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Still waters youth sinfo nia of metropolitan atlanta
Still Waters Sinfo-Nia is a predominantly African-American youth orchestra located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was originally called the William Grant Still Memorial Orchestra. The organization was started in 1990 and has been led by David E. Robinson III.
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- Still waters youth sinfo nia of metropolitan atlanta
- Still waters youth sinfo nia 2011 spring concert love s theme
- The orchestra
- Establishment
- Dance company
- Past travels
- References
Still waters youth sinfo nia 2011 spring concert love s theme
The orchestra
The Still Waters Youth Sinfo-Nia of Metropolitan Atlanta Orchestra and Dance company is designed to give talented students ages 8 to 18 an opportunity to improve their artistic and skills, perform a variety of music (traditional orchestral literature - baroque, classical, etc., jazz, Negro spirituals, gospel, reggae, ragtime, motion picture themes, music from other countries, country, Top-40: rock, R & B, urban contemporary, and so on, perform on a regular basis, prepare students to audition to earn college scholarships, and travel. Sinfo-Nia has traveled coast-to-coast as well as to Ghana, West Africa.
Establishment
Sinfo-Nia was founded as a summer camp and still holds its annual Summer Academy in July. Young musicians and dancers from other states come to attend as well. Sinfo-Nia members travel to different cities to take part in the annual National Association of Negro Musicians (NANM) Conference. They serve as the "core" of NANM's D. Jerlene Harding Memorial/NANM Youth Orchestra. Sinfo-Nia has an active youth branch in NANM named after musicians and educator, Kemper Harreld.
Sinfo-Nia hold its School-Year Session on Monday evenings and Saturday mornings from mid-August through May. Sinfo-Nia has a staff of certified music educators and professional musicians. Guest clinicians have worked with Sinfo-Nia on occasion.
Dance company
The Sinfo-Nia Dance Company was added in 2004 and is directed by Alycia W. Robinson. The Dance Company specializes in ballet, jazz, modern, tap, pointe, African, and Hip-hop. The Dance Company performs to the live music of the Orchestra, which makes Sinfo-Nia a unique performing arts organization of a youth dance company with its own youth orchestra.
Past travels
The group has performed in numerous cities throughout the United States, including Norfolk, Virginia twice, Chicago, St. Paul, Minnesota, Oakland, California, Dallas, Newark, New Jersey, Detroit twice, Philadelphia, Las Vegas twice, Houston, Denver, New York City, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Fort Pierce, Florida, Tuskegee, Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama twice, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Raleigh, North Carolina, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and within the state of Georgia, Macon three times, Albany, Fort Valley, LaGrange, Keysville, Sparta, Wrens, and Thomasville. Sinfo-Nia took its second trip to Ghana, West Africa, in December 2007 and included stops in the neighboring countries of Togo and Benin.