FIRST FRIDAYS Presents 3SPIRIT Live Music Concert on June 1, 2012

WESTBETH COMMUNITY ROOM in Westbeth–ask at desk.
55 BETHUNE STREET at WASHINGTON ST
7-9:30 PM
$10 (suggested donation)

3SPIRIT (Val Hawk, Vicki Doney, and Nancy Reed) can be heard on a diverse array of recordings, from “Tony Caruso’s Final Broadcast,” a modern opera recently released on the Naxos label, to ABC’s “Schoolhouse Rock” with Bob Dorough for whom they sang backup in their first incarnation as “THE BOBETTES.”

This last year, 3SPIRIT was featured on Public Radio’s “Homegrown Music” and most recently appeared at the COTA Jazz Festival. Vicki Doney can be heard Monday nights at “The Garage” with the Howard Williams Orchestra. Nancy Reed is vocalist for “The Ellington Orchestra.” Val Hawk, when not writing or arranging for 3SPIRIT, is working on the completion of her long awaited jazz CD, “DREAM”.

VAL HAWK made her “Schoolhouse Rock” debut in 1994 playing guitar and singing the voice of Becky Sue in Money Rocks “Dollars and Sense.” As a member of jazz vocal group The Ritz she sang, played guitar, and contributed arrangements for “Almost Blue” (Denon). For the Japanese market, she can be heard on “Seventies Reminiscence” (Columbia Japan) and “A Long Vacation” which she also lyricized. Having studied at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts and The Actor’s Institute and appearing Off Broadway before abandoning acting, Val has just made her return to the stage in the role of Grace in “Let the Phoenix Rise.”

More First Friday concerts are scheduled and culminate with the 6th ANNUAL WESTBETH MUSIC FESTIVAL September 21, 22, and 23, 2012.
FOR BIOS AND LINKS GO TO www.westbeth.org ARTISTSPERFORMING ARTISTS.
Located in the far West Village of New York City, Westbeth Artists’ Housing provides affordable living and working spaces for artists and their families. Opened in 1970 through funding provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and the J.M. Kaplan Foundation, Westbeth continues to offer affordable artists’ housing and an array of cultural activities. Recently Westbeth was land marked under NYC Landmark laws, and it has been nominated to the State Registrar of Historic Places and to the National Registrar of Historic Places.