Eastman Showcase 2007
Someone’s in the Kitchen
Last month, we featured Instrumentalist “cover girl” and Eastman alumna Sandra Dackow. This month, another important music magazine is prominently featuring an Eastman alumna. The May 2007 issue of Chamber Music magazine features an article about New York City’s Music Kitchen, founded by violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins (BM ’93) in 2005. at her home church of Holy Trinity Baptist in Manhattan. “My mission,” she has said, “is to share the inspirational, therapeutic, evocative, and uplifting power of music with New York City’s disenfranchised homeless shelter population.” Kelly and her many musician friends perform regular chamber music concerts for the church’s homeless shelter and Olivieri Center women’s shelter. Recent guest artists have included pianists Emanuel Ax (pictured with Kelly during a performance) and Roy Eaton, the David Bixton Jazz Quartet, flutist Bart Feller, and cellist Tara Chambers. You can find more information about Music Kitchen, and a link to the Chamber Music article, at www.MusicKitchenNYC.org.