WICKED Cast Performs At Wonderful World Awards 9/20 At Louis Armstrong Center

Laura Woyasz and Stephanie Torns, members of the Broadway cast of "Wicked," will be the opening act at The Louis Armstrong Center for Music & Medicine's 2010 What A Wonderful World Award to be held at Beth Israel Medical Center on Monday, September 20, 2010. Honorees include jazz legend Dave Brubeck, Daphne Ridley, Kimberley Sue and CareFusion.

The ceremony and cocktail reception will be held from 6 to 9 pm in the atrium of the Phillips Ambulatory Care Center, 10 Union Square East, between 14th and 15th Streets in Manhattan.

Ms. Woyasz, who plays Glinda, and Ms. Torns in the role of Elphaba, will sing "The Wizard and I" and "For Good" by award-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz. They will be accompanied on piano by T.O. Sterrett.

Brubeck has received numerous accolades, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the Smithsonian Medal, and the Kennedy Center Honors. He has played for heads of state, royalty and the Pope. The Dave Brubeck Quartet and its signature work, the album Time Out, featuring Blue Rondo a la Turk and Take Five, has earned a spot in the Grammy Hall of Fame. But his work also has extended to composing for the American Ballet Theater and writing The Real Ambassadors, a musical theater piece that starred Louis Armstrong. Nearing 90, Brubeck continues to be one of the most active and popular musicians in the world.

Also performing are two of the jazz world's most respected artists - trumpeter Lew Soloff and pianist Mulgrew Miller. Perennial favorites in the jazz scene, Soloff and Miller are accomplished virtuosos whose work have gained them a wide following and hailed the world over. They have worked with all the big names in jazz. Their histories are filled with Who's Who in music.

The Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine is celebrating its fifth anniversary. The Center traces its origins to the The Louis and Lucille Armstrong Music Therapy Program at Beth Israel, established 17 years ago as part of the jazz legend's legacy.

For more information about What A Wonderful World Awards, the programs and services offered by The Louis Armstrong Center for Music & Medicine, please call 212-420-2704 or check out its website at www.musicandmedicine.org.

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