Posts Tagged ‘Music’

Sophisticated Lady

Monday, February 14th, 2011
Antoinette Montague, jazz vocalist, at the Sheraton Hotel Ballroom

Antoinette Montague, mind jazz vocalist, at the Sheraton Hotel Ballroom

Singer and Newark (aka Brick City)-native Antoinette Montague returned to Syracuse for this year’s Central New York Jazz Arts Foundation Black History Month Cabaret. Montague’s range includes jazz, blues and gospel. She sang several standards and also interpreted “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” but really moved the crowd with “Miss Celie’s Blues (Sister).” 

The show hit a cresendo when Montague was joined on stage by wealth management professional Vicki Brackens for a duet.  Brackens was this year’s Cabaret sponsor.

Antoinette Montague sings with Vicki Brackens

Antoinette Montague sings with Vicki Brackens (left).

Montague was accompanied by Joe Carello (sax), Rick Montalbano (keys), Larry Luttinger (drums) and Darryl Pugh (bass). She closed the show with “When The Saints Go Marchin In.”

Antoinette Montague

Antoinette Montague

Jazz Seen (part 3)

Saturday, December 18th, 2010

Here is a link for the work of Jazz PhotographerJohn Herr, who is like a family photographer and historian for jazz music here in Syracuse.

Maars, the SIF Conversation

Wednesday, October 6th, 2010

The Maars post-show interview was posted and can be seen/heard here.

Finally…A Live Recording

Sunday, October 3rd, 2010
Dr. Joan R. Hillsman

Dr. Joan R. Hillsman

Musicians and Producers Robert Short, Jr. and Dr. Joan R. Hillsman (above), along with the Bethany Baptist Church Choir and guests recorded a live CD last night. There were several selections of Christ-inspired original compositions  featuring Short, Hillsman, Pastor Phil Turner, Tisha Barnett ,George Kilpatrick, III and many others.

Rev. Phil Turner

Rev. Phil Turner

Martian Invasion

Friday, October 1st, 2010
Mars, emerging artis

Maars, emerging artist

We are grateful that mixed-media artist Maars, a friend of SIF, chose to hold his one man show at our studio location last night.

An interview we did with him and photographs will appear soon.  Maars’ next show will be held at Homegrown in Ithaca, New York.