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Contact: angie@ozaukeetalent.com
MILWAUKEE, WI Josefa Gonzalez is a long-time resident of Ozaukee County who is close to making a huge win as a top 10 vocalist on the Spanish equivalent of America’s Got Talent.
Tengo Talento Mucho Talento is celebrating their 10th year and has invited the best and most requested performers from the past 10 years to compete in a unique celebration. Gonzalez performed in 2014 and made it into the top 3 that year. She claims that English is her first language and it was her Spanish diction that kept her from winning the number one spot. Gonzalez is also dyslexic and will be looking for assistance to help her with her diction for the next round of competitions occurring in a few weeks.
Josefa Gonzalez is unique in that she is 65 years old and refuses to let her age stop her dreams. For many years, she performed as a lead vocalist in the Milwaukee-based band Tropical Heat. But then she miraculously had a child at the age of 46 and devoted her time toward raising her only son who she calls the “love of her life”. She and Anthony’s father were townhouse managers for many years in Grafton.
“I have struggled for many years to make it in the music industry. Sadly, the Latin musicians in the Milwaukee area have not embraced me.”
Gonzalez is in awe of how much respect and care the producers and staff of the show have given her.
“When I performed in the past, they bought me a beautiful purple dress to perform in, gave me a makeover and did my hair.”
Josefa considers herself a survivor and a strong example to other women. Her life has unfortunately been laced with various forms of abuse. When she was 17, one of her abusers held her captive in a closet and “beat her to a bloody pulp” as she describes. Because of the abuse, Josefa has suffered from depression throughout her lifetime yet her spirit is remarkably strong.
“I stayed with my abuser for 10 years. I believed whatever he would say to me. He would say things like, ‘You’re not going to amount to anything. You’re ugly. Nobody’s going to want to look at you.’ He later ended up committing suicide. If I would not have gotten away from him, he would have surely killed me too.”
She was 17. Josefa recalls her abuser laughing at her when she would try to sing. He would beat her whenever she tried to do things to help her self esteem like getting a haircut. Josefa’s father was an abuser so she didn’t know any different.
Fast forward to now. Josefa has literally reclaimed her own voice and style. She found her own fashion designer and is currently participating with the concept of a future dress to perform in. Angela McDonalds is her designer. One of her future looks will be a long white dress with feathers and a half of a mask on her face symbolizing a bird.
” I want to thank Tengo Talento Mucho Talento for believing in me and showing the world my talents. They have made me feel beautiful and have made me feel like the woman that I really am. I want to thank them so much! If I make it to the Grand Finale, I will sing Cucurrucucu Paloma which is an old Mexican song about a white dove. Music has been my way out.”
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Ozaukee Talent is participating in a worldwide effort that brings awareness to the value of music instruction. Keep Music Alive is celebrating its 5th Annual Teach Music Week March 18th through March 24th.
Throughout the week, Ozaukee Talent will be offering a contest. Five winners who comment with #teachmusicweek will be randomly selected to receive a free hour or “trial” lesson which will be arranged for April 2019. All ages are eligible.
Online lessons are provided for people who live outside of Ozaukee County (just north of Milwaukee, WI). Those who live in Ozaukee County will meet at the Ozaukee Talent location. Winners will be notified on March 25 through social media. Comments with the hashtag #teachmusicweek must be made on the Ozaukee Talent Facebook page or the Ozaukee Talent Instagram account.
According to Pierdomenco, there were over 600 participating locations worldwide in 2018 which included all 50 states and 10 additional countries 1,000 locations are anticipated this year and will help to create more awareness for music education and the establishments involved.
Why is this important?
We all know, that often the biggest hurdle to anything is just getting started. We believe that by encouraging music teachers and potential students to reach out to each other, many of these new students will continue to learn and play music long after the month of March is over. Our goal is to get as many new students to begin learning how to play music as we can. Only by sparking musical interest in new students will quality music be created for future generations.
Keep Music Alive was founded by husband and wife team Vincent James & Joann Pierdomenico in the summer of 2014. Their mission is to promote the VALUE of MUSIC: For our children’s education, for the many types of therapy music is being utilized for and for our overall happiness. We believe that every child deserves the opportunity to learn how to play music and every adult needs to be reminded that its never to late to start playing. -Joann Pierdomenico
Media Inquiries:
Angie Mack Reilly, Ozaukee Talent founder, International Blues Researcher and Educator, Published Writer and Musician angie@ozaukeetalent.com
Joann Pierdomenico, Keep Music Alive founder, joann@keepmusicalive.org