C4 Johnson Avenue Block Festival 2015 Great performers all afternoon long On the main stage, brought to you by – Thursday, April 30, 2015 30, April – Thursday, 12:00 p.m. Riverdale Children’s Theatre

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12:30 p.m. Riverdale Music Studio Students Riverdale Music Studio offers student, with the emphasis on performing and recording artists private music instruction in piano, technique as well as engaging with a degrees from prestigious guitar, voice, violin and viola. Its repertoire in a friendly environment. music conservatories such as lessons are designed to nurture Their instructors are internationally Juilliard, Manhattan School of Music the individual creativity of each accomplished, award-winning and Berklee College of Music.

1:00 p.m. Alma Micic Jazz Quintet Alma Micic was born and raised Alma’s singing has been Serbia. He has performed at in Belgrade, Serbia. At the age of described as “confident, soulful, prominent jazz clubs and music 16 she started performing with vulnerable, rhythmically savvy, festivals in US and Europe including a local jazz quartet. Soon she with the most sensual vibrato Catalina Jazz Club, Blues Alley, became a featured vocalist with you’re likely to hear” (All About Scullers Jazz Club, Dizzy’s, San the Radio Belgrade Big Band and Jazz). She has received numerous Jose Jazz Festival and the Hartford began touring and appearing at awards such as the Cleo International Jazz Festival. many local jazz festivals. Laine Award for Outstanding Born in Belgrade, Serbia and With her band, Alma has Musicianship and BRIO Award living In New York City for the appeared at prominent venues from the NY Arts Council. last decade, Rale Micic recently such as the Jazz Standard, Scullers, signed an endorsement deal with Iridium Jazz Club, Cecil’s Jazz Club Rale Micic is one of the most D’Addario strings, joining the likes as well as various international successful and critically acclaimed of guitarists Pat Metheny, John festivals and concert halls. jazz musicians to emerge from Scofield and Lenny Kravitz. 3:00 p.m. Seeing Voices Singer/songwriter Suzanne as blues tinged psychedelic rock or After several years of playing Hockstein and guitarist Richard even Blondie meets the Yardbirds. blues, folk, and 60’s rock tunes, he Hockstein have been writing and Suzanne has a strong melodic formed his own punk/new wave playing music in bars and clubs voice, an engaging stage presence band called “Teenage Furniture.” around NYC for many years — and a deep often introspective They played at clubs including performing in CBGB’s, The Cat lyrical sensibility. Richard wears his Max’s Kansas City, CBGB, Great Club, The Bitter End, Kenny’s blues/rock influences squarely on Gildersleeves and Trax. Steve Castaways, The Continental, The his sleeve and strongly believes in has collaborated on three film C Note, Don Hill’s and countless little amps turned up loud. soundtracks. others. Steve Giordano started play- Joe Guzzardo has been playing They are also regulars at An ing bass at 16 in all the clubs on with Seeing Voices for most of the Beal Bocht Cafe in Riverdale. Their Bleecker Street in Greenwich Vil- 21st century. Joe is fluent in rock, more notable groups over the lage with characters like David Peel jazz, pop, latin and hip hop styles years have included Cult Failure, and the Lower East Side, “Tune- and has an excellent sense of When Worlds Collide and currently ful” June Dafgard, Terry Mann, dynamics. And while he is a lawyer Seeing Voices. and harmonica/vocalist supreme, by day, he is a true drummer by Their music has been described the late “Motor City” James. night.