Words Into Music Premiere
Premiere of Words Into Music by Pamela Sklar
Saturday, June 13th, 2:00 PM: St Paul’s Church National Historic Site in Mount Vernon will host the premiere performance of Words into Music, an award-winning music project by flutist & composer Pamela Sklar. Awarded an ArtsWestchester Arts Initiative grant, Ms. Sklar created Words into Music with input from Mount Vernon community members. After conducting personal individual talks with community members, Pamela Sklar took their words and turned them into music. The music will be performed by Ms. Sklar playing flute, bass flute and Native American flute, with co-featured colleagues John Frisch playing oboe, English horn, alto sax, and Enid Blount Press, clarinet and bass clarinet. The performance will include educational components about Pamela’s experience creating Words into Music and descriptions/ demonstrations of the eight different instruments being played.
The interviews were given to more than 40 people, ages 14 to 89, from the Mount Vernon community. The musicians play many styles of music and have appeared internationally. Pamela Sklar has performed and recorded with many well-known artists including Lady Gaga, and Aretha Franklin at the GRAMMY Awards. pamelasklar.com
Venue Info St Paul’s Church National Historic Site, 897 S. Columbus Ave, Mount Vernon, NY. 914.667.4116 FREE Admission, open to all, handicap accessible. The venue was built in 1765.
Press Contacts Pamela Sklar: oceansoundwave@gmail.com ArtsWestchester: Lauren Brady, Susan Abbott lbrady@artswestchester.org sabbott@artswestchester.org
About Pamela Sklar
Described as “engaging…stimulating…piquant…delightful” by the New York Times, Pamela Sklar has performed internationally and played with and for many well-known artists live and on recordings. In Westchester and elsewhere, she collaborates as a flutist and composer with groups playing a multitude of musical styles.
A winner of two ArtsWestchester’s Awards,
she collaborates with other artists and presents colorful programs. As a soloist, Pamela plays flute, alto flute, bass flute and Native American flute in creative programs which include improvisation.
Recently, Pamela’s musical works were co-featured in Cuba (2019) as well as in Madrid (2017, 2018). As both a flutist and composer, Pamela is praised as “hauntingly beautiful, full of colors…excellent…mastery” (the Flutist Quarterly). Her two critically acclaimed original CD’s, A Native American-Jazz Tribute, and Silver Pharaoh can be heard here (as excerpts; ‘click to listen’):
http://www.msrcd.com/catalog/cd/MS1484
http://www.msrcd.com/catalog/cd/MS1498
Visit Pam’s website: https://www.pamelasklar.com
A recipient of two ArtsWestchester awards for her original project Words into Music Parts 1 and 2, flutist Pamela Sklar collaborates with other artists playing different musical styles including classical, prog rock, jazz ballads and improvising. Pamela can be heard playing on more than fifty recordings (including three Grammy Award-winning) for well-known artists, and two original. Pam’s career also includes composing as well as teaching privately. Passionate about working with students, she uses her own effective approach to help young students enjoy learning and playing and gaining self-confidence. Pam also writes pieces to help them practice and learn challenging music. Please visit pamelasklar.com