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Details: Written by Victoria Wasylak; Published: 17 April 2017

Yamaha and the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music have announced that they will be selecting five graduate students from an international pool of applicants to participate as fellows in the 2017 Eastman Leadership Conference.

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Details: Written by Victoria Wasylak; Published: 12 April 2017

Denise Collins, the regional sales manager (Northeast) of J.W. Pepper, was awarded with the NYSBDA (New York State Band Directors Association) Distinguished Service Award to recognize the work J.W. Pepper has done for the New York State Band Directors Association’s Summer Conference.

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Details: Written by Victoria Wasylak; Published: 05 April 2017

This week, The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation recognized 527 school districts and 92 schools in the United States for their exceptional music education programs.

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Details: Written by George Petersen; Published: 04 April 2017

Roland founder Ikutaro Kakehashi passed away on April 1, 2017 at the age of 87.

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Details: Written by Sharon Paquette Lose; Published: 23 March 2017

The White House Administration's fiscal year 2018 budget proposal calls for the elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), and the Corporation for National and Community Services (Americorps), among other federal agencies.

Read more: #SaveTheNEA

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Details: Written by Sharon Paquette Lose; Published: 23 March 2017

Music & Arts announces the Spring 2017 schedule for its acclaimed "Upgrade Your Sound" event tour.

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Details: Written by Sharon Paquette Lose; Published: 23 March 2017

The New York Philharmonic Very Young People’s Concerts (VYPCs), for children ages 3 to 6, will conclude its 12th season Sunday, April 30, 2017, at 12:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. and Monday, May 1 at 10:30 a.m. at Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street.

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Details: Written by Sharon Paquette Lose; Published: 20 March 2017

The Marie-Josée Kravis Composer-in-Residence Esa-Pekka Salonen will conduct the New York Philharmonic in the U.S. Premiere of Tansy Davies’s Forest: a concerto for four horns — co-commissioned by the Philharmonic with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Warsaw Autumn Festival — featuring Richard Watkins, Katy Woolley, Nigel Black, and Michael Thompson, all in their Philharmonic debuts; the New York Premiere of Stravinsky’s recently rediscovered Funeral Song; and Richard Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathustra.

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Details: Written by Sharon Paquette Lose; Published: 20 March 2017

Los Angeles Philharmonic Board Chairman Jay Rasulo announced today that Deborah Borda will step down from her position as President and CEO to become President and CEO of the New York Philharmonic starting September 15, 2017.

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Details: Written by Sharon Paquette Lose; Published: 20 March 2017

MusicFirst, a learning management system designed specifically for music educators, has signed a distribution agreement with Soundtrap, an online collaborative music and podcast recording studio, to offer a cross-platform music creation solution within its portfolio aimed at educators, teachers, band, choir and orchestra directors.