We're excited to announce the winners in the Third Annual Ebony & Ivory Crossword Puzzle Contest:

First prize: Belinda Yaxley, Tasmania, Australia

Second prize: Andrew Silikovitz, West Orange, NJ

Congratulations to our winners, and thank you to all who entered. All entrants will receive a consolation prize of chocolate!

Where can you find Ben Heppner, Herbie Hancock, Alannah Myles, Yo-Yo Ma, Michael Burgess, Bruce Cockburn, Michael Schade, Jane Bunnett, John Pizzarelli and Ebony & Ivory all on the same stage? At TVOntario's signature feature On Stage! Ebony & Ivory taped a performance and interview for On Stage at Studio 2 at Canada's prestigious public television service TVOntario. On Stage delivers informative and entertaining field pieces on the people and productions making waves in the arts. For the taping, Andrew and Fred were joined by Tom Hazlitt on Bass and Wilson Laurencin on Drums. In addition to playing two selections from their CD "Red Hot!" the Duo was interviewed by Studio 2 host Paula Todd. The Ebony & Ivory program was aired twice on Tuesday, April 4. Audience numbers from TVO indicated that over 150,000 viewers tuned in to the show. Thanks to Judy Brake for her dedication and assistance.

myspace.com is the world's most popular social networking website. Ebony & Ivory now has a presence on myspace.com, taking advantage of the opportunity to promote their music to the website's 70+ million members!

Music marketing guru Bob Baker recently released an e-book on MySpace Music Marketing, in which he featured some of Andrew's MySpace marketing tips. Thanks to Bob for helping us (and all independent artists!) to promote our music more effectively!

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Andrew's major choral work, Gloria, was performed in concert by The Wayne Gilpin SINGERS, with up-and-coming Canadian soprano Sheila Dietrich, at St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church in Waterloo, Ontario. The concert was part of the community-based choir's annual concert series. Andrew's father, Wayne Gilpin, conducted the performance to an enthusiastic crowd packing the church.

Gloria will also be performed in Bakersfield, CA at Wesley United Methodist Church on May 21, 2006. Thanks again to David Atkins for making this possible. David discovered Andrew's music during Ebony & Ivory's 2005 tour of California.

Cam Miller, free-lance jazz journalist, has reviewed Red Hot!, the Ebony & Ivory debut CD in The American Rag. The American Rag is published monthly and circulated to jazz and ragtime aficionados throughout North America. Quotable quotes from the review:

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