Ozaukee Talent Students Shine!

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Great News!

One of my private students got the lead role at Webster Middle School’s Legally Blonde! See Here
Another was accepted onto the Student Advisory Board at First Stage! See Here
Another student just finished up being a supporting lead role at First Stage! See Here
I got wind that one of my students made the lead role for an upcoming show at First Stage! Waiting for the official announcement.
Three of my students made it into Advanced Acting and Musical Theater at First Stage!
One of my students made the supporting lead role in Wizard of Oz at TJMS Middle School! See Here
This semester I am teaching Musical Theater and Acting in Whitefish Bay See Here

Email angie@ozaukeetalent.com if you are interested in private lessons in acting, piano, singing, guitar, drums, music and technology, songwriting, etc… It is also strongly recommended to get audition prep help before any audition.

Remember that many of these students will most likely receive college scholarships based on their leadership and success. Investing in private lessons yields great returns in the long run!

Start young!

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One lesson. One song. One event at a time. Ozaukee Talent is a training and networking facility for people of all ages wanting to advance in the arts. Ozaukee Talent was founded by longtime arts leader Angie Mack in 2016. Ozaukee Talent provides private music and acting lessons, contracted event marketing, contracted arts project management, consulting, arts public speaking and performing, hosts musical events, workshops and classes in the arts. Contact: Ozaukee Talent 1701 11th Ave. Grafton WI 53024 angie@ozaukeetalent.com 262.309.4112 Follow @ozaukeetalent on Instagram and Facebook. Tax deductible donations for Ozaukee Talent through Create Wisconsin, Inc. Venmo: @ozaukeetalent PayPal: angie@ozaukeetalent.com

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Ozaukee Talent Private Student Lands Lead Role at Webster Middle School in Cedarburg WI

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Congratulations to Sharon Chumlea for getting the lead role in Legally Blonde Jr. at Cedarburg’s Webster Middle School! Sharon will play the lead female role of Elle Woods!

Thank you for all your help in her audition prep! Sharon said you were a huge influence in the auditions! –Bridget, Sharon’s mom and biggest supporter

Sharon also auditioned for and was accepted into First Stage’s Advanced Musicals and Acting Class! Angie Mack Reilly has worked privately with Sharon on vocals and audition prep for quite some time. Sharon was also in Lion King Jr. and Elf Jr. which were both produced by Angie through the North Shore Academy of the Arts. The shows premiered in 2018 and 2019 at the Cedarburg Performing Arts Center. Contact angie@ozaukeetalent.com

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Creative Couple Redemption Pear to Perform in Port Washington July 29

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE from Ozaukee Talent July 21, 2017

Redemption Pear, featuring creative couple Angie Mack Reilly and Matthew Reilly, will be performing LIVE at Smith Bros. on Saturday July 29 from 8PM to 10PM.

The performance will be held at Smith Bros. Coffee House, 100 N Franklin St, Port Washington, WI 53074, USA map Admission is $5. All ages are welcome.

Angie has been performing publicly in various capacities throughout her entire lifetime. Her life as a performer came to an abrupt halt when she started going through some severe medical and family issues. This particular performance is expected to be a sort of “coming out” for Angie.

The couple will be performing “never heard before” originals as well as songs that stem from the musical tree of spirituals, jazz and blues. This show will be highly interactive, educational and intimate as well as authentic. They both have experience as arts educators.

Angie Mack Reilly is a musical director, performing artist, blues educator and writer who has a wealth of experience and global connections in the arts and entertainment industry. She is the founder of Ozaukee Talent and the co-founder of ParamountsHome, both headquartered in Grafton, WI. Angie has been directing musicals, primarily for youth, for the past 18 years. In addition, she gives private music lessons to all ages with an emphasis on piano, guitar, voice, acting, percussion and songwriting. Her hobbies include composing music, writing poetry and gardening. For more information, find Ozaukee Talent on facebook or email angie@ozaukeetalent.com

Matthew Reilly is a Milwaukee Institute and Design (MIAD) graduate whose artistic fingerprints are all over the greater Chicago and Milwaukee areas. Matthew’s art is inspired by post impressionism, impressionism, and the master painters from the Renaissance through the age of Enlightenment. He created a unique artistic process called “The Pulled Paint Process” shown in the video below. Over the past several decades, he has specialized as a high-end designer and carpenter. His nickname is “The Carpenter Artist”. Matthew is now semi-retired and enjoys playing music with friends during his spare time as well as continuing his work as a lifelong master artisan. He can be contacted for commission work at thecarpenterartist@gmail.com

Check out Angie Mack Reilly’s Ozaukee Talent and Matthew Reilly “The Carpenter Artist” on Facebook!

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Angie Mack Reilly angie@ozaukeetalent.com

262.309.4112

Adults and Youth Can Register Here to Take Group or Individual Music Lessons

Photos courtesy of Chris and Alicia Wade

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John McGivern Highlights Grafton’s Music and Arts History on PBS

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Angie Mack Reilly turns the page: Ozaukee Talent is new chapter in arts renaissance woman’s life

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FROM THE ARCHIVES….

The story was published by the News Graphic on March 29, 2016

and written by Writer/Editor Colleen Jurkiewicz

Much thanks to the Cedarburg News Graphic and Lisa Curtis for the use of this article.

Angie Mack Reilly’s latest artistic endeavor, Ozaukee Talent, took shape earlier this year in the form of a “musical laboratory” at the North Shore Academy of the Arts building on Broad Street in Grafton.

Through Ozaukee Talent, Mack Reilly will be teaching music to all ages, encouraging artistic collaboration, even a little networking and event planning. It’s the beginning of a new chapter in her almost 20-year career as a self-described “arts renaissance woman” who has worked as a teacher, singer, writer, director and actor.

But Ozaukee Talent also represents a deeply personal mission for Mack Reilly, who in 2012, after her very first mammogram, was diagnosed with breast cancer. She was just 42 years old.

“I had to back out of a lot of my music duties and teaching duties and went through a lot of life questioning about quality of life,” recalled the wife and mother of three. “When you face something like cancer, it makes you really think about a lot of things. I just started to think, where’s my future heading, what is my dream passion, what does this community need? I thought, I want to create a space that will be fun for me and also fun for other musicians and fun for children.”

Ozaukee Talent is the realization of that “dream passion” – “a non-traditional classroom,” said Mack Reilly, “and a place of invention…a space where students could engage in their own learning and be motivated with their passion for music.”

Mack Reilly is renting a large classroom from the NSAA, where she worked for close to a decade as marketing director and in other various positions. There she will hold classes, teach private lessons in piano, guitar, voice, acting, percussion and songwriting, and host other programming that includes open houses for children to explore musical instruments and projects.

Mack Reilly is known for her involvement in promoting Grafton’s music history and runs the website paramountshome.org, which contains historical information about the Paramount Blues Company. She was also involved in establishing the Grafton Blues Festival and perpetuating the current musical theme of the downtown area. She has also directed over 100 musicals, primarily for children, including shows for the NSAA, Next Act Theatre and the Cedarburg Performing Arts Center.

“I feel like it’s time to take…what I’ve learned hands-on from teaching and incorporate that into a learning educational environment,” she said. “I find that creative people learn in different ways – they need more opportunities to explore, more opportunities to invent and be part of the process and hands-on. I want to encourage that spirit of innovation in young children and among songwriters who are in this area.”

Nationally known blogger and Cedarburg resident Alexandra Rosas describes Mack Reilly, who taught all three of her sons piano, as “the one who ignited my children’s love of music.”

“I met Angie a decade ago when looking for a music teacher to supplement my children’s homeschooling,” Rosas said, adding that, in Mack Reilly, she found “not just a music teacher, but someone who opened the door to the lifelong joy of music for my children.”

“My son is now 20 years old now and continues to play piano, because of Angie’s tender encouragement.”

It is shaping up to be a busy spring for Mack Reilly, who will also be appearing in the cast of Listen to Your Mother Milwaukee at Alverno College’s Pitman Theatre on Sunday, May 1. The show features live readings by local writers on the subject of motherhood, and is co-produced by Rosas.

Mack Reilly auditioned on a last-minute whim for the show, she said, and said she “battled” with the idea of telling a personal story about motherhood. Her piece centers around the experience of being the mother of a son who has been diagnosed with (a mental illness).

“I’m used to acting, I’ve been a performer in theater for a long time, and the idea of telling a personal story was a little intimidating, because when you’re an actor, you’re that person, and if people don’t like you, they don’t like that (character),” she said. “I’m hoping to give hope to other moms who are dealing with children and mental illness. I’m hoping that talking about it will help other people to talk about it as well.”

“We knew within minutes that her piece on her son’s mental illness was an essential one to have in our show,” said Rosas. “Her honest and down-to-earth account will provide the same love and encouragement to parents facing a similar challenge as she brought to her music students.”

“It’s common for me to teach children who have ADHD or are on the autism spectrum, or to have teens who are bipolar. I encounter a lot of youth with these types of issues, because they do a lot of times tend to do very well in the arts,” she said. “Another motivating factor for me creating this is also for my son. He’s gifted musically, and I want to create a space where he can write music and I can write music. Music is therapeutic for anybody that has mental illness.”

For more information on Ozaukee Talent, visit ozaukeetalent.com. For details on the May 1 Listen to Your Mother performance, visit listentoyourmothershow.com/milwaukee/.

“LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER” 2016

featuring public speaker and writer Angie Mack Reilly

Listen to Your Mother

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That Makes TWO 1st Place Winners of The Annual “Best of Blueburg Cafe” Music Competition in Cedarburg!

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Ozaukee Talent is pleased to announce that a SECOND private music student of Angie Mack Reilly has won the Annual Blueburg Cafe Music Competition at the Cedarburg Cultural Center.

Elizabeth Kashinn, age 14, performed Ed Sheeran’s song, “Tenerife Sea” on guitar for her first number. Twelve finalists were selected from a large pool of performers who participated in the monthly open mics. Of those twelve, Elizabeth won FIRST PLACE. Last year, Elizabeth won the “People’s Choice Award”.

Another long-time private music student of Mack Reilly , Stephanie Erin Brill, won the prestigious “First Place” and “People’s Choice Award” in January of 2015.

Brill has also been “Master of Ceremonies” for the event for the past few years. Here she is performing her original song, “Little Bird” at Summerfest.

Ozaukee Talent is located on the 3rd floor of the North Shore Academy of the Arts building, 1111 Broad Street in Grafton. She can be contacted at angie@ozaukeetalent.com or 262.309.4112

Music Producer, Director, Performer, Coach Angie Mack Reilly

Blues Educator and Ozaukee Talent founder, Angie Mack Reilly

Angie Mack Reilly, founder of Ozaukee Talent, has been teaching, performing and directing in Ozaukee County for over 18 years. Former students have gone on to be leads at The Milwaukee Rep, First Stage Children’s Theater, Schauer Center, North Shore Academy of the Arts and The Fireside theaters. Others have gone on to some of the best music and theater schools in the country such as Pace University and NYU Steinhardt. She has coached several performers into the Kids from Wisconsin traveling music group and vocal winners into former “Ozaukee Idol” competitions. She is the producer and musical director for the North Shore Academy of the Art’s DISNEY’S THE LION KING which will be performed at the Cedarburg Performing Arts Center. More info…..

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ALEX WILSON: You Can See Him Open for Buddy Guy or You Can See Him at the Cedarburg Cultural Center

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by Angie Mack Reilly (c) 1/5/17

“The first time I saw Buddy Guy was at his club in Chicago. The thought that was most evident in my mind was that I was finally getting to see one of my heroes play guitar. One who had inspired and played with so many of my other heroes.” –Alex Wilson

It’s not everyday that a guitarist gets to open for a seven decade legend of the blues. But a guitar master rolling through our quaint little Cedarburg, Wisconsin gets to do just that at Buddy Guy’s Legends on January 19th.

“I have never opened for him at his club so I’m excited to do that this coming January 19th! It’s hard to explain in words what I’ve learned from Buddy musically, but it’s been a lot. I think we are going on at 7:30 to play for an hour before Buddy takes the stage with his band. I’ve always wanted to open for him at his club and it took me many years of trying to finally land this slot.” –Alex Wilson

But before he does that, Alex Wilson is going to rip it up in downtown Cedarburg tomorrow night. Alex will be kicking off the Cedarburg Cultural Center’s Annual First Fridays series with his band on Friday January 6th starting at 6pm.

Anyone who is wise should crawl at the opportunity to see this guitar master in action (as well as get his autograph)! The concert on Friday will provide the audience the rare opportunity to see up close and personal how this high powered “bluesman” wields his weapon, the guitar.

At an Ozaukee Talent blues guitar workshop just a few short months ago, Alex taught the students, “Always make everything you play percussive. Listen to the Mosely’s. Get the book, ‘12000 Chords’. Alter your pick.”

Alex Wilson Blues Guitar Workshop Grafton WI

Blues guitarist Alex Wilson teaches workshop in Grafton, WI

Musicians teaching other musicians. Musicians influencing other musicians whether in person or via recordings. Musicians networking with other musicians. This is a large part of the philosophy of Ozaukee Talent.

“Some of the stylings from his (Buddy Guy’s) early recording career are as much a part of the fabric of my playing as are those of BB King, Albert Collins or Jimi Hendrix. I’ve met Buddy, but I never knew him so the only personal lessons I’ve ever learned from him are some of those evident in his music. There are perhaps other lessons I tried not to learn, but try or no, everybody lives their own blues.”

MORE ABOUT THE ALEX WILSON BAND

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Experimentation and the Creative Process by Angie Mack Reilly

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by Angie Mack Reilly (c) 12/28/16

I never realized how much experimenting I do on any given day until just recently. For example, I experiment with my hairstyles, the food I create, the marketing strategies I use, the songs I compose, the poems I write, the processes for running my business, the teaching tools for keeping my private music students engaged and my gardening techniques to name a few.

Experimentation is a term that is common in the field of science. Sometimes I wonder if I should have gone into science. I remember loving to make “concoctions”, or mixtures of various elements, for my little brother to drink when we were younger. I would put things like grape jelly, Worscestershire Sauce, pure lemon juice and honey in a Dixie Cup and have him do a “taste test”. My current family is used to seeing my “experiments” around the house.

“My Kombucha Experiment”

Homemade Kombucha

How about you? Are you:

A) The type of person who follows a recipe

B) The type of person who never uses recipes (or if they do, alter it)

Experimentation is a bit risky for some personality types because experimentation of any sort comes with a risk for failure. Yet history has taught us that those who often fail the most reach success. This is particularly true of the inventors. My heroes include people like Thomas Edison, Leonardo de Vinci, Madame Walker, Benjamin Franklin and Einstein.

FAMOUS INVENTORS

But sound IS science. And the creative process is science.

That is precisely why I decided to call my music studio an “INTERACTIVE MUSIC LAB”.

Did you know that Thomas Edison was part of the recording experiment that occurred in Grafton, WI between the years of 1929 and 1932? Some of the most valuable recordings known to the world were created in Grafton as part of an experiment in a “make-shift” studio covered in burlap with musicians and singers playing into a giant cone-shaped apparatus. True!

Recording Studio in Grafton, WI as Rendered by Don Henning and Taken From http://paramountshome.org

I believe that we are entering into a new wave of innovation. With digital information readily available for the first time in our generation, people are gaining more knowledge as a whole. It would be wise for us to use this knowledge to challenge old systems, methods and products. We need to come up with theories and then test those theories with experimentation.

My kids are grown. So I am not aware of what is taught in public schools these days. But I do know that as a music teacher, producer and director, I am very fortunate. I have a lot of flexibility that other teachers with large classrooms, bureaucratic red tape and political policies don’t have. My students and I have the privilege of being able to conduct “experiments” in the interactive music lab.

“It has long been my experience to see that children are capable of so much more than we realize musically. In fact, I see this quite a bit. School music class isn’t enough for some of these gifted and talented children. Right now, I have a 4th grade student who is composing her own music. I have a middle school student who is working with me to create his own video game music, a nine year old vocalist who can nail the artist #SIA . What I do as a talent coach is to find those “hidden gems of talent” inside of each and every child and then give them the musical tools to succeed and to reach for their dreams.” –Angie Mack Reilly, musician, educator and author

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Ozaukee Talent Announces #blueschool Coming in 2017

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 24, 2016

GRAFTON, WI Ozaukee Talent is pleased to announce the addition of a blues school coming in 2017. The blues school will be held on the weekends and will feature blues music workshops where musicians can learn from other blues musicians. The blues school will be an extension of Ozaukee Talent’s current music education programming.

“When I was a music major, I learned how to sing Italian Opera and analyze the music of European composers. The general attitude toward the blues was that it was a ‘lesser art form’ that only used the basic I, IV, V chords. From a musician’s standpoint, I have come to appreciate the blues as an advanced American-born art form. Most American music education programs (including universities) fail to give the blues the attention it deserves. From its earliest beginnings, blues secrets have been passed from musician to musician. Experienced blues musicians teach ‘their students’ technique tricks through their recordings and open jam sessions.

People don’t typically go to music college to become great blues musicians. They spend their time listening to other blues musicians and then they put their own twist on it. I love that the blues is the musical language of the common man. It is an equal opportunity musical language that involves a mutual trust among musicians and not just an elite few. Do you like the phrase ‘Made in America’? The blues is an American-made product that is recognized and respected around the globe. My biggest beef with the American music education system is that it places too much emphasis on the classical composers and European-born music and not enough on the blues genre which should be a source of pride. As blues musician Willy Dixon said, ‘The blues is the roots. The rest is the fruits.’

There is a community among musicians that I would like to see in Grafton, WI. Why Grafton? If you look at any musical genre tree, you will see that at the very bottom toward the roots is a genre called the Delta Blues. Musician pioneers in the Delta Blues include musicians like Charlie Patton, Son House, and Skip James to name a few. These three mentioned musicians recorded in Grafton, WI between 1929 and 1932. And there were many more recording artists. It is for this reason that Grafton is a key location for a blues school. We all heard that Bob Dylan just won the Nobel Peace Prize. And where do you think Dylan got his musical chops from? I had the privilege of interviewing Skip James’ nephew several years ago and he talked about Dylan coming over to the house and how he adored Skip James.

I have worked with and have known musicians for most of my adult life. By default or by nature, musicians tend to isolate. A lot of them are brilliant, highly passionate yet incredibly shy. And those who want to make it HAVE to be teachable. They have to come out of the wood works and collaborate with others on a frequent basis so that their skills can be sharpened and their art form can become inspired.”

–Angie Mack Reilly, founder of Ozaukee Talent and co-founder of http://paramountshome.org

Ozaukee Talent is now booking blues musicians to be a part of the school in 2017 whether through video appearance or in person. Anyone with comments, questions or an interest to help the Ozaukee Talent Blues School should email angie@ozaukeetalent.com soon.

ABOUT THE BOB DYLAN PHOTO

Title: [Bob Dylan and man, half-length portrait, seated, facing each other, playing guitars in restaurant] / Gilbert-Look.
Creator(s): Gilbert, Douglas R., 1942-, photographer
Date Created/Published: 1964 June 15.
Medium: 1 photographic print (contact sheet frame)
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ6-2311 (b&w film copy neg.)
Rights Advisory: Publication may be restricted. For information see “LOOK Magazine Photograph…” (http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/res/074_look.html)
Call Number: LOOK – Job 64-1887, frame 31 [P&P]
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

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