January Client Letter

January, 2019

Dear Clients, Colleagues, and Friends,

We’re proud to share our clients’ activities

The Big Broadcast! the14th annual Jazz Ensembles of Mount Holyoke College recreation of a live 1940s radio show returns to Chapin Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College, on March 2.It’s created and directed by Mark Gionfriddo, and starring Brian Lapis as emcee Fred Kelley. Tickets now on sale at The Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, MA and the UMass Fine Arts Center Box-Office. 413-545-2511, 800-999-UMAS or www.fineartscenter.com. .

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The Capitol Steps perform every Friday and Saturday at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, in Washington, DC. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster. Their public radio New Years Eve special,Politics Takes A Holiday, airs on many NPR-member stations New Year’s Eve and January 1. They also perform throughout the year at theatres coast-to-coast. Note: The government shutdown is not impacting their DC performance schedule.  For details: http://capsteps.com/

Kevin Rhodes begins the New Year conducting performances of The Nutcracker at the Vienna State Opera Ballet, and ends January conducting performances of their new, highly-acclaimed production of Sylvia. For details:https://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/en/artists/opera/detail/artist/943-rhodes-kevin/

Steven Schoenberg, pianist and composer, laucnhed a new website in December, designed by Claudia Palmira, a terrific designer I used to collaborate with on projects for New England Public Radio. http://claudiapalmira.com/  For details on Steven Schoenberg: http://stevenschoenberg.com/

Mike Thornton, my longtime colleague at The Capitol Steps, released his new jazz album: Homeward. Mike recorded portions of it before a live audience at The Egremont Barn in The Berkshires in 2017. For details:https://mikethorntonjazz.com/  or preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgcADUg11Ws

Jeanne Yocum’s The Self Employment Survival Guide has gained major attention in the media, on blogs, and amongst those with start-ups or those thinking of starting one in the New Year. . https://www.succeedinginsmallbusiness.com/the-self-employment-survival-guide/

More Shameless Self-Promotion

ArtsBeat Radio on 89.5fm/WSKB airs weekly on Fridays at 8AM. Tune in on 89.5fm/WSKB, or stream viawww.wskb.org or www.westfieldtv.org. You can find old episodes archived on WSKB’s YouTube Channel.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjzPcoGhNs723gdf2cFc1pQ

I’m really proud of a two-hour special I co-produced and co-hosted with the cast of TheaterWorks’ Christmas on The Rocks at the theatre.. Yes, that’s Randy Harrison in the cast. Thanks, Peter Cowles, Patrick Berry, and The TheaterWorks team. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMDIbGFgCDc

My ArtsBeat columns and theatre reviews for Westfield News Group, and articles for Succeeding in Small Businessare catalogued at Random Notes From a P.R. Guy: http://mgauerbach.blogspot.com/

I’ll be taking a little work break December 31-January 2. 

Best wishes for a joyous  holiday season and a happy New Year..