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On March 6, President Donald Trump signed legislation (H.R. 6074) providing $8.3 billion additional federal funds to address the COVID-19 outbreak. The bill includes emergency loans to assist small businesses…
[caption id="attachment_70629" align="alignleft" width="460"] Music students at Guitars in the Classroom based in San Diego, CA.[/caption] The Martin Guitar Charitable Foundation announced at its December 2019 Trustee meeting that it…
[caption id="attachment_70618" align="alignleft" width="460"] The Basement East venue in Nashville, post-hurricane (photo: Brittney Bremnes)[/caption] In the wake of the recent severe storms in Nashville, Gibson Gives is stepping up for…
C.E. King High School serves 2,000 students in northeast Harris County in the suburbs of Houston, Texas. As part of a multi-site construction effort, the Sheldon ISD built a new…
Wicked is poised to celebrate its 17th year at its home at the Gershwin Theatre this October. The latest touring edition of the show is scheduled to hit 15 cities,…
The Conn-Selmer Division of Education announces North Callaway High School, Kingdom City, Missouri as the winner of the Timpani Giveaway Sweepstakes. The school received a set of 4 Ludwig (LTS404PG)…
Given the increasing spread of Covid-19 in Europe, Messe Frankfurt has decided to postpone Musikmesse 2020. The health of exhibitors, visitors, contractors and employees has top priority for Messe Frankfurt.…
From its garage-based beginnings in 1992 as a mobile DJ service, Technotrix Inc. has grown over the decades into one of Chicago’s premier event services providers, supplying audio, lighting and…
After SonoTone premium strings founder PK Pandey sent luthier Stephen Marchione sets of SonoTone Symphonic and Vintage series strings to try on Marchione steel-string acoustic and electric guitars, respectively, Marchione…
In an email to exhibitors sent out today (March 3), Messe Frankfurt has decided to postpone Prolight + Sound 2020 due to the spread of Covid-19 in Europe. Representatives said…
The Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre’s new concert and performance center features 50 CHAUVET Professional Ovation F-265WW high output Fresnel fixtures, supplied and installed by RGB Baltic OÜ. At the…
On March 3, NAMM's Dan Del Fiorentino shared this sad news about someone featured repeatedly in MMR over the years: Evelyn Brue-Roeder passed away on February 1. She was 101.…
