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US Show Choir Championships Results Roll In
SBO Staff | May 30, 2012Some of the country's most prestigious show choir competitions wrapped up activities recently and results are in for the year's most exciting and talented groups. Read More... -
2012 Best Communities for Music Ed Announced
SBO Staff | May 30, 2012The NAMM Foundation has announced the results of its 13th annual Best Communities for Music Education(BCME) survey, which acknowledges schools and districts across the U.S. for their commitment and support for music education as part of the core curriculum. Read More... -
Powell Flutes Launches New Interactive Site
Mike Lawson | May 10, 2012Verne Q. Powell Flutes has launched a new website with expanded features and functionality.Verne Q. Powell Flutes has launched a new website with expanded features and functionality. Visitors to www.powellflutes.com will now be able to find information and request services quickly and easily through the interactive format. The site is designed with several new sections […] Read More... -
Carl Fischer Celebrates 140 Years
Mike Lawson | May 10, 2012Carl Fischer Music is celebrating its 140th anniversary in 2012, looking back on its origins as an instrument repair shop on East 4th Street in Manhattan. Carl Fischer Music is celebrating its 140th anniversary in 2012, looking back on its origins as an instrument repair shop on East 4th Street in Manhattan. Well over a […] Read More... -
13 Year Old Prodigy to Solo with Utah Symphony
Mike Lawson | May 10, 2012On May 15, 13- year-old Aubree Oliverson will perform Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, accompanied by the Utah Symphony. On May 15, 13- year-old Aubree Oliverson will perform Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, accompanied by the Utah Symphony. This performance is the culmination of an evening in which exceptional […] Read More... -
13 Charged in FAMU Hazing Death
Mike Lawson | May 10, 2012Nearly six months after Robert Champion, a clarinetist and member of the famed Florida A&M University Marching 100, died following a hazing incident, 11 people were charged with felonies and two others with misdemeanors relating to the November incident.Nearly six months after Robert Champion, a clarinetist and member of the famed Florida A&M University Marching […] Read More... -
Roman Totenberg: 1911-2012
Mike Lawson | May 10, 2012Renowned violinist and master teacher Roman Totenberg passed away on Tuesday, May 8th, at the age of 101.Renowned violinist and master teacher Roman Totenberg passed away on Tuesday, May 8th, at the age of 101. A professor emeritus at Boston University, where he taught for more than 50 years, Totenberg lead a prolific musical life. […] Read More... -
Remo Helps Unite in Support of Arts Education and “Rock the Rhythm, Beat the Odds”
Mike Lawson | April 25, 2012Remo Inc. recently trained and sent out a team of drum circle facilitators to deliver a hybrid of the research-based drumming program, Beat the Odds, to sixth and seventh grade students in the Santa Clarita Valley School Districts near Los Angeles, California. Remo Inc. recently trained and sent out a team of drum circle facilitators […] Read More... -
MakeMusic Partners with Drum Corps Luminary Michael McIntosh
Mike Lawson | April 25, 2012MakeMusic, Inc. recently announced a partnership with acclaimed percussionist, clinician, educator and composer Michael McIntosh to incorporate percussion arrangements he creates for The Cavaliers Drum & Bugle Corps into theSmartMusic software, in effect sharing The Cavaliers experience with percussionists worldwide.MakeMusic, Inc. recently announced a partnership with acclaimed percussionist, clinician, educator and composer Michael McIntosh to […] Read More... -
El Sistema USA Preps for Drafting Convention
Mike Lawson | April 25, 2012This weekend (April 27-29), over thirty leaders and advocates for El Sistema-inspired work in the United States will convene in Chicago to begin drafting documents needed to put additional shape to the El Sistema “field” in the United States and prepare to file for the organization. This weekend (April 27-29), over thirty leaders and advocates […] Read More... -
NAMM Foundation and White House Form New Arts Initiative
Mike Lawson | April 25, 2012Presidential appointed artists Chuck Close, Yo-Yo Ma, and Damian Woetzel will join many others to work with schools in eight states as part of a new initiative called the Turnaround Arts initiative lead by the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. Presidential appointed artists Chuck Close, Yo-Yo Ma, and Damian Woetzel will join […] Read More... -
2012 Best Communities for Music Ed Announced
Mike Lawson | April 25, 2012The NAMM Foundation has announced the results of its 13th annual Best Communities for Music Education(BCME) survey, which acknowledges schools and districts across the U.S. for their commitment and support for music education as part of the core curriculum.The NAMM Foundation has announced the results of its 13th annual Best Communities for Music Education(BCME) survey, […] Read More...
