Let The Sunshine In was an amazing evening of music. From the opening notes of UP, UP AND AWAY to the closing chorus AQUARIUS/LET THE SUN SHINE IN. Marylin McCoo performed a stellar version of O"One Less Bell to Answer" and "You Don't Have to be a Star" with Billy Davis JR.Earl Klugh gave us an unforgettable version of Nat King Cole's "Mona Lisa". Gerald Alston reached out and touched the audience with his soulful version of "A Change is Gonna Come". Bob Weir, David Grisman and Keb 'Mo set Davies Symphony Hall on fire with their renditions of Willie Dixon's "Wang Dang Doodle" and Bob Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower". Stingwas a STAR with each performance, bringing humor and good spirit to every song he sang....
Each song was a gem, thanks to the rock solid drumming of Narada and music by the Narada Michael Walden Band & SF Conservatory of Music....they SHINED for all!
Truly one of the best shows we've been to and have had the pleasure to be a part of.
THANK YOU Narada and the Narada Michael Walden Foundation Team. We look forward to a great future!
About Narada Michael Walden www.naradamichaelwalden.com
Marin County-based Narada Michael Walden, drummer (Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jeff Beck, Weather Report), songwriter, producer, performer, three-time Grammy award winner, and Emmy winner has produced countless number-one hits with legendary artists such as Aretha Franklin, Mariah Carey, and Whitney Houston. He is credited with launching the careers of Houston and Mariah Carey, and the list of his collaborators reads like a Who’s Who of popular music – Sting, Stevie Wonder, Al Green, Ray Charles, Al Jareau, Diana Ross, Steve Winwood, Clarence Clemons, Gladys Knight and Barbara Streisand. He also produced soundtracks for popular films including: The Bodyguard, James Bond: License to Kill, and 9 ½ Weeks.
About the Narada Michael Walden Foundation
www.naradamichaelwaldenfoundation.com
The Narada Michael Walden Foundation (NMWF) is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit created by Grammy award winning producer, drummer, performer and hit songwriter Narada Michael Walden. The foundation's focus is to serve, inspire, educate and provide financial support to children, adults, musicians and worthy organizations through the vehicle of music, music production, music management, concerts and donations.
The NMWF will provide instruments, education, management, production, concerts, creative services, recording, recording facilities and money primarily but not exclusively to Bay Area children, music programs, musicians and worthy causes throughout the world.
The NMWF respects the "light" in every person. Music is our vehicle for allowing individuals and charitable organizations to experience their creativity, love and delight.
Performing Stars of Marin, a non-profit that works with the youth of Marin City, Calif., to help them have opportunities in the arts, has long been one of the beneficiaries of the Narada Michael Walden Foundation.
About The San Francisco Conservatory of Music
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music is one of the world’s most distinguished schools of Western musical culture and has earned an international reputation for producing musicians of the very highest caliber. Its better known graduates include Yehudi Menuhin, Isaac Stern, Jeffrey Kahane, Aaron Jay Kernis, among others.
The Conservatory offers its nearly 400 collegiate and graduate students fully accredited Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs in all areas of study related to the creation and performance of music. Its Preparatory Division provides over 500 younger students the finest pre-collegiate music education available in the United States. The Conservatory’s faculty and students give more than 400 public performances each year, most of which are offered free to the public. The Conservatory moved to its new home in San Francisco’s Civic Center in 2006. For more information or to view a schedule of concert, please visit www.sfcm.edu.
We thank KBLX-FM and KFOG-FM for their support of the “Let the Sunshine In” concert.
