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Press Release August 7, 2006
For Immediate Release
Contact: Amy J. Clark
720-938-1338
amy.clark1@comcast.net
Eclectically Electric (or was that “Electrically Eclectic?)
‘Notes at 9,000 (10,700): Emerging Artist Series’
Announces Winners of the August 2 Competition Atop the Winter Park
Ski Area
BOULDER, CO (August 7, 2006) --Against an ominous and ever-changing
sky, the Notes at 9,000: Emerging Artist Series semi-finalists performed
before the public, a panel of three judges, a retinue of plein air
painters and a spectacular mountain backdrop. The six semi-finalists,
Rob Drabkin, (Acoustic Rock Singer), Lizary Rodriguez-Rios (Harpist),
Akiko Sasaki (Pianist), Alicia Fall (Singer/Songwriter), Eliana
Maria Murphy (Pianist), and Bonnie Draina (Soprano) shared their
divergent genres, styles and musical journeys with an equally eclectic
audience. (See www.emergingartistseries.com for more about these
musicians.)
When describing both musicians and venue, the Judges, Joan McLean
Braun, (Executive Director of Concerts and Public Relations for
the CU College of Music), Lionel Young, (Jazz Violinist and member
of The Lionel Young Band), and Sergio Gallo, (concert pianist and
Professor of Music at State University of Georgia-Atlanta), resoundingly
agreed that they were truly “inspirational”. The three
winners, Lizary Rodriguez-Rios, Harpist, Alicia Fall, Singer/Songwriter,
and Bonnie Draina, Soprano, were invited back to perform a full-length
recorded concert on August 5 at the Church of Eternal Hills in Tabernash
and in concert on August 7 at Nissi’s in Lafayette. Each winner
also received a $1,000 cash award and all of the semi-finalists
received a day of mentoring by renowned experts in the multiple
facets of music presentation and entrepreneurship.
Notes at 9,000 was founded in 2004 by SoYoung Lee, Amy Clark and
Kyle Harris. Winter Park and Tabernash, they concurred, were Colorado
communities whose pioneering spirit and rich history would appropriately
reflect the aspirations of the Series and its emerging musicians.
It was with great pride that Notes at 9,000 partnered with the following
sponsors for its 2006 competition: Winter Park Ski Area, Elk Horn
Art Gallery, Nissi’s, Intrawest, Grand Foundation, Charles
Schwab, James Crouch, Beaver Village, Founder’s Pointe, Fraser
Crossing, Logger Lane Townhomes, Southwest Art, Rendezvous Foundation,
Winter Park and Fraser Valley, and the Boulder County Arts Alliance.
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