FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                     Media Contact: Lynn Norwood

February 2, 2004                                                                     Communications Coordinator

                                                                                                (313) 927-1493

 

 

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. ###