
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media
Contact: Lynn Norwood
February
2, 2004 Communications
Coordinator
Bob
St. Thomas in Concert at Marygrove College
DETROIT,
MI — Well-known local jazz vocalist Bob St. Thomas will perform
an arrangement of jazz, pop and blues selections at Marygrove College, Friday,
February 20, 8:00 p.m. in the Marygrove College Theatre. The college is located at 8425 W.
McNichols Rd. in Detroit.
St. Thomas began
performing and composing songs at a young age. Marvin Gaye recruited him to
write and sing for Tamla Record Label, which is a subsidiary of Motown
Recording Company. He was the
featured vocalist in the “Motown and All That Jazz” concert and at
the Montreux Detroit Jazz Festival for four years. St. Thomas has performed
with The Temptations, Joan Rivers, Frankie Avalon, Little Richard, and Regina
Carter. He studied classical voice
at Marygrove and credits its nurturing environment for helping to
change his life.
Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased in advance or at the
door. Call (313) 927-1372 for
tickets or more information.
This concert is part of Marygrove’s Onstage! program, a
multidisciplinary, community-focused, arts outreach effort directed to
children, adolescents, adults, and teachers within the metro Detroit region,
with particular emphasis on the City of Detroit. The activities of Onstage! are made possible in part with
support of The Whitney Fund, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs,
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and the City of Detroit
Neighborhood Opportunity Fund. ###