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Let's Talk About Music Lecture Series
Stephen Foster, Lecturer Mr.
Stephen Foster has dedicated his 29-year music career to the enhancement
and development of children and adults in the cultural arts. He is the
1995 founder/director of the Mid City Music Workshop and the 1975 founder/director
of the Children's Academy of Music. He is a composer, an arranger, an
educator, a lecturer, a band leader, an organizer, an arts program director,
a community volunteer, a musician, a father and a husband. Mr.
Foster has received numerous awards, including the WDSU Channel 6 "Making
a Difference Award", the 1999 Trailblazer of the Year Award sponsored
by the Entergy Corp. and Data News Weekly, the Positive Men and Women
Award 2000 and several Certificates of Recognition from the Mayor's
Office, the New Orleans City Council and most recently the Lincoln Center
(New York) Essentially Ellington Competition Achievement Award. The
Times Picayune Newspaper described Mr. Foster as a hero to New Orleans
youths. "I believe that by keeping the cultural arts alive we keep our future alive" Mr. Stephen Foster About the Lecture/Performance Stephen Foster will demonstrate and compare different forms of music such as Jazz, Blues, Gospel and Hip Hop
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