{"id":29208,"date":"2015-09-28T21:11:56","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T21:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=29208"},"modified":"2015-09-28T21:26:39","modified_gmt":"2015-09-28T21:26:39","slug":"reichhold-center-kicks-off-37th-anniversary-10-time-grammy-award-winning-trumpeter-arturo-sandoval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=29208","title":{"rendered":"Reichhold Center Kicks Off 37th Anniversary With 10-Time Grammy Award-Winning Trumpeter Arturo Sandoval"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">ST. THOMAS &#8212; The Reichhold Center for the Arts kicks-off its 37<sup class=\"\">th<\/sup> season with a homage to Hispanic Heritage month, featuring dynamic, 10-time Grammy Award-winning jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, a press release the University of the Virgin Islands, which owns Reichhold, has made known.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"\">The performance takes place at 8 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Hispanic Heritage Month, celebrated throughout the United States and in the Virgin Islands, pays tribute to the generations of Hispanic Americans who have positively influenced and enriched the nation and society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">In keeping with the theme, the night will feature an opening set from St. Croix\u2019s celebrated Stanley and the 10 Sleepless Knights. A native of Puerto Rico, Jacobs and his band have become ambassadors of local Virgin Islands quelbe music, along with a unique fusion of Latin rhythms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Sandoval was born in Artemisa, a small town in the outskirts of Havana, Cuba. Despite his poor upbringing, he was exposed to musical instruments and began practicing at an early age.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">His music career was formed against the backdrop of the political strife and repression in Cuba.\u00a0 The trumpeter\u2019s music life changed when in 1977 he met legendary trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie in Cuba. Gillespie became what Sandoval calls \u201ca spiritual father.\u201d He soon became a prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of Gillespie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Sandoval and Gillespie played together in concerts in Europe and Cuba.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">While touring with Gillespie in 1990, Sandoval defected to the United States of America to seek political asylum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">He has since evolved into one of the world\u2019s most acknowledged guardians of jazz trumpet and flugelhorn, as well as a renowned classical artist, pianist and composer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Sandoval has also received six Billboard Awards and an Emmy Award. The latter for his composing work on the entire underscore of the HBO movie based on his life, \u201cFor Love or Country\u201d that starred actor Andy Garcia as Arturo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Sandoval\u2019s contribution to highlighting the social ills in Cuba prompted President Obama to make him a recipient of the 2013 Presidential Medal of Freedom Award.\u00a0 In September, the Hispanic Heritage Foundation named Sandoval one of the 2015 Hispanic Heritage Awards honorees who will be recognized at the 28th Annual Hispanic Heritage Awards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Prior to his Reichhold Center performance, Sandoval will conduct an \u201cArts in Education\u201d workshop on Friday, Oct. 2, in which junior high school, high school and UVI music students will receive an opportunity to interact with the musician and gain an understanding of his techniques and experiences. The workshop is sponsored by Innovative and the VI Council on the Arts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Reichhold Center continues its celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month with two much anticipated events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">The center will host the premiere of the locally-produced film \u201cTimeless,\u201d at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10. Produced by local filmmaker Edward LaBorde, Jr. the film features a cast of actors from the Virgin Islands community and draws on themes of love, history and racial tolerance.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">On Sunday, Oct. 11, Reichhold joins with the VI-Puerto Rico Friendship Day Committee and the 31<sup class=\"\">st<\/sup> Legislature to present Guateque Ballet Folklorico de Puerto Rico.\u00a0 The event begins at 5 p.m. with a culinary arts expose on the Reichhold grounds, and continues with the dance performance, dubbed \u201cCaribbean Colors in Dance,\u201d at 7 p.m.\u00a0 Also performing will be the Ulla Muller Elementary School Bamboula Dancers, students from Dancing Classrooms, and the St. Thomas Heritage Dancers. \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">The Reichhold Center for the Arts, celebrating 37 years, is the flagship performing arts center for the University of the Virgin Islands.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">The Reichhold Center\u2019s 37<sup class=\"\">th<\/sup> season is sponsored by International Capital and Management Company, VI Lottery, Innovative, Marriott Frenchman\u2019s Reef Resort, Tropical Shipping and the VI Council on the Arts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">For more information on the Reichhold Center and the season opener visit\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a class=\"\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reichholdcenter.or\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"\">www.reichholdcenter.or<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">g<\/span>.\u00a0 To purchase tickets, call the Reichhold box office at (340) 693-1559. For inquiries into sponsorship and Stagebill advertising contact Ian Turnbull at<\/span><span class=\"\"><a class=\"\" href=\"mailto:ian.turnbull@uvi.edu\"><span class=\"\">ian.turnbull@uvi.edu<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"\"> or (340)693-1554.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. THOMAS &#8212; The Reichhold Center for the Arts kicks-off its 37th season with a homage to Hispanic Heritage month, featuring dynamic, 10-time Grammy Award-winning jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, a press release the University of the Virgin Islands, which owns Reichhold, has made known.\u00a0The performance takes place at 8 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hispanic Heritage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":29209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3298,7,191,147],"tags":[3394,3043,70,121],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Reichhold Center Kicks Off 37th Anniversary With 10-Time Grammy Award-Winning Trumpeter Arturo Sandoval - V.I. Consortium<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ST. 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