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 […]
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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 […]
Richard Gill The Value of Music Education
Richard Gill Tedx Sydney Music educator Richard Gill argues the case for igniting the imagination through music and for making our own music. In this talk, he leads the TEDxSydney audience through some surprising illustrations of the relationship between music and our imagination. Richard Gill has been Music Director of the Victorian Opera Company since […]
Baker’s Keyboard Lounge to Open in Downtown Detroit
dbusiness.com Baker’s Keyboard Lounge Marking its 80th anniversary, Baker’s Keyboard Lounge is opening a second location this fall, and is working with Dan Gilbert’s Bedrock Real Estate Services to find space in downtown Detroit’s lower Woodward corridor or in Capitol Park near the Westin Book Cadillac Hotel. The original Baker’s Keyboard Lounge opened as a […]
High School Country Singer Paulina Jayne from Grosse Pointe Invited to Tryout for ‘The Voice’
by Edward Cardenas Patch.com A country singer from Grosse Pointe has been invited to tryout for ‘The Voice‘ in Nashville. Paulina Jayne Grosse Pointe resident Paulina Jayne has accepted an invitation from multi-Grammy Award winning producer, Toby Wright, to audition in Nashville next month for NBC’s show “The Voice.” “Paulina Jayne is an amazingly dynamic performer, who […]
Rock band making noise about dwindling music programs
Bramton Guardian by Roger Belgrave The Darcys BRAMPTON— Brampton Centennial Secondary School Principal Terry Whitmell is standing at the foot of the school’s auditorium stage tapping her feet to the live band she’s invited to perform for students during lunch period. The slim-fit foursome behind the amplified electric guitars, keyboard, synthesizer and drums are Toronto […]
5 Ways Martin Luther King Jr. Has Michigan Ties
By Teresa Mask Grosse Pointe Patch Monday is a national holiday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. King left his mark during his lifetime as a civil rights activist, including a couple stops in the Detroit area. Martin Luther King Jr. 5 ways King is tied to Michigan: 1. Original Dream Speech – King first […]
Fabulous Fifties performed by Michigan Philharmonic February 15th at Village Theater
Fabulous Fifties Saturday, February 15th, 2014, 7:30 pm The Village Theater at Cherry Hill, Canton Performed by Michigan Philharmonic Geff Phillips and Kylee Phillips, guest vocalists From Saddle shoes to poodle skirts, soda fountains and the jukebox, come celebrate the 1950’s American style with music from crooners Nat King Cole, Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra […]
Imani Winds Performs Live at The Music Hall February 7th 2014
February 7, 2014 | 8:00pm Imani Winds presented by Chamber Music Society of Detroit: Music Hall in Detroit Friday, February 7, 2014 at 8pm (Main Stage) Imani Winds More than North America’s premier wind quintet, Imani Winds has established itself as one of the most successful chamber music ensembles in the United States. Since 1997, […]
KU research establishes link between music education, academic achievement
Music Makes Us LAWRENCE — University of Kansas researchers have confirmed what decades of anecdotal evidence and national research suggested: Increased music participation has important direct and indirect effects on positive outcomes in student achievement and engagement. For a baseline study commissioned by Nashville’s Music Makes Us initiative, KU researchers from the School of Music and the Center for Public Partnerships […]
Music app could be source of therapy for Parkinson’s, researchers claim
Music app could be source of therapy for Parkinson’s, researchers claim Tuesday, January 14, 2014 By Fiachra Ó Cionnaith Irish Examiner Reporter The move has come as part of a €3m international study led by researchers at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. After finding a connection between musical rhythm and physiological changes in the […]
School Music Programs. Music education offers skills for this century and beyond
School Music Programs by Amanda Siegel Providence Journal While many would argue that the study of music should be part of a well-rounded education, the matter is still somewhat controversial. Research led by Frances Rauscher and published in Nature in 1993 showed that listening to the music of Mozart improved performance of certain mental tasks. […]
Simply Diamond: Neil Diamond Tribute Band
Simply Diamond: Neil Diamond Tribute Band Live at the Village Theater at Cherry Hill 50400 Cherry Hill Rd. Canton, MI 48187 Partnership for the Arts Date & Times 1/18/2014 2:00:00 PM Celebrate the music of Neil Diamond with Simply Diamond-a tribute band, who will have you thinking that you’re seeing the original artist in the […]