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UPCOMING PERFORMANCES AND APPEARANCES
February 2006:
 February
24 - Concert at Santa Monica College with Perviz Sawoski and Special
Guests:
CONTACT:
Bruce Smith
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
Public
Information Officer
DATE:
Feb. 15, 2006
(310)
434-4209
www.smc.edu
BENEFIT CONCERT FEATURES LATIN SONGS,
GUEST FLAMENCO ARTIST CARLA LUNA
Santa Monica
College is pleased to present a benefit concert for the SMC Musical
Theatre that will feature songs by Latin American and Spanish composers
and a guest performance by legendary flamenco dancer
Carla Luna.
The benefit
concert – featuring vocalist
Perviz Sawoski
and pianist
John Sawoski
– will be held at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24 in the SMC Concert Hall, 1900
Pico Blvd., Santa Monica.
Also on the
bill will be guest artist and acclaimed tenor
Dennis Parnell.
The concert
will feature the songs of
Villa-Lobos,
Piazzolla,
Gustavino,
Rodrigo,
Vitier
and other Latin American and Spanish composers.
Tickets are
$10. Call (310) 434-4323 or (310) 434-3000.
March 4, 2006:
John Sawoski supervises, arranges, plays, and conducts the music for
the Kodak Cinematography Awards Ceremonies (private event for
cinematographers nominated for Academy Awards, featuring musical excerpts
from the nominated films/TV shows).
March through December 2006:
John Sawoski music directs for
The Leading
Ladies:
- Mar. 12, 2006 - private event in Beverly Hills.
- May 6, 2006 - concert at Ocean Hills, in Oceanside, CA.
- June 11, 2006 - concert at Sun Lakes, Banning, CA.
- December 9, 2006 - concert at Norris Center, Rolling Hills Estates,
CA.
ONGOING
PERFORMANCES AND APPEARANCES
On HereTV:
John Sawoski was recently surprised to find out that a piece
of music he composed for his friend, Italian film composer
Daniele
Luppi, is airing in
40 million households in the US in a film called
Showboy. In one scene of the film, a character sits down at
a piano in an empty theatre and plays a piece that sounds like
something Liberace would play (actually composed and performed
by John Sawoski). Audio clips of that music will soon be
available at
http://www.LAPianist.com .
February 22 and the last Wednesday of each month from 6:30
to 10:15 pm -   John Sawoski plays piano, arranges,
and music directs for Emmy Award-winning actor and vocalist Gregg Marx
at
Maggiano's Little Italy at The Grove. The group features veteran jazz
bassist Nedra Wheeler and drummer Jack LeCompte.
http://www.reviewplays.com
says: Anyone who wants to feel the sounds of love should bring
his/her significant other for a significant evening of song. Few singers
have the magic in the voice that Gregg brings, and even fewer can reach
through to your heart and play the love strings like a harp. The musical
platter is full and rich, and everyone gets a little something they like.
Maggiano's Little Italy at The Grove is located at 189 The Grove Drive
Z80, Los Angeles, CA 90036 (323-965-9665). No cover charge or reservations
necessary.
Sundays
9 am: John Sawoski accompanies for the Caritas Chorus at
St. Paul the Apostle
Catholic Parish in Los Angeles under the direction of renowned
composer
Christopher Walker. St. Paul's is located at: 10750 Ohio Avenue, Los
Angeles, CA 90024.
RECENT PERFORMANCES AND
APPEARANCES OF INTEREST
FUN STUFF:
- John with Dick Van Dyke at Disney Candlelight
Concert in December 2005:
- Staar Clip - To see and hear a video clip of
Leslie Zemeckis (wife of film director Robert Zemeckis)
performing one of her signature songs as
Staar
on stage at the Conga Room in Los Angeles, with
pianist/musical director John Sawoski and his band, click
this link (warning: explicit lyric content):
http://www.safesearching.com/staarlet/media/assets/staar_clip.rm
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