How Do You Orchestrate a Culture of ‘A’ Players? One Moment at a Time
Imagine your key manager departed from your MI retail store, and sent out the following email to all his contacts: Dear Friends and Customers, Earlier this month, I resigned as…
Florida Bandmasters Association Selects Excelcia Music Publishing
Excelcia Music Publishing was chosen to provide new musical pieces for the revamped sight-reading portion of the Florida Bandmasters Association’s (FBA) annual Music Performance Assessment (MPA). The FBA’s newly-developed sight-reading process…
Black Violin, The Yamaha All-Star Concert on the Grand and Elle King Set to Perform at The 2019 NAMM Show
[caption id="attachment_64454" align="alignleft" width="460"] Black Violin (Photo: Colin Brennan)[/caption] With just over a month to go until the start of The 2019 NAMM Show, The NAMM Campus is set to…
Korg USA Inc. Grants Local Music School with Artist Visit
The students of Musicology Performance Center (Long Island) were given a special opportunity to see English rock band The Struts at popular Long Island venue, the Paramount. Guitarist and co-founder…
One Danley Jericho Covers Alabama High School Football Field
Thompson High School in Alabama recently built a new state-of-the-art education complex, which includes a 5,500-seat football stadium and a Danley J1-94 Jericho Horn for music and announcements. “They really…
Yamaha Bands Win Gold and Silver Awards at BOA Grand National Championships
The 2018 Bands of America (BOA) Grand National Championships concluded last month, with Yamaha once again leading the way as national presenting sponsor of the event, a role the company…
Hollywoodwinds Inc.’s Mouthpiece Position Guide
Hollywoodwinds Inc.’s mouthpiece position guide is a rubber mouthpiece pad that extends the lifespan of a mouthpiece, while also promoting the proper embouchure and proper placement of mouth and teeth.…
Buffet Crampon USA Hosts School Music Dealer Summit
Buffet Crampon USA hosted their first School Music Dealer Summit Meeting on November 14 and 15 at Buffet Crampon headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida. School music dealers from around the country…
The School of MUNF School of Music Embraces New Technologies with Yamaha TransAcoustic Upright Pianos
The School of Music at the University of North Florida recently purchased two Yamaha U1 TransAcoustic upright pianos to help support its latest undergraduate degree program in Music Technology and…
Abandoman Uses CHAUVET Professional Fixtures on UK Tour
After a successful year of headline festival slots and TV appearances, Rob Broderick, a.k.a. Abandoman recently embarked upon a tour to take his unique comedy hip-hop around the UK. Like…
Act of Violins: The Violin Market in 2018
In a market segment where the end-user tends to skew towards the conservative and traditional (“staid,” as more than one participant in this month’s survey put it), it’s not especially…
Parrish Named String Orchestra Editor at Carl Fischer Music
Todd Parrish will be the new string orchestra editor at Carl Fischer Music. Parrish has taught public school orchestras at all levels for 19 years in Illinois, Virginia, and Florida.…