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Harmony Project Pilot Music Education Program Begins at Smithson Craighead Academy

NASHVILE, Tenn. (Jan. 27, 2016)— Music City Youth Orchestra (MCYO) has established the first El Sistema-inspired program in Middle Tennessee at Smithson Craighead Academy’s Elementary School.

Music Industry Hits High Notes at 2016 NAMM Show

Carlsbad, CA– The music industry returns home to businesses worldwide with innovative ideas and products that will bring the power of music to the masses. Held January 21-24, NAMM welcomed a record number of exhibitors and registrants to Anaheim, CA. Hundreds of new-to-NAMM companies paired with an increase in global interest, and those quintessential “only at NAMM” moments made for what many NAMM members called the most exciting NAMM Show in the association’s 115-year history.

Violinist Monica Huggett Leads Juilliard’s Period-Instrument Ensemble

NEW YORK - Violinist Monica Huggett leads Juilliard's period-instrument ensemble Juilliard415 in "The Prodigies: Music of Mendelssohn and Mozart" on Monday, February 8, 2016, at 7:30pm in Alice Tully Hall.

Vandoren Announces 2016 Emerging Artist Competition Winners

Chicago, IL – Vandoren has announced the winners of the 2016 Emerging Artist Competition.  The Vandoren Emerging Artist Competition (or VEA) is for clarinetists and saxophonists between the ages of 18 and 23 performing at the very highest technical and musical level.

The Metropolitan Opera and The Juilliard School Present Bellini’s La Sonnambula

NEW YORK --- The Metropolitan Opera and The Juilliard School Present a Concert Performance of Bellini's La Sonnambula in February 2016  Conducted by Speranza Scappucci. Featuring singers from the met opera's Lindemann Young Artist Development program and Juilliard's Marcus Institute for vocal arts with the Juilliard Orchestra

Fifth Graders Experiment with Music

About 780 fifth-graders will visit Missouri Western State University’s Potter Hall by the end of the week with one goal: to discover what musical instrument suits them best.

Young Musicians Come Together for Opportunity of a Lifetime

For three decades, very determined young musicians and their leader have participated in a unique opportunity with the Utah Youth Orchestras.

Students Thrive at Northeast Iowa School of Music

For more than 15 years, hundreds of budding musicians have been perfecting every note and chord at the Northeast Iowa School of Music in Dubuque. Now some of those graduates are professional musicians.

DSO Flutist and Merit Music Alum Demarre Mcgill Comes Home to Chicago

Dallas Symphony Orchestra Flutist and Merit Music Alum Demarre Mcgill Comes Home to Inspire Chicago's Next Generation of Talented Musicians

The 2nd Annual Charleston Jazz Festival

CHARLESTON, SC – January 13, 2015 – The second annual Charleston Jazz Festival is approaching and the final day will shift its focus to our community’s youth music programs. The annual festival brings together hundreds of jazz lovers from across South Carolina for three days of jazz performances by award-winning artists. The festival will take place January 22 – 24, 2016, with events at multiple locations throughout downtown Charleston, including the Gaillard Performance Hall, the Sottile Theatre, Woolfe Street Playhouse, and Barsa Restaurant. However, this year the final day of the festival is devoted to our community and youth music programs with performances by The School of The Arts Jazz Band and debuting The Charleston All-Star Youth Jazz Orchestra.

Focus! 2016 Presents Milton Babbitt’s World: A Centennial Celebration

Six Free Concerts from Friday, January 22 through Friday, January 29, 2016

NEW YORK --- The 32^nd annual Focus! festival, Milton Babbitt's World: A Centennial Celebration, is devoted to composer, teacher, and writer, the late Milton Babbitt, who was a longtime member of Juilliard's composition faculty (1971 to 2008) and remained an emeritus faculty member. The festival, which will include the world premiere of Babbitt's Concerti for Violin, Orchestra, and Synthesized Sound, opens with the New Juilliard Ensemble, conducted by Joel Sachs, on Friday, January 22, 2016, at 7:30pm in Juilliard's Peter Jay Sharp Theater in a program with works by Milton Babbitt, Juilliard faculty member and composer Jonathan Dawe, Alexander Goehr, Stefan Wolpe, and Ursula Mamlok.

Testing, Math, and Music: Top 10 Curriculum Matters Posts for 2015

Each year, EdWeek takes a look at Curriculum Matters' most-read blog posts, and in 2015 it seems two major themes got readers clicking: common-core testing and math instruction.