Motown U Event: Maxine Powell @ NYU – 10.9 and 10.10

The Gallatin School of Individualized Study in association with
The Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU
Record Label Series  |  Motown U
present

MAXINE POWELL:

A SPECIAL CONVERSATION WITH MOTOWN’S FIRST LADY OF ARTIST DEVELOPMENT
and a RARE MASTERCLASS EVENT
In the 1960s, Detroit image builder and personal motivator Maxine Powell co-founded Motown’s artist development unit,
the first such department at any record label. It was her responsibility to ‘school’ artists like Diana Ross, Martha Reeves
and the Vandellas, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and the Temptations on how to effectively present themselves to the public.
No record label has ever surpassed Motown’s brilliance in the artist development arena. Ms. Powell helped set a standard
for artist training that is still unparalleled in the music business.

FRIDAY OCTOBER 9 at 7 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
MAXINE POWELL: IN CONVERSATION w/ MICHAEL DINWIDDIE
Maxine Powell talks to Gallatin School Professor and biographer Michael Dinwiddie in a rare conversation and Q&A
Followed by a post-discussion reception
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SATURDAY OCTOBER 10 at 11:30 a.m.- 2 p.m.
MAXINE POWELL: SCREENING AND ARTIST DEVELOPMENT MASTERCLASS
After a special screening of a documentary film, Maxine Powell demonstrates her unique artist training
techniques by working with a selected group of NYU student performers. Open to the public. Come see Ms. Powell at work!
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WHERE:
Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts,
1 Washington Place (at Broadway, a block below Astor Place)

Both events are FREE but RSVP REQUIRED (see above)
Seats are limited, first come first served. No one will be admitted without a reservation

This event is part of Motown U, an eclectic Fall conversation series curated by Jason King, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the legendary record label