Hear Arts Spoken Word and Music Series

The next free HearArts spoken word and music program is on Thursday, February 2 at 7 PM at VisArts, 155 Gibbs Street, Rockville, Maryland (http://www.visartsatrockville.org) in the 2nd floor Buchanan Room.  Featured readers, below, are followed by open mic and reception.  Ample parking and Rockville Metro nearby.  Contact - philipwexler@msn.com or 240-899-6514.

Yvette Neisser Moreno (Poetry)

Yvette Neisser Moreno is a poet and translator whose work has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, including Foreign Policy in Focus, The International Poetry Review, The Potomac Review, and Virginia Quarterly Review. She has translated two poetry collections from Spanish: South Pole/Polo Sur by María Teresa Ogliastri (co-translated with Patricia Bejarano Fisher, forthcoming 2011) and Difficult Beauty by Luis Alberto Ambroggio. She is currently seeking a publisher for her first book of original poetry, Grip, which was a finalist in the 2011 Washington Writers’ Publishing House poetry book contest. Moreno teaches writing at The George Washington University, University of Maryland University College, and The Writer’s Center. Her website is www.yneissermoreno.com.

Columbia Recorder Quartet (Music – Recorders)

The Columbia Recorder Quartet performs at various social functions and has been part of the services at St. Matthews Cathedral in Washington D.C. on several occasions. They give an annual concert at the Washington Recorder Society.  Jean Cioffi has degrees in Music Education and Vocal Performance. She has extensive professional experience in teaching, directing, and performing. She now teaches at Middle C Music in Washington, D.C. Jane Gentleman has been an amateur recorder player for many years. She has degrees in Math and Statistics and is now a Director at the Federal Government’s National Center for Health Statistics. Steve Mullany has a degree in Flute Performance. He has extensive experience as a performer, conductor, and arranger, and he arranges for the Columbia Recorder Quartet. He now works at Comcast Communications. Richard Shrager has degrees in Music Education and Mathematics. He has extensive experience in directing musical groups and now coaches for the Washington Recorder Society. He is a retired NIH Mathematician