Houston’s DocFest ’22 on December 18th was an incredible evening with Melissa Manchester, Mike Moreno and Kendrick Scott. Melissa Manchester, the Grammy winner singer-songwriter, wowed the audience with her performance in front of a full screen video highlighting her remarkable career. At the end of her performance, she invited DocFest’s co-founder, Chris Walker, to the stage to sing, “Whenever I Call You Friend”. The … Read More DocFest 2022 Concert Highlights
Named “Rising Star – Drums” by Downbeat magazine and a “Drummer Whose Time is Now” by the New York Times, Kendrick Scott is a premier drummer and composer of his generation. Born in Houston, Texas, Scott garnered his music education from Houston’s renowned High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and Berklee College of Music in Boston. As a performer, Scott has toured … Read More DocFest `22 Featuring HSPVA Alumnus Kendrick Scott
Originally from Houston, Texas, Mike Moreno began studying music formally at the Houston High School for Performing and Visual Arts, a school renowned for its musical alumni including Jason Moran, Robert Glasper, Kendrick Scott, Eric Harland, and James Francies, amongst many others. After graduating he moved to New York to attend the New School University on scholarship. Over the years Moreno has built a … Read More DocFest `22 Featuring HSPVA Alumnus Mike Moreno
In 1980, MELISSA MANCHESTER became the first recording artist in the history of the Academy Awards to have two nominated movie themes in a single year, “Through The Eyes Of Love” from Ice Castles and “I’ll Never Say Goodbye” from The Promise, and to perform them both on the Oscar telecast. MELISSA starred in the national tours of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Music Of The … Read More DocFest `22 Featuring Grammy Award Winner Melissa Manchester
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Upon the opening of New York’s New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music (NS/J) in 1986, there was an immediate bond between NS/J and Houston’s High School for Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA), thanks to the outreach of NS/J’s founding artistic director, Arnie Lawrence (1938 – 2005). Largely due to Mr. Lawrence’s efforts, HSPVA bassist Chris Walker was a member of NS/J’s very first … Read More Jazz Scholarship
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