Page 2
May 9, 2001
Portland’s Young and
Focus
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3 U P P L K M E
O F
N T
Wlie
f lir ti mb
(Observer
Editor in Chief,
Publisher
Charles H. W ashington
Editor
L arryJ. Jackson, Sr.
Business Manager
G ary A nn Taylor
Asst. Publisher
Michael Leighton
Copy Editor
Jo y Ramos
Creative Director
Robert Parker
Sassey, born N icole E lizabeth
A dam s, first re a liz e d she could
sin g at the age o f eig h t years
o ld . S a sse y w as b o rn and
raised in G reen­
w o o d , M iss,
and
la te r
m o v e d to
P ortland at
th e age o f
nine.
Like many
R&B singers,
Sassey grew
up with gos­
p el
ro o ts.
Sassey always
san g in the
church choir.
W hen church
ended,
she
would go home and
p ra c tic e
new
so n g s. Sassey
made the deci­
sion to make
nake a
c a re e r out
)ut o f
s i n g i n >g
;
when she ;
was 16.
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w ith
h e r
g o sp el
ro o ts ,
S assey ’s insp iratio n also com es
from h er tw o fa v o rite a rtists:
Patti LaBelle and W hitney H ous­
ton.
S a sse y is an e x tre m e ly
busy a rtist. Som e o f h er e x ­
ten siv e pro jects include: A
m u ltitu d e o f ra d io in te r­
view s n a tio n w id e ; T w ix
com m ercial en d o rsem en t;
S everal CD fe a tu re s; P o rt­
land “ T een S u p re m e ” ; N u ­
m erous P o rtla n d T ra ilb la z e r
events; The Z - 100 FM “ Last
C hance S um m er D an ce";
N um erous Jam m tn’ 95.5 FM
ev ents; P o rtland H ip Hop
A ll-sta rs and T he L as V e­
gas M agic S how . S assey
has also opened fo r a host
o f n atio n al a rtists such
as M y stikal, Ja R ule,
IM X , E -4 0 , Shaq,
D o n e ll
Jones,
N elly, G hostface
K i 1 1 a h ,
D o lem ite, P e­
te r G unz and
L ord T ariq.
S assey is
one o f the
m o s t
IwnJwiknig
and d e­
termined
Sassey
S a sse y ’s success stem s from in-
cred ib le ta le n t, hard w ork and a
c o n s ta n t p o s i t i v e a t t i t u d e .
Sassey is taking the m usic scene
by s to r m ! W a tc h o u t! I t ’s
S assey!
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told your family.
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Sussey's song "Kiss You" has become the ttl most requested slow
song on Jununin ’ 95.5 every evening, Her latest CD called "The
Sassey Project"is now available in many local music stores.
A Chorus of Men
Performing at Reed College
“ Liberty” is an evening o f talent
and song by 4 energetic m en’s cho­
ruses, at Reed College’s Kaul Audi­
torium,May 19 at 7 p m . Each chorus
performs a short set, and then the
groups sing jointly, culminating in
“The Testament o f Freedom," a pa­
triotic setting by Randall Thomp­
son o f texts by Thomas Jefferson,
guest conducted by Huw Edwards,
conductor o f the Portland Youth
Philharmonic, and accompanied by
the Portland State University Wind
Symphony, under the direction o f
Dr. William Tuttle. Both coro uomo
and satori m en’s chorus are part of
the Concord Community ofChoirs.
based in Portland. Coro uomo. an
auditioned chorus o f 16 men, fo­
cuses on performing new and rarely-
heard music,a nd demonstrating the
beauty and power o f men’s voices
together. Formed in 1993, satori
comprises singers o f varied skill
levels and all walks o f life, and
performs a wide variety o f music
while having great fun. Satori's set
includes “Turn the World Around,”
by Harry Bellefonte, songs from
two musicals, and features a com­
mission by satori baritone Ken
Skach-Mills, a setting o f the poem
“For My Friends,” by O regon’s
late, great poet, William Stafford.
The Oregon Young M en’s En­
semble is an auditioned choir of
high-school men from grades 9-12
in the Eugene/Spnngfield area.
Founded 19 years ago, the OYME
tours every season and last sum­
mer won first prize at a youth choral
festival in Vienna, Austria. The
OYME will sing selections from
their repertoire o f folk songs, spiri­
tuals, sacred pieces, and “doo-wop
classics" from the 60’s and 7O’s.
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