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http://www.omniture.com --> Sections Home Page Local News AP News Blogs Archives Business Classifieds Event Calendar Classic Forums Forums Life Opinion Obituaries Multimedia Photo Gallery Readers Photo Gallery Sports Tempo Weather Road Cams Special Coverage 2006 Britt Festivals --> Shop Our Valley AutoFinder HomeFinder JobFinder Search Our Valley Special Sections Distinctly Northwest Women in Business Homelife Magazine Joy Magazine Oregon Golf Info Oregon Wine Info Other Publications Local Links Ashland News eSouthernOregon Newspapers In Education Personals Customer Service Advertise With Us Place Classified Ad Contact Us FAQ's Home Delivery Site Map Email Story to a Friend April 13, 2007 Singer Beth Baker will be showcased during a benefit for the Rogue Gallery & Art Center. Singing for the love of art Beth Baker will perform her third benefit for the Rogue Gallery & Art Center By bill varble Mail Tribune Beth Baker, like many performers, does the occasional benefit performance. But the singer says doing a benefit for the Rogue Gallery & Art Center holds a special place in her heart. Her father, Charlie, was an artist and served on the Medford gallery's board of directors before his death in 1999. Baker herself is a painter as well as a singer Baker will perform her third benefit concert for the gallery called "Broadway, Blues and Beyond" at 8 p.m. Friday, April 13, at the Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater in Medford, then duck down the alley after the show for a party at the Rogue Gallery with food and drink and a chance for party-goers to win a signed CD. "I feel like I'm honoring my father by being of service to the Rogue Gallery and Art Center," she says. Baker's show will range from Broadway show tunes to jazz, blues and ballads. It's becoming an annual tradition for the Medford-based, non-profit art center. Advertisement Joining Baker will be her arranger, Brent Olstad, on piano, bassist Jeff Addicott, guitarist Al Dinardi and drummer Theresa McCoy. Val Muse, Laura Grosz, Jade Watt, Karen Barrow, Shawn Traub, Brian Fraser and John Contreras will provide background vocals. Baker's career stretched from San Francisco in the 1980s to New York City, where she did a cabaret act for several years, in the 1990s. She moved to the Rogue Valley in 1999 to be with her father during his final illness. Since then she's recorded two CDs, "I've Got To Sing My Song," in 2002, and "The Other side of Me" in 2005. She opened for the Smothers Brothers and for Burt Bacharach at the Britt Festivals, and sang with the Dixie Fat Cats at the Medford Jazz Jubilee, along with performing benefit concerts. As a girl growing up in San Jose, Calif., Baker took lessons in painting as well as music, and she still creates murals for clients. She says people tend to assume that performing artists from New York or California are tops, but it ain't necessarily so. Local performers have to overcome the notion that they're not every bit as exciting as somebody who drops in from New York or LA. "It has been suggested that I pretend to still spend some time in New York to make myself more 'interesting,' " Baker says. There won't be any pretending when she takes the stage at the Craterian. Tickets are $15-$25 for the concert and $25 for the party. Would you like to respond to this story? If so Click Here to visit our forums. Advertisement Copyright © 1997-2007 Mail Tribune, Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Website Feedback online casinos news Home Security Systems Online Casino Reviews Trunks, Footlocker Fundraisers UK Homeowner Loans Casinos Canada Cord Blood Banking Discount Hotel Reservations Texas Electric Choice Compare Electric rates in Texas Online Casino Windermere Van Vleet Men's Clothing Debt Help New Hampshire Primary