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Press Release Summary = NORTH BAY MIRAFLORES MUSIC'S MIGET AND FRIENDS TO PERFORM


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2 September 2007

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH HOSTS CONCERT SERIES 'FEED YOUR SOUL' WITH MARCIA MIGET

NORTH BAY MIRAFLORES MUSIC'S MIGET AND FRIENDS TO PERFORM

Beginning Wednesday September 5, 2007, and for the next eight Wednesdays
Marcia Miget of Miraflores Music School will perform a series of lunchtime
concerts on the lawn of the First Presbyterian Church, corner of 5th and
'E' Streets, San Rafael.

From noon to 1:30 pm each week these concerts will feature Marcia with
name musicians from the 'neighborhood' and past students performing in
jazz, Latin and classical genres. So far the scheduled lineup includes
the likes of Sun Ra's Kash Killion, Marin Academy's Bob Schleeter, Robby
Marshall, Jarrett Cherner, Barbara Borden, and Randy Vincent. Initiated
by Reverend Alexander of the First Presbyterian Church, it's an
opportunity to cultivate a sense of community by meeting the 'neighbors'
in the downtown area.

A multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and educator, early this Spring Marcia
performed with the Voices of Latin Rock at Arizona's Cesar Chavez Day Celebration.
With skills that cross multiple genres she's the only female saxophonist/flutist
with Dr. Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra, performing with Wayne
Wallace's Rhythm and Rhyme, the Northern California Lighthouse Singers 25th
Anniversary conducted by Helen Stevens and Stephen Roberts and the Montclair Women's
Big Band. She's played at Monterey, Stern Grove, Sonoma, Fillmore Jazz Festivals and
the International Association of Jazz Educators\' Conventions with the African
American Jazz Caucus AllStar Big Band (in 2004 was the Featured Artist with the
Historically Black Colleges\' University Allstar Band). Her last project-as-producer
was Passing the Baton: the Miget-Redd Session Part 1 with legendary Bebop pianist,
Freddy Redd. A Member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences her
performance pedigree includes multiple appearances with Carlos Santana, and such
notables as Larry Ridley, Jimmy Cobb, Buddy Baker, Kenny Barron, Orestes Vilato,
Frank Foster, Pete Escovedo, Donald Byrd, Tyrone Hill of Sun Ra's Arkestra, Freddy
Redd, Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra, Carl Perazzo, Phish, Wayne
Wallace, John Santos, Babatunde Lea, Abel Sanchez, Jorge Santana and Prophet, Jaimeo
Brown and Dartanyan Brown. Her past band has opened for Chick Corea, Kenny Loggins,
Phoebe Snow and performed on MTV with Rickie Lee Jones. She has been the featured
performer with the James Cleveland Choir at the Gospel Music Workshop of America; in
a 2003 Jam Session Tribute to Oscar Peterson at the Toronto International
Association of Jazz Educators\' Convention.

Based in the Bay Area Miraflores Music School is a preeminent private school that
has been the foundation for some of Marin's best musical talent since 1988, as
current and graduated students, e.g. Joelle Parrett, Jeff Derby, Jaimeo Brown, Alex
Baky, J.J.Byars, Lou Wiskus, Robby Marshall, Isabella Quereshi, Zach Gunsell, Dan
Birch, Bram Kincheloe, Elecia Strauss, Seth Paris, Kristina Hoffman, Andrew Capra
and Salvador Santana, evidence. These graduates, and many more, were selected for
prestigious musical performance groups like the International Monterey High School
All-star Jazz Band, California High School All-State Band, California High School
All-State Concert Band, the San Francisco Jazz High School Allstars and attend a
number of institutions such as Oberlin College, Sarah Lawrence, Berklee School of
Music, the New School to Cal Arts, Manhattan School, NYU, USC and UCLA or performing
professionally with such names as Bill Watrus, Mingus Big Band, and Greg Tardy. The
array of award-winning students from Miraflores have performed in such events as the
Duke Ellington Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, the International Association of
Jazz Educators' Convention, San Jose Jazz Festival, San Francisco Jazz Festival, San
Rafael's Italian Street Painting Festival, et al.

With a rich musical heritage (her family of musicians performed extensively
throughout the Midwest) she started studying piano, saxophone and flute at a very
early age, and teaching from the ago of 13. During many of her residencies, her
practice was to invite artists from other disciplines, poets, dancers, mimes,
musicians and actors, bringing the "live" component of music/arts into the classroom
and training teachers to use the arts in basic skills education. Her extensive
professional teaching background includes Artist/Composer in Residence at San Pedro
Elementary School (1991-97) and Master Teacher at Miracle Music School (1988-2003).
Marcia\'s multiple talents have brought her several grants for a variety of projects
e.g. using music/arts for therapy in hospitals, retirement centers and residential
care facilities. A highlight for her was the 1992 Bay Area Music Awards performance
with her Bay Area Kids. One of the most sought after master music instructors in the
San Francisco Bay Area, 2003 saw her chosen as Project Chairwoman for the African
American Jazz Caucus K-12 Alternative Jazz Ed Concepts and Venues Project.

You can see the schedule and hear more of Marcia's music at www.mee-j.com. Look for
Miget and listen with your Heart to Discovery.

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