“Outside The Looking Glass” Saturday, January 9, 2010 Virgin Islands artists are invited to create beautiful works of art from a non-traditional medium — Mirrors! Artists will be given a mirror to create a work of art, be it abstract, portrait, landscape, mixed media, collage, 3-D, or any other medium you wish. The [Read More]
Eric Bibb Eric has been a Grammy nominee and is a four time Blues Award nominee, including a nomination for Best Acoustic Blues Artist. Eric’s songs have been used on a number of television programs and in the film “The Burial Society”. His CDs have included collaborations with other esteemed artists such as Bonnie Raitt, [Read More]
Season Fundraiser “Outside The Box” with Violinist Brett Omara Friday, April 17, 2009 -8PM ST. THOMAS, VI – March 18, 2009 – On Friday, April 17, 2009, Arts Alive will host its first fundraising event entitled “Outside the Box” a Classical Concert and Art Auction. Over 40 Virgin Islands professional and student artists have created [Read More]
When Marianne Henry (Violin), Diedra Lawrence (Viola), Nicole Cherry (Violin), and Prudence McDaniel (Cello)– then known as the Chaminade Quartet– made history in 1991 by becoming the first African American ensemble to win a major classical music competition, they went to the great contralto Marian Anderson to ask whether they might have permission to adopt [Read More]
Trumpeter Ronald Romm and pianist Avis Fedge Romm will make beautiful music together at Tillett Gardens on March 11, 2009. Both Julliard-trained musicians and acclaimed performers both apart and together, they are also man and wife as well. Together they have performed for over 100 million people. Both virtuoso musicians, together they form an unusual [Read More]
Richard Ormrod, the widely acclaimed and accomplished British pianist, will offer the first classical concert of the Tillett Gardens season on February 11, 2009 at 8 pm. If Ormrod’s press notices from across Europe, the United States, Central and South America were not so filled with references to his impeccable classic training and rigorous technique, [Read More]
Ely is originally from Lubbock, Texas and is part of the great tradition of Lubbock artists which includes such greats as Buddy Holly and Waylon Jennings. Along with Butch Hancock and Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely formed the legendary Flatlanders, who have released a number of highly acclaimed albums. Joe Ely’s latest release is a [Read More]
Ruthie Foster has been the pride of Texas for many years, but is has only been in the past few years that the rest of the U.S. has begun to discover this talented guitarist/singer/songwriter. A vocalist who has been compared to such greats as Ella Fitzgerald, Janis Joplin, and Aretha Franklin, Foster has created her [Read More]
