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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">For Immediate Release:<br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">June 28, 2012</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:28.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">MIRI BEN-ARI<br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">ANNOUNCES TALENT SEARCH</span></b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SOUNDCLOUD</span></b><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">New York, NY – June 28, 2012 –
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Today<b>
</b>Grammy Award-winning </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">v</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">iolinist <b>Miri Ben-Ari
</b>announces a talent search in an exclusive partnership with <b>SoundCloud</b></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">. Ben-Ari – who fuses
<span style="color:black">classical with jazz, R&B and hip-hop and performed for President Obama Monday -- has made albums with Kanye West, Jay Z, Wyclef Jean, Alicia Keys, Wynton Marsalis, Britney Spears, Maroon 5, Patti Labelle, Brandy, Donna Summer, Janet
Jackson, John Legend – and now maybe YOU. </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">The winners will be given the opportunity to collaborate with
<b>Miri Ben-Ari</b> on a special project, and go from a nobody to a somebody spotlighted SoundCloud!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Contestants will have the option of submitting material in two separate categories: instrumental and instrumental with vocals. Each month, from July to September,
<b>Miri Ben-Ari</b> will pick her favorite tracks in each category. She will then share her top picks and spotlight them on her official
<b>SoundCloud</b> page (<a href="http://soundcloud.com/miribenari" target="_blank"><b>http://soundcloud.com/miribenari</b></a>).
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This coming September, <b>SoundCloud</b> users will then have the opportunity to vote on their favorite spotlighted submissions and decide the winners in
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">each category. Artists are able submit content starting July 1st, 2012. All content submitted must be original.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">*</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">To submit your original instrumental track, click
HERE:<span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/groups/miri-ben-ari-talent-search-instrumental-submissions"><b>http://soundcloud.com/groups/miri-ben-ari-talent-search-instrumental-submissions</b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">*</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">To submit your original instrumental with vocals
track, click HERE: <b><a href="http://soundcloud.com/groups/miri-ben-ari-talent-search-instrumental-with-vocal-submissions">http://soundcloud.com/groups/miri-ben-ari-talent-search-instrumental-with-vocal-submissions</a><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">About Miri Ben-Ari</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">A Grammy Award-Winning violinist originally from Israel,
<b>Miri Ben-Ari </b>has created her own unique sound by a revolutionary fusion of classical style with jazz, R&B and hip hop. This classically trained musician has helped sell millions of records by collaborating with other Grammy award-winning artists such
as Kanye West, Jay Z, Wyclef Jean, Alicia Keys, Wynton Marsalis, Britney Spears, Maroon 5, Patti Labelle, Brandy, Donna Summer, Janet Jackson and John Legend. She studied under the late classical master Isaac Stern and has earned the honor from New York's
Apollo Theater as an Apollo Legend. She is also known as <b><u>The Hip Hop Violinist</u></b>, the title of her latest album (Universal Records).</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Miri </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">was honored as an "International Jewish Women to Watch” in 2007, she received the 2008 Israel
Film Festival Visionary Award, the American Society for Yad Vashem 2011 Young Leadership Associates Remembrance Award and is the first Israeli to receive the Martin Luther King Award from Israeli President, Shimon Peres. In 2011 <b>Miri Ben-Ari</b> was invited
by America's First Lady, Michelle Obama, as a "Remarkable Woman" Mentor to be a part of the annual celebration of Women's History Month and to perform at the White House.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Miri Ben-Ari</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"> is also the CEO and co-founder of Gedenk ("Remember"), a non-profit organization
dedicated to promoting awareness among young people about the Jewish Holocaust.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><a href="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=c8c4e84bb7cd4469bbadb6824ce82132&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.miribenari.com" target="_blank"><b>www.miribenari.com</b></a><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://twitter.com/miribenari">http://twitter.com/miribenari</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://www.facebook.com/miribenari">http://www.facebook.com/miribenari</a><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><a href="http://soundcloud.com/miribenari" target="_blank"><b>http://soundcloud.com/miribenari</b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">For More Information:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Jennie Boddy @ PRESS HERE</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">p: </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"><a href="tel:212.246.2640" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">212.246.2640</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">e: </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=c8c4e84bb7cd4469bbadb6824ce82132&URL=mailto%3ajennie%40pressherepublicity.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">jennie@pressherepublicity.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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