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Ex’pression College is proud to host the Emery Ed Funds Annual benefit concert featuring multi-Grammy Award-winning producer and drummer extraordinaire Narada Michael Walden, and the Junius Courtney Big Band, playing with the Emery Secondary School Jazz Band for a lively evening of musical performances of works by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Tito Puente, jazz standards, and Walden himself.
One hundred percent of ticket income will benefit music and arts programs at Emery Unified School District. Funds will be used torepair instruments, purchase new instruments, and develop a residency program making professional instruction and tutoring available to Emery students.
Thursday, March 13th 2008
Ex’pression College for Digital Arts, 6601 Shellmound Street, Emeryville CA 94608
6:00pm Reception, 7:00pm Performance
Tickets: $50, $100, and $250. Corporate Sponsorships of $1K and $5K available.
For tickets visit www.emeryed.org or contact Eugenia Bowman at ebowman@emeryed.org. Book NOW, as seats are limited.
About the Performer
Narada Michael Walden (with Producer, Album and Song Of The Year awards to his credit) has been at the helm of hit music that spans decades and flows freely from pop, rock, soul, hip-hop and country, to the rarified realms of jazz, fusion, world music and back in again. Artists as diverse as Aretha Franklin and Wynonna Judd; Stevie Wonder and Tom Jones; The Temptations and Jeff Beck - these and literally scores of others have sought out this consummate creative catalyst to fashion some of the biggest hits of their careers.
Along the way, Walden was an integral part of introducing such superstars as Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey to millions of fans worldwide, by creating the breakthrough hits that first brought these divas in to the spotlight. Small wonder Billboard Magazine honored him as one of the Top Ten Producers of all time.
