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CONFERENCE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS, PRESENTERS &\u00a0SPECIAL GUESTS<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"Keynotes\"
\n<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0George Wein \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Bernice Johnson Reagon \u00a0 \u00a0Joshua Rifkin<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\"bridgewater12\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Special Guest Jazz Vocalist, <\/strong>Dee Dee Bridgewater\u00a0in Concert<\/strong><\/p>\n

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

GEORGE WEIN<\/strong><\/a>
\nDATE: Friday, March 21st, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘Jazz Impresario George Wein is considered to be as much a legend as his festivals. Through his company Festival Productions Inc., he has spearheaded hundreds of music events annually since 1954 when he produced the first Newport Jazz Festival \u2013 an event that started the \u201cfestival era,\u201d according to jazz critic Leonard Feather. He followed this with the Newport Folk Festival in 1959. Later, he pioneered the concept of sponsor association with music events. In 2012, Wein received the APAP Award of Merit for Acheivement in Performing Arts.\u2019<\/p>\n

DR. BERNICE JOHNSON REAGON<\/strong><\/a>
\nDATE:\u00a0Thursday, March 20th, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018For more than a half-century Bernice Johnson Reagon\u00a0has been a major cultural voice for freedom and justice. An African-American woman\u2019s voice, a child of Southwest Georgia, a voice raised in song, born in the struggle against racism in America during the Civil Rights Movement of the 50s and 60s, she is a composer, songleader, scholar and producer.\u2019<\/p>\n

JOSHUA RIFKIN<\/strong><\/a>
\nDATE: Thursday, March 20th, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

Professor Rifkin has appeared as conductor and keyboard soloist with many prominent orchestras in the US, Europe, Israel and Australia, including the English Chamber Orchestra and Israel Camerata Jerusalem, among several others. His critical edition of Bach\u2019s Mass in B Minor, published by Breitkopf & H\u00e4rtel, appeared in November 2006. In 1999, the University of Dortmund awarded Professor Rifkin an honorary doctorate for his contributions to Bach interpretation. He currently teaches at Boston University as a Professor of Music in the Dept of Musicology and Ethnomusicology at the College of Fine Arts.
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PRESENTERS LIST (March 20th – 23rd, 2014)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Anderson, Heather<\/a><\/td>\nGarcia, David<\/a><\/td>\nMedwin, Marc<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alston, Richard<\/a><\/td>\nHowe, Emily<\/a><\/td>\nMiyakawa, Felicia<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best, Katelyn<\/a><\/td>\nHillman, Jamie<\/a><\/td>\nPiras, Marcello<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blim , Daniel<\/a><\/td>\nHicks, Lori<\/a><\/td>\nPrice, Emmett<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brown, Gwynne\u00a0Kuhner<\/a><\/td>\nHoesing, Peter<\/a><\/td>\nQuadros, Andre de<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brown, Leonard<\/a><\/td>\nHogges, Genithia L<\/a><\/td>\nRoma, Catherine<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Capizzi, Christopher<\/a><\/td>\nJackson, Eric<\/a><\/td>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chawawa, Morgen<\/a><\/td>\n<\/a><\/td>\nScobie, Niel<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cho, Sujung<\/a><\/td>\nJohnson, Chris<\/a><\/td>\nSebron, Carolyn<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Choi Eunjung<\/a><\/td>\nKeith, Laura<\/a><\/td>\nShonekan, Stephanie<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coleman, Kwami<\/a><\/td>\nMaxile, Horace<\/a><\/td>\nThurman, Kira<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Djavadzadeh-Amini, Keivan<\/a><\/td>\nMay, Eldonna<\/a><\/td>\nTick, Judith<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dirksen, Rebecca<\/a><\/td>\nFredericks Malone, Connie<\/a><\/td>\nTolano, Rachel<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eskin, Virginia<\/a><\/td>\nF. Malone, James<\/a><\/td>\nTurner, Katherine<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Helenon, Veronique<\/a><\/td>\nTang, Patricia<\/a><\/td>\nWilliams, James<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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