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- Past performances - Thank You For Coming!
January 9 – 12 Toronto IAJE
Louise participates with Kim McCord talking about our work at the Viscardi School in Long Island.
To watch a video clip of my work at Viscardi, please go to http://www.abilitiesonline.org/RTI/REC/CollaborationsAndArtsAccess.aspx
- January 16th – Louise and Rick perform for Uma Thurman's son's birthday party, NYC (Private )
- January18, 23 and 25 – Residency at Brearly School on Louis Armstrong - 2nd grade.
- February 4 - Performance for Viscardi High School with Beth Jecovy's Dance Visions, Long Island
- February 4 – Clinic with Roxbury High School Jazz Choirs, Roxbury, N.J.
- February 6 - Performance for Herricks High School with Beth Jecovy's Dance Visions, Long Island
- February 12 – Clinics with elementary, middle and high school Jazz choirs at Patchogue-Medford
School district.
- Wednesday, February 13 – JAZZY FAIRY TALES school performance
St. James Elementary, Long Island
- Friday, January 22 – presenting at NJMEA conference on vocal jazz improvisation for all ages.
- Saturday, March 1st Bowery Poetry Club – Louise and Rick performance- band tba – 6 – 8 pm
- Saturday, March 8 JAZZY FAIRY TALES$10 per kid or $25 family rate to include 1 free CD per family/ticket price.
Ponds Church – Oakland, N.J.
http://netministries.org/see/churches/ch00778
Ramapo Valley Road at Oak Street
341 Ramapo Valley Road
Oakland, NJ 07436
- Sunday, March 9 - The Harmonium Choral Society 2008 Musicianship Workshops
Morris County, NJ
A hands-on clinic to help choral singers experiment with vocal improvisation at all levels of choral music.
- March 10 – 14 – Five day residency with Kim McCord
Grades pre-k thru 6
Viscardi School, Long Island
- Saturday, March 15
Solo Vocal Jazz Adjudicator, Roxbury Choir Festival
Roxbury, N.J.
- Saturday, March 29 – Washington Heights Jazz Choir Concert
6 pm
Free and open to the public!
All ages welcome
Concert lasts approximately 35 minutes
- On going Jazz residency (Sept. - Dec.) at Viscardi School for grades pre 1 - 6. School is located in Albertson, NY
- Friday, Nov. 9
Jazzy Fairy Tales/Bop Boo Day performance for K - 6
Nathan Hale School, Schaumburg, Il
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9 am and 10 am
- Friday, Nov. 9
Jazzy Fairy Tales/Bop Boo Day performance K – 6
River Grove School, River Grove, Ill.
- Sat. Dec 9
Jazzy Fairy Tales
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery between Houston and Bleeker 12:30 PM
- Thursday, Nov. 8
Jazzy Fairy Tales
NAEYC Conference, Chicago, Ill
McCormack Place Convention Center
Presenting at 12:30: Susan Milligan and Louise Rogers
Performance: Louise Rogers and Rick Strong
- October 9th
Gribben Elementary School
Jazzy Fairy Tales
Long Island, NY
2 in-school performances grades K-
- October 14th
Nanuet Library
Jazzy Fairy Tales
Nanuet, N.Y. 1 pm
- Saturday, October 20th
Harvest Festival
Jazzy fairy tales/bop boo day!
4:30 – 5:30
Bennett Park
Fort Washington Ave./184th St.NYC
- Sunday, October 21
Memory Walk
Riverside Park, NYC
Jazzy Fairy Tales
Kiddie Corner
9:00 to 11:00 am
www.alznyc.org
- October 24
Edgewater Barnes and Noble
Jazzy Fairy Tales/Bop Boo Day!
Edgewater, N.J.
Educator's Night - 5 pm
- Sat. October 27
WBGO Jazz Concert for kids
Jersey City Museum
Jazzy Fairy Tales/Bop Boo Day!
Jersey City, N.J.
350 Montgomery Street - 12:30 pm
www.wbgo.org
The Jazz Choir (kids 6-12) for the fall semester is full except for a couple of spots for 10 – 12 year olds! Please contact Louise asap if you are interested.
lrogers@panix.com
Howlfest Sat., September 8th
Bowery Poetry Club308 Bowery @ Bleecker, right across from CBGB's, noon – 1 pm
Louise Rogers, vocals and Rick Strong, acoustic bass, performing
Jazzy Fairy Tales, written by Louise Rogers and Susan Milligan
F train to Second Ave | 6 train to Bleecker 212-614-0505
http://www.howlfestival.com/index.php
Come early to hear more music or play games:
11:30 Parker Hall/ Djembe for kids
Games for kids: jump rope, hop scotch, jacks and lots of balloons!
Lucky's Juice Bar will be open with lots of healthy treats and kiddie shakes!
Howlfest has even arranged for a private bus to chauffeur you from Bowery Poetry Club to the Howlfest site at Tompkins
square park for more family fun like puppet show, punk rope skipping and jump rope giveaways, dancing, kid's art wall with painting and sculpture materials, food, etc.
Jazzy Fairy Tales/Bop Boo Day Performance
Sunday, June 3 - One set at 11:15
PANCAKES IN THE PARK
Fundraiser for Fort Tryon Park
Washington Heights, NYC
Louise and Rick are proud to be a part of this spectacular concert!
The CubanCulturalCenter of New York
is proud to present
Jubileo II: Zumba el bajo!
A vibrant sound fest, featuring the most novel fusion of classical, Cuban rhythms and Jazz!!!
Starring artistic director and bass virtuoso
Carlos Del Pino with an international array of ground breaking musicians.
Sunday, June 3rd , 2007 at 3:00 p.m.
Julia de Burgos Entertainment center,
Lexington Ave. @ 106th St., NYC
for more info. go to www.carlosdelpino.com
Jazzy Fairy Tales CD release performance
Retold by Susan Milligan and Louise Rogers
Performed by Louise Rogers: Vocals, Rick Strong: Acoustic Bass
Barnes and Noble 66th Street/Broadway. NYC
Friday, April 20th, 4 pm
Barnes and Noble “Any Wednesday”
Louise Rogers: Vocals, Rick Strong: Acoustic Bass
Wednesday, May 16th 6:30 - 7:00 pm free
Barnes and Noble 66th Street/Broadway NYC
Residency, Louise Rogers, Jazz vocalist/educator
California Ave. School, Uniondale, N.Y.
March 23, 30, April 13, 27, 30
Exploring Latin Jazz with children's literature and fairy tales
The Henry Viscardi School ....at Abilities!
a state supported school for students with severe physical and medical disabilities
Jazz Choir Residency: February – April 2007
Albertson, Long Island
Medical Center Nursery School: Jazzy Fairy Tales! Jazz for preschool with classroom teacher Susan Milligan
Thursdays, January 18, 25; February 8, 22; March 8, 22; April 19; May 3, 17
- For Those We Love - Thursday, April 12th, 7:30 pm.
A jazz concert to benefit The Alzheimer's Association, New York City Chapter.
Conceived and produced by Louise Rogers and Peter Eldridge
Featuring Paquito d'Rivera, New York Voices, Jane Monheit and Louise Rogers
For more info. go to http://www.alznyc.org or call 212-772-4448
- The Barrow Group Theater Company Children's Festival
Performance: Songs from Bop Boo Day and Jazzy Fairy Tales
Louise Rogers: Vocals/Kazoo, Rick Strong: Acoustic Bass
Sat. March 17th
POSTPONED - TO BE RESCHEDULED:
312 West 36th 4W NYC
time tba
http://www.barrowgroup.org
- Villanova Jazz Festival - March 11
Villanova University: Phila., PA
Vocals/Kazoo: Louise Rogers, Acoustic Bass: Rick Strong
http://www.villanova.edu/studentlife/music/chamberseries.htm
- Roxbury High School,
Roxbury, N.J.
Louise Rogers, Jazz vocalist/educator
Feb. 13th and March 5 7-9 pm
Clinician with Roxbury Jazz Choirs
- Hempstead, Long Island, February, 6th
Performance: “Ella Fitzgerald Sang Bop Boo Day!” Through songs, poems and stories, Louise Rogers
celebrates the jazz greats who influenced Ella Fitzgerald. Featuring songs from "Bop Boo Day!"
Vocals/Kazoo: Louise Rogers, Upright Bass: Rick Strong
- Book Fair Great Neck Community School, Long Island, Saturday, February 3rd
Vocals/Kazoo: Louise Rogers, Acoustic Bass: Rick Strong
3 performances: 11:00 – 11:30, 12:00 – 12:30, 1:00 – 1:30
Performing songs from the CD Bop Boo Day! and the new CD Jazzy Fairy Tales to be released Spring 2007
- IAJE Conference: Manhattan
1 Performance: 11:00 – 11:45 Vocals/kazoo: Louise Rogers, Acoustic Bass: Rick Strong
Hilton Hotel
Songs from
Bop Boo Day!
- Brearly School, Manhattan: Jan. 19th, 26th, 30th
“Ella Fitzgerald Sang Bop Boo Day!”
Workshop for 2nd graders introducing them to the music of Ella Fitzgerald.
Children will explore the music of Ella Fitzgerald and the jazz greats who influenced her. Students become active participants as they compose their own musical creations in the style of Ella Fitzgerald.
- Tower Records 66th St. and Broadway
Saturday, July 8, 1 - 1:45 pm
Performing songs from Bass-ically Speaking as well as songs from my new CD
- CD release party for Bop Boo Day! A
jazz CD for children by Louise Rogers and children.
Cover art by Chris Raschka with CD liner notes by Nat Hentoff.
Featuring such hits as:
Charlie Parker Played Be Bop by Chris Raschka
So What by Miles Davis with lyrics by Louise Rogers
Now's The Time by Charlie Parker
Dat Dere by Bobby Timmons
I Thought About You
by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johhnny Mercer and original songs and poems by Louise
Friday, June 23rd at 4:00 at Lincoln Square Barnes and Noble at 66th St 3rd floor performance area.
Sweet Rhythm
double bill with Peter Eldridge
Tuesday, May 30th
two sets at 8pm and 10 pm
$20 cover $10 min
- Bending Toward the Light - A Jazz Nativity
Symphony Space (2537 Broadway, New York, NY)
Tuesday, Dec 20 and Wednesday, Dec 21
8 pm showtime, featuring
Slide Hampton, Jimmy Slyde, Dave Valentin as the Kings, and
Louise Rogers, Amy London, Matt Perry and Keven Osborne, vocal quartet
Tickets on sale Tuesday Oct. 4th Box Office: 212-864-5400
http://www.jazznativity.com
- Cornelia Street Cafe
Sunday, October 9th, 29 Cornelia Street, NYC
8:30 – 10:30PM
- Aug. 8th 7-8 PM: Kavehaz
37 WEST 26TH STREET
one set only
no cover
one drink minimum
WWW.KAVEHAZ.COM FOR DIRECTIONS
- August 10th 7:00PM - 9:00 PM, Eastchester, NY: Summer Evening Music Presentation location TBA
- August 12 6:00 PM, Bronx, NY: Louise directed “The Columbus Club House Jazz Choir” in the Bronx, NY, a jazz choir of over 100 children ranging in age from 7 –
14. Children will sing from the Great American Songbook.
- Thursday, July 14th, 7-8 PM: Lincoln Center Barnes and Noble at 66th Street and Broadway
Third Floor Events Room
Bass and Voice performance and signing
Free!
- Friday June 17 - 9:00–10:30 PM - Cornelia Street Cafe
- Sat. June 18th, 1:00 and 2:00 PM: Brooklyn Children's Museum, Books, BeBop, Bass Lines and Blues
- Louise Rogers: vocals
- Rick Strong: Bass
- Children's chorus: Miranda Johnson, Kaitlin Cullen-Verhauz, Alexander Strong and Alexander Tonhazy
“Books,
BeBop, Bass Lines and Blues is a lively introduction to jazz for kids of all ages. Using vocal improvisation and bass, professional musicians Louise Rogers and Rick Strong get children listening, bopping and scatting!
Their interactive performance uses books and poems set to music to introduce kids to jazz greats like Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and Ella Fitzgerald. Although you'll come home singing the "Animal Blues",
you'll be glad you didn't miss a beat!”
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