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The Frost School of Music at the University of Miami has recognized its many esteemed faculty and gifted alumni honored with 2021 GRAMMY nominations.
Genelec Inc. has announced the introduction of the Genelec Mike Chafee Audio Pioneering Scholarship, demonstrating its ongoing commitment to audio education and promoting the advancement of women in the audio industry.
Accomplished children’s music educator, music historian, and clarinetist Katherine Palmer and award-winning percussionist, composer and children’s book author Cory Hills have been selected as the first two Fellows of the newly-created Gretsch Fellowship in Children’s Music at the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at Saint Vincent College.
Malletech has announced the continuation of the 8th annual World Vibes Congress as a live streamed event, taking place on January 2 and 3, 2021.
The 2020 Midwest Clinic will take place virtually from December 16 to 18, where registered guests can chat with live experts during the online event.
The Aberdeen School District will pay a $2,000,000 settlement to former student Maria Joyner following a sexual abuse case involving one of the district’s former band teachers, according to a report from ABC News.
Roland and Point Blank Music School (London, UK) have announced a partnership which will see Roland Cloud, the instrument manufacturer’s software instrument service, integrated across Point Blank’s UK sites, starting in January 2021.
Jazz Aspen Snowmass (JAS), in collaboration with the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, plans to expand their mid-summer JAS Academy program in 2021 to include a new “Combo/Small Ensemble Session.”
Carnegie Hall, in partnership with the New York City Department of Probation (DOP), has announced that hundreds of young people from across New York City will participate in free digital creative workshops—including music production, theater, culinary arts, documentary filmmaking, visual art, and more—as part of NeON Arts.
After more than three months of negotiations, the Nashville Symphony and the Nashville Musicians Association, AFM Local 257, have reached an agreement that will provide the Musicians of the Nashville Symphony — who were furloughed July 1 — with an interim stipend that will begin January 3, 2021.
Due to popular demand, the Virginia Arts Festival has added six performances of the new production with the illusionist, mentalist, and performance artist Scott Silven.
The GRAMMY Museum has announced the December schedule for COLLECTION:live, the GRAMMY Museum's new official online streaming service. The service is available for $2.99/month or $29.99 a year, and proceeds benefit the Museum's music education initiatives and help keep the Museum's mission alive while the physical location remains closed due to COVID-19.