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Details: Written by Naomi Crews; Published: 10 March 2015

Carmel Bach Festival, an immersive festival of music and ideas celebrating the works, inspiration, and ongoing influence of J.S. Bach, has named the winners of the 31st annual Virginia Best Adams Fellowship - Jana Miller (soprano), Janna Critz (mezzo-soprano), Brian Giebler (tenor) and David Rugger (baritone).

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Details: Written by Naomi Crews; Published: 10 March 2015

The Grammy Foundation® announced today that 13 U.S. schools have been selected as Grammy® Signature Schools (www.grammyintheschools.com) for 2015 and have been awarded cash grants totaling $61,000. Created in 1998, the Grammy Signature Schools program recognizes the top U.S. public high schools that make an outstanding commitment to music education during an academic school year.

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Details: Written by Naomi Crews; Published: 02 March 2015

Winner And Nine Finalists to Receive Cash Honorariums, with Generous Support and Resources Provided by the Grammy Foundation®'s Education Champions Converse, Disney Performing Arts, Ford Motor Company Fund, Journeys and Microsoft

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Details: Written by Naomi Crews; Published: 18 February 2015

The applications deadline for YYPA is February 28th.

The Yamaha Young Performing Artists Program (YYPA) was designed in 1988 to recognize outstanding young musicians from the world of classical, jazz and contemporary music. Hundreds of applicants, ages 18-22, apply annually and undergo a rigorous taped audition process for a panel of internationally acclaimed musicians.

Winners of the YYPA competition are invited to attend an all-expense paid weekend as part of the Music for All™ Summer Symposium. Through this experience, they receive a once-in-a-lifetime performance opportunity in front of thousands of students with national press coverage, are honored at an awards ceremony, receive a recording and photos of their live performance, and participate in professional workshops and clinics designed to launch a professional music career. The 2015 winners will join more than 200 other talented musicians who have earned the distinction since the program’s inception.

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Details: Written by Naomi Crews; Published: 04 February 2015

Emmanuel Villaume returns to conduct the Juilliard Orchestra on Saturday, February 14, 2015 at 8 p.m. in Alice Tully Hall. The program features Stravinsky’s Feu d’artifice (Fireworks), Op. 4; Ravel’s La valse; Glazunov’s Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 82 with Juilliard violinist Lifan Zhu; and Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky (arr. Ravel).

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Details: Written by Naomi Crews; Published: 03 February 2015

Grammy Honors Music Educators

A total of 10 music teachers from 10 cities across nine states have been announced as finalists for the second annual Music Educator Award presented by The Recording Academy and the Grammy Foundation. In total, more than 7,000 initial nominations were submitted from all 50 states.

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Details: Written by Naomi Crews; Published: 03 February 2015

Carmel Bach Festival, an immersive festival of music and ideas celebrating the works, inspiration, and ongoing influence of J.S. Bach, and the Monterey Museum of Art (MMA) invite the Monterey Peninsula community to honor Bach's 330th birthday March 21 at MMA's La Mirada location. "Bach's Birthday Bash" celebrates the composer's ongoing influence in the arts with an evening of musical performances, food and drink, a raffle, door prizes and more.

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Details: Written by Naomi Crews; Published: 30 January 2015

Belleville, Illinois residents William and Cynthia Shirley, winners of the Yamaha Silence is Golden contest winners, holding a SILENT Brass practice system for trumpet at the 2015 NAMM Show in Anaheim, California, the largest musical instrument trade convention in North America.

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Details: Written by Naomi Crews; Published: 24 January 2015

Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 8 p.m. in Alice Tully Hall

Presented as Part of Juilliard’s Daniel Saidenberg Faculty Recital Series

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Details: Written by Naomi Crews; Published: 23 January 2015

Yamaha today announced the appointment of Dave Gerhart as product manager for the company’s Percussion Department, Band & Orchestral Division. He will report to Troy Wollwage, marketing manager, Percussion Instruments.

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