UPCOMING CABARET FESTIVAL
featuring the GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK
May 14-19, 2019
Starring Cabaret Award Winners
CYNTHIA CRANE, NATALIE DOUGLAS,
TEDD FIRTH, SEAN HARKNESS,
MARCUS GOLDHABER, JOSEPHINE SANGES,
MARCUS SIMEONE, TRACY STARK,
KT SULLIVAN, LISA VIGGIANO
with SUSAN JAMES and ROB LESTER
and introducing up-and-coming teen vocalists from NYC
Click here for Cabaret 2019 Performance Schedule16th Annual Cabaret Festival
(Long Beach, NY, April 15, 2018) - Artists in Partnership (AIP), a non-profit cultural arts organization, will host its 16th Annual Cabaret Festival May 17-20 at the Long Beach Public Library, 111 West Park Avenue, Long Beach, NY. All performances are FREE to the public. The festival will be a celebration of the cabaret genre honoring the Great American Songbook with performances by renowned local and New York City-based artists.
Featured events include:Additional programs
Thursday, May 17, 2 pm Celebrating Women - In Cabaret Style Susan James explores the storytelling approach to celebrating mothers, daughters, and sisters. Using songs and encouraging the audience to capture their unique family story, she reflects on her own experiences as the youngest of eight children. “It’s All Relative” is the theme of this year’s Cabaret Festival and short clips will also be presented highlighting festival performers. Join us for an entertaining intro to this annual musical event.
Saturday, May 19, 10 am, 12 noon Singing Competition and Performances
A singing competition for children and teenagers up to age 19 will be held with rehearsal and critiiques offered by professionals from 10 am - 12 noon. Students will then perform in front of an audience at 12 noon, where judges will comment on the presentations and award points. A secret ballot by the audience will also be taken. The winner will be interviewed as a special guest on the Saturday Afternoon Panel along with professional award-winning cabaret singers. Application instructions follow. Contact 516-322-1138.
As part of its annual
Long Beach Cabaret Festival of free events at the Long Beach Public Library at
111 West Park Avenue, the non-profit arts organizations Artists in Partnership
(A.I.P.) is sponsoring a one-day singing competition for children and teenagers
up to age 19.
Participants do not need
to be residents of Long Beach. Each contestant must come at 10 am,
prepared with a song he/she has memorized, with clearly marked sheet music in
the right key, so that there can be very quick run throughs with the pianist before the
public performance. (You may also bring your own pianist or guitarist if
you prefer, but cannot accompany yourself.) During the rehearsal, there
will be time for brief encouraging suggestions from the pianist and a coach
provided by AIP.). Students will then perform in front of an audience
at 12 Noon, where judges will comment on the presentations and award
points. A secret ballot by the audience will also be taken. The
winner will return later in the day to perform and be interviewed as a special
guest on the Saturday Afternoon Panel along with professional award-winning
cabaret singers. Additionally, the top three finalists will receive prizes, CDs of American standard songs, music-related books, and/or gift
certificates for admission to cabaret clubs in Manhattan,
As this is part of a series of events celebrating and exposing the Great American Songbook, material chosen must be from that genre: standards from the 1920s-1960s, many of which were introduced in Broadway shows and movies, made popular by singers like Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland, the work of writers like Rodgers & Hart, the Gershwins, and Irving Berlin. Later material in the same spirit and style can be used, but no rock or later pop. Choices should be age-appropriate (this will be a factor in the judges' decisions) and you should appear to be singing it as YOURSELF, so avoid things too tied to the details of a specific character from a musical).
Interested young people should be serious about performing, have good pitch, and be comfortable in front of an audience and judging panel with just a quick rehearsal. Inquiries are welcome and, to be assured a slot and avoid any issues (such as repeated songs or inappropriate material), please submit the name of your selection and the songwriters' names, and an alternate choice). Send all inquiries to:
See http://www.aip-arts.org for full information on the other events in the several days of the festival and other AIP events.
This event is made possible with funds from the Long Beach Public Library.
The library is handicapped accessible, located two blocks from the LIRR station in Long Beach, a 50-minute train ride from New York City’s Penn Station. For further information, visit website www.aip-arts.org. To arrange performer interviews, call 516-322-1138
Schedule is subject to change.