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Main Menu Home About Us Contact Us MHS eNewsletter Composers Conductors Instrumentalists Vocalists Featured Artists & Groups Reviews Performance Reviews Record Reviews Book Reviews Donors Search Site for... Links Newsflash Fun Stuff Hot Topic! Bibliography Events Myrtle on the Web Guestbook Finding the truth is not enough. What we also have to find is justice.                                ~Rigoberta Menchu Anwar Robinson Performs at NJPAC Monday, 30 June 2008 Anwar Robinson Performs at NJPAC by Kimberly Raymond Beyond first impressions, beyond compliments, and way beyond talent, Anwar Robinson is heading straight for the top.         vocalist Anwar Robinson and writer Kimberly Raymond     If you’ve ever watched American Idol, you’ll know that when many of its contestants are voted off, so is their fame.  Being voted off leads to a downfall, right?  Well, not in Robinson’s case.  This phenomenal musician’s fame is just augmenting.  It was an honor to attend the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)’s 13th Annual Community Partners Concert.  The first half of the concert featured the New Jersey Symphony, but after intermission, the brilliant Robinson stole the show.  It was amazing seeing Robinson up on stage being accompanied by the New Jersey Symphony.              Robinson’s repertoire consisted of a few jazzy songs, a few Broadway musical selections, and an original composition.  Before Robinson sang his original composition, Chosen, he mentioned that his mother asked him to write a song for breast cancer and Robinson admitted that he didn’t know what to write.  “It was a year after my mom had asked me to compose what was to become ‘Chosen’,” said Robinson.  “The day was her birthday and I just sat and God gave me the chord progressions and the words flowed like fresh water.  All of this happened in less than two hours.”  Chosen is a beautifully poignant masterpiece.  In this song, Robinson was backed up by three lovely vocalists.  The performance brought tears to the eyes of Robinson’s fans.  After Robinson’s final performance, he received a standing ovation and was summoned for an encore.  Robinson modestly walked back onto the stage and made his way to the orchestra piano.  With the exception of the spotlight on the piano, all the lights in NJPAC’s theater were turned off.  Everyone, from the smallest infant, to the eldest adult, was at the edge of their seats listening intently as Robinson sung from his heart.  The emotional encore was a song Robinson created for his father who was murdered in 1998.  The song was indescribable.  In 2005, the year Robinson was voted off American Idol, I interviewed a few of his fans.  When Valerie Carrington, a math professor of DeVry University and Sherry Sooknanan, a vocal teacher in Washington, were asked how they would imagine Robinson to be off stage, they both responded, “the same.”  Indeed, off stage Robinson is the same modest person he is on stage.  After the show, he put off his interview because he wanted to first greet all the members of his family.  No matter where fame is taking him, Robinson remains genuine and sincere to who he is and where he came from. As people exited the theater after Robinson’s final performance, many satisfied comments could be heard.  An elderly woman in the fourth row of the orchestra seats remained seated, as if in awe, for a while after Robinson’s tribute to his father.  Then, as she stood up, her sole comment was, “that was definitely worth the money.” Without a doubt, seeing Robinson perform was worth every penny and more.  Robinson said he can be expected in the New Jersey/New York area in mid-July or late August of this year.  I know I will definitely want to be first in line to see him.  Robinson was asked if there was anything he wanted to mention to his fans, and he responded: “The words ‘thank you; can’t encompass how grateful I am to have supporters of my art.  I hope that my life and work has inspired greatness and that I can continue to make a positive impact in the world.”    Kimberly Raymond, age 16, is a senior at the Academy for Allied Health Sciences in Scotch Plains, NJ. She is a musician/pianist, dancer, writer and composer. Kimberly plans to become a pediatrician or child psychiatrist.   < Prev   Next > [ Back ]       © 2012 myrtlehart.org Joomla! is Free Software released under the GNU/GPL License.

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