Bosss Nova Benefit at Amity Hall on January 28th, 2014

Bossa Nova Benefit

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Brasil em Mente promotes Bossa Nova night in NYC
Brasil em Mente, in partnership with the Big Band Brooklyn Jazz Rebellion, Monika Oliveira, Richard Miller, and Eric B. Davis, will host a Bossa Nova Show in benefit of cultural and educational programs. The purposes of the show are to promote a total Brazilian experience that includes authentically Brazilian music, food, drinks and atmosphere. In addition, the organization plans to raise $20,000 to maintain its projects at its new headquarters. 

The Brooklyn Jazz Rebellion is a big band based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and comprised of professional players from around the NYC area. Members of the band have toured around the world, and performed at venues such as 55 Bar, the Jazz Standard, the Glastonbury Festival and the Montreal Jazz Festival. The band has headlined at Brooklyn’s East River Music Festival, Harlem’s Shrine and has been a featured act at a number of New York charity events. The band performs the full range of big band composers and styles and is dedicated to preserving the medium of the big band and presenting many varieties of this style to the public. The Brooklyn Jazz Rebellion is conducted by Casey Howard and is managed by its president Hope Bagley e Dieter Winterle.

The Brazilian singer Monika Oliveira will make a special appearance at the event singing with the Big Band. Monika Oliveira is a fresh and exciting vocal presence on the New York - Brazilian music scene today. This singer/songwriter was born in Belém/Pará and raised in Rio de Janeiro. She has been living and performing around New York City for over ten years. She combines her love of Brazil’s musical heritage and her love of Jazz into a sultry variation on both – Brazilian Jazz that is at once moving and rhythmic, pure and passionate. 

Monika will be accompanied by the guitar players Richard Miller,  who holds a PhD in Music Theory and teaches at Columbia University, and Eric Davis, graduate of Julliard and Broadway performer, currently at Matilda.

Eric B Davis                                                                                          Richard Miller

Brasil em Mente is a cultural organization and the only Brazilian preschool in America who’s mission is to embrace and value the Portuguese language. The organization has the institutional support of the General Consulate of Brazil in New York and has developed various cultural initiatives. In addition to their child education programs in which children are immersed in the language and culture of Brazil, Brasil em Mente (BEM) maintains the only International Brazilian Children’s Library. With a collection of more than 1,000 volumes, the library is open to the local community and sends books through the mail to all states in the US. The organization maintains an educational blog that discusses bilingualism and Portuguese as a heritage language, a multidisciplinary study group, and a publisher. Brasil em Mente also produces cultural events that celebrate typical festivities and bring what is best in terms of Brazilian culture.

Event: Bossa Nova Night in NYC
January 28th, 2014.
Shows at 7 and 9:30 pm.
At Amity Hall (80 W 3rd St, New York, NY) More information:
Dieter Winterle, Executive Director
Tel.: (917) 434-2361
E-mail: info@brasilemmente.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/brasilemmente 
Site: www.brasilemmente.org