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International Choral Festival Wales goes online for 2021
SBO Staff | July 6, 2021Wales welcomes the choral world – virtually! The International Choral Festival Wales, the brain child of former Llangollen Music Director Eilir Owen Griffiths, will be welcoming the international choral world back to Wales in October – virtually! The online competition will take place on 30 October 2021 and will be the third iteration of the […] Read More... -
Wenger Corporation Celebrates 75 Years
SBO Staff | July 3, 2021A Tradition of Excellence in Products and Service Wenger Corporation is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2021 with a number of events scheduled throughout the year to commemorate the company’s growth and success. “For 75 years, Wenger Corporation has been producing innovative products for music education and has also expanded into performing arts and athletic […] Read More... -
Wenger Corporation Celebrates 75 Years
Mike Lawson | July 3, 2021A Tradition of Excellence in Products and Service Wenger Corporation is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2021 with a number of events scheduled throughout the year to commemorate the company’s growth and success. “For 75 years, Wenger Corporation has been producing innovative products for music education and has also expanded into performing arts and athletic […] Read More... -
Mike Lawson’s artistpro, LLC Acquires SBO, MMR, JAZZed and Choral Director Magazines from Timeless Communications
frank | June 28, 2021NASHVILLE - Publishing veteran Mike Lawson’s Tennessee-based artistpro, LLC has acquired Musical Merchandise Review (MMR), School Band & Orchestra (SBO), JAZZed and Choral Director magazines from Terry Lowe of Las Vegas-based Timeless Communications. Read More... -
On Dr. Keith Mason – Choral Director Musicals Contributor
SBO Staff | June 27, 2021We are deeply saddened to learn that our prolific, always informative and highly-entertaining contributor, Dr. Keith Mason, or “Doc” as his students called him, passed away last October, 2020. Coincidentally, that was an issue of Choral Director which contained one of his submissions, fittingly, on the cover, about his favorite musical, “The Sound of Music” […] Read More... -
artistpro, LLC Acquires MI/Education Trade Magazines
SBO Staff | June 24, 2021Industry Publishing Veteran Mike Lawson’s artistpro, LLC acquires Musical Merchandise Review (MMR), School Band & Orchestra (SBO), Choral Director, and JAZZed Magazines. MMR Editor of Two Decades Christian Wissmuller Continues as Executive Editor Terry Lowe, of Timeless Communications Corp. (TCC) – a Nevada corporation – announced on June 23, 2021 that longtime music industry publisher and current […] Read More... -
Bard Music Festival Returns with “Nadia Boulanger and Her World” from Aug. 6–15
Mike Lawson | June 14, 2021The Bard Music Festival's 31st season returns this August with a two-week schedule titled "Nadia Boulanger and Her World." The 12 concert programs, performed live with limited in-person audiences, celebrate the legacy of this pioneering pedagogue, composer, conductor, pianist and organist from Paris, who helped shape generations of American musicians. Read More... -
Practice Makes Perfect: Apps and Resources to Keep Students Playing Through the Summer
George Hess | June 12, 2021We’re finally coming to the end of the longest year of your career, a year unlike any you have ever experienced. We’re all breathing a sigh of relief and looking forward to a well-deserved vacation. But as musicians, we know that too long of a break means taking a big step backward. Only the most dedicated students will stick to a practice regimen during the summer, but any playing they do can make a difference when your students return next term. Read More... -
The Guitar Center Music Foundation Fulfilled Grants for Music Programs Nationwide
Mike Lawson | May 12, 2021The Guitar Center Music Foundation (GCMF), a non-profit dedicated to helping support musicians and music education programs, helped keep the music going across the country. GCMF provided monetary assistance to more than 200 musicians, while also providing instruments and equipment grants to 33 music programs in 2020 - all thanks to donations from the music community. Read More... -
University of Kentucky Announces First Woman Director of Wildcat Marching Band
Mike Lawson | May 7, 2021The University of Kentucky announced May 7 that Shayna Stahl had been named director of Athletic Bands and assistant director of Bands in the School of Music. Stahl will become the first woman to serve as the director of the Wildcat Marching Band. Stahl will also serve as director of the UK Pep Bands and as the conductor of the UK Concert Band. Read More... -
Arrangement Construction Kit
SBO Staff | April 26, 2021The melody of “Morning Has Broken” has a wonderful shape to it that makes it easy to learn and a joy to sing. Read More... -
Up Close: Eric Whitacre
SBO Staff | April 26, 2021Composer, conductor, and musician Eric Whitacre on the importance of musical connections Read More...
