Excerpt from Richmond.com article:
Drew Anderson, a young jazz trumpeter from Richmond, will perform with Wynton Marsalis’ Summer Jazz Academy at the Castleton Festival over the next two weekends.
Anderson, 18, joins 42 other U.S. high school jazz students who were handpicked by Jazz at Lincoln Center to participate in the new advanced training program.
A recent graduate of the Open High School, Anderson sharpened his talent at Richmond Youth Jazz Guild, which his father founded.
The following letter was sent from an attorney hired by the Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association on June 17 to members of City Council, the Mayor’s office, Richmond Police Department, and others.
Dear elected and appointed officials of the City of Richmond:
We represent the neighborhood associations of Oregon Hill and the Overlook.
The citizens of Oregon Hill and the Overlook have engaged with Venture Richmond in a series of discussions, and today have provided a set of draft conditions for the consideration of Venture Richmond in their proposed zoning request to the City for the Tredegar Green Amphitheater.
The homeowners and residents of Oregon Hill support (and enjoy) robust public use of the riverfront and specifically do not oppose reasonable use of the Tredegar Green property. However, like any neighborhood of homeowners in the City, they have reasonable concerns about adverse impacts on noise, parking, trash, public safety and the like. And, like any neighborhood of homeowners in the City, they have a legitimate expectations that these adverse impacts will be reasonably addressed by a zoning applicant and by their City officials.
To assist Venture Richmond and the City, we have prepared a proposed set of conditions that we feel reasonably address the adverse impacts of use of the Tredegar Green property. Attached are that set of conditions and an explanatory cover letter to Venture Richmond counsel Bill Axselle.
We look forward to working with Venture Richmond and the City as the zoning application goes forward. In that process, we submit these conditions to allow the uses that Venture Richmond envisions while reasonably protecting the neighbors on Oregon Hill.
We welcome your input and assistance in this regard.
Thank you very much,
Andrew R. McRoberts
Attorney
Sands Anderson PC
From: McRoberts, Andrew R.
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 1:31 PM
To:
Cc:
Subject: Oregon Hill Proposed Conditions for Tredegar Green AmphitheaterBill, here are our proposed conditions and an explanatory cover letter. We look forward to working with you in addressing the Oregon Hill neighborhood’s reasonable concerns.
We learned this morning – too late to affect these conditions I promised you today – that the Richmond Police Department (“RPD”) may wish for the applications for event management plan approval to go through another department or agency rather than the RPD. Although I have not discussed this with my clients, I anticipate that shifting the receiving/approving agency to another department or office which works better for all would be acceptable to us. As I mentioned in the cover letter, a number of City departments may be involved in review of a proposed event management plan.
Thanks for your assistance,
Andrew
Andrew R. McRoberts
Attorney
Sands Anderson PC
Attachment: Letter to Hon Ralph L. Axselle Jr 6-17-15 (Editor’s note: click here for PDF)
Oregon Hill’s punk/metal record store, Vinyl Conflict, will be presenting a hardcore and metal showcase featuring performances by Connoisseur from Oakland, California and Richmond groups Humungus, Unsacred and Cornbeard at Strange Matter on Grace Street this Thursday night.
CONNOISSEUR “Firestorm / Weedleech”
From their first show in Oakland.
May 20th, 2011.
Local musician Tim Berry’s first recordings, “Laurel St. Demo” came out 10 years ago as of yesterday.
His latest solo release is titled “Lost & Rootless”, and he is currently on tour in the Midwest.
Here’s a recent music video-
Here’s a cut from the yet-to-be-released 2015 album by Gayle McGehee and the Nocturnes called Too Many Misters. The song is called “Cookies Ain’t Cake” and the great Billy Ray Hatley wrote it. Gayle, Steve Young and (Cherry Street neighbor) Todd Woodson on vocals, Gayle and Steve Young on guitars, Steve Hudgins on bass and Todd Woodson on drums. Produced by Todd Woodson and Lance Koehler at Minimum Wage Recording studio, Oregon Hill, Virginia.
‘Cal’ took a break from his travels to play a few chords at Laurel and W.Cary.
From FaceBook event page:
Live music at Mojo’s? what? Come check out Oregon Hill Funk All Stars at Mojo’s Saturday Night. 4-4-15 Music starts at 10. No Cover. 21+
In what is sure to stir up music fans and parishes alike, St. Andrew’s Church and St. Andrew’s School announced today that they will jointly host an academic and music symposium on the small, mostly instrumental genre of modern music known as blip hop.
Although many details still need to be confirmed, including which August weekend has been reserved, exciting aspects are starting to take shape. Some big names in blip hop have already been invited (though their appearances still need to be scheduled), including German techno duo Mouse on Mars, Matthew Herbert, and blip hop enthusiast and Grammy-winning pop musician David Byrne (formerly of the Talking Heads). Local artist ENE (aka Scott Hudgins) has definitely committed and plans to attend the entire symposium. Regardless of the final line up, tickets will be free and offered first come first serve (reserve now by calling the church office at 804-648-7980)
In the spirit of community there will be several pieces performed in conjunction with the church’s choir and organist and the school’s violin, chorus and piano classes throughout the event. Workshops on blip hop dancing will also be offered. Live concerts will be held in the church’s Baldwin Hall, near the Grace Arents Community Garden, the William Byrd Community House, and Oregon Hill’s Riverside Park. Other sponsors are still being decided though possibilities include community alternative radio station WRIR, University of Richmond radio station WDCE, Plan 9 Music, Councilperson Parker Agelasto’s Office, Girls Rock! RVA, Richmond2015 UCI Bicycle Race, and Dinamo restaurant.
Asked why St. Andrew’s Church and School is so interested in blip hop, church leadership pointed to several factors. St. Andrew’s, of course, does have historic Welsh and Scottish links to the Northern European culture that David Byrne himself has praised in blip hop. “We realized that we do have tangible links to electronic music”, said one vestry board member. He mentioned the renovated St. Andrew’s House (236 S. Laurel Street) as previously being the starting place of the seminal band LaBradford. He also said that there had been some past confusion between the church’s EFM (Education for Ministry) group and EDM (a popular acronym for Electronic Dance Music).
St. Andrew’s School is still celebrating its 120 year anniversary,” gushed the St. Andrew’s Head of School, “and this symposium is another change to highlight how music has played an important part in our education efforts.”
St. Andrew’s rector, Rev. Abbott Bailey, herself a not-so-secret Zap Mama fan, said that she sees the blip hop symposium as “a way to engage with the lost children of the nineties.”
A member of Grace-On-The-Hill, a youth ministry of St. Andrew’s Church in partnership with the Diocese of Virginia, had this thought to offer:
“Instead of just rhythm pounding on like a soothing metronome, creativities and personalities layer atop it. Things meld together as strong but diverse parts join the score. Life departs what we’ve known and suddenly feels nothing like the squishy, germ-filled meat mush in the grind nor the innocent swing of habit; it transforms into a grand experience of unity within a beat. Different components add to the piece, and it is far too complex to brave its performance alone.”
Mouse on Mars on YouTube:
From email announcement:
This Sunday at St. Andrew’s Church (March 1), Ana Hernandez will be leading a mini-workshop in the sacred art of chant at 10:00 am and then leading the music at the 11:00 am service. All are invited (there is no charge). For more on Ana, click here.
Ana invites us to use our voices to create sacred sounds — no matter our religious background or vocal ability. Her work also encourages people to explore the effects of rhythm and chant on their bodies. She will be delving into this art more thoroughly at 2 workshops on Saturday, February 28, at St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church, who is co-sponsoring this weekend with us. Information and registration for this workshop is found here: http://stthomasrichmond.org/article/ana-hernandez-is-coming-to-richmond
