Joan Osborne concert for LVRHS band

Stanhope — Lenape Valley Instrumental Music Association is proud to present a very special evening with 7-time Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum selling singer and songwriter Joan Osborne. Osborne will be performing a benefit concert at Lenape Valley Regional High School Auditorium on Friday, April 20, 2018. Net proceeds will benefit the Lenape Valley Regional High School Marching Band.
Joan Osborne is an American singer, songwriter, and interpreter of music, having recorded and performed in various popular American musical genres including pop, soul, R&B blues and country. She is best known for her recording of the song “One of Us.” Osborne, whom The New York Times has called “a fiercely intelligent, no-nonsense singer”, will lend her soulful voice to benefit the Lenape Valley Regional High School Marching Band. Winners of the 2017 Group IIA New Jersey State Championships and 2017 National Champions, an incredible feat that had never been achieved in the school’s history. This is a testament to the incredible hard work and dedication of students, parents and staff members. The Lenape Valley Marching band has grown from 22 members in 2014 to 46 in 2017 and has become one of the “elite” bands in New Jersey.
“The Lenape Valley Regional High School Instrumental Music program’s mission is to build tomorrow’s leaders through musicality, discipline, strong work ethic, teamwork, athleticism, camaraderie, respect and sportsmanship and to provide high quality music entertainment to the community. The program strives to provide an environment in which every student will be given an equal opportunity to pursue music as part of their high school education regardless of skill level or financial means. The program is on the cutting edge of preparing its students to become college ready, career ready and life ready so that 100% of our students will become successful beyond high school. Through music, we will achieve greatness in every aspect of the program”, says David DiGrazia, Lenape Valley Regional High School’s Band Director.
Currently on tour with her latest release, Songs of Bob Dylan, Joan Osborne unleashes her sizable gifts as a vocalist and interpreter with performances honed by the time Osborne spent polishing them during “Joan Osborne Sings The Songs of Bob Dylan” – two critically acclaimed two-week residences she performed at New York City’s Café Carlyle in March 2016 and 2017. Unconstrained by any notion of trying to imitate or surpass Dylan, Osborne felt free to play with the song’s arrangements, a process that was also enabled by the virtuosity and versatility of Osborne’s collaborates, guitarist Jack Petruzzelli (Patti Smith, The Fab Faux) and keyboardist Keith Cotton (Idina Menzel, Chris Cornell), who performed with her at Café Carlyle, and with whom she co-produced the album. Visit www.joanosborne.com for all upcoming tour dates and ticket information.
General Admission tickets went on sale Thursday, March 1 at the following locations:
Online at: www.lvrband.org
• Dr. Dan Soranno DMD & Dr. Don C. DeFilippis DMD –2 Dell Road, Stanhope, NJ 07874, Tuesday – Thursday, 11:00am - 6:00pm.
• Dr. David Guignard DMD – 143 Lakeside Blvd., Landing – Tuesday-Thursday, 1:30pm – 5:00pm.
• Connect for Community – Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church (Lower Level), 246 Woodport Road, Sparta, NJ 07871, Mondays and Wednesdays, 5:30pm – 7:30pm.
Ticket Prices: $30.00 in Advance, $35.00 at the door. Doors open at 6:00pm. Show starts at 7:00pm.