PRESS RELEASES
Songbook Watch Party
Songbook Watch Party Reveals Upcoming May Performances
Artists to Include Monty Alexander, Linda Briceño, Tamir Hendelman and a Special Memorial Day Celebration with Modern Warrior LIVE
The Live Online Streaming Showcase
For Jazz Artists and Musical Collaborations
Continues to Provide Sustainable Virtual Performance Space
As Theaters and Music Venues Remained Closed
“The goal of Songbook Watch Party,” states Farinacci, “is simple: to generate income for the artists, and to create for the audience that sound of surprise and fun that is a cornerstone of hearing and meeting musicians live. I see this as a long-term strategy to keep that connection alive on a consistent, dependable basis.” Songbook Watch Party offers free programming and sign-up is required to receive access information. Any audience donations directly support artists and show production to help make Songbook Watch Party sustainable.
The Songbook Watch Party soft launch during Jazz Appreciation Month was designed to implement an exclusive paid-only ticketing model to develop and refine the show for a select audience. It generated income for 17 artists, the production team, engineers, graphic designers, video editors, marketing and covered other development costs. Moving forward, programming for May will be free to audiences, however donations are encouraged and accepted. Farinacci goes on to say, “In the performing arts world, the ripple effects of the current situation will last years beyond stay-at-home mandates. This series is the result of taking a long view of what it’s going to take for this community that I love to sustain itself financially and spiritually.” Songbook Watch Party will simulcast every Sunday night at 7PM EST, access to the performances will be available on Zoom, YouTube and at www.songbookwatchparty.com.
Songbook Watch Party May Calendar
May 17th
Monty Alexander
May 24th
Memorial Day Special: Modern Warrior LIVE with US Army Veteran Jaymes Poling
May 31st
Linda Briceño & Tamir Hendelman
Visit www.songbookwatchparty.com to learn more about the free programming and sign-up.
Audience contributions are welcomed and directly support artist and production team involved.
“Virtual performances are certainly somewhat different than usual,
but nonetheless it’s a new world to which we need to adapt.
I think it’s [Songbook Watch Party] is a wonderful idea.
I’m sure more artists will be trying to do this.” – Monty Alexander
Modern Warrior LIVE is a theatrical touring production that works to heighten awareness around PTSD and the potential for growth through traumatic experiences. Created by Farinacci with US Army Veteran Jaymes Poling, MWL has recently been showcased at Amazon Headquarters and at the National Council for Behavioral Health.
A few Songbook Watch Party’s guests to-date include vocalist & trumpeter Bria Skonberg, GRAMMY® Award-winning pianist Aaron Diehl, Emoción (a tango-inspired group from Doha, Barcelona & Germany), vocalist Will Blaze, guitarist Diego Figueiredo and accordionist Julien Labro. Loren Schoenberg, Founder of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, serves as Songbook Watch Party’s resident musician / scholar.
Farinacci has partnered with Cleveland based organization, Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland. “Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland is thrilled to support this series created by our own Dominick Farinacci,” says Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland’s Artistic Director Terri Pontremoli. “Because of his experience, taste and connections to musicians both at home and abroad, we are assured of quality and a wholly unique and innovative way to keep our audience connected.”
Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland’s mission of providing high-quality and unique content that is accessible to all has allowed Songbook Watch Party reach wider audiences. The sustainability of this series depends on contributions from individual viewers and sponsorships.
About Dominick Farinacci
Trumpeter and Mack Avenue Recording artist, Dominick Farinacci graduated from The Juilliard School in 2005, launching his career in Japan with a prolific run of eight albums, later releasing four more globally. He has performed in more than 120 cities in 14 countries around the world and was featured on on ABC’s Good Morning America. He gave a TED Talk in 2014 at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts and has served as Ambassador to Jazz at Lincoln Center in Qatar from 2013-2015, working to further integrate music into communities around the world in culturally collaborative ways.Dominick has been successful in bringing music into new communities through Arts and Wellness and Education. He is a featured performer for the Cleveland Clinic in both Ohio and Abu Dhabi and organized the very first jazz performance for patients in Abu Dhabi in collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic and the Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation. Dominick has been a leading advocate in music and education development and is the Director of the Tri-C JazzFest Academy, a pre-college jazz program, at the Gill and Tommy LiPuma Center for Creative Arts at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio.
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