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Black Tie International:
Kravis Center for the
Performing Arts Names Sharon McDaniel as Regional Arts
Concert Series Programming Associate
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Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
Names Sharon McDaniel as Regional Arts Concert Series Programming Associate The Leonard & Sophie Davis
Regional Arts Concert Series 2010-2011 Opens with Moscow Symphony, November 16 & 17
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(West
Palm
Beach,
FL –
September
2,
2010)Judith
A.
Mitchell,
Chief
Executive
Officer
at
the Raymond
F.
Kravis
Center
for the
Performing
Arts,
today
announced
that
award-winning
journalist
and
music
critic Sharon
McDaniel has
been
named
Regional
Arts
Concert
Series
Programming
Associate.
In her
new
position,
Ms.
McDaniel, the
Classical
Music
and
Dance
Critic
of The
Palm
Beach
Post from
2000
through
2008,
will
continue
to host
free
pre-concert
lectures
during
theLeonard
& Sophie
Davis Regional
Arts
Concert
Series,
also
known
as MUSIC
“At
Eight”
and
MUSIC
“At
Two”.
She will
also
provide
administrative
duties
for all
classical
music
presentations
at the
Kravis
Center,
including
the
Regional
Arts
Concert
Series
and
Young
Artists
Series.
“At
these
fascinating
and
informative
‘Beyond
the
Stage’
lectures,
Sharon
McDaniel
will
share
her
in-depth
knowledge
and
critical
insights
about
the
composers
and
compositions
about to
be
performed. This
is
another
way that
the
Kravis
Center
continues
to
enhance
the
overall
concert
experience
for our
growing
audience
of
classical
music
fans,”
said
Mitchell.
Currently
an Arts
Contributor
for the Stuart
News, South
Florida
Classical
Review,
PalmBeachArtsPaper.com
and American
Record
Guide,
Sharon
McDaniel
is a
widely
respected
expert
in
classical
music,
ballet
and
modern
dance.
Praised
by the
late
columnist
James J.
Kilpatrick
in The
Writer’s
Art,
McDaniel
has been
a Fellow
at both
the
National
Arts
Journalism
Program
at
Northwestern
University
and the
Knight
Center
for
Specialized
Journalism. She
is also
the
recipient
of the
prestigious
Deadline
Writing
Award
from the
Associated
Press
Managing
Editors
Association
and a
Newsroom
Award/Features
Category
from the
Gannett
Rochester
Newspapers. McDaniel
earned a
Bachelors
Degree
in Music
from the
College-Conservatory
of Music
(CCM) at
the
University
of
Cincinnati.
About
the
Regional
Arts
Concert
Series:
Now
entering
its 36th
anniversary
season,
the Leonard
& Sophie
Davis Regional
Arts
Concert
Series continues
its
long-standing
tradition
of
showcasing
the
world’s
finest
classical
symphony
orchestras,
chamber
ensembles
and
recitalists. The
Kravis
Center’s
2010-2011
series
will
include
concerts
by
the Moscow
State
Symphony (November
16-17), Carter
Breyon
cello
and
pianist Christopher
O’Riley (December
19), Toronto
Symphony
Orchestra(January
12), Opole
Philharmonic
of
Poland (January
25-26), Deutsche
State
Philharmonic (February
7-8), New
World
Symphony (February
18), Israel
Philharmonic
Orchestra (February
20), Itzhak
Perlman (March
1), Sir
James
Galway (March
16), Andre
Watts (March
29)
and St.
Petersburg
Philharmonic (April
6-7).
Subscriptions
for the
popular
Regional
Arts
Concert
Series
are on
sale now
for as
low as
$96 for
the
six-concert
MUSIC
“At Two”
series
and $144
for the
nine-concert
MUSIC
"At
Eight”
series.
Individual
tickets
will be
available
at the
Kravis
Center
Box
Office
on
October
2, 2010.
About
the
Raymond
F.
Kravis
Center
for the
Performing
Arts:
The
Raymond
F.
Kravis
Center
for the
Performing
Arts is
a
not-for-profit
performing
arts
center
whose
mission
is to
enhance
the
quality
of life
in Palm
Beach
County
by
presenting
a
diverse
schedule
of
national
and
international
artists
and
companies
of the
highest
quality;
by
offering
comprehensive
arts
education
programs;
by
providing
a Palm
Beach
County
home in
which
local
and
regional
arts
organizations
can
showcase
their
work;
and by
providing
economic
catalyst
and
community
leadership
in West
Palm
Beach,
supporting
efforts
to
increase
travel
and
tourism
to Palm
Beach
County.
The
Kravis
Center
is
located
at 701
Okeechobee
Blvd. in
West
Palm
Beach,
FL. For
more
information,
please
call 561-832-7469 or
visit www.kravis.org.
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