BROOKLYN-QUEENS CONSERVATORY of M . U . S . I . C .
58 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217
718-622-3300, www.bqcm.org
For Immediate Release Contact: Dale Zeidman, 718-622-3300 x 24
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Countdown to Performathon: More Than 500 Students to Participate in Performance Marathons on April 21 at Queens Center Mall, and April 28 at Atlantic Terminal Mall
New York City Council Member John C. Liu (D-Queens) To Address Queens Audience at 1:30 p.m. on April 21
Nonstop music from morning ‘til night will mark Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music’s
Performathon 2007 at Queens Center on April 21, from 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; and Atlantic Terminal Mall on April 28, also from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Student ensembles and individuals from the Conservatory’s Flushing and Park Slope campuses will appear at these first-ever fundraising events which will benefit the Conservatory’s scholarship and faculty development funds. Admission to Performathon 2007 is free.
Ensembles to perform at Queens Center include: Diploma Jazz Trio, Jazz Vocal Workshop, Jazz Suzuki Improvisation Group, Suzuki Violin Playdown, 8-Hand Piano Ensemble, Children’s Chorus, Keyboard Adventures, and Jazz Instrumental Workshop. Student soloists will give voice, piano, and violin solo performances.
Brooklyn-based ensembles performing at Atlantic Terminal Mall include Community Orchestra Woodwind Trio, Men’s R & B Quartet, Teen Quartet, Adult Jazz Choir, Teen Jazz Ensembles, Suzuki Violin Playdown, Suzuki Ensembles, Youth Orchestra, Children’s Choir, as well as the Vocal Performance, Youth Brass, and Teen Brass Ensembles. There will be soloists on voice, piano, violin, saxophone, drums, flute, and viola.
BQCM students are collecting pledges from family and friends who support their performances. Local businesses are supporting the Performathon through sponsorships, advertising in the free program guide to be given out on the day of the performance, and by donating prizes for raffles to be held at both Performathons..
Steinway & Sons is providing a Steinway Model B Concert Grand for the Performathon in Queens, a Steinway Model A Parlor Grand for the event in Brooklyn, and a Boston or Essex model. Steinway Hall is located at 109 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019. Their phone is 212-332-0119.and their website is www.steinway.com.
Queens Center is hosting the Performathon on April 21 at World's Fare Cafes, Food Court, located on the Concourse Level of the JCPenney Wing. Queens Center’s address is 90-15 Queens Boulevard, Elmhurst, NY 11373, at the intersection of Woodhaven and Queens Boulevard. For more information, call 718-592-4039 or visit their website at www.ShopQueensCenter.com.
Atlantic Terminal Mall, located at Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues in Fort Greene, will host the Brooklyn Performathon on April 28. The Mall is located at 139 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217. For more information, call 718-834-3400 or visit their website at www.fcrc.com.
Founded in 1897, Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music is one of the oldest and largest nonprofit community schools of the arts in the nation. It provides music instruction for a wide range of abilities, levels, and age groups. The school works with more than 10,000 people each year through free and subsidized music instruction; music education and music therapy programs in nearly 50 schools, childcare, community, and social service centers; and free and inexpensive concerts.
For more information about programs or classes offered by the Conservatory, call 718-622-3300 in Brooklyn or 718-461-8910 in Queens. The Brooklyn Campus is located at 58 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217, and is accessible by the Q or B trains to Seventh Avenue, or the 2 or 3 trains to Grand Army Plaza. The Queens Campus is located at 42-76 Main Street, Flushing, NY 11355. It is accessible by the No. 7 train to Main Street-Roosevelt Avenue, the Port Washington Branch of the Long Island Railroad to Flushing-Main Street, or the Q20 A or B or Q 44 buses.
Major funders for Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music are Carnegie Foundation, New York State Music Fund, MetLife Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, and New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Generous corporate support for Performathon 2007 has been provided by Atlantic Terminal Mall, Flushing Commons, Forest City Ratner Companies, Queens Center, and Steinway & Sons.
