Scotiabank Group Presents:
The 5th Annual GLOBAL DIVAS
An International Celebration of Women and Song
benefiting St. Stephen's Community House
Tuesday June 12, 2007
PALAIS ROYALE
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
Hosted by CBC 99.1FM Radio One
Musical Director: Jane Bunnett
Benefactor
Reception: 6PM
Concert: 8PM (doors open at 7:30pm)
The 5th Annual Global Divas Gala will take place on Tuesday,
June 12, 2007 at the historic Palais Royale
Ballroom, recently
restored to surpass its original splendor, as one of Toronto's
most famous dance halls. Global Divas is an international celebration of women and song.
All proceeds support St. Stephen's Community House Youth Arcade.
This spectacular evening will begin with a cocktail reception
on the deck overlooking Lake Ontario, featuring delectable tastes
from some of Toronto's finest culinary artists. Then come inside,
take a seat and be transported by the sounds of Grammy-nominated
and Juno award-winning jazz virtuoso, Jane
Bunnett and her band,
the Spirits of Havana. Joining them will be five other world-class
musical divas.
JANE BUNNETT  JANE BUNNETT, the Toronto soprano
saxophonist, flutist and bandleader and member of the Order of
Canada, has built her career at the crossroads between Cuban music
and jazz. Twice nominated for Grammy awards and a fixture of the
nominations for Canada's Juno awards, she
has turned her bands into showcases for the finest musical talent
from Canada, the United States and Cuba. Bunnett's latest offering,
Radio Guantánamo: Guantánamo Blues Project Vol.
1 pays tribute to the Blues and solidifies Jane as one of Canada's
premier musicians. Merging the heritage and history of the New
Orleans Blues sound with the oldest form of Cuban Blues music,
Changüi, Radio Guantánamo is perhaps Jane Bunnett's
most adventurous and commercial release to date. Jane Bunnett and
The Spirits of Havana will be backing each of this year's
Global Divas. www.janebunnett.com
ABOUT THIS YEAR'S GLOBAL DIVAS:
 EMELINE MICHEL, The reigning Queen of Haitian
Song
A captivating performer, versatile vocalist and one of the premier
Haitian songwriters of her generation, EMELINE
MICHEL is the reigning
Queen of Haitian Song. Emeline Michel is beloved by Haitians and
throughout the French Caribbean for combining traditional rhythms
with social, political and inspirational content. Her music emphasizes
complex themes, conscious lyrics, and a broad palette of musical
styles, which are reflected on her eighth record, Rasin
Kreyol, released
on the Times Square Records label. At 18, Emeline won a song contest
in Haiti, which earned her a year studying music in Detroit. She
became the first in her family to ever leave Haiti. She returned
to Haiti and developed a career as one of the country's most prolific
singer/songwriters, becoming also one of the few women record producers
and bandleaders in Caribbean music. Emeline has lived in France and
Canada, and currently resides in New York. She has toured the world,
becoming one of the best-selling Haitian artists worldwide. A sensual
and entrancing performer, Emeline Michel’s original lyrics
are studded with Haitian proverbs and positive messages, conveyed
through haunting melodies. emelinemichel.homestead.com/Home.html
 TELMARY, Cuban rapera/jazz poet
TELMARY has been called "dangerously charismatic" by
NOW Magazine. A product of the new 'alternative' music movement
in Cuba, Telmary channels a variety of influences including hip-hop
and Cuban jazz, from trova and salsa to latin pop and electronica,
she has created a totally unique live presentation that has won
over audiences in Cuba, Canada, Spain and Brazil. Telmary's highly
acclaimed new album A Diario was recently nominated for four Cubadisco
awards (the equivalent of Canada's Junos). It includes guest appearances
by artists such as Los Van Van's Mayito Rivera, Spains Ojos de
Brujo, and famed Cuban vocalist Yusa. On May 1st, Telmary will
launch a tour of Japan, and she will also be traveling to Europe
to perform concerts with the Afro-Cuban All-Stars as part of the
promotion for the release of her album in Europe.
www.myspace.com/telmarydiaz
 SUBA SANKARAN, autorickshaw's vocal star
Toronto based vocalist, pianist and percussionist SUBA
SANKARAN'S musical career began at an early age studying south Indian classical
music with her father, master drummer Trichy Sankaran. With a Master
of Arts degree in ethnomusicology, Suba has studied south Indian
classical vocal music with Sankari Krishnan, T. Vishwanathan, K.
Subramaniam and N. Ramani, percussion with Glen Velez, Sal Ferreras
and Russell Hartenberger, and piano with Casey Sokol and Francine
Kay. Suba regularly performs with world music ensembles autorickshaw,
who earned a Juno nomination for their release Four
Higher; Suba
has recently released a new CD entitled The
Journey Goes. In demand
as a choral director, arranger, adjudicator and composer, Suba
won a 2006 Dora Maver Moore Award for Outstanding Sound Design/Composition
(Bombay Black) in the Independent Theatre Division. Suba has numerous
recording credits to her name and is in high demand as a private
teacher.
www.myspace.com/subasankaran
 RITA CHIARELLI, performing passionate Italian
folk songs
Canadian singer-songwriter RITA CHIARELLI is a consummate
musician whose style defies definition; although being dubbed by
CBC Radio's Shelagh Rogers the "Goddess of Canadian Blues",
Rita can croon an Italian folk song like nobody's business! After
spending most of the 1980's working and performing in Italy,
Chiarelli returned to Canada where her career took off. Her seventh
album (released in 2006), Cuore: The Italian
Sessions, features a
collection of Italian love songs that showcases Chiarelli's three
octave vocal range as she weaves effortlessly through stories of
love, heartbreak, cultural invasion, and the beauty of Rome. Whether
versed in the language or not, one cannot help but to sense the meaning
of each song, as it is felt in the heart. www.ritachiarelli.com
Benefactor tickets (includes
pre-show cocktail reception): $125 each
Concert-only tickets: $30
To purchase tickets please call
(416) 925-2103 ext. 238
Media Contact/To Arrange Interviews:
Christine Liber, Liberty Ink
E: Christine@libertyink.ca
T: 416-651-4722 x 1 |
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5th Annual GLOBAL DIVAS Benefit
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To purchase tickets please call
(416) 925-2103 ext. 238
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