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Yamaha and the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music have announced that they will be selecting five graduate students from an international pool of applicants to participate as fellows…
Sennheiser debuted the Digital 6000 system, the company’s first two-channel digital receiver, this April at the 52nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. The system helped to deliver sound for performances…
Paul Reed Smith, the founder and managing general partner of PRS Guitars, has received an Honorary Doctorate of Public Service from Maryland’s Washington College. Washington College president Sheila Bair presented…
Korg USA has developed new consumer merchandise sites exclusively for the American market for Korg, VOX and Blackstar. The official sites all offer branded items including t-shirts, hooded sweatshirts, caps, messenger…
St. Louis Music and Alvarez Guitars have announced that David’s Guitar Loft of Webster Grove, Missouri, is the winner of a one-of-a-kind Alvarez Yairi guitar, valued at $10,000. The company…
St. Louis Music has announced the winners of its Q1 “Spend $1000 Win $1000” promotion: Dave’s Guitar Shop (La Crosse, Wisconsin), Music Factory Texas (Pearland, Texas), and www.Hornsales.com (Lavale, Maryland).…
Heid Music provided a $20,000 boost to Wisconsin school music programs in March with its sixth annual Music in our Schools Month giveaway, The Big 10+ Contest, and inaugural Music Matters Initiative, a donation matching program. The…
The Chanhassen Dinner Theatres Complex has replaced 250-watt moving discharge fixtures in the main theatre with seven CHAUVET Professional Rogue R2 Washes, supplied by Monkey Wrench Productions. Sue Berger, the theatre’s…
This July, Retail Boot Camp will return to the 2017 Summer NAMM Show in Nashville at Music City Center. On July 12, Retail Boot Camp will feature a one-day intensive…
High School Nation has announced that it will donate more than $2 million to high school arts and music programs as it kicks off its 2017 60-day tour of the United…
SABIAN has announced a cross-continent "Meet the Masters" tour that will bring on-site cymbal making to 22 locations in North America. The tour begins in Tacoma, Washington on May 25…
KMC has announced the appointment of Derik Deibler to the newly created position of KMC Pro Audio sales development manager, reporting directly to KMC vice president of Sales James Tsaptsinos.…
