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ASCAP Foundation Announces 2022 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award Winners
The ASCAP Foundation announces the winners of its 2022 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards. Created in 2002, the program recognizes gifted young jazz composers up to the age of 30. It is named after the great trumpeter and ASCAP member Herb Alpert in recognition of The Herb Alpert Foundation multi-year financial commitment to the …
2022 MULTI-AWARD WINNING ARTIST/COMPOSER AND FILMMAKER ANAYA MUSIC’S DYNAMIC CHART
Anaya Music and its recording team INCLUDES FOUR NEW ALBUM RELEASES AND “AMAZON: A HEALING FOREST”, A SHORT FILM CHRONICULATING ONE OF HIS FATHER’S AMAZING MILITARY ADVENTURES An award to me means accomplishment, achievement, a taste of joy, and a way to spread our music with infinite gratitude for it. — Anaya Music LOS ANGELES, …
Saxophonist, arranger and composer Denis DiBlasio to headline Cameron University Jazz Festival | Community
Saxophonist, arranger and composer Denis DiBlasio will headline the 2022 Cameron University Jazz Festival, joining the CU Jazz Ensemble and Lawton Jazz Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 8 at the University Theatre. The Aggie Jazz Academy, a group of high school students from across southwestern Oklahoma, will also make an appearance. After earning …
Works by Armenian-American composer Tatev Amiryan will be performed at Carnegie Hall
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 18, ARMENPRESS. On March 6, 2022, at the remarkable Carnegie Hall in New York, the 37th annual “Musical Armenia” concert will be held, organized by the Eastern Prelature of the Armenian Apostolic Church. The concert will feature works by Armenian-American composer and pianist Tatev Amiryan who will perform her piano compositions. The program …
Mog Asom-2! Disco King Bappi Lahiri’s connection with Kodiyal’s Konkani singers Joel and Darrel
Mog Asom-2! Disco King Bappi Lahiri’s Connection with Kodiyal’s Konkani Singers Joel Rebello and Darrel Mascarenhas, where Bappi had sung a Konkani song ‘Rani Muji Go Tu’ which was incorporated into the Konkani music album ‘Mog Asom-2’ compiled by Joel and Darrel , and was released on Christmas Eve on December 24, 2017. The album …
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Maine boasts a low cost of living, affordable housing, and many working industries throughout the state. However, with an average state income of $56,000, Maine residents have lower incomes than the national average. This leaves many residents with unpaid bills waiting for payday. Don’t let a high energy bill or an extra trip to the …
Pioneering electroacoustic composer Jon Appleton dies aged 83
Jon Appleton (Photo credit: Dartmouth) Appleton helped shape music in both instrumentation and composition. His early compositions such as “Chef d’Oeuvre” and “Newark Airport Rock” (1967) attracted worldwide attention as they formed a new tradition called “programmatic electronic music”. At the age of 28, Appleton joined the faculty of Dartmouth College where he established one …
Composer Eiko Ishibashi thrives on imbalance – Tone Madison
Tone Madison: Your original music, as heard in the context of the final cut of the film, is surprisingly minimal, but it still feels essential to the mood. The first thing viewers experience is not an image, but your music, which pierces the darkness and silence of dawn in the main character’s bedroom: “We’ll Live …
AEW Composer Mikey Rukus Brings Bold Wrestling Characters To Life
CHARACTERISTICS AEW Composer Mikey Rukus Brings Bold Wrestling Characters To Life By Ed Blair Illustration by Thomas Slater January 11, 2022 Imagine trying to explain the professional wrestling landscape right now to a downcast ECW fan in the year 2000. They would have just watched the wrestling landscape in America shift from three National Societies …
Originally from Holland Marsh, the composer strikes a chord with the Order of Canada
John Estacio grew up in a farming family, but music has always been his passion; The first instrument he learned to play was the accordion in 1977 John Estacio, originally from Holland Marsh, was recently awarded the Order of Canada for his work as a composer and his contribution to Canadian opera. On December 29, …
“Music in his veins”: native of Holland Marsh, composer named to the Order of Canada
John Estacio grew up in the Holland Marsh with his farming family, but music has always been his true passion John Estacio, originally from Holland Marsh, was recently awarded the Order of Canada for his work as a composer and his contribution to Canadian opera. On December 29, 2021, Governor General of Canada Mary Simon …
Lead Generator Who Deceptively Solicited Loan Applications From Millions Of Consumers And Indiscriminately Shared Sensitive Information Agrees To Pay $1.5 Million FTC Fine
A lead generation company that collected sensitive information from millions of consumers under the guise of connecting them to lenders will pay $1.5 million in civil penalties and face restrictions on its operations following a lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC Complaint alleges that since at least 2012, ITMedia Solutions LLC, a number …
Bank of America Balance Assist Lender Review
Bank of America’s Balance Assist program can provide small, short-term loans to bank customers for a flat fee. The program, created in part to help customers avoid high-interest payday loans, is expected to be available nationwide in early 2022. Best Features Access the money almost instantly if you are approved. Pay a single $5 fee …
BTS K Pop Singers Set YouTube Record Courtesy to Dance ARMY Says BTS is Life
South Korea: BTS Boys – Jungkook, Jimin, Jin, J-Hope, RM, V, and Suga are favorites around the world and their music rules hearts. Once again, the members of BTS are setting records with their latest track titled “Permission To Dance”. On December 20, the song’s music video crossed 400 million views on YouTube. With that, …
FHSU Singers Travel to Perform at Pearl Harbor Memorial Concert
The excitement in the rehearsal room was palpable. Students rushed to pack last-minute items in suitcases, rechecking their music records. Terry Crull, director of choral activities at Fort Hays State University, used color-coded stickers to determine which students were riding in which vehicles. The concert trip the Fort Hays Singers have been planning and dreaming …
Epic Sandbox Percussion Concert on “Seven Pillars” by Northwest Composer Andy Akiho Features Metal Pipes, Cigar Box and More
“The spirit of percussion is everything,†musician John Cage once said. He had in mind how percussion music can open the door to unusual ways of listening – and even perceiving the environment around us. This spirit permeates Andy Akiho’s “Seven Pillarsâ€. On December 3 at Emerald City Music in Seattle, the New York-based ensemble …
Boston composer resuscitates 19th-century ghost stories for Halloween
Halloween is upon us, and maybe you’re looking for something a little spooky to get you in the mood? Well, Boston songwriter Maria Finkelmeier has exactly the trick: spooky new music she summoned to honor a famous but relatively unknown master of 19th-century ghost stories. Finkelmeier remembers what crossed her mind two years ago when …
Japanese Singers Association Friendship Club launched
From right to left: singer Shizue Abe, Akira Fujimoto, honorary club president Yasuo Tanabe and board chairman Michito Goda. Nippon Kashu Kyoukai USA Tomonokai will be created in September to develop kayoukyoku (æŒ è¬¡ 曲) or non-traditional Japanese song culture in the United States with support from the Japanese Singers Association and to broadcast kayoukyoku. …
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Japanese Group CHAI Talks About Their New Album “WINK” And Overturns Cultural Norms Soompi
Copyright 2021 NPR. To learn more, visit https://www.npr.org. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Rock, pop, punk and fun – these are some of the flavors Japanese band CHAI captures in their smooth music. (SOUND EXTRACTION OF SONG, “PING PONG!”) CHAI: (Singing) You and me, racket and ball. CHANG: This quartet has been making waves here in the …
Japanese group CHAI on new album ‘WINK’ and subverting cultural norms: NPR
NPR’s Ailsa Chang chats with members of the Japanese group CHAI about WINK, their third studio album, and what sets them apart from other female J-pop groups. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Rock, pop, punk and fun – these are some of the flavors that the Japanese group CHAI captures in their fluid music. (EXCERPT FROM THE …
WATCH HERE: Concert of October 24 “Finding harmony in Japan” by the King’s Singers
The King’s Singers Japan Online Virtual Tour has finally arrived. On Saturday 24 October, the world famous a cappella sextet is playing “Finding Harmony in Japan: Heiwa”, their first online concert on the “Finding Harmony” tour. The content provides a rare opportunity to feature commissioned pieces written by contemporary Japanese composers Makiko Kinoshita and Eisuke …
JAPAN Forward to air “Finding Harmony in Japan” by the King’s Singers from October 24
The King’s Singers Stream “Finding Harmony in Japan: Heiwa” Music with a message for their fans. “Finding harmony in Japan: Heiwa– the concert series in Japan that could have kicked off the King’s Singers world tour this fall – may have been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But the British a cappella group made …
Japanese group visit sparks friendships with Griffin students
Where else can you see a welcome dance by Squaxine tribal members, mayor’s greeting Cheryl Selby, a brilliant performance by visiting Japanese musicians, and finally, an all-round dance party led by the director of Griffin Schools Greg woods? Only in Olympia, my friends. Jennifer Marin, a Griffon School teacher and music specialist, invited me to …
Japanese band CHAI re-release their first LP in the US, performing in NYC and LA in September
From Nagoya, Japan, four piece CHAI are an almost indescribable collection of pop energy, mingling punk, kruatrock, yacht-rock funk, disco, the wordy Tom Tom Club rapper, and more in their infectious sound. The group’s first album, Pink, was released in Japan last year but is reissued by Burger Records in North America on vinyl, CD …
Japanese group One Ok Rock announces tour dates for Asia
Japanese rock band One Ok Rock will visit fans in the region as they announced the schedule for their Ambitions Asia Tour 2018, which will resume in January. The group, made up of Taka, Toru, Ryota and Tomoya, will kick off the tour by performing in Bangkok on January 18. He will then continue his …