Silent Brass

Illinois Couple Wins Trip to Disneyland

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.

2014 Best Tools for Schools

Educators Highlight the Best Teaching Tools from the 2014 Winter NAMM Show

The annual Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim California is the place where hundreds of thousands of musical instruments, accessories, and related products are debuted to industry insiders. For the fourth consecutive year, educators at the music products convention combed the exhibit halls looking for the best products for classroom use in an array of different categories. Using an online voting process at sbomagazine.com and hard-copy ballots from attendees, music teachers made their selections, which culminated in a presentation of the 2014 Best Tools for Schools from the Winter NAMM Show.