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Luis Mario Ochoa

Musician

Guitarist, vocalist, composer, arranger and band leader Luis Mario Ochoa, the Cuban-born, Toronto based musician, released his fifth album Forever Lecuona, on April 6, 2022. A tribute to world renowned Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona – known as the Gershwin of Cuba – the album features ten of some of the legendary artist’s most beloved compositions, presented in a concert style recital program.As the primary force behind the emergence of Cuban music around the world in the early 20th century, Lecuona’s compositions encapsulated the spirit of Cuban, African and Spanish influences producing a library of music across multiple genres including popular songs, piano solo compositions, as well as music for theater, ballet and opera. Ochoa’s desire to pay homage to Lecuona began when he moved to Miami in 2014 to start a new chapter in his life and career. With a vast selection of music to choose from, he wanted to mirror Lecuona’s ample array of styles, by featuring his tropical songs, congas, boleros, criollas, Afro Cuban dances and a Sevillana flavored song. A multi-faceted musician, Luis Mario emigrated to Toronto from Cuba in 1990 after receiving a BA in classical guitar at the University of Havana, Instituto Superior de Artes. In Canada, he expanded his musical career as guitarist, vocalist, composer, arranger and band leader. His first album A La Cubana (1995) was among the first Latin recordings to be released in Canada and the first from a Cuban born musician.

walter oneill

Visual Artist

Since 2018 ceramics is my primary studio practice. For me, the expressive quality of ceramics comes from directly working in clay, drawing in three-dimensions with the clay. Each stage of the process from forming the wet clay to glazing offers creative challenges. My work explores the dualities of clay and form, interior and exterior, line and shape, wet and dry, malleable and hard, open closed, male and female. Prior to working in clay, my art practice focused on fresco painting and oil painting. An image of one of my frescoes is reproduced in the 3rd edition of Gateway to the Arts, a leading art appreciation textbook used in colleges and advanced placement courses, Published by Thames & Hudson. Public collections: Farnsworth Museum, Citibank, Fanny Mae, Baltimore Museum, Residencies: Watershed Center for Ceramics, Arrowmont Center for Crafts, Penland, Virginia Center for the Arts, Weir Farm National Park, Skowhegan. Studied: M.A., Hunter College, B.F.A., School of Visual Arts, Skowhegan School of Painting, Art Students League.

Sunrise Pops Orchestra

Julie orsini shakher

Visual Artist

Her artwork was juried into the Mediating Ground Exhibition at Miami Dade College Hialeah Campus Art Gallery in Miami, Florida, Juror Noor Blazekovic and the Annual 22nd Master of Arts Education Exhibition at the Graham Center and Presidential House of Florida International University, Miami, Florida. She is the current recipient of the 2022 Broward Cultural Affair Artist Grant, and a Finalist in the Downtown Hollywood Sidewalk Mural Broward County, Florida and Honoree Women in the Arts, Inc. “Celebrating the Genius of Women” 11th. Annual art competition and Exhibition, Orlando, Florida. She has received Award of Distinction in the Mediating Ground; A of the Local, Dade Art Educators Miami Dade Community College Hialeah Campus Art Gallery, Juror Noor Blazekovic. She received the 2021Vasari Classic Artist Oil Colors Merchandise Award, Florida Artist Group, Dunedin Museum of Art, Dunedin, Florida. She was a part of Her Story 2020-2021: An Online Exhibition of Art by Women, Manhattan Arts International, Juror Renee Phillips. She has received the 2021 Vasari Classic Artist Oil Colors Merchandise Award, Florida Artist Group Exhibition, Dunedin Museum of Art, Dunedin, Florida. The 2020 Florida Art Educators Association, Secondary Art Educator of the Year Award, Miami, Florida, the 2019 Dade Art Educators, Secondary Art Educator of the Year Award, Skevy Ralis Art Educator Award, Miami, Florida, the Star Hermitage Artist Residency, Selection, Manasota Key, Florida. She is the 2016 Appleton Museum of Art People’s Choice Award in the Biennial and Williams Drawing Prize, Semi Finalist, Juror Douglas Mortenson, and 2016 Tiger Tail Production Grant to attend New York Art Students League. She was Best in Show 2014 Florida Art Educators Association Member Virtual Exhibition Award in Daytona, Florida. 2013 and 2011 Ruth Katzman Scholarship recipient for the Artist-in-Residency (A-I-R) Program at The Vytlacil Campus of The Art Students League of New York. Julie has exhibited her work in Appleton Museum’s Drawing Biennial, Inspired Lines, Ocala, Florida. She had her Solo show 2009 Within Four Corners, Solo Exhibition, Fifth Avenue Art Gallery, Melbourne, Florida. 2008 she received First Place, 100% Pure Exhibition, Fifth Avenue Gallery, Mark Mittleman and the selected to exhibit in The Richeson 75 International Figure/Portrait Juried Exhibition, Juror Michael Shane Neal, Kimberly, Wisconsin. She was selected for Artist Project, Juried Selection, in Chicago, Illinois. She received 2006 Honorable Mention, Palm Beach Community College, Dario Gallery, 2nd Annual Drawing, Painting, Print Making Exhibition, Palm Beach County, Florida. 2006 she exhibited in Chautauqua Institution, 46th, 47th 49th National Exhibition of American Art in Chautauqua, New York. She received an Honorable Mention, Dade Art Educators exhibition, Miami Dade College, Juried Exhibition. 2003, 2004 and 2003 The Bellinger Memorial Award, Chautauqua Institution, 46th National Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua, New York. the 2007 San Diego Art Institute, Museum of the Living Artist, the 49th International juried Exhibition, San Diego, CA. She is a multi media Figurative Artist.

Debbie Orta

Musician

Highly-acclaimed jazz vocalist Debbie Orta performs swinging jazz, funky soul, and sultry ballads, always accompanied by the best musicians. “Soulful”, “enchanting”, “captivating”, are some of the words used to describe Debbie’s voice that has the influence and polish of Nancy Wilson, Carmen McCrea, Billie Holiday, and Ella Fitzgerald. She will give you goosebumps on songs from Cole Porter and Duke Ellington to David Sanborn and Norah Jones among many other favorites from The Great American Songbook. The extremely personable Debbie Orta also sings in Portuguese and often her arrangements have a Latin feel thanks to her Puerto Rican roots. Debbie has performed in numerous concerts and clubs in South Florida, including frequent appearances at the world-famous Setai South Beach. She and her fabulous band opened for legendary jazz-fusion group, Spyro Gyra, at SunFest 2009 in West Palm Beach. Born in the Bronx, New York, Debbie toured the world with Latin superstars Jose Luis Rodriguez and Chayanne as a backup singer/dancer. Describing herself as a perpetual student of jazz, Debbie explores beyond the traditional boundaries in her CD, “Obsession”. Ask where she gets her chops and she'll tell you it comes from listening to great players and performing live before an audience, singing from the heart and being true to herself. Her goal is to make people happy by performing great music. In describing her performances, The Miami Herald and the Sun Sentinel say, “…a great voice”, “…the lady can sing!”

MAXINE Queenie OSBOURNE

Actor; Dancer; Director; Poet; Storyteller; Writer; Jamaican Folklorist

Graduate of The Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts in Kingston Jamaica. and Titchfield High School in Port Antonio Jamaica. She is a recipient of an Individual Artist Support Award and is now in rehearsal for "Jamaica History 101." Recipient of the International Theatre Institute (ITI) Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1993 and Nominee for Best Supporting Actress in 1994. She is heavily involved in the Jamaican community as a Kulcha Keepa. She is a committe member and a performer for the Cultural Stage of the Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival. A member of Women in Music Ayo and Artistic Director for Queen's Troupe

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