The Schultz-Hill Foundation is proud to join with the CRDA in sponsoring the free 2017 Atlantic City Boardwalk Music Series at Kennedy Plaza in front of Boardwalk Hall. Concerts take place on Friday evenings from 6-8 p.m. from July 21 through August 18. Featured performers included Argo, The Remedy Band and Poor Mouth Henry.

The nonprofit 501(c)3 Schultz-Hill Foundation supports the arts, history and education throughout South Jersey. Programs include the Dina Scholarships, Senior Music Series, Summer music program with the Atlantic City Day Nursery, and an Arts Outreach collaborative with the Bay Atlantic Symphony and Atlantic City Public Schools. For additional information, please contact the Schultz-Hill Foundation or visit www.schultz-hill.org.

Pictured (Left to right) are Gary Hill, Bijon Watson, Brian Shaw, James Collins, Dave Damiani, Alex Frank and Jack Fox.

Over 300 seniors enjoyed a free concert at the Milton & Betty Katz Jewish Community Center in Margate, on July 26th, courtesy of the Schultz-Hill Foundation.  The concert, inspired by the award-winning movie, was entitled “The Real La La Land in Margate” and featured Dave Damiani of the 500 Club Series, Alex Frank from the film Jersey Boys, and Bijon Watson, the trumpet player in the film, La La Land.
 
With standards from Fly Me to the Moon and Pennies from Heaven to The Way You Look Tonight, Damiani and his band entertained in true ‘Rat Pack’ style. In addition to the swing, jazz and standards from the 500 Club era, they played a new song about Atlantic City called It’s Pure AC, which was written by Damiani. They also performed some contemporary favorites including tributes to the Beatles and George Benson. Throughout the concert, the audience tapped their feet, danced in their seats, and sang along to song refrains.
 
Among the audience members were residents of elder care and senior living communities including Caring, Inc. and Atlantic City Townehouse. The Schultz-Hill Foundation arranged for transportation of these residents to and from the concert.
 
The free concert was part of the 2017 Music & Memories Series by the Schultz-Hill Foundation, designed to bring the arts to seniors in the community. Schultz-Hill partnered with the Milton & Betty Katz Jewish Community Center for this concert.
 
The nonprofit 501(c)3 Schultz-Hill Foundation supports the arts, history and education throughout South Jersey. Programs include the Dina Scholarships, Senior Music Series, Summer music program with the Atlantic City Day Nursery and our Arts Outreach collaborative with the Bay Atlantic Symphony and Atlantic City Public Schools.
 
For additional information, please contact the Schultz-Hill Foundation or visit www.schultz-hill.org.

With a little bit of Broadway, a touch of opera, and classical Italian standards, Christopher Macchio entertained a crowd of over 600 at Resorts Casino Hotel on Saturday, July 15, 2017. The event raised more than $75,000 for the Schultz-Hill Foundation, whose mission is to provide music and arts education programs for students and seniors in Atlantic City.
 
Combining his powerful golden-era sound with an emotive stage presence, Macchio delivered an unforgettable performance. He was joined by special guest singer, Jackie DiMaggio, and a 12-piece orchestra. Guests had an opportunity to meet Mr. Macchio and Ms. DiMaggio at a post-show champagne/dessert party.
 
An internationally known tenor, Mr. Macchio received his classical training at the prestigious Manhattan School of Music. He has performed on NBC and PBS and at the Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall to great acclaim. His previous Atlantic City appearances have been at Resorts Casino and the Golden Nugget. 
 
The Schultz-Hill Foundation organizes one benefit performance annually to support their year-long arts outreach programs. Resorts Casino Hotel is a presenting sponsor for the event. Honorary Chairs of the event’s “Celebrity Committee” are Resorts President Mark Giannantonio and Mrs. Susan Giannantonio.
 
The nonprofit 501(c)3 Schultz-Hill Foundation supports the arts, history and education throughout South Jersey. Programs include the Dina Scholarships, Senior Music Series, Summer music program with the Atlantic City Day Nursery and our Arts Outreach collaborative with the Bay Atlantic Symphony and Atlantic City Public Schools.
 
For additional information, please contact the Schultz-Hill Foundation or visit www.schultz-hill.org.

For a link to this story that appeared in the Press of Atlantic City, click here.

More that 90 patrons of the arts gathered at the Casa del Cielo in Atlantic City on May 7 to attend the third annual Arts Club reception for the Schultz-Hill Foundation. Proceeds from the event help to fund the Foundation’s arts programming for students in the greater Atlantic City area.

The Arts Club features up and coming artists, giving them the opportunity to shine for a select few in an intimate setting. This year’s featured performer was Tony Pace, an Atlantic City and Las Vegas headliner with a three-plus octave range and an engaging, sometimes comedic, presentation.

The ‘meet and greet’ portion of the afternoon began at 5 p.m. with a selection of fine wines, domestic and imported beers and cocktails as well as a variety of delicious passed hors d’oeuvres, throughout the event, catered by Gwen Raring of Cape May Court House.

At 6 p.m., guests were asked to be seated around the grand staircase where co-host Gary Hill thanked supporters of the Arts Club and reported on a recent event where Atlantic City school children were taken to Dante Hall to hear members of the Bay Atlantic Symphony play portions of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. This event took place as an element of the Schultz-Hill Foundation’s arts outreach program benefitting area children. He thanked corporate co-sponsors, AtlantiCare and the Cooper Levenson Law Firm.

Gary Hill then introduced the entertainer, California-based writer, singer and producer Tony Pace, who put on an outstanding hour-long performance. 
 
Pace interacted with his audience, singing a variety of music from various eras and genres. He did covers of songs by Lou Rawls, Barry Manilow, Johnny Mathis, Louie Armstrong, Boy George and a tribute to Caruso. His most crowd-pleasing number came when he sang both parts of a duet as Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias performing ‘For All The Girls I’ve Loved Before.’ This hilarious number had Pace changing head-gear as he sang each part in Nelson’s twang and Iglesias’ trained voice. He literally brought down the house. 

The event gradually drew to a close with a last offering of hors d’oeuvres and beverages and a dessert table with hot beverages. 

Arts Club membership is by invitation only. For inquiries, please email ghill@1616pr.com. For more information, please visit www.schultz-hill.org.
 
The nonprofit 501(c)3 Schultz-Hill Foundation supports the arts, history and education throughout South Jersey. Programs include the Dina Scholarships, Senior Music Series, Summer music program with the Atlantic City Day Nursery and our Arts Outreach collaborative with the Bay Atlantic Symphony and Atlantic City Public Schools.

More than 350 people, mostly senior citizens, converged at Margate’s Jewish Community Center on Wednesday, May 10th, to hear an hour-long concert of ‘swing’ music from the big band era, sponsored by the Schultz- Hill Foundation. The free concert was the first performance in the 2017 Music & Memories Series, designed to bring the arts to seniors in the community.
 
The music was provided by the 16-piece Buddy Gale Band, under the direction of Dr. Louis Giunta, a retired music educator and school administrator. The list of songs included favorites by Duke Ellington, Woody Herman, Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller, and had the audience humming the tunes, clapping along with the music’s tempo and applauding enthusiastically at the conclusion of each number.
 
Dr. Giunta engaged the audience with an entertaining banter, introducing the next number as well as introducing the members of the band. At one point, he mentioned that the youngest member of his group was 64 and his guitarist, Rocco Fazolari, a retired bricklayer from Brooklyn, was 93.
 
“The members of the band were quite pleased by the reception they received from the audience. By every measure, it was a successful event,” said Dr. Giunta.
 
The Schultz-Hill Foundation was happy to partner with the Milton & Betty Katz Jewish Community Center for the Music and Memories Series.

The nonprofit 501(c)3 Schultz-Hill Foundation supports the arts, history and education throughout South Jersey. Programs include the Dina Scholarships, Senior Music Series, Summer music program with the Atlantic City Day Nursery and our Arts Outreach collaborative with the Bay Atlantic Symphony and Atlantic City Public Schools.
 
For additional information, please contact the Schultz-Hill Foundation or visit www.schultz-hill.org.

The Schultz-Hill Foundation kicked off its 2017 Youth Concert Series on April 6 with a performance by the Bay Atlantic Symphony for 250 Atlantic City students in grades 3-8, at Stockton University’s Dante Hall Theater.
 
The orchestra performed “Spring” and “Winter” from Vivaldi’s ‘The Four Seasons,’ with Jed Gaylin, the symphony’s music director, both conducting and offering informative commentary in between the musical movements. Concert master and violinist Jorge Avila was among the featured musicians.
 
Students were from the Pennsylvania Avenue and Richmond Avenue schools in Atlantic City, and had an opportunity to study the music with their teachers through a month-long curriculum provided by the Bay Atlantic Symphony. Many of the students also were in the schools’ music programs and learning to play an instrument.
 
“It was amazing to see how much feeling the musicians put into their performance,” said Khadiza Kubra, age 13, an eighth grader at Pennsylvania Avenue School. “I liked how all of the instruments came together to create different sounds for winter and spring.”
 
“I liked watching the expression on the face of the conductor,” said Alphi Nashia, age 9, a third grader at Richmond Avenue School. “It was a great concert.”
 
Original student art, with the concert as a topic, was exhibited at the performance. The event was part of the Schultz-Hill Foundation’s dedication to promote and support arts, history and education in South Jersey via educational scholarships, direct grants and funding for the Arts, historical and musical programs. For more information, visit http://www.schultz-hill.org.

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Contact: Gary Hill, Schultz-Hill Foundation (609-347-1616)

Who/What: Bay Atlantic Symphony will perform Vivaldi’s ‘The Four Seasons’ for Atlantic City school children, grades 4-7.

When: Thursday, April 6th, 10:30 a.m.
 
Where: Stockton University’s Dante Hall Theater, 14 North Mississippi Avenue, Atlantic City, N.J.
 
The event, the Bay Atlantic Symphony’s performance of ‘The Four Seasons,’ is an element of the Schultz-Hill Foundation’s dedication to promote and support arts, history and education in South Jersey via educational scholarships, direct grants and funding for the Arts, historical and musical programs.
 
This year, via its Arts Outreach program, the Foundation will bring 250 Atlantic City children, grades 4 to 7, from Pennsylvania Avenue and Richmond Avenue schools, to hear the Bay Atlantic Symphony, with Honduras-born Jorge Avila as conductor, perform Vivaldi’s Four Seasons at Atlantic City’s Dante Hall Theater.
 
Original student art, with the concert as a topic, will be exhibited. Jed Gaylin, the symphony’s Music Director, will give an informative talk to the students on classical music.
 
Media are welcome. Interviews prior to the concert are available.
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Viviana Pernot / PHOTOGRAPHER
The Bay Atlantic Symphony will be part of events set to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Schultz-Hill Foundation. Many children have been invited to listen to the symphony play Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" at the Dante Hall Theater on April 6.

The Schultz-Hill Foundation, an Atlantic City-based non-profit organization, is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. In the process, it will usher in the anniversary not only with a bang, but with a symphony orchestra, more than one Big Band, and more.

The organization, which raises money to provide scholarships and grants primarily for the arts, was founded by John Schultz and his partner, Gary Hill in 2002 after seeing a newspaper article about community outreach, according to a news release.

Some of the events planned for the foundation's anniversary are:

• April 6: Bringing 250 children grades 4 to 7, to hear the Bay Atlantic Symphony perform "The Four Seasons" by Vivaldi in the Dante Hall Theater,
• May 10: The Margate Jewish Community Center and the Buddy Gale Big Band will join forces for the first in the Senior Music & Memories series at the center.
• July 5: The Senior Music & Memories series continues with the Jim Crane Big Band at Seashore Gardens Living Center.
• July 15: The annual fundraising event for the foundation will be held at 8 p.m. at the Superstar Theater at Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City. The night will feature entertainment by Christophe Macchio and his orchestra.
• July 26: Foundation will host a Dave Damiani performance titled "La La Land" at Dante Hall.

Other expected events would connect Atlantic City Ballet performers with Covenant House residents, and a jazz event with Eddie Morgan at Seashore Gardens.

For more information on the foundation and its events, visit schultz-hill.org.