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CARRIE MCDOWELL – After a brief hiatus, this former Motown Recording Artist is back in the studio. Recently completed recoding and mixing 2 tracks; Almost Like Being In Love and Nancy Wilson’s (I’m Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over –w- big band and strings. Currently In pre-production - selecting new material and writing arrangements of additional selections for the forthcoming CD. Recording resumes this November in Chicago with rhythm section, strings, brass and woodwinds.
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An audience of 11,000(+) in attendance at the Pritzker Pavilion this summer to witness Corey Wilke’s Improvised Soul Projekt –w- Robert Irving III, Fareed Haque, Kahil El Zabar, turntablelist Val Jeanty and friends to a concert broadcast by WFMT experienced the groove and were moved to a standing ovation, the Hyde Park Jazz Festival, a record release party at Andy’s, a Green Mill gig, a new CD – ‘Kind of Miles (Live at the Velvet Lounge)’, Made In Chicago Jazz Series and Porgy and Bess in Vienna this November, not to mention a member of the House Band of NBC’s “Playboy Club” makes Corey Wilkes one in-demand jazz artist. A European tour this fall and two additional recordings are in the works.
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C Sharp Founder & CEO, Kent Anderson rejoins the faculty for a second straight semester at Columbia College Chicago as an Adjunct Professor. Anderson joins the School of Fine Arts – Arts, Entertainment & Media Management instructing the Business of Music and Applied Marketing: Music courses. With more than 120 academic programs and nearly 12,000 students, Columbia College Chicago is the largest and most diverse private arts and media college in the nation. The school nurture’s the largest concentration of young creative talent in the United States. Because of its size, Columbia can offer an unparalleled array of programs of study with exceptional facilities in the heart of one of America's most dynamic and vibrant cities.
The city is the school’s laboratory occupying 22 buildings that sit in the heart of Chicago's South Loop -- near the lake and Grant Park, the Chicago Symphony, the Art Institute, and the Museum Campus. Chicago inspires and instructs: Students gain real-world experience through internships and part-time jobs in the city. Columbia College Chicago is an undergraduate and graduate institution whose principal commitment is to provide a comprehensive educational opportunity in the arts, communications, and public information within a context of enlightened liberal education.
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