The African American Performing Arts Center and Exhibition Hall

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AAPAC needs your help to ensure its vitality and sustained presence in our community. We do hope we can count on your support to make this

happen! Please Continue To Give: WWW.AAPACNM.ORG Volume III Spring /Summer 2017

JUNETEENTH: Gospel in the African American Experience

June 17, 2017 Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Albuquerque Museum Amphitheater - 2000 Mountain Rd NW Tickets and information: www.nmjazz.org Celebrate Juneteenth with a special night of music that is sure to entertain, educate, and leave you wanting more! Starting with Africa’s Call of the Drums, this musical journey will continue into the 1800s with the Negro spirituals sung by slaves; their hidden messages serving beacons of freedom and hope. We’ll continue through the 20th century with the music of traditional gospel; culminating with today’s contemporary music and praise dance! Roots, blues and jazz will come together in a uniquely American gospel music experience. Presenting this night of uplifting music will be the adult, men’s, and youth choirs of Albuquerque’s Emmanuel, Mount Olive, and Shiloh Baptist Churches. Carolyn Traylor, national recording artist and Stellar Award Winner, will be the evening’s featured artist. Musical Director is Ricki Warren, and Eugene Pickett will lead The Call of the Drums. Also included are the talents of Calvin Appleberry and praise dancer Wayne Stinson. Curator and emcee for this special performance is New Mexico’s own Cecilia Webb, Host of KUNM’s “Train to Glory”.

Brought to you by the New Mexico Jazz Workshop AAPAC Is A Proud Presenting Sponsor

Gospel Star Carolyn Traylor

Cecilia Webb 89.9 KUNM’s

“Train To Glory”

AAPAC IS TURNING TEN!

JOINusaswebeginayearlongcelebration

commemoratingourfirstdecade.Therewillbeconcerts,artexhibits,theaterproductionsandmore

beginningAugust2017–July2018.

The New Mexico Jazz Festival And the African American Performing Arts Center

Proudly Presents

René Marie & Experiment in Truth

Saturday, August 5, 7:30pm at AAPAC

Award winning songwriter, jazz �vocalist, composer, arranger, René Marie, returns to New Mexico on the heels of her latest release Sound of Red (April 2016), which recently won a Grammy award for Best Vocal Album. Marie’s 13th album, Sound of Red is the first to feature all original material. Rooted in the jazz traditions of Ella Fitzgerald and Dinah Washington, Ms. Marie has earned a reputation as one of the most provocative risk-takers among today’s jazz divas. She’s joined by her long time band mates Jon Chin, piano; Elias Bailey, bass; and Quentin Baxter, drums.

$45 VIP-Preferred Seating; $30 General Seating. Tickets available at outpostspace.org or in person at

the Outpost Performance Space or at AAPAC.

Sponsored by Eddie Chelist, Music Lover

Cool Jazz Forever Productions in Association With 103.7 The Oasis Radio

Presents

Spring Fever And Jazz Appreciation Concert

Saturday May 6, 2017 @ 7:30 p.m. @ AAPAC

Featuring

Pianist Gregg Karrukas & Sax-Man Everette Harp

With Loving Tributes To Marvin Gaye & Joe Sample

www.buy.ticketstothecity.com

AAPACSTAFF

AnnetteCaineExecutiveDirector

ThelmaPalmer,Bookkeeper

DianeHunter,Custodian

JamesLewis&KeanuWeathersbee-Maintenance,Sound/LightTechnicians

AAPACFOUNDATIONBOARDOFDIRECTORS

Officers

PamelyaHerndon,InterimPresidentAnthonyEdwards,TreasurerCharlesW.Lowery,IISecretaryJobyWallace,PresidentEmeritus

Members

TomGuralnickJimHarveyErnestJenkins,Sr.KymberlyN.PinderTraceyL.Whitney

Please visit our website: www.aapacnm.org for more information about our schedule of events, or call (505) 222-0785.

While you’re there, BECOME A MEMBER OF AAPAC! There are many levels to choose from. Contact the office for details. And LIKE us on Facebook: African American Performing Arts Center and Exhibition Hall.

Did You Know? Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, which had become official January 1, 1863. However, with the surrender of General Lee in April of 1865, and the arrival of General Granger’s regiment, the forces were finally strong enough to influence and overcome the resistance. One of General Granger’s first orders of business was to read to the people of Texas, General Order Number 3 which began most

significantly with:

"The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and free laborer."

For more information, visit www.juneteenth.com

A new jazz competition honoring John Lewis, pianist and founder of the Modern Jazz Quartet. Lewis grew up in and attended school in the South Broadway neighborhood. • Cash prizes will be awarded to the 1st and 2nd

place winners. • The 1st place winner will perform at the

Annual John Lewis Celebration at the South Broadway Cultural Center/John Lewis Auditorium on Thursday, July 27, opening the show for internationally renowned jazz trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusure and his quartet as part of the 12th Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival.

• Open to all middle and high school students • Application deadline is May 19th at 5p.m. • For more info and entry application, go online

to www.cabq.gov/sbcc Enter Now!

Annual Meeting and Election of Officers – June 8th at 6:00 P.M. The public is invited to attend AAPAC’s annual meeting where we will discuss the past year’s achievements, our goals for the coming year, and elect the new Board officers.

YOUTH PIANO COMPETITION

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