect of designing and implementing innovative and creative cultural, educational and recreational programs for youth and their families. Diversity, social evolution, education and cultural integrity are integral elements to the programs. The programs use contemporary pastimes such as inline skating and an educational, Humanities-based approach to presenting them as “edu-fun” after- or in-school programming in urban neighborhoods. “After a twenty-five year career as a professional visual artist it is indescribable to be returning to my first love, music.”, comments Djinn,
Set Drummer and Master Instructor, Sly Randolph, has been playing drums since the age of ten and teaching from the age of fourteen. His genesis originates from assisting when he was with the Manhattanaires and N.Y. Skyliners Drum and Bugle Corps. Primarily a jazz drummer, Bernard Purdy’s ex-understudy Sly has played sessions with the likes of Manu Dibango, Wilson Pickett and Migét. His performance pedigree includes a range of individuals including Robert and Bill Stewart, the Red Hot Skilletlickers, LaVey and done Broadway shows, the likes of Hair, Two Gentlemen from Verona, Jesus Christ Superstar, Raisin, and Timbuktu with Eartha Kitt. His students run the gamut from children to working professionals the like of Maste Drummer Jaimeo Brown. When asked why he does it, Sly’s simple statement was, “I just love music, period.”
Head of Marin Academy’s Music Department since 1990, guitarist Bob Schleeter is a thirty-year music veteran. A composer who’s had four musicals produced throughout New England and the West Coast, the Boston Globe called Sara’s Jukebox, "A hit parade of music ... the songs are tantalizingly diverse, yet widely appealing.” Bob has performed as a sideman with a diverse group of musicians, including The Drifters, Del Shannon, Clarence Bell and Shana Morrison. After successive visits to Bahia, Brazil and Havana (Cuba) Bob co-founded Marin-based jazz/soul/latin group, The Company She Keeps, contributing original songs and arrangement ideas to the group.
Look for Migét mee-j the band, and listen with your Heart to streaming music on www.mee-j.com.
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Contact: Miraflores Music
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info@mee-j.com 11 Nov 2005
MARCIA MIGÉT TO BE RECOGNIZED BY NARAS
SAN FRANCISCO CHAPTER TO HONOR MS. MIGÉT’S 10th YEAR
On November 30, 2005 during the General Membership Meeting and Holiday Celebration the San Francisco Chapter of the Recording Academy will honor Marica Migét’s commitment to music and the Recording Academy.
A ‘Maestra’ of many elements, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and educator, Marcia Migét’s most recent performances include with the Iowa Blues Hall of Fame Allstars, Globestar Recordings’ Alex Puentes of the Alex Cuba Band, the 2005 San Jose Jazz Festival with Wayne Wallace’s Rhythm and Rhyme, Sonoma Jazz Festival’s ‘Unplugged’ Series, 2005 International Association of Jazz Educators' with the African American Jazz Caucus Allstar Big Band (and was the 2004 Featured Artist performing with the Historically Black Colleges' University Allstar Band); the 2004 Monterey, Stern Grove and Fillmore Jazz Festivals as the only female saxophonist with Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra; and with Wayne Wallace and Pete Escovedo at 2004’s Vallejo’s Jazz Festival.
With musical skills that cross multiple genres, this year alone she’s recorded with Dr. Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra on his latest release, a re-arrangement of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody; performed with the Northern California Lighthouse Singers at their 25th Anniversary conducted by Helen Stevens and Stephen Roberts; and her latest project-as-producer, Passing the Baton: the Miget-Redd Session Part 1 ‘streams’ and is available on www.mee-j.com. Her performance pedigree includes multiple appearances with Carlos Santana, and such national and international notables as Kenny Barron, Donald Byrd John Handy, Bebop legend Freddy Redd, Larry Ridley, Buddy Baker, Frank Foster, , Tyrone Hill of Sun Ra’s Arkestra, Karl Perazzo, Susanne Cianni, Daria, Phish, John Santos, Babatunde Lea, Abel Sanchez-Jorge Santana and Prophet, Jaimeo Brown and Dartanyan Brown to name a few.
Based in the Bay Area since 1988, Ms. Migét has been the Director of a preeminent private school creating the foundation for some of Marin’s best musical talent. Miraflores Music Academié has produced the likes of, Jeff Derby, Jaimeo Brown, Alex Baky, J.J.Byars, Lou Wiskus, Robby Marshall, Isabella Quereshi, Zach Gunsell, Dan Birch, Bram Kincheloe, Elecia Strauss, Seth Paris, Kristina Hoffman, Andrew Capra and Salvador Santana. Students from Miraflores Music Academié had been selected for prestigious musical performance groups like the International Monterey High School All-star Jazz Band, California High School All-State Band, California High School All-State Concert Band, the San Francisco High School Jazz Allstars and attend a number of institutions on a variety of scholarships, such as Oberlin College, Sarah Lawrence, Berklee School of Music, the New School to Cal Arts, Manhattan School of Music, NYU, USC and UCLA or performing professionally with such names as Bill Watrus, Mingus Big Band, and Greg Tardy. The array of award-winning students from Miraflores have performed in such events as the Duke Ellington Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, the International Association of Jazz Educators’ Convention, San Jose Jazz Festival, San Francisco Jazz Festival, San Rafael’s Italian Street Painting Festival, et al.
Look for Marcia Migét, mee-j, the band, her friends and students, go to www.mee-j.com and listen with your Heart.
17 Dec 2004
MIRAFLORES’ MIGÉT TO PRE-RELEASE PASSING THE BATON
PRODUCER OFFERS JAZZ LEGACY PROJECT AS DOWNLOAD ON WEEBSITE,
WWW.MEE-J.COM
“The more we surveyed our cultural landscape the more societal erosion we saw.”, states the team of Marcia Migét. “For us the Arts offer the only recourse to mitigate this malaise. With important facets of the education of our youth being disregarded we have no other choice, but to preserve this ‘Natural Resource’ when so much is at risk.” The lovechild of these two San Francisco Bay creatives is Passing the Baton: the Miget-Redd Sessions 1©, a musical recording project pairing emerging and mid-career musical artists with ‘Elder’ jazz musicians in an effort to educate younger generations to the history, techniques and challenges is being made available for download on the website http://www.mee-j.com. The artist-driven project allows for an active reconnection to cultural aspects that the producers feel have been ‘marginalized’. As the project evolves there will be an animated component viewable on the site though not downloadable. All imagery will be on the enhanced dvd, Passing the Baton: Sessions with American Classical Masters©.
Veteran producer, Miraflores Music CEO Migét has researched and culled a list of potential ‘players’. The initial project is a live recording with pianist/composer Freddie Redd. Referencing the influences of Bud Powell and Thelonius Monk Freddie started out with Cootie Williams and played with jazz giants the likes of Art Blakey, Charles Mingus in the Mingus Big Band, Tina Brooks and Jackie McClean.
Evolving from a rich musical heritage, for over three decades performer/composer/educator la Maestra Marcia has evidenced her unique ability to ‘pass on’ information and experiences to audiences, students and peers alike. A past Artist-in-Residence for the National Endowment of the Art’s ‘Jazz Artist in Schools’ Program. Her talents in music were evidenced through her study of piano, saxophone and flute from a very early age. The featured performer at the 2004 International Association of Jazz Educators Convention in NY where she played with the Historically Black College All Star Jazz Ensemble, Marcia will once again join some of the jazz greats in the African American Jazz Caucus Big Band in Los Angeles in January.
One of the most sought after master music instructors in the San Francisco Bay Area, 2003 saw Marcia chosen as Project Chairwoman for the African American Jazz Caucus K-12 Alternative Jazz Ed Concepts and Venues Project. Over the last fifteen years Miraflores Music Academié has nurtured talents the likes of pianist Anne Rainwater, baritone saxophonist JoAnna Hansen, pianist/dancer Isabella Quereshi, drummer Jaimeo Brown, saxophonists Alex Baky, J.J. Byars, Robbie Marshall and Elecia Strauss, keyboardist Salvador Santana, Bram Kincheloe drums, keyboardist Jessica Dell’Era, look for the names and ‘take-a-listen’.
With performances this year have been at Monterey, Vallejo, Stern Grove and Fillmore Jazz Festivals, the multi-instrumentalist’s pedigree includes such notables as Carlos Santana, Buddy Baker, Freddy Redd, Kenny Barron, Eddie Moore, Pete Escovedo, Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra, John Santos and Machete, Larry Ridley, Carl Perazzo, Phish and Jaimeo Brown (to name a select few).
Marcia closes with, “One would like to think that our contribution-as-artists is intrinsic to Society. But if not ... the intent is to respect both the Now and Then, bring value across the perceived boundaries and create the a vehicle for cultural integrity. We invite you to http://mee-j.com. Listen with your heart and participate in Pass the Baton.”
