THE DC CABARET NETWORK
www.DCCabaretNetwork.org
The DC Cabaret Network Newsletter
UPCOMING
EVENTS, JANUARY 2008
Date
of next newsletter is February 1, 2008
Due
date for member submissions: January 25, 2008
HAPPY
NEW YEAR 2008!
LOOK
FOR IN THIS ISSUE
·
DC Cabaret Network Open Mic dates: TBD,
but check out www.DCCabaretNetwork.org for dates when they become available
·
DC Cabaret Network Member Showcase on February 2! Email lottery on
January 5!
·
DCCN member Sally Martin nominated for WAMMIES
·
DCCN member Beverly Cosham’s performance dates
in January and February
·
DCCN member Michael Blaney performs opera
night at Café Mozart and Yorktown Bistro
·
DCCN member Doug Bowles and his big band at Atlas in January 25 and 26
·
DCCN member Ron Squeri performs in NYC at the
Duplex on January 27 at 5pm
·
DCCN member Katherine McCann “Return to Me”
(save the date! 3/22-23)
·
DCCN members Matt Howe and Dean Reichard
perform together March 28 and 29
·
DCCN member Sally Martin’s new CD “Another Time, Another Place” is now
available on iTunes!
·
DCCN members Nicholas Zill, Michael Miyazaki,
and Marilyn Bennett in Primary Urges
·
Cabaret Conference at
·
Cabaret performers from out of town at various venues: Scott Bacula, Susan Werner, Christine Lavin, Michael Feinstein,
Faith Prince and many more
·
DC Cabaret Network members are performing soon: Marilyn Bennett,
Michael Blaney, Beverly Cosham,
Matt Howe, Sally Martin, Katherine McCann, Michael Miyazaki, Dean Reichard, Ron Squeri, Nicholas Zill
·
Coaching available with DC Cabaret Network members: George Fulginiti-Shakar, Sally Martin, James K. McCully, Judy Simmons, Daniel Sticco
·
If you haven’t yet, renew your dues or become a member of the DC Cabaret
Network TODAY: Send $35 check to: DC Cabaret Network,
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
DC CABARET NETWORK AND MEMBER CABARET EVENTS
CABARET ARTISTS FROM OUT OF TOWN PERFORM AROUND TOWN
ALSO AROUND TOWN
CLASSES, WORKSHOPS AND INSTRUCTION
DC CABARET NETWORK NOTES AND POLICIES
BEFORE
LEAVING HOME, REALITY CHECK PLEASE
Before
leaving home to attend an event, please CONFIRM all logistical information by
calling or visiting the website of the venue. We work hard to publish the
most current and correct information on the cabaret scene in the DC
metropolitan area, but sometimes mistakes are made. THANK YOU for your patience
and cooperation!
DC
CABARET NETWORK AND MEMBER CABARET EVENTS
LOTTERY
ANNOUNCEMENT – AN EXCITING EVENT COMING AGAIN SOON:
DC
CABARET NETWORK MEMBERS ONLY SHOWCASE AT THE ARTS CLUB,
FEBRUARY
10, 2008
Due
to the huge success of the first and second DC Cabaret Network Members Only
Showcases, another one is planned for Sunday, February 10, 7:30pm at The Arts
Club. The first 12 people who send an email to Info@dccabaretnetwork
on Saturday, January 5th will be performing. (Emails sent before that
date will not be considered.) Please note that preference will be given
to members who did not perform in the other two fabulous showcases. The
extraordinarily talented Alex Tang will again be the Music Director and
accompanist, and Judy Simmons will direct. You will have a strictly held
6-minute slot with no more than two songs and patter. More information
will be sent to the performers about rehearsal times. You will get one
20-minute rehearsal with Alex and there will be a dress rehearsal at The Arts
Club in the afternoon on the day of the performance.
DC
CABARET NETWORK OPEN MIC DATES TBD
DC
Cabaret Network Open Mic dates have yet to be
determined for January. When dates become available, we will post them on
our website: www.DCCabaretNetwork.org. Please visit the site often for the latest
information on our Open Mic and newsletter addendums!
MICHAEL
BLANEY PERFORMS NEW YEARS EVE AT
Newly
opened and renovated Yorktown Bistro located at 5171 Lee Highwayin
Arlington VA 22207 will hold a New Years Eve celebration! Special music will be
presented from 7 to 10 PM by vocalist Michael Blaney
and pianist Rich Eldridge.A special fixed price menu
will be offered which includes... A starter, entree, dessert and a glass of
champagne for dinner$25.00 per person per dinner$ 10.00 per person bar cover
after 10 PMParty favorsFree
rides to and from the Metro Bar Open until 2 AM For directions please visit the
website www.yorktownbistro.com This is one of
the least expensive and best New Years Eve celebrations in town so please
reserve ASAP! To reserve please call 703 532-6060 HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
SALLY
MARTIN NOMINATED FOR THE WAMMIES!
Sally
Martin's new CD, Another Time, Another Place, has been nominated for a WAMMIES
award in the category of Best Jazz Recording. Sally has also been
nominated in the category of Best Cabaret/Musical Theater Artist. The
Washington Area Music Awards (WAMMIES) recognize significant career
achievements by area musicians. Members have until January 2nd to submit
their ballots. More information and ballots are at www.wamadc.com
The
album is also now available for download at iTunes and at CD Baby:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/sallymartin2
MICHAEL
BLANEY, OPERA NIGHT! @ CAFE MOZART DC WEDNESDAY JANUARY 16TH 2008 7 PM
Cafe
Mozart located at 1331 HST NW DC, will present an Opera Night on January 16 at
7 PM. Featured performers Washington Opera tenor Michael Blaney.baritone
Nikita Wells, and Frank Conlon will be piano accompanist. Music will be
performed from opera, operetta and musical theater as well as Holiday Favorites!. There is no cover charge if dinner is ordered. No
Entertainment Coupons for this event.>>Cafe Mozart
serves a wide selection of German/Austrian fare. This event has been SOLD OUT! in the past so reserve ASAP! There is a parking garage
(202)347-5732 OR BY EMAIL cafe_mozart_2000@yahoo.com You
may visit the Cafe website at cafemozartonline.com.
Saturday,
January 19 at 6:30pm , at
Saturday,
February 9 at 8:00pm , 2/9 with the
Saturday,
February 23 at Indigo, Atlas Performing
RON
SQUERI PEROMS “HAUNTED HEART” AT THE DUPLEX IN NYC
To
celebrate his recently recorded CD “Haunted Heart,” Ron Squeri
performs
Where:
The Duplex Cabaret Theatre,
When:
January 27, 2008 at 5pm
Cost:
$10 cover and 2 drink min. (includes complimentary CD)
Reservations:
call: 212-255-5438 or visit: www.theduplex.com
Music
Direction: Rick Jensen
Directed
by:
SAVE
THE DATE
KATHERINE
MCCANN “RETURN TO ME”
Katherine
McCann Cabaret -- RETURN TO ME. Musical direction by
George Fulginiti-Shakar; stage direction by Steven
Scott Mazzola. Playbill Cafe, March
21&22, 8:00 p.m.
MATT
HOWE AND DEAN REICHARD PERFORM TOGETEHR MARCH 28 & 29 AT CAPITOL HILL ARTS
WORKSHOP
DC
Cabaret Network members Matt Howe and Dean Reichard
are performing together at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop on March 28 & 29,
2008. More details about their cabaret performance can be found at their blog,
http://cabaretduo.wordpress.com.
VISIT
MICHAEL
Cabaret
Network member and local cabaret yenta, Michael Miyazaki, has started a blog
devoted to cabaret in the DC area: cabaretdc.wordpress.com
AUDITION
ANNOUNCEMENT
SIXTH
ANNUAL, CABARET CONFERENCE AT
JULY
25 – AUGUST 3, 2008
Erv Raible, Executive
Director/Artistic Director, takes great pride in announcing the Sixth Annual
Cabaret Conference at
The
Sixth Annual Cabaret Conference At Yale University will be held July 25 -
August 3, 2008 , and is an internationally focused,
nine-day teaching program that offers an intensive look at the art of cabaret
performance technique, and trains professionals for the live entertainment
industry. The Great American Songbook will be addressed and promoted in its
entirety, from its origins in the late 19th century through the classic pop
standards of the 1930s and 40s to today’s contemporary cabaret, musical
theater, jazz, pop and classical music.
Our
students have come from across the
The
award-winning faculty, and renowned consultants, will guide thirty-six students
in a collaborative process of critical refining and honing. The
conference will feature classes and lectures covering cabaret performance
technique, acting for singers, lyric interpretation, focus and concentration,
act structure, act writing, material research, and comedic development, to
musical director and director relations, arranging, orchestration,
composer/lyricist relations, and image consultation. Examine the final
stages of act presentation through club relations, marketing, press and public
relations, to the technical language of light and sound, representation,
booking, management and personal networking; with an emphasis on integration
into the international live entertainment community.
Public
performances allow the students to observe first-hand the performance
techniques of professionals in the industry, while continuing to study those of
their peers on a daily performance basis. At the Cabaret Conference
Curtain Call the students will perform, demonstrating what they have
accomplished in their nine days at the Cabaret Conference at
Our
prestigious 2008 faculty currently includes: Tovah Feldshuh, Jason Graae, Carol
Hall, George Hall, Laurel Massé, Sally Mayes, Sharon McNight, Erv Raible,
Fred Voelpel, and Julie Wilson; piano faculty includes
Ron Abel, Tex Arnold, Michael Orland, Alex Rybeck and
Paul Trueblood.
The
conference consultants/lecturers include: Fred Voelpel
(image consultant), Tex Arnold (part singing, harmonies and back-up vocals),
Matt Berman (light and sound technician), George Hall (English Music Hall),
David Finkle (reviewer for Back Stage, trade
publication), Michael Kerker (ASCAP, Director of
Musical Theater and Cabaret).
The
Cabaret Conference is held on the historic
Housing
for the Cabaret Conference at
Auditions
will be held in: New York , Boston , Chicago , Cleveland , London UK , Los
Angeles , Minneapolis - St. Paul , New Orleans , Seattle , Toronto and
Washington DC . Audition cities subject to change. See attached.
To
schedule an audition or for additional information contact Erv
Raible, Executive/Artistic Director or Pam Tate,
Executive Assistant at 212-629-2000 or visit our website at:
www.TheCabaretConferenceAtYale.com
Use
Only This Number To Contact Us:
212-629-2000
Auditions
on video, CD, cassette or DVD, please include photo and resume, may be
submitted to:
The
Cabaret Conference at
THE
CABARET CONFERENCE AT YALE UNIVERSITY 2008 AUDITION SCHEDULE
Audition
By Scheduled Appointment Only
212-629-2000
JANUARY
19 / FEBRUARY 16 / MARCH 16,
2008
SATURDAY
/ SATURDAY / SUNDAY
THE
DUPLEX /
FEBRUARY
2, 2008 , SATURDAY
THE
BIRCHMERE /
CABARET
ARTISTS FROM OUT OF TOWN PERFORM AROUND TOWN
AN
EVENING WITH SCOTT BAKULA
Friday,
January 18, 2008
A
Special Benefit for Ford's Theatre, held at Sidney Harman Hall
Ticket
Prices Range from $35 - $100
Join
star of TV, film and stage Scott Bakula for an
evening of music including Cole Porter, George Gershwin,
Tickets
on
For
more information, visit:
http://www.fords.org/performances/calendar/performance-an-evening-with-scott-bakula.aspx
ALSO
AROUND TOWN
MEMBER,
DOUG BOWLES, ANNOUNCES “G.I. JIVE: LETTERS FROM THE WAR” HIS NEW “BIG BAND
RADIO SHOW” AT THE ATLAS THIS JANUARY.
Doug’s
company, SingCo Music and the IN Series collaborate
to present Doug’s original scripted big band tribute to the veterans of WORLD
WAR II.
The
show includes many songs you know and love from the WWII era, mixed with some
amazing specialty numbers that only Doug Bowles and the SingCo
Rhythm Orchestra can do. This funny, heartwarming and blatantly
sentimental show, penned by Doug Bowles, is done in the format of an old time
radio show. It’s 1946 and WSRO remembers letters received from troops and
from their families here at home during the war years. You are the live
studio audience! The letter are fictional, but are based on extensive
research and veteran interviews conducted by Doug Bowles. In addition to
the normally 12 piece SingCo Rhythm Orchestra, Doug
adds a violinist and percussionist as well as a ladies trio and men’s
trio. The singing/acting cast includes: Doug Bowles, John Goltz, Cindy Hutchins, Aaron Reeder, David Sager, Tammy Sidey, Jennifer Timberlake.
Doug Bowles is music director and Jane Christenson, Director.
Friday,
January 25, 8 pm and Saturday, January 26, 8 pm
ATLAS
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Lang Theatre, 1333 H Street, NE, Washington, DC
20002
To
order tickets you can go to www.inseries.org or call the IN Series Box Office
at (202) 315-1325.
The
ATLAS Box office will be open the nights of the show, but advanced ticket sales
need to go through the INSeries System.
G.I.
Jive’s codes are GJ1 for the Friday show and GJ2 for the Saturday show.
Both
shows begin at 8 pm , house opens at 7:30 .
Ticket
prices are: $33 for general admission; $30 for Seniors
and $18 for Students (ID requested at the Box Office). Ask about the
ARTIST RATE, if you are a performing artist.
PRIMARY
URGES IS BACK!
PRIMARY
URGES: Super Tuesday Special!City in a Swamp Players
are back with two special performances of theirwell-received
musical comedy political satire, "Primary Urges," on theweekend preceding Super Tuesday. New songs have been
added, gags and lyricshave been updated, and the show
has been moved to a new venue, theauditorium of The
Writers' Center in
SINGER-SONGWRITERS
AND COMEDIANS COMING TO THE BIRCHMERE
Seeing
performers at The Birchmere is a great opportunity to
hear new and interesting material, from the fabulous singer/songwriters
themselves. For more information or to discover these performers visit www.birchmere.com.
Place:
The Birchmere:
Times/Info/Directions/
Reservations/Tickets: www.birchmere.com or
call 703-549-7500
Some
shows to keep in mind:
Sat.
Jan. 26: JOHN GORKA & SUSAN WERNER $25.00
Sat.
Feb. 23: CHRISTINE LAVIN w/ Dave Potts $25.00
Thu. Feb 28: DIANE SCHUUR
Sun.
Mar. 30: MICHAEL FEINSTEIN $55.00
A
SLEW OF SINGERS AND SONGWRITERS COMING TO WOLF TRAP
New
and interesting material from the fabulous singer/songwriters themselves can
soon be found at Wolf Trap…Artist info, tickets, and more info can be found by
pasting the link under each artist’s name into your web browser. Wolf Trap is
located at
Some
to keep in mind:
Sunday,
January 13 at 7:30 PM , An Evening With Melissa
Manchester
Thursday,
January 24 at 8 PM , Faith Prince
Saturday,
January 26, 7:30pm , John Eaton
Thursday,
January 31 at 8:00 pm and Friday, February 1 at 8:00 pm ,
Maureen McGovern
LA
SCALA OPERA COMES TO
Greetings
Opera Lovers, experience world-class opera with this stunning, all digital
presentation of LA SCALA OPERA at select theaters nationwide.
The
program begins Wednesday 5 December 2007 with AIDA, which Giuseppe Verdi
himself premiered at La Scala in 1872, and directed
for stage and screen by cinema and opera auteur Franco Zeffirelli.
In
an exclusive American collaboration with RAI Trade, Screenvision
and Emerging Pictures bring operas live in HDTV format from La Scala and two other prestigious Italian opera houses to
digital cinemas across the
To
find theater locations, and information about digital cinemas participating in
AIDA at LA SCALA, go to www.OMTI.org
CLASSES,
WORKSHOPS AND INSTRUCTION
COACHING
WITH GEORGE FULGINITI-SHAKAR
George
Fulginiti-Shakar offers private vocal coaching
sessions and is also teaching a performance class at Studio Theatre Acting
Conservatory. George has worked with many singers helping them to develop vocal
technique, audition material, cabaret acts, piano arrangements and
transpositions of songs in the "right" key. Daytime and evening times
are available.
Email
to GeoFulShak@aol.com or call 202-332-7570.
COACHING
WITH SALLY MARTIN
Sally
Martin is available for vocal coaching and/or voice lessons. She can help you
put your cabaret act together, iron out vocal problems, and hone your
interpretive skills. She performs at major venues here and in
COACHING
WITH JAMES K. MCCULLY
Vocal
instruction & coaching with James K. McCully,
National Endowment for the Arts' Opera Music Theater Fellow (On-Site Evaluator)
of professional Opera & Musical Theater Company Training Programs.
James K. McCully's students have sung for Her
Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, His Highness, The Prince Phillip, & Presidents
at The White House; and have received AGMA/AEA contracts with Arena Stage;
CABARET
COACHING WITH JUDY SIMMONS
Judy
Simmons is available for private coaching, and to direct and help with
repertoire choices and patter for your very special cabaret. She teaches
at The Theatre Lab and has taught at American and
cabaret for over 20 years and has appeared in numerous
productions at area theatres. She can be reached at KSsongbird03@aol.com
COACHING
WITH STICCO STUDIOS
STICCO
STUDIOS is a unique venue for the cultivation of cabaret and musical theatre
performers. Under the direction of Helen Hayes Nominated/Broadway Composer
DANIEL STICCO artists develop a “break-less, effortless vocal production, armed
with new repertoire and arrangements tailored to make what you do best, shine!
ALL levels welcome. (703)418-0702 or email at STICCO1STUDIOS@AOL.COM
DC
CABARET NETWORK NOTES AND POLICIES
HELP
US BUILD THE DC CABARET AUDIENCE!!!
The
DC CABARET NETWORK currently sends our regular newsletter to approximately 400
people in the greater DC area. Our newsletter contains free advertising for our
members’ performances. To help us reach more people with this newsletter we ask
that when members perform, you: a) Make available to your audience a sign-up
sheet for our newsletter and encourage them to sign it; and b) Send us the
completed sign-up sheet so that we may add these names to our database and
start sending them the newsletter! A sign-up sheet is available for downloading
on our website:
www.DCCabaretNetwork.org/signupsheet.pdf
Our
mailing address will be on the sign-up sheet.
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INFO AND SEE EVENT PHOTOS AT WWW.DCCABARETNETWORK.ORG
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from DC Cabaret Network events, links to member websites, additional information
about the DC Cabaret Network (and more!) can be found by visiting our website:
http://www.dccabaretnetwork.org
Look
for the new DC Cabaret Network blog! Check out the blog on our website.
(It will be posted in the near future!)
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http://www.dccabaretnetwork.org/newsletter.html
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DC Cabaret Network, visit our website: www.dccabaretnetwork.org. We frequently add new content, so check it out often!
SEEKING
VENUE INFORMATION
Support
your fellow cabaret lovers and performers! We are formulating a list of cabaret
venues. If you have information about a great cabaret space (a church,
restaurant, community center, theatre space, etc), let us know! If possible,
please include name of site, address, phone, contact name and details of what
makes it a great spot for cabaret performance. Please email
the information to membership@dccabaretnetwork.org or write to
DC Cabaret Network,
POLICY
REGARDING SUMBISSION OF NOTICES
The
DC Cabaret Network's bi-monthly newsletter moved to a once-a-month schedule in
May 2007. The newsletter will be sent out on the 1st of each month. The
deadline for all submissions will be the 25th of the prior month - no
exceptions. If you miss the deadline, your entry will have to wait until
the following month for inclusion. Thanks to all of you for your support and
understanding. Please send your info to DCCabaretNetwork@hotmail.com
POLICIES
REGARDING INCLUSION OF NOTICES
The
DC Cabaret Network is a small organization run on a 100% volunteer basis.
We do the best we can with the resources and information we have. It is our
policy to include, to the best of our ability, all cabaret related notices of
our paid up members. Submission, however, does not guarantee inclusion in the
newsletter. Although we always do the best we can to include the
cabaret-related notices of paid-up members, realities such as mis-delivered email or the timing of submissions may affect
what gets published in a particular edition. Your music-related submissions
must be made to:
dccabaretnetwork@hotmail.com
We
reserve the right to edit, and determine the inclusion of, all submissions. It
is the responsibility of the person submitting the information to proof read
the submission for spelling and correct logistical information.
We
will continue to list, free of charge, upcoming events by out-of-town
performers.
The
newsletter update goes out the first of each month, with submissions due by the
25th of the previous month. Please send your submissions (to dccabaretnetwork@hotmail.com)
Inclusion
in the newsletter does not signify a recommendation or endorsement by the
Network.
We
do not post events previous to the date of the newsletter.
If
you have any questions about our listing policy, please contact us at
dccabaretnetwork@hotmail.com or through our website www.dccabaretnetwork.org
POLICY
REGARDING EDITS TO SUBMISSIONS PUBLISHED IN MULTIPLE EDITIONS OF NEWSLETTER
We
gladly publish notices of paid up members in multiple editions of the
newsletter. If you have a notice published in the newsletter, and the date of
the event will carry the notice into subsequent editions of the newsletter,
check your information frequently and verify it is correct.
We
understand that sometimes plans and arrangements change. If you have a notice
currently published in the newsletter, but need to update or change the
information, re-submit your notice IN FULL (exactly as you’d like it to appear
in the newsletter), including the changes, to
dccabaretnetwork@hotmail.com. In a separate paragraph, specifically point
out the changes that you made. We will cut/paste your updated notice into
the newsletter, calling attention to the changes made. If you have a notice
published in the newsletter, and the date of the event will carry the notice into
subsequent editions of the newsletter, and we do not receive a new/complete
submission (as stated above) with changes specifically pointed out, your notice
will appear exactly as before.
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OUR EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE DC CABARET NETWORK
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services free to our extensive mailing list and discounts to many area events.
For a complete list of benefits, visit www.DCCabaretNetwork.org
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March 1 until regular membership begins again on September 1. Students may join
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