Remembrance of flings past Jul 19, 2008
He runs a sheet music shop called Kershaw Music, he told me on the phone. He is married and has a three-year-old daughter called Emily. (Guardian Unlimited)
More of this story Jul 18, 2008
Alice, who used no sheet music, said she felt at ease onstage. But the spotlight and a humid night made things a little sticky. (Newport Daily News, RI)
Classic baseball song turns 100 Jul 15, 2008
"It's got a relatively simple melody and the words are pretty easy to memorize, so people can really connect with it."A copy of Norworth's handwritten lyrics and the original sheet music are among the artifacts under a glass case at the Rock Hall's "Take Me Out: Baseball Rocks!" exhibit, which celebrates the sport's relationship with popular music. The handwriting may be just a little too neat to have been penned on a rickety subway. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Baseballs anthem turns 100 Jul 15, 2008
A copy of the original sheet music from 1908 to Take Me Out to the Ball Game is displayed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland Wednesday ... A copy of Norworth s handwritten lyrics and the original sheet music are among the artifacts under a glass case at the Rock Hall s Take Me Out: Baseball Rocks. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Garage band: Woman's former students join her orchestra Jul 14, 2008
Nelson talked and laughed with students as they set up instruments and organized sheet music. But once they began rehearsing numbers, including the Pirates of the Caribbean theme and a medley of songs from the rock band Queen, the children paid close attention to Nelson's directions. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Notes: R.E.M. releases new EP Jul 13, 2008
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200,000 Records Donated to School Jul 6, 2008
Although he couldn't read sheet music, Morton Savada could play songs by ear on the piano, he said. Morton Savada would often bring collectors together at his shop, where the narrow aisles were flanked floor to ceiling with shelving holding his records. (Time.com)
Inspired by music and hoping to walk again Jul 5, 2008
Then he rolled up to the electronic piano in his family's rented Oakland hills home to reprise the three songs, his feet unmoving on wheelchair footrests as his hands tapped out the notes from a book of sheet music. Those songs and Christopher's answers to the panel's questions earned him an acceptance letter. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Deerhoof Prepares To 'Offend' On New Album Jul 2, 2008
In a unique twist, Deerhoof plans to make sheet music available for an as-yet-undetermined song from the new album, allowing fans to create their own recorded interpretations before having heard the finished album version. A Web site will be set up in the next few weeks for fans to upload their work. (Billboard.com)
The beat goes on as Jelly's opens new store in Honolulu Jul 2, 2008
Welcome to Jelly's, the used records, books, comics, video, DVD, manga, games and sheet music store that Oahu residents have patronized for a quarter century. Back to Honolulu. (Pacific Business News, HI)
Musicnotes launches free 'tabs' site Jul 2, 2008
a Madison online provider of digital sheet music, said Tuesday that it has officially relaunched , a Web site that offers free, legal guitar, bass and drum tablature downloads. Guitar and drum tablature, or tabs, are transcriptions of music presented in a text-based format that has become increasingly popular with musicians online. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
Researchers re-create pre-Columbian sounds Jun 30, 2008
But what we dont have is sheet music to give us a more accurate picture of what it sounded like. . (MSNBC -- Environment)
STAYcations: Starkville, MSU boast one of largest music collections in United States Jun 30, 2008
But it's also home to one of the largest collections of instruments, recordings and sheet music in the country ... Glass cabinets that house sheet music fill the entire back wall of the museum's third room ... Templeton collected 22,000 pieces of sheet music, which are switched out periodically and displayed 50 at a time by theme. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
Music from the soul: Flute tunes fill the air at Caras Park Jun 30, 2008
That's why you don't see us come up here and open our sheet music. This is improvisational music. (Missoulian, MT)
Pre-Columbian sounds recreated Jun 30, 2008
But what we don t have is sheet music to give us a more accurate picture of what it sounded like. This document was originally published online on Monday, June 30, 2008. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Concerts in the park a tradition Jun 30, 2008
Some pull out trumpets, spare reeds and sheet music. They re here for a Rapid City Municipal Band Wednesday night concert. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Song of the crocodile Jun 27, 2008
Neither recordings nor sheet music of the archosaur's song has been located, perhaps because the critter dates back about 200 million years -- long before mammals began cooing and crooning. But now we know: Oom-pah. (Why Files)
Play the Hawaiian steel guitar Jun 27, 2008
This primer, adapted from Allen s popular self-published guide, features a history of the Hawaiian steel guitar, instructions for reading musical notation, a practical guide to buying and tuning a steel guitar, guidance on using the bar, sheet music for 11 original songs, exercises and a discussion of the nuances of the Hawaiian touch. A steel guitar, guitar and ukulele teacher, Allen was born in Hilo, on the Big Island, and raised on Oahu. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
High gas prices, air fares have residents looking at vacations around home Jun 25, 2008
The concert begins at 7:15 p.m. Concessions will be available for purchase with proceeds benefiting the band s sheet music fund. For more information on Music in the Park , or on becoming a sponsor of the Mesquite Symphonic Band, please call 972-216-8125, or visit. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Rosenblatt organist still making music at 89 Jun 24, 2008
Bartak has lots of sheet music in his booth, but he never uses it. His repertoire is performed by memory. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Researchers restore long-lost 1913 epic Jun 24, 2008
Glass came to realize that in past Curtis research, he had come across what must have been the sheet music for the original film's score - written by John Braham and played live at its few screenings. Glass travelled back to the Getty Research Centre in Los Angeles and found the score in box five of the Curtis file. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Centennial tributes celebrate R&B king Louis Jordan Jun 23, 2008
It includes four original posters from Jordan's films and Jordan memorabilia, including his saxophone and sheet music. A play written by Koch about Jordan's life, called "Jump," will debut July 20-21 at Wildwood Park for the Performing Arts in Little Rock. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Pirates Q&A with Dejan Kovacevic Jun 20, 2008
It was once the renowned Volkwein Music building, where my wife made regular sojourns for piano sheet music when she was a kid. It draws art enthusiasts from all over the world, giving our city a certain international reputation for its art scene. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Queen's Bench to be Overhauled Jun 20, 2008
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Peggy Covington arranges a display of music and art portraying African -American musicians at the Hamlet Public Library for Black Music Month. Photo by Tom MacCallum/Daily Journal Jun 19, 2008
In addition to their own creations, they have included books, records, sheet music, tapes, dolls and figurines and CDs. Covington has created paintings some using glitter to portray giants of the music industry such as John Coltrane, who was born in Hamlet; harpist Alice Coltrane, Aretha Franklin, Leslie Uggams and others. (Rockingham Daily Journal, NC)
In a Jam: Byfield music program charts its own course Jun 19, 2008
No one has sheet music in front of him. Scales and theory, as important as they may be in certain situations, have no place in here. (Hamilton Wenham Chronicle, MA)
In rural areas, gays feeling less isolated, but stigma still remains Jun 18, 2008
One summer day in his bedroom, after a soccer match, he simply wrote the words "I'm gay" on a piece of sheet music and handed it to his mother. She told him she still loved him. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Broadway actor to direct local ‘Suessical’ production Jun 18, 2008
Those auditioning should bring sheet music for a standard Broadway showtune in the correct key and a current photo ... As a special bonus, an audition workshop with Kevin Cahoon will be Friday, June 27 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at RAFA- CP. Bring sheet music in the correct key. (The Citizen - online, TX)
Teaching the world to sing Jun 17, 2008
Like most would-be songwriters, I have been happy to leave my songs half-written on a piece of paper with all my old songbooks and photocopied sheet music. But when I hear some of the drivel coming out of Tamworth or Nashville nowadays, I often think that my songs are better than those. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
2007 Australian Artist of the Year & Tourism Tasmania Make Wedding Dream Come True for American Couple Jun 17, 2008
Ihry sent an email to Borne's website requesting sheet music because her wedding chapel did not permit the use of recorded music. In the miraculous internet age, Tapp himself responded, indicating that there was no sheet music, but he'd be happy to perform himself for the cost of his transportation half-way around the world. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Major League Baseball and Baby Ruth(R) Announce Semi-Finalists for Baby Ruth 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame' Video Contest Jun 14, 2008
The song is the third most frequently sung tune in the United States after "Happy Birthday" and the "Star Spangled Banner," and has sold over 10 million copies in sheet music and/or records. Over the past one hundred years more than 400 musicians in every conceivable genre have recorded the song including Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, LL Cool J, The Goo Goo Dolls and Jimmy Buffett. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
'We resurrected this dead ballet' Jun 13, 2008
" They were directed to the Lincoln Center Library, where they found that the only part of the ballet that still existed was a 16-mm film with no sound, and sheet music by the composer, Jaque Ibert. The Thomases enlisted the help of Russian pianist Larissa Kaersavani, who played for their classes, to interpret the music and help set it to the movements of the dance. "There are many times I regretted doing this ballet, because it's so much work," Kato Thomas said. "I hope I didn't insult (Gore's)... (Ames Daily Tribune, IA)
Editorial: View it or lose it Jun 12, 2008
When wanting to do a musical, the groups are often required to pay royalties on the script as well as on the sheet music for the accompanying musical numbers. Musicals also tend to involve larger casts, which translates into more costumes and still more expenses. (Fort Madison Daily Democrat, IO)
Rebirth Brass Band member starts new marching band program Jun 9, 2008
Tabb conducted a pilot Roots program in May, teaching 40 children the basics of reading sheet music and hitting notes. He was encouraged by the enthusiastic student response. (WWLTV.com, LA)
Stephanie Umoh graduates from Boston Conservatory and heads for New York Jun 8, 2008
Initially, Umoh favored the upbeat "Gotta Move" which had been popularized by Barbra Streisand, but she couldn't find the sheet music for the piano accompaniment. Her teachers suggested a ballad, but Umoh had misgivings. (Boston Globe)
Hopefully the renovated bandstand will secure the city band's future Jun 7, 2008
With an official name and a little tax money for new sheet music and transportation, the band played all the official ceremonies in town and carried the city name to any other communities approved by the band commissioners. For many years, the band rotated local concerts between Old Settlers, Central and Ivanhoe parks. (Fort Madison Daily Democrat, IO)
Doing it the hard way Jun 6, 2008
The Athens Banner-Herald had a story the other day on former Redcoat Band member Lloyd Winstead, who turned up a rare piece of sheet music for Georgia s original school fight song, which is so old and forgotten that even Dan Magill and Fred Birchmore don t remember it. It s called Red and Black March and was written in 1908 by R.E. Haughey, who was director of what at the time was called the University Cadet Band. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Caritas Chorale to showcase Broadway tunes Jun 5, 2008
The event is a fundraiser for scholarships to cover dues and sheet music for young people who want to be involved in the chorale. We did a couple of the numbers at the Grand Night for Singing dinners we held last fall and everyone liked them so well we thought we'd do a full concert, said the chorale's director, Dick Brown. (Wood River Journal, ID)
UGA band once marchedto a very different tune Jun 4, 2008
" David Manning / Staff The sheet music of possibly the only known copy of the "Red and Black March ... " For $12.50, Winstead received the sheet music, which has a handsome cover that includes a photograph of the grim-faced band, a drawing of the UGA Arch, a sketch of an attractive young lady in red-and-black Victorian attire and a banner with ribbons and footballs. "The inside cover is a one-page piece that is inscribed, 'Try This Over on Your Piano, Wiggles,' and the 'Red and Black March'... (Athens Banner-Herald)
PLENTY OF HORNS Jun 2, 2008
Tabb conducted a pilot Roots program in May, teaching a smaller group of 40 children the basics of reading sheet music and hitting notes. The pilot program's enthusiastic student response encouraged Tabb. (Nola.com -- Sports)
My 20-year love affair with skiffle Jun 1, 2008
I can't read sheet music, I don't understand pentatonic scales, and I renounced all official instrumental tuition after suffering a humiliating failure at a Grade IV French horn exam at the age of 12. (I botched the sight reading, and then asked if I could have another go at it, to which the examiner loftily replied 'Well, if you did, it wouldn't be sight reading, would it. (Guardian Unlimited)
Facts are for pantywaists May 31, 2008
Time was a family could get a wonderful evening out of some sheet music and an egg timer. Bonus: You'll be an empty-nester years earlier than your friends. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Collapse Of Local Music Company Creates Confusion For Customers May 28, 2008
Holze was the principal source of rented and rent-to-purchase band instruments in the region and the sole source of sheet music for many area school districts. . (KWTX.com, TX)
Art Guild looks for 'Seussical the Musical' actors May 28, 2008
The participants should bring sheet music as well as a photograph of themselves. A resume is optional. (Florida Times-Union)
Juilliard Dropout Plays Skid Row, Battles Demons, Inspires Mayor: Review May 27, 2008
Lopez took pains to help his friend, introduced him to musicians, bought him sheet music and coaxed him to abandon his shopping cart for the security of an apartment, which Lopez found with the help of social workers. Ayers, though, had no desire to leave his street life. (Bloomberg -- US)
Americans using religion to navigate racial landscape May 25, 2008
" Jacqueline Bostic; Houston The choir soprano glances up from her sheet music and scans the sanctuary. The curved oak pews, hand-carved by former slaves. The vaulted ceiling, outlined by sturdy wooden beams and converging in the center to form a cross, a star and a circle. The stained glass panels in the pointed arch windows, illuminated by the glow of a setting sun. Antioch Missionary Baptist Church is not just Jacqueline Bostic's church. It's home. The history of the 142-year-old Antioch, the... (USA Today -- News)
We now have a bad connection May 25, 2008
We knew that Scott Wedman carried a half-gallon jug of spring water at all times (love to see him get that through security now) and that Rick Carlisle could play classical piano without sheet music. We knew that K.C. Jones and Jimmy Rodgers loved to argue about the best ribs in Kansas City - Gates or Bryant's. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Goldberg songs featured in showcases May 24, 2008
The first took place May 10 at the New York Sheet Music Society in New York City. Boston vocalist and New York Backstage Bistro Award-winner Dane Vannatter will be performing Follow the Moon, which is on Goldberg s CD, Bring Back the Moonlight. (Brookline TAB, MA)
Band, choir students set for state May 24, 2008
The students music comes from a list sent out by UIL. Some of the music must be played by memory while the more difficult music may be played with sheet music. The students play for a group of judges and are given a score of 1 through 5 based on their performance. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
MCAG holds auditions for ‘Godspell’ May 24-25 May 24, 2008
An accompanist and cassette/CD player will be provided; auditioners should bring their own sheet music or prerecorded accompaniment. Those auditioning will also be asked to read from the script, learn a simple dance routine and participate in pantomime. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Local Bank Forecloses On Struggling Music Store May 20, 2008
Holze is the principal source of rented and rent-to-purchase band instruments in the region and the sole source of sheet music for many area school districts. The store has been in business for more than 70 years in Waco. (KWTX.com, TX)
Messages from mom May 17, 2008
There are also old "Life" magazines, sheet music from artists such as Martha Rae and Eddie Fisher, and old books of poetry dating back to 1786. And if Cook doesn't have it, she'll see if she can get it, or will refer customers to Tom's Used Books, with whom she often trades inventory. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Vermillion Players auditions Friday, Saturday for ‘The Jungle Book Kids’ May 16, 2008
Those who have a music selection for the audition are encouraged to bring the sheet music with them. Music will be provided for those who do not bring their own. (Pontiac Daily Leader, IL)
More of this story May 16, 2008
The exhibit also contains Yiddish and English posters, sheet music, Rosh Hashanah cards. and prayerbooks intended to appeal to late 19th- and early 20th-century Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Accompanist for ‘Into the Woods’ is a musician extraordinare May 14, 2008
It wasn t until a visit to her aunt in Utah when Amanda was 13 that she sat down at a grand piano and looked over the sheet music lying there. The only note she could recognize on the staff was G, so she figured out the music through a decoding process and truly taught herself to play. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Sinatra at the movies May 12, 2008
"You couldn't just work off the sheet music, the way you did in the studio -- you really had to prepare ... and he loved it when people appreciated it or he got the chance to do something like 'The Manchurian Candidate.'". "He's a wonderful actor," says Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne. (NJ.com)
Their 15 minutes May 10, 2008
Some 500 applicants had turned out for the final two days of the college's pre-admission tryouts in March, filling a campus building with their instrument cases and sheet music, homemade CDs and hopeful, if nervous, chatter about future careers in the music business. At a time of year when local colleges have been making tough decisions on who gets admitted, the Berklee auditions - part "American Idol"-style competition, part traditional college interview - offered a behind-the-scenes glimpse of... (Boston Globe)
Pope a powerful force at the piano May 10, 2008
LAKE OF THE OZARKS - Jody Pope blocks out her surroundings while she reads the sheet music and then lets loose. It is a sound produced by an unlikely source. (Camdenton Lake Sun Leader, MO)
ROUSE: Saying goodbye to a man who had a talent to make hearts sing May 10, 2008
Jack was a piano player s piano-man, whether performing solo work or as part of a dance band grouping, or even accompanying a stage performance, where it was necessary to play from the sheet music, as written, to accommodate the timing of a performer. Yes, he could read and play the notes on the composer s page, but he would shine, even sparkle, when putting his own interpretation and style into a number. (Framingham TAB, MA)
IWU alum follows in his father's footsteps, pens fight song May 10, 2008
His songs were sold as popular sheet music across the United States, including My Caroline and California Sue. . (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Steel pan drums featured Saturday May 9, 2008
The music is the same sheet music every musician uses. There s a trio of drums in a full set, but some players play only a drum at a time. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
Short Story winner May 9, 2008
He came forward to lean against an ancient, non-electric cash register fronted by a rack full of yellowing sheet music. Folding his hands, he surveyed me mostly my face, for he was a mannerly person but this was interspersed with occasional furtive glances at the rest of me. (Munster Times, IN)
'Take me out to the Ballgame' May 8, 2008
The song was a big hit in 1908 as it sold millions of copies of sheet music but history says that the song was not an immediate hit at ballparks and was not played at a stadium until 1934 ... The song has sold over 10 million copies in sheet music and/or records. (Thomaston Times, GA)
Musicnotes' Digital Sales Growth Exceeds 30% Thus Far in 2008 May 6, 2008
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Despite a challenging economic environment, Musicnotes, Inc. the market leader in downloadable sheet music and guitar tablature, indicates its year-to-date sales growth remains robust ... The site currently receives 80,000 unique visits a day, and traffic data from Hitwise shows Musicnotes with more than a 70% share of the downloadable sheet music market ... Musicnotes currently offers more than 75,000 downloadable songs although quantity is not the name of the game in... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
The remarkable Harold Bell Wright: Painter, pastor, author May 5, 2008
At least four songs were written in regard to his books, and his illustrations were reproduced on the sheet music Out Where the West Begins. The Shepherd of the Hills celebrated its 100-year publication anniversary last year. (Camdenton Lake Sun Leader, MO)
