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Ora Reedtag:orareed.com,2005:Post/60482662019-04-01T17:00:00-07:002019-07-26T11:57:21-07:00Ora Reed Signs Rodrigue Steinway Piano
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<p>This is a collage created to mark the occasion of Ora playing and signing the George Rodrigue (Blue Dog Artist) Million Dollar Steinway! The big surprise was the small number of signers...Billy Joel, Dr. John, Ellis Marsalis, Randy Newman, Ronnie Cole, Irvin Mayfield, Rockin' Doopsie, Jr., and Pete Fountain...mostly New Orleaneans. It was an honor to have the opportunity to be included. Please visit the Rodrigue Gallery (730 Royal Street in the New Orleans French Quarter), see the piano and let them know that you are Ora's friend. Permission by the Rodrigue Foundation has been given to perform a concert on this piano in the near future!</p>
Ora Reedtag:orareed.com,2005:Post/60482652016-04-30T17:00:00-07:002019-07-26T10:23:23-07:00Reed Coordinates Italian Art Exhibit
<p>The Municipal Art Gallery in Jackson MS proudly opened an Italian Art exhibit titled “Brava Mississippi.” This exhibit features the work of Sicilian Sculptor/Painter, Mariano Pietrini and local artist Beth Dean. The exhibit will hang for one month and the highlight of the exhibition will be a Meet the Artists reception on May 12.</p>
Ora Reedtag:orareed.com,2005:Post/60482642011-12-15T16:00:00-08:002016-07-14T08:45:20-07:00Reed Introduces Pen and Ink Artist
<p>Mississippi Cultural Ambassador Ora Reed will introduce Jeffrey Yentz (Pen and Ink Artist) in his Premier Exhibition at the Jackson Municipal Art Gallery in Jackson, MS on Thursday, January 12, 2012. The Opening Reception for thie Exhibition will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Yentz, an Architect, is relatively new to Mississippi, and has taken the opportunity to travel around the state, embracing its beauty and history. He writes descriptive accounts of his finds, and renders an intricate Pen and Ink drawing from his discoveries. Throughout the evening, instrumental students from area colleges and universities will be featured in a showcase of performance. This Exhibition will hang for two months in the Gallery, located at 892 North State Street.(601-962-1582)
For Interviews or Additional Information......Email: info@orareed.com</p>
Ora Reedtag:orareed.com,2005:Post/60482632009-02-11T16:00:00-08:002016-07-14T08:45:20-07:00Ora Reed in Concert with Mississippi Symphony Orchestra
<p>Ora Reed's delightful fixation with butterflies is no coincidence.
It seems as if they both share a kindred spirit of purpose and
disposition.
Her golden chrysalis happens to be the Mississippi Delta where she
grew up in Greenville and Lexington, respectively. Just like the
butterfly, who makes its own silken cocoon in preparation for its
unknowing or maybe instinctive metamorphosis, Ms. Reed has been
preparing for her true calling since she was three years old.
Her mother's intuition placed Ms. Reed in piano, clarinet and violin
lessons every summer at Jackson State University, where she also
received her Bachelor's degree in Music.
At this pivotol moment in her life, Ms. Reed spread her multi-hued,
multi-talented, and multi-faceted wings to Baltimore where she
imparted knowledge to children who shared her own passion for music.
As fulfilling as this task was for her, she had to stay true to her
polymorphic nature, so she expanded her wings to her first
professional gig at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas with the Bruce
Westcott Band. She says, " I always knew deep down inside that I
could sing like some of the people I would often accompany...a little
voice was screaming to get out." And escape it did.
From there, Ms. Reed became a social butterfly by hosting fabulous
soirees for Baltimore' elite and singing at chic supper clubs in
Maryland where she was hailed as a "cafe society singer" by the
Baltimore Sun.
At times, butterflies must return to their point of origin. Ms. Reed
was called back home to Mississippi to care for her mother, Annie,
whose health was failing. After the death of her beloved mother, Ms.
Reed rested her wings to spend quality time with family and friends.
She found that morphing abilities were unfaltering as she reveled in
positions as Administrative Assistant to a State Senator,
Presidential campaign coordinator, concert promotions manager,
administrative assistant to the President of the National Baptist
Convention, and PR Consultant to Mission Mississippi, a Christian
organization that works for racial and denominational reconciliation.
Nevertheless, one's true calling is never far out of reach, when her
uncle reminded her that singing was her "God-given talent," Ora
stretched her wings as an international sensation.
Places in Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Malaysia, the
United Arab Emirates and Carnegie Hall have heard the lustrous voice
of Ora Reed as her hands glide over the black and white keys of a
well-tuned grand piano.
With triumph always comes struggle. Ms. Reed is a three-time cancer
survivor. It is said that after a butterfly damages its wings, they
are never repaired; but Ms. Reed's faith in God has proved that the
unfathomable is attainable.
And beyond the reach of man's hands, God has continually blessed her
with a successful career including an album she recorded in a famed
studio in Kyoto, Japan (Kampo), entitled This One's For You. It
includes jazz standards such as "Fly Me to the Moon", "It Had to Be
You", her favorite gospel song, "Somebody Bigger Than You and I", and
a special song for fellow cancer survivors, "We Are Survivors", among
the track listing. She was also named Mississippi Cultural
Ambassador in 2006.
Ms. Reed just celebrated her 60th birthday with a three-day
celebration where many of her friends from around the globe came to
Mississippi to partake in the jubilant occasion. Now, Mississippi
has the privileged opportunity to hear our own Ora Reed at the
Mississippi Symphony Orchestra Pops 11: Passion at the Pops concert.
She will perform a plethora of American favorites, all accompanied by
the orchestra, under the direction of Maestro Crafton Beck. She
says, "I'm very thankful to get an opportunity work in Jackson, and I
don't usually get to perform in Mississippi. Most of my friends
don't get to see me work. So it's very special."
After the concert, she will travel to the land of silk, Japan, which
is her second home, to perform at the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa in
Tokyo for three months.
Don't miss this beautiful butterfly in concert on Saturday, February
14, 2009, at Thalia Mara Hall. Tickets are $15 and up. For more
information, call 601-960-1565 or 601-960-1535 or visit
www.msorchestra.com.</p>
Ora Reed