The Dranoff International Two Piano Foundation Brings PIANO SLAM: Volume 2, Featuring Miami Area Classical Music, Poetry, Rap 'Mash-Up' to the Arsht Center, May 12, 2010

The Dranoff International Two Piano Foundation Brings PIANO SLAM: Volume 2, Featuring Miami Area Classical Music, Poetry, Rap 'Mash-Up' to the Arsht Center, May 12, 2010

MIAMI, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The Dranoff International Two Piano Foundation will host their 2nd annual PIANO SLAM, a two-piano classical music and rap poetry concert at the John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County on Wednesday, May 12, as the culmination of an in-school education and performance project in Miami-Dade County inner city middle and high schools.

Susan and Sarah Wang, 2008 winners of the 11th Dranoff International Two Piano Competition featured with Prominent Miami rap artists Lela Lombardo and Summer Hill Seven will be performing with Miami-Dade County middle and high school student poets in a program that is free and open to the public.

As part of the event, Dranoff will hold a competition for poetry from students inspired by live classical music performances. Contest prize winners will be presented with laptop computers and cash awards at the event and their poems will be presented as part of the spoken word, rap and classical music "mash-up."

For the first time, Dade County Public Schools are making PIANO SLAM available to all middle and high school students online through a generous sponsorship by CA - Computer Associates - including Mac Arthur Genius Poet Campbell McGrath, Miami HEAT player James Jones and DJ Irie.

Live in-school performances by Dranoff Competition winning duo-piano artists Duo Antithesis will take place from March 24 to April 9 at William H. Turner Technical Arts High School, North Miami Beach High, Ronald W. Reagan/Doral Senior, Miami Jackson Senior, Miami Carol City High, Booker T. Washington Senior, Horace Mann Middle, Brownsville Middle, Campbell Drive Middle, and Miami Edison Middle and High School. Following the performances, school administrators will select English classes in each school who will receive visiting poets who will conduct workshops with the support of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts Signature Arts Series.

About the Dranoff International Two Piano Foundation

The Dranoff International Two Piano Foundation is dedicated to the presentation of Two Piano music and its outstanding artists to the publics of the world. Foundation programs develop audiences and appreciation for this unique art form through education, performance, and the commission of new Two Piano compositions by world renowned composers, including Morton Gould, John Corigliano, William Bolcom, Ned Rorem and Michel Legrand. Please visit www.dranoff2piano.org

Media Contact:
Carlene Sawyer
(305) 572-9900
carlene@dranoff2piano.org

Source: The Dranoff International Two Piano Foundation

CONTACT: Carlene Sawyer of The Dranoff International Two Piano
Foundation, +1-305-572-9900, carlene@dranoff2piano.org

Web Site: http://www.dranoff2piano.org/

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