UPCOMING EVENTS/FEEDBACK Upcoming Events for 2012-2013 DATE TIME EVENT VENUE Saturday TBA 9:00 AM-9:50 AM 10:00 AM-10:50 AM Piano Group Class Piano Group Class Tiamoyo Music Academy Studio   2012 TBA   TBA Tiamoyo Music Academy in Concert Community Outreach Concert place-TBA Saturday April 13, 2013  3:00 PM Tiamoyo Music Academy in Recital Solon Community Church 33955 Sherbrook Park Drive Solon, OH  44139 (TBA) GOSPEL PIANO WORKSHOP and CHORAL MUSIC READING SESSION SERIES Cleveland, OH TBA-PART 1 A very exciting and practical workshop series is being planned. You will have an opportunity to learn about the latest chord progressions in gospel piano and various techniques of gospel piano playing. We also will discuss the traditional style and many other gospel styles (ad. lib. style, etc.). Would you like to learn how to turn a hymn into a gospel song? Have you ever wondered what improvisational fill-patterns are being played by experienced gospel pianists? Do you need to refresh your gospel piano skills? Would you like to gain tips on eartraining? These things and more will be covered in this workshop series. In addition, you will sing and play through Dr. Cheston's latest gospel choral compositions and be able to purchase them to take back to your church and school choirs for performance. Details are forthcoming. ************************************************************************************* Events Archive April 19-21, 2007. American Baptist Conference: 2007 Central Section Black Church Education Conference. Seminar: Vital, Transforming Worship-Sharon Brown Cheston, Ph.D., Presenter. Columbus, OH. Saturday, March 3, 2007. 2:00 PM. Dr. Sharon Brown Cheston and Drene Ivy, Workshop Presenters: Kids’ Praise with Jazz and Pizzazz. Ohio Christian Education Association (OCEA) Christian Ministries Conference. The Chapel in Akron, OH. February 2007. Ivy-Cheston Piano Duo in Concert. Gardiner Elementary School. Kenston Local Schools. Bainbridge, OH. Sunday, January 14, 2007. 3:00 PM. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration. Take 6; The Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra, guest soloists: Ivy-Cheston Piano Duo. Cuyahoga Community College Auditorium Metropolitan Campus. Cleveland, OH. Sunday, September 10, 2006. 4:30 PM. Ivy-Cheston Piano Duo. Garfield Memorial Church. Lander Circle. Pepper Pike, OH. Sunday, June 25, 2006, 6:00 PM. Two-Piano Praise Concert featuring Drene Ivy and Sharon Brown Cheston. Bethel Church of Cleveland Heights, 2706 Noble Road. Cleveland Heights, OH. Friday, January 28, 2005. Dr. Cheston performed at Gardiner Elementary School, Kenston Local Schools for African-American History Month Kick-Off Celebration, Bainbridge, OH Wednesday, December 29, 2004, 6:30 P.M. Sharon Cheston, piano and voice, Kenya Cheston, violin, and Ayana Cheston, violin, In Concert at Harborside Healthcare Center, Beachwood, OH Thursday, October 21, 2004. Sharon Brown Cheston, piano and Christina Babich, cello perform for the Cleveland City Mission Fall Banquet at Holiday Inn, Independence, OH Saturday, March 6, 2004, 12:00 P.M. Ohio Christian Education Association (OCEA) 2004 Christian Ministries Conference, The Chapel, 135 Fir Hill Road, Akron, OH, TRACK: CHILDREN'S 2, Kids Praise with Jazz and Pizzazz, Volume 2, Sharon Brown Cheston, Ph.D., Clinician Saturday, March 8, 2003, 12:00 P.M. Ohio Christian Education Association (OCEA) 2003 Christian Ministries Conference, The Chapel, 135 Fir Hill Road, Akron, OH, TRACK: MUSIC AND WORSHIP, Kids Praise with Jazz and Pizzazz, Sharon Brown Cheston, Ph.D., Clinician Saturday, December 14, 2002, 3:00 PM. Piano Music for the Christmas Season at Rainbow Family Book Center at Southgate USA, Maple Hts., OH Saturday, November 2, 2002, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Concert and CD Autograph Session, Messiah Books and Media, Cleveland, OH Sunday, August 18, 2002, 5:00 PM. Speaker and Soloist for Women's Day Worship at Church of God in Christ, Akron, OH Tuesday, July 16, 2002, 4:00-7:00 PM. CD Release Party and Meet the SINGER and COMPOSER gathering for choir directors, vocalists, worship leaders, pianists, organists, children's and youth ministry leaders, and Sunday School and Vacation Bible School teachers. Awesome God Christian Bookstore, 130 South Main Street, Warrenton, NC 27589. 252-257-1840 FEEDBACK Thank you for visiting Tiamoyo Arts and Education today. In order to serve you better in the future, please take a moment to ask any questions that were left unanswered regarding our products and services by e-mailing customer service at sharoncheston@tiamoyoarts.com. In addition, you may use this feedback section to share any comments. MUSIC SERVICES Contemporary Gospel/Christian Performer Dr. Cheston is an experienced performer and church musician. Her solo CD, Praise and Worship, was released in 2002. She has served as a church pianist/organist, soloist, choir director, and worship leader. She has performed as a singer/pianist in solo concerts, for church services, prayer breakfasts, church retreats, community events, and in various other settings. Dr. Cheston is available for... CONCERTS WOMEN'S CONFERENCES WORSHIP LEADING                           PRAISE WITH PIZZAZZ CHILDREN'S CONCERT                  singing and movement children’s concert  featuring new, easy-to-teach sing-along scripture songs (from Dr. Cheston's Praise with Pizzazz Collection) that are harmonically rich, rhythmically exciting, and technically appropriate Composer/Clinician/Ethnomusicologist COMPOSER As a composer/clinician, Dr. Cheston shares with her audiences her techniques for composition of theater scores, instrumental and vocal/choral pieces, and sacred music. Dr. Cheston's commissioned choral work, Freedom Medley, was premiered at the 2002 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration in Oberlin, Ohio. Dr. Cheston participated in the Artist-in-Residence Program at the Cleveland School of the Arts. During her residency, she composed, orchestrated, and arranged scores for two original musicals, Chicken Little and The Butterfly That Stamped. These productions were performed at the Ohio Theater in the Playhouse Square Entertainment Center. The Cleveland School of the Arts received the following awards for Chicken Little: The Northern Ohio Live Magazine 1984 Award of Achievement in Theater, the Cleveland Critic's Circle Carolyn Reid Award for Educational Theater, and Chicken Little was cited in the Cleveland Plain Dealer as one of Cleveland's Top Ten Arts Events in 1984. Chicken Little was revived in a performance in 1992 by Arts E.T.C. (Arts Education Theater Company). Also, The Butterfly That Stamped was revived in 1992 in a run by Warrensville Heights High School. Dr. Cheston's Praise With Pizzazz (Volumes 1 and 2) has become a favorite song collection among children's choir directors and ministry leaders.  As a composer of children's songs, solo pieces, and choral music (over 50 praise and gospel songs, non-sacred music, and music for school use), Dr. Cheston relies on her experience as a certified public school music teacher/choir director and her background as a college and church choral director. Having taught music classes at every level, from pre-school music classes to undergraduate and graduate courses in music education, Dr. Cheston uses her knowledge of the range and capabilities of the voice at various developmental stages to create music that is harmonically rich and rhythmically exciting, as well as technically appropriate. Dr. Cheston is available for...        CHICKEN LITTLE (IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK)         ONE-WOMAN SHOW  Script by Noerena Abookire, Ph.D. and Betty Eschuk Lyrics by Betty Eschuk Music and Orchestration by Sharon-Faye Brown Adapted for this performance by Sharon Brown Cheston, Ph.D.  CHICKEN LITTLE... theme promotes literacy and the importance of education (great school program for Pre-K through grade 5 [Right-to-Read Week, Read Across America, etc.] and community events) PACKAGE 1: Performance PACKAGE 2: Performance and Educational Program 1: Literacy and Education PACKAGE 3: Performance and Educational Program 2: Music Composition/Song Writing for Cast of Characters) PACKAGE 4: Performance and Educational Programs 1 and 2 CONCERTS (informational concerts for elementary through high school: interactive age-appropriate performances of original compositions) ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE (short-term school residencies for elementary through high school: age-appropriate composition/vocal/multi-cultural music programs) COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY LECTURES COMMISSIONED COMPOSITIONS MUSIC CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP CLINICIAN CHORAL MUSIC READING SESSIONS OF ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS ETHNOMUSICOLOGIST As an ethnomusicologist, gospel piano clinician, and the author of Afro-American Gospel Music: Piano Accompaniment Performance Practices, Dr. Cheston educates her audiences about the piano and vocal aspects of gospel music. In her lectures, which she augments with the performance of musical examples, Dr. Cheston discusses the various elements of music that undergo improvisation to conform to the gospel style. She has lectured throughout the United States, including an appearance as featured lecturer at the Arizona Dranes Forum, University of Massachusetts at Amherst; a lecture/performance at the Society for Ethnomusicology Meeting, State University College at Geneseo, Geneseo, New York; Case Western Reserve University's Saturday Seminar Series in Music Education; and Ethnifest at Cuyahoga Community College, Metropolitan Campus. In addition, she has presented workshops at Oberlin College, at the 2004 and 2003 Ohio Christian Education Association's Christian Ministries Conferences, at the college-based Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship Regional Conference, and has lectured at Kent State University. Dr. Cheston is available... GOSPEL MUSIC CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP CLINICIAN MUSIC EDUCATION CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP CLINICIAN SUZUKI PIANO IMPROVISATION CONFERENCE CLINICIAN DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. CELEBRATIONS AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY PROGRAMS    E-Mail Dr. Cheston to schedule her for your next event.