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| Louis Armstrong Center Announces 2010 "What A Wonderful World" Honorees Dave Brubeck, renowned jazz pianist, icon and composer; Daphne Ridley, RN, MA, nurse manager for orthopedics at Beth Israel Medical Center; Kimberly Sue, an honor student and actress; and CareFusion, a global medical device company that supports jazz music, are the recipients of the 2010 "What A Wonderful World" Award, announced Joanne V. Loewy, DA, MT-BC, LCAT, Director of Beth Israel Medical Center's Louis Armstrong Center for Music & Medicine. The honorees will be feted at a cocktail reception/silent auction on Monday, September 20, from 6 to 9 pm, at Beth Israel's Phillips Ambulatory Care Center Nerken Family Atrium in Manhattan. The annual awards ceremony celebrates health care advocates, music legends and patients. A performance by members of the cast of the Broadway production of "Wicked" will be among the evening's musical treats. Dancer-choreographer Mercedes Ellington will preside as mistress of ceremonies. The evening will feature a silent auction of musical, sport, entertainment and travel packages that will benefit the Armstrong Center's clinical services to those in need, including musicians, infants in the NICU, children with HIV and asthma, as well as adults with cancer, COPD and heart disease. The Louis and Lucille Armstrong Music Therapy Program at Beth Israel, established 17 years ago as part of the jazz legend's legacy, was the foundation for the expanded programs of The Louis Armstrong Center for Music & Medicine, created in 2005. The Center also provides specialty treatment for children with developmental disorders such as attention deficit and pervasive developmental delays. The Louis Armstrong Center for Music & Medicine is made possible by a generous gift from the David B. Kriser Foundation and through the estate of John H. Slade, directed to Beth Israel from the late hospital trustee Richard Netter, and with additional support from the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation and the Heather on Earth Music Foundation. The Louis Armstrong Center is located at the Phillips Ambulatory Care Center, 10 Union Square East, between 14th and 15th Streets in Manhattan. write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Jazz News :: home page |