Pages

Thursday, March 17, 2011

JAZZ VOCALIST APPEARS @ THE MAYO CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

Annie_in_white_sm0302ANTOINETTE MONTAGUE

WHEN: Sunday, March 27, at 3 PM
WHERE:
THE MAYO CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, 100 South St., Morristown
TICKETS: $15
Box office 973.539.8008 or online: www.mayoarts.org

The New Jersey Jazz Society presents jazz vocalist Antoinette Montague.

Fgreenglance_0528Born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, Antoinette grew up listening to classic jazz performers and vocalists, such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday and Bessie Smith.  Antoinette was mentored by some great singers—Carrie Smith (“She inspired me to have a big voice onstage”), Etta Jones (“She could transport the audience”), Della Griffin (“She showed me laid-back phrasing and how to use the comic side of my personality”) and Myrna Lake (“She let me sub for her and that’s when I learned to lead a band through three sets a night”).

The Mayo Center for the Performing Arts, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit performing arts organization, presents a wide range of programs that entertain, enrich and educate the diverse population of the region and enhance the economic vitality of Northern New Jersey. The 2010-2011season is made possible in part by a grant from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State. The Community Theatre at Mayo Center for the Performing Arts has been designated a Major Presenting Organization by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.