Roger Abramson

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Management career

He has worked for over forty years in various PR roles in the entertainment industry, promoting thousands of concerts and festivals across the United States. Acts to have appeared at events he has worked on range from classical (New York City Ballet (1965), Metropolitan Opera (1966), Vienna Choir Boys, Ballet Folklorico de Mexico, Vienna Symphony Orchestra), to popular music (The Rolling Stones, The Who, Bob Dylan (1964), Bob Marley (1976-1979), Janis Joplin, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd (1973), Aretha Franklin, Miles Davis, Led Zeppelin). In 1999, a portion of his work was featured in an exhibit on Ohio music at The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.Fact|date=April 2008

As well as concert promotions, he has personally managed such acts as The James Gang (1968-1971), Pure Prairie League (1972-1974), Sir Douglas Quintet and The Staples Singers.

Arts development consultancy career

In addition to his work on the boards of the Arts Councils of Miami Beach (1999-2006), Cincinnati and the Ohio Arts Council (to which he was a founding member), he served as a consultant to the Virgin Islands Arts Council (appointed by Vice President Humphrey), the Appalachian Arts and Craft Council, and the Young Friends of The Arts.

Civil and political involvement

Roger Abramson was an early activist in the Civil Rights MovementFact|date=April 2008 and the Anti-Vietnam War movement. He was chairman of the Ohio Friends of SNCC, Life Membership Chairman of the NAACP, Ward Chairman, Precinct Captain and a member of the Steering and Executive Committee of the Ohio and Hamilton County Democratic Party. He was a Campaign Manager and part of the Executive Committees for various political campaigns, including Senator William F. Bowen, Governor Jack Gilligan and Special Events for Robert Kennedy in Ohio.

In 2001 Abramson created a Chanukah Menorah (2001-Present) made out of 10,000 to 15,000 sea shells that he had personally collected. The following year, he created the world's largest Spinning Dreidel (2003-Present) weighing over 2000 pounds and standing 14 feet tall, constructed from approximately 20,000 sea shells. Every year these two scuptures are placed on Lincoln Road in Miami Beach during the holiday season and are viewed and photographed by hundreds of thousands of residents and visitors.

Abramson attended the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, and Bowling Green University.

References

City Debate 7/24/2006Sun post 2/27/2006, 9/14/2006Miami herald 7/27/206,

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