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Music is Art LIVE @ the Center-Season 6 Premieres Tuesday April 1st 8:30p Thinkbright-TV

Music is Art Live @ The Center

Television Series Airs Tuesday Nights from 8:30p-9p and Sundays 1a-2a on WNED's Thinkbright-TV beginning April 1st

We are pleased to announce that we will premiere season six (shot this past fall) of the Music is Art LIVE @ The Center television series beginning on Tuesday April 1^st from 8:30p-9p on WNED operated Thinkbright-TV (www.thinkbright.org), which is available locally and state-wide.  Music is Art LIVE @ The Center celebrates Western New York's best contemporary musicians and visual artists in a series of weekly live performances in the Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo. Each episode highlights the intimate original musical performances, visual arts demonstrations and the stories behind the artist's work.

All previous MIA LIVE seasons are also in rotation regularly on Thinkbright-TV on Sundays from 1a-2a. The program is also distributed to 7,400 UB students through UB Campus Cable, and to all 64 SUNY campuses and over a half-million cable TV subscribers through the New York Network, a state-wide educational program service based in Albany. Music is Art LIVE @ the Center is also the recipient of 7 Telly awards for entertainment programming, lighting design and editing and is the premier national award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs.

More information on the series can be found on www.ubcfa.org and at www.myspace.com/mialiveatthecenter

BROADCAST SCHEDULE ON THINKBRIGHT-TV:

Episode 601 Tuesday, April 1^st  8:30p

Features musical artists Marc Scibilia and GAEA; visual artists Daniel V. Calleri and Becky Koenig

Episode 602 Tuesday, April 8^th  8:30p

Features musical artists Tina Marie Williams and LeeRon Zydeco & The Hot Tamales; visual artists Kevin Kline and Chary L. Robbins 

Episode 603 Tuesday, April 22^nd 8:30p

Features musical artists JoAnn Vacarro and Goodbye Houston; visual artists Diane Bond and David Huebsch

Episode 604 Tuesday, April 29^th 8:30p

Features musical artists Andy Mac and David Kane’s Them Jazzbeards; visual artists Val Dunne and Carolyn McNamara

Episode 605 Tuesday, May 5^th  8:30p

Features musical artists Amungus; visual artists Jason Lee Klinger and Vorcan

Episode 606 Tuesday, May 20^th  8:30p

Features musical artists Geno McManus and Alison Pipitone Band; visual artists Rosemarie Cardoso and Jennifer Seth-Cimini

Selected Music is Art LIVE @ The Center Highlights:

· Presented 41 free, entertaining shows with 10000 attending patrons to this drug & alcohol-free event

· Produced 41 episodes of original award winning cultural programming

· 1,000,000 Western New York households will have seen the television programs

· 7,400 UB Campus residents are exposed to the show 14 times per week

· 81 Musical Artists are featured representing over 25 music genres

· 125 Visual Artists are featured representing over 25 different mediums

· 55 staff and crew members per semester make this production possible

· Provided 82 students educational opportunities by way of our professional internship program

· Recipient of seven Telly Awards for Lighting Design, Editing and Entertainment programming

Music is Art Live @ The Center Season Five Television Premiere

We are pleased to announce that we will premiere season five of the Music is Art LIVE @ The Center television series beginning on October 9th from 10p-11p on WNED operated Thinkbright-TV.  Music is Art LIVE @ The Center celebrates Western New York's best contemporary musicians and visual artists in a series of weekly live performances in the Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo.  Each episode highlights the intimate original musical performances, visual arts demonstrations and the stories behind the artist's work. For a broadcast listing with musical and visual artist information, please check out www.thinkbright.org or www.ubcfa.org.

All previous MIA LIVE seasons are also in rotation regularly on Thinkbright-TV on Tuesdays from 10p-11p and Sundays 1a-2a and the channel is now distributed all across New York state. It is also distributed to 7,400 UB students through UB Campus Cable, and to all 64 SUNY campuses and over a half-million cable TV subscribers through the New York Network, a state-wide educational program service based in Albany. We are currently in our sixth live shows season set in our Mainstage Theater at the Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo.  Doors open at 7p and is taped for broadcast to be aired in spring 2008.  As always, the event is open to the public, free of charge.  Please see our website for a full listing of artists, www.ubcfa.org.

We hope you continue to enjoy the television program and look forward to seeing you at one of our live shows!

BROADCAST ON THINKBRIGHT-TV TUESDAYS 10p-11p, SUNDAYS 1a-2a

Episode 501 October 9th, 10p and October 28th, 1a
Features musical artists Kate Branagh and The Bailey Quarters; visual artists Lauren Braun and Sandra Bartz

Episode 502 October 9th, 10:30p and October 28th, 1a
Features musical artists Letters to Mabel and Kick Williams; visual artists Linda Anderson and Colleen Cunnigham

Episode 503 October 16th, 10p and November 4th, 1a
Features musical artists Brad Byrd and Zou Zou; visual artists Jill Sessa and Hugo Rodriguez

Episode 504 October 16th , 10:30p & November 4th, 1a
Features musical artists Christopher Squier and Doug Yeomans and the Lo Blu Flame; visual artists Linda Hankin and Frank Sander

Episode 505 October 23rd, 10p and November 11th, 1a
Features musical artists Brian Wheat and Groggy Darlin' and Babik visual artists Edreys Wajed and Joanna Angie

Episode 506 October 23rd, 10:30p and November 11th, 1a
Features musical artists Stacy Clark and Love Puddle; visual artists Jason Daquino and Nathaniel Infante

India.Arie on Oprah Today

Tune in to the Oprah Winfrey show today to see India.Arie perform her new song "Beautiful Flower", which was inspired by her visit to the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy in South Africa.  Download this song exclusively on iTunes and 100% of the sale price will support The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy Foundation.
India.Arie will perform in concert at the Center for the Arts on September 19.  Tickets are on sale now at the Box Office (M-F, 10-6) and ticketmaster.com.

http://indiaarie.com/

Music is Art Moves to Fairgrounds

The Music is Art Festival, Robby Takac's original project that spawned the Music is Art organization and the Music is Art Live @ The Center series will take place at the America's Fair this year.  Watch for more announcements about the fall series of Music is Art Live @ The Center.  We are currently accepting press packs and demos for the fall series.  Please visit www.ubcfa.org for more details.

The Buffalo News story by Jeff Miers:
http://www.buffalonews.com/204/story/68416.html

Season 5 of Music is Art Live @ The Center Ends

The final performance of Season 5 of Music is Art Live @ The Center ended Tuesday night in the Mainstage Theatre.  The Center would like to thank all of the students, staff members, interns, volunteers, musicians, artists, and everyone who was involved in any small way that made the season happen.

Just to recap and give one more plug for our performers, season 5 included the following local artists and musicians:
Joanna Angie, Roxanne Amico, Linda Anderson, Mollie Atkinson, Babik, The Bailey Quarters, Sandra Bartz, Kate Branagh, Lauren Braun, Brian Wheat & Groggy Darlin', Brad Byrd, Stacy Clark, Colleen Darby, Jason D'Aquino, David Derner, Doug Yeomans & The Lo Blu Flame, Edreys, Bob Gregg, Larry Griffis, Linda Hankin, David Huebsch, Nathaniel Infante, Kick Williams, Jason Klinger, Letters to Mabel, Geraldine Liquidano, Ginny Lohr, Love Puddle, Rosaleen Marion, Burke Paterson, Hugo Rodriguez, Jill Sessa, Christopher Squier, Jeffrey Vincent, Zou Zou.

Season 4 Premiers on WNED THINKBRIGHT TV:

April 17
10:00pm - Picture This, Doria Roberts, Jose Fuentes, and Andrew Kilian
10:30pm - 53 Days, Davey O., George Hughes and Oreen Cohen

May 1
10:00pm - Maria Sebastian with John Brady, McCarthyizm, Kurt Treeby, and Geraldine Liquidano
10:30pm - Lisa Rose, Elektromat, Richard Tomasello, and Roxanne Amico

May 8
10:00pm - Kerilea Butler, Stone Row, Chris Dimitroff, and Devora Primack
10:30pm - John Schmitt, Maelstrom Percussion Ensemble, Bob Gregg, and Fritz Raiser

Music is Art Live @ The Center

February 13, 20, 27 at 7pm- Mainstage Theatre

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Visit our web site for a list of confirmed musical and visual artists. Music is Art

Also, be sure to check out our television series, now airing on Tuesdays at 10pm & 10:30pm on WNED Thinkbright TV