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IBTISAM BARAKAT

Palestinian-American poet and author. Her work focuses on healing social injustices and the hurts of wars, especially those involving young people. Ibtisam was a delegate to the UN conference on the elimination of racism held in South Africa in 2001. She has taught language ethics at Stephens College, and is the founder of WRITE YOUR LIFE seminars. Ibtisam's short stories include "Piano Obsession" (in What a Song Can Do - Knopf, 2004), and her poetry includes Tea Invitation ( www.universeofpoetry.org). Her first book, TASTING THE SKY: A Palestinian Childhood, Amazon.com was released on February 20, 2007 from Farrar, Straus and Giroux. She can be reached at www.ibtisambarakat.com.

http://imeu.net/news/article004582.shtml

 

 

LISA ROSE JAZZ

Lisa Rose and her local Columbia jazz band are passionate, talented and energetic;  who love to perform and it shows!

Lisa and the band also work in a variety of arrangements such as duos, trios, no drummer, two drummers, etc., but one thing is guaranteed. The music will always be excellent.

Our primary interest is in jazz standards. We also branch out, incorporating Brazilian and Cuban rhythms and other styles of jazz (swing, ballads, blues, bossa nova, be-bop)

Most recently, Lisa and a guitarist appear every Tues and Saturday from 7 pm to 9 pm at Mackenzie's Restaurant at 907 RainForest Parkway off of Rangeline.

Lisa recently produced a CD and is very delighted to offer this disc as an additional way to enjoy our music. For an unforgettable occasion, try Lisa Rose Jazz!

www.LisaRoseJazz.com

 

 

AUDRA SERGEL AND JASON DUGGER, CABARET DUO: Jennings Brewster (actor, accordion virtuoso), whose name shall always appear first due to alphabetical complications, and Lady Eleanor Trantham (actress, accompanist, dish de jour) have been entertaining and traveling together for nearly 30 years. They started their stint in show biz with a traveling theater group called "Shakin' Not Stirred," a subsidiary of the "Big Muddy Opera Company." Their first show, "I'm Not Gay, but my Girlfriend Is," wasn't received as well as they had hoped, but their sequel, "Magna Carta, Smagma Carta," launched them into Europe's eye(s.) (You never know who is going to be missing an eye these days.) Their extensive bios cannot be possibly be listed on just one page, but for more information, please ask them. They are always pleased to talk about themselves. This show was inspired by the couple's last trip to Germany. Jennings and Lady Eleanor would like to dedicate this performance to the overworked German children who sew tags on pillowcases. All proceeds of this performance will go to buying Band-Aids for their fingers.

 

 

Dr Chordate (Jeff Moran) has a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Arkansas with post-doctoral research work in biochemistry, pharmacology, and physiology. He has taught at the University of Arkansas, Mineral Area College, William Woods University, and Columbia College, with courses including general biology, human anatomy and physiology, biochemistry, and genetics. But his first love was the theater and he appeared in over 20 productions in high school and college and performed in the Shepherd of the Hills for several summers. He has been the science/math editor at the Assessment Resource Center, University of Missouri, for 16 years.

 Although he had dabbled with songwriting for many years, about 12 years ago he started getting serious about music, writing songs about science for educational and entertainment purposes, and making presentations on the use of music and humor in the science classroom from Orlando to Seattle and Anaheim to Boston. He now has more than 50 songs, some of which appear on 2 CDs. You can contact him via his website, www.tranquility.net/~scimusic.

 

 

ARTIST Chris Durk was born on October, 29th, 1985 to Kent and Cindy Durk in Chicago Illinois, they moved to Columbia shortly thereafter.   Chris Durk grew up around artists and musicians his whole life, so it was easy for him to find inspiration. As Chris became older he found a deep love and appreciation for Death Metal / Grindcore music, dark humor, and straight black coffee. The madness still ensues to this day.   Please visit his MYSPACE site: www.myspace.com/masticatedflesh

 

 

CANDACE INGRAM

Founder & Artistic Director of Outpouring Dance Ministry International

 

 

Steve Ferris is "DOCTOR MAGIC" and has been performing his unique magic for eleven years. He has performed in over a dozen countries worldwide and has been featured in several publications.  Steve has been the first place winner of sleight of hand magic in mid-Missouri, and has held the title for the past seven years. He is currently a student at The University of Missouri studying German and Marketing. Magic is a passion for him that he will continue to build upon for the rest of his life.

 

 

MICHELE VANHOOSE lives in St. Louis, Missouri. She is a jazz vocalist, flute player, music director, pianist and private music instructor.   Michele has a B.S. in Sacred Music and a B.S. in Communications from Lincoln University.

She performs in and around Missouri at churches, coffee houses, wineries and other venues.  She has an active music studio in her home where she teaches voice, flute and beginning piano  lessons. Michele teaches "Music Together" to children, birth to 5 years and their parents.  Michele writes music and has recorded two self produced CDs of her own songs.

Michele VanHoose can be seen regularly in the Columbia Missouri area playing music with the Joe Willett Jazz Ensemble at Cherry Street Artisan and occasionally with the Joel Anderson  Jazz Ensemble

 

 

ELIZABETH GRAMITH was born to missionary parents in the Himalayan mountains bordering Nepal and India and growing up in East Africa. Different cultures, languages and life styles have been a defining influence on my life. At the age of ten, after completing a detailed sketch of a bullfight in church my mother bought me some oil paints. My first painting, a lion at Mt. Kilamingaro [oil on masonite board] won an art contest in Car-Es-Salam, East Africa. Art quickly became my favorite subject which I took at every opportunity. After graduating from high school I received scholarships for art and nursing. I went on to study anesthesia and now work as a C.R.N.A. at Boone Hospital. It was my good fortune to have three children and marry

Steve Gramith a skilled rancher. My life is full as an avid painter, potter, sculptor, owner and breeder of fox trotting horses and Fleckvieh Simmental cattle. Art remains my passion, and the subject matter remains eclectic - reflecting my love for the creator and what he has created.

 

BIOCHEMISTRY OPERETTA

players

 

The Princess:            Audra Sergel  [part of tonight’s Cabaret Duo]

The Frog Prince:       Brent Moran

As a senior at Fulton high school, Brent won the awards for best actor in a musical, best actor in a comedy, best vocalist, and the        John Phillip Sousa award for best instrumentalist (euphonium); he went on to major in music composition at Truman University and has helped Dr Chordate with some of his songs. He played bass guitar in the rock band Entropy for several years; they played at the Blue Note among many other venues. He plays a wide range of instruments and has had private students in trumpet, trombone, and clarinet.

 

 

THE CHORUS

Soprano:                    Candace Martin has been involved with The Moulin for three years singing and dancing in the overture and finale.

Alto:                            Barbara Moran

 

Barbara (Mrs. Dr. Chordate [she will hate that]) is the refuge operations specialist for the Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge. But she has been singing, playing the piano and clarinet, and otherwise performing most of her life. And she helps Dr Chordate with a lot of his songs.

 

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Bass:

 

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