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Ariana Solotoff South Pasadena Teen Wins State Viola Championship
15-year-old Ariana Solotoff won the state viola championship at the prestigious California ASTA (American String Teachers Association) State Solo Competition, junior division (through age 18) at UC Davis. The competition brought together the finest young strings players from throughout California. The win entitles her to participate in ASTA's 2009 National Solo Competition, which will be held ...
2008 Detroit Blues Challenge Finals Champions Crowned
The 6th Annual Detroit Blues Challenge Finals were contested on Sunday, November 23, 2008 at the Magic Bag in Ferndale and we are pleased to announce the winners in those competitions and they are: Solo/Duo Division -John Latini Ypsilanti, Mi. John Latini prefaces each song with a story who he wrote it with, where ...
Jack Prybylski Wins Buffalo Saxophonist of the Year for Tenth Time
At the 2008 Buffalo Music Awards, Jack Prybylski was declared the Saxophonist of the Year for the tenth time (four years consecutively from 2004-2008). “It's flattering and rewarding to be recognized by peers and fans. I appreciate that people continue to find enjoyment in my musical craft," said Prybylski. In 2006, Prybylski released Window Shopping to ...
Idol Nation Invades the American Music Awards
The steady takeover of the music industry by American Idol was on full display Sunday night at the American Music Awards. “Idol" alums may not have taken home every last trophy, but Idol Nation has become the largest caucus to be reckoned with in any music conclave. Out on the red carpet was David Cook entertaining ...
MTV Launches African Music Awards
(ABUJA, Nigeria) MTV launches its first-ever music award program for Africa on Saturday, with acts from across the world's poorest continent nominated for prizes in the Nigerian capital. Winners were being selected by fans sending text messages, said Alison Reid, a spokeswoman for MTV Networks Africa. Africa has long featured a vibrant music scene, but artists ...
Will American Music Awards Win the Youth Vote?
The AMAs Sunday must try to appeal to audiences accustomed to creating new stars, not honoring old ones. At rehearsals this week for the 36th Annual American Music Awards at the Nokia Theatre, one of the key executives for the show gushed that Sunday night's broadcast will have 19 performances, a record number: “We called everyone ...
David Virelles Wins the Louis Applebaum Composers Award
Composer and pianist David Virelles has won the Louis Applebaum Composers Award. This year's $10, 000 award recognizes excellence in a body of work by an emerging artist in the field of jazz composition. Born and raised in Santiago de Cuba, to a musical family, David Virelles started to play the piano at the age of ...
Reverend Zen Returns to Hollywood as 2008 Los Angeles Music Awards' Best Song Nominee
N.Y.'s Reverend Zen named Los Angeles Music Awards' Best Song Nominee for the second consecutive year. Katonah, NY (Billboard Publicity Wire) - New York's award winning rock/jazz/blues group Reverend Zen will be returning to Hollywood November 20 as a 2008 Los Angeles Music Awards' Best Song Nominee. “Her Love", the band's ballad of a woman's emotional ...
Soupy's on... at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia
Soupy Sales was presented with a medal and certificate for his “advancement and preservation of jazz” during “Brownie Speaks," a celebration of the legacy of Clifford Brown at The University of the Arts. Now in his early 80s, Sales was a huge jazz fan and regularly introduced greats like Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Ella ...
Quincy Jones and Audemars Piguet Celebrate Presentation of the Q Prize November 13th
THE QUINCY JONES FOUNDATION, HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH & AUDEMARS PIGUET CELEBRATE THE SECOND-ANNUAL Q PRIZE AT AN INVITATION-ONLY GALA ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13th AT THE TIME WARNER CENTER Named in honor of music impresario Quincy Jones, Dr. Jos Antonio Abreu and Maestro Gustavo Dudamel of Venezuelas El Sistema will accept this years Q Prize ...
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