Dwyer Cultural Center

Michael Wimberly founder of MWProductions Sound Design is a composer for film, dance, theater and for vocalist. He is the producer of the Power Of Drum, an annual drum clinic and performance event held in NYC featuring top percussionist in the industry. Bridgette Wimberly was part of the 2006/08 Women’s Projects Producers Lab, a member of Lincoln Center Theatre’s Directors Lab where she produced four satellite productions in collaboration with the Lab, A Manhattan Theatre Club Fellow, and a member of the poetry group Cave Canem. She is also the recipient of fellowships/Awards from The New York Foundation for the Arts (Poetry), The New York Urban Arts Initiative, and the Harlem Arts Alliance for Ballet Neo, a dance TV pilot she wrote with ballerina Virginia Johnson. She has been on the Board of Directors at Cherry Lane Theatre, the longest continuously running Off-Broadway Theatre, for ten years. She recently became a lifetime member of The Ensemble Studio Theatre.

The Uptown Tea Series is sponsored in part by the generous support of the Dwyer Cultural Center, International Communications Association and Harlem World Magazine. The Uptown Tea Series is A Loft Arts Productions, in association with Arts & Education Continuum. www.loftartsproductionscom.virb.com

Family/Children"

Prolific. Prodigal. Profound. That is Jay Rodriguez. Sometimes the sound is explosive, wild and full of fury, other times his music aches with a passion that’s painful and bare. Always modest and reverent, Rodriguez harnesses the unbridled audacity of youth and melds it with the uncanny discipline of a hardened New York jazz veteran New York jazz veteran. — Michael Gelfand

Nominated twice for a Grammy under the best jazz solo category, Jay has performed and recorded with a diverse list of talent, all of whom represent the best in their respective genres. Improvising with Miles, rocking with Widespread Panic, grooving with Prince or jamming with his local NYC downtown peers Medeski, Martin and Wood, Jay is on the scene performing over 200 gigs a year. Jay is also the musical director/founding member of New York City's phenomenon Groove Collective. In recent years, the band has opened for and jammed with James Brown, backed Tupac Shakur (voted #2 all time live Hip Hop performance on MTV), and shared the stage with Isaac Hayes, Erykah Badu, The Roots and BB King among others. Groove Collective's 2002 tour of Europe featured JB trombonist Fred Wesley, and a trip to Moscow with guest artist P-Funk Co-founder Bernie Worrell.

The Uptown Tea Series is sponsored in part by the generous support of the Dwyer Cultural Center, International Communications Association and Harlem World Magazine. The Uptown Tea Series is A Loft Arts Productions, in association with Arts & Education Continuum. www.loftartsproductionscom.virb.com

Film/Cinema"

Clifton Anderson brings his unique brand of exciting and engaging Jazz to The Dwyer Center on April 22nd. The music from his illustrious quintet ranges from high energy swinging to gorgeous ballads and rocking calypsos. On board with Clifton are Donald Vega-piano, Essiet Essiet-bass, Dave Gibson-drums and Frank Fontaine- Tenor/Soprano Sax.Clifton Anderson appears at The Uptown Tea Series which sponsored in part by the generous support of the Dwyer Cultural Center, International Communications Association and Harlem World Magazine. The Uptown Tea Series is A Loft Arts Productions, in association with Arts & Education Continuum. www.loftartsproductionscom.virb.com

Jazz"

Music.Jazz

Performance Art"

MacDowell award winner Joseph Daley has been awarded best large ensemble by All About Jazz for his new CD; The Seven Deadly Sins, documenting original compositions for orchestra. Mr Daley brings the Ebony Brass Quintet-Eddie Allen, Reginald Pittman, Trumpets, Mark Taylor, French horn, Alfred Patterson, Trombone, Joseph Daley, Tuba to the beautiful Dwyer Cultural Center in Harlem!


The Uptown Tea Series is sponsored in part by the generous support of the Dwyer Cultural Center, International Communications Association and Harlem World Magazine. The Uptown Tea Series is A Loft Arts Productions, in association with Arts & Education Continuum www.loftartsproductionscom.virb.com

New Music"