What is the Downriver Day of Percussion? The Downriver Day of Percussion is a day of presentations, clinics, and workshops designed to aid school-aged percussionists looking to continue to grow as musicians. This one-day event features masterclasses from successful educators and percussionists. Best yet, it will greatly aid in building a sense of community amongst […]
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Music Together Spring 2014
Music Together Spring 2014 Shake Shake Shake – It’s Maracas Time! We are going to wake up Spring and all of the flowers and animals with our Spring “Maracas” collection! We are especially excited to jive together with everyone to one of our all-time favorite Music Together songs “All Around the Kitchen!” It’s a […]
Jazz Cafe Open Mic
Jazz Cafe Open Mic Want to share your musical talent and gain exposure? This event gives local musicians and performers an opportunity to perform in front of a live audience and band. DETEVENTS PRESENTS: SPOTLIGHT The Quarterly Series Wednesday, June 11th, 2014 Spotlight is a Quarterly open mic night event for all ages held at […]
Ethan Daniel Davidson
Ethan Daniel Davidson May 22, 8pm Jazz Cafe at The Music Hall NEW ALBUM Drawnigh is Ethan Daniel Davidson’s new album. Drawnigh’s chapters and verses are filled with fiery tales of hard times, dark nights lit only by a whisky moon, troubled soldiers returning after long wars, and unfaithful servants straight out of the Old […]
Michigan Opera Theatre
A View from the Bridge at the Michigan Opera Theatre By Patricia Lawlis The two act opera, A View from the Bridge, after Arthur Miller’s play by the same name, first premièred at the Chicago Lyric Opera in 1999. The story follows protagonist Eddie Carbone as his taboo attraction for his niece leads him to […]
Music Together March 2014
Music Together March 2014 Sing! Sing! Singin’ Every Day! Did you know March is “Sing with Your Child” Month? It is, and we have a fun challenge for all of our Hummingbirds Music Together families – can you sing at least once with your children every day in March? Let’s set the goal together and […]
The Funk Factor at Detroit Music Hall Jazz Cafe Sat Feb. 22nd 2014
February 22, $10 Jazz Café at Music Hall Presents: The Funk Factor With Special Guests Vocalists Jose Hamilton & Shirley Hayden THE DETROIT SOUND IS BACK For the lovers of soulful, funky and energetic music in the tradition of the music from the Golden Era of Detroit Music The Funk Factor is what you have […]
Balduck Mountain Ramblers
Balduck Mountain Ramblers As always, the Balduck Mountain Ramblers will be busy celebrating St. Patrick’s Day during the month of March. 2014 is our 30th anniversary year, and to help celebrate, we’ve been in the studio since early December working on an all-new recording – our first since 2006. Much more info to follow. Here’s what’s coming up: […]
Kinan Azmeh Quartet
Kinan Azmeh Quartet (classical/jazz) 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7 Lower Level Auditorium, Arab American National Museum 13624 Michigan Ave., Dearborn, MI Tickets: $10/$9 Museum Members Buy Tickets Buy tickets by phone at 313.582.2266 As a soloist and composer, Syrian clarinetist Kinan Azmeh and the Kinan Azmeh Quartet has traveled the world, electrifying audiences in Paris, […]
Steve Colucci: Arts are valuable in and of themselves
Feb 4th, 2014 Providence Journal by Steve Colucci Arts are valuable in and of themselves An impressive Jan. 14 Commentary piece (“Music education offers skills for this century and beyond“) makes a cogent point about the advantages of music education. However, I found it sad that Amanda Siegel, the Rocky Hill student who wrote the […]
Music Together February 2014
Music Together February 2014 We all LOVE Music! It was so fun to see everyone again for the start of the new semester and to welcome new friends to the Hummingbirds Music Together community! We hope everyone is enjoying getting to know the Sticks collection! So Many Musical Babies! There are so many young babies […]
Inspiration In The Storm – Using my iPad to express where words fail.
I Pad Technology in Music Education February 2, 2014 — Paul Shimmons Music Apps for Ipad Using the iPad to put my digital sheet music on was my original intention when I bought the iPad1 the day it was released. I never imagined I would actually be using the iPad to create music and that […]
Most Popular Instruments for Lessons During 2013
PRWEB.COM January 31st 2014 Most Popular Instruments for Music Lessons Instrumentally’s 2013 chart of the most popular musical instrument to learn is released today: 1 ( 1) Piano 2 ( 3) Singing 3 ( 2) Guitar 4 ( 4) Drum 5 ( 5) Flute 6 ( 6) Violin 7 ( 9) Clarinet 8 (10) Ukulele 9 ( 8) Cello 10 ( 7) Saxophone (2012 position) […]
Allee Willis Produces Love Song to Detroit
Metro Times By Alaina McConnell January 29th, 2014 Allee Willis Allee Willis is a “Grammy, Emmy, Tony, Webby award-winning and nominated songwriter, artist, director, producer, multi-mediaist, collector and party-thrower.” (Dang, she’s only one short of an EGOT). You may not know her, but you know her work: She wrote the theme song for Friends. More recently, she wrote […]
Roberto Venn School of Luthiery prepares students to build, repair guitars for career
Downtown Devil by Molly Bilker It’s 2:30 on Tuesday afternoon, and the workroom of the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery is alive with sound: hammering noises, scraping, footsteps. Students move from workbench to drawers against the wall, outside to sand down a guitar neck or body, back inside to the sink, around again to the workbench. Roberto Venn […]
Country Music Association donates $1Million to Nashville schools
Country Music Association Country Standard Time Tuesday, January 28, 2014 – The Country Music Association Foundation donated $1 million to benefit music education programs for Nashville public school students from 2013 CMA Music Festival through the Keep the Music Playing campaign at the new Country Music Association Theater at the Country Music Hall of Fame tonight. The announcement raises Country Music […]
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Flash Mob Delights Canton Ikea Shoppers
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra recently arranged a flash mob at Ikea to promote its new Neighborhood Concert series in Canton. Videos of orchestra flash mobs have been taking the internet by storm, but recently Canton Ikea shoppers witnessed it with their own two eyes and ears. Patch.com Posted by Nicole Krawcke Detroit Symphony […]
CliffsNotes to Guitar Songs
Series: Guitar Riffs Format: Soft Cover-TAB Author: Chad Johnson Hal Leonard CliffsNotes to Guitar Songs Sometimes you don’t want to read the whole novel; you just want know the gist. The same can be said for songs. Most classic guitar songs contain unforgettable riffs – that signature hook that everyone wants to know. It’s the […]
Little Stars Foundation Uses Music to Help Children, Seniors
During the holiday season, group visited seven nursing homes and senior centers in Canton, Plymouth, Westland and Novi. Posted by Jason Alexander (Editor) , January 26, 2014 at 05:00 AM Novi Patch Little Stars Foundation The Little Stars Foundation promotes youth music education, while providing an outlet for children who love music and care about senior citizens. President Yihong Tong recently […]
Guitar Passions Tour comes to the Music Hall in Detroit February 18th
Guitar Passions Tour Live at The Detroit Music Hall Tuesday February 18th BUY TICKETS Three master guitarists meet to perform an exquisite evening of Latin, Brazilian, and jazz. Three-time Grammy-Award winning Sharon Isbin teams up with the iconic jazz master Stanley Jordan and Brazil’s leading guitarist Romero Lubambo for an electrifying experience. SHARON ISBIN Guitarist […]