Karen DeSimone | April 26, 2011
A graduate of Indiana University (Bloomington), and Director of Band Publications for Hal Leonard Corporation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Michael Sweeney has over 500 publications to his credit. As a winner of numerous awards from ASCAP, his
Tiffany Woods | February 16, 2011
The 2011 Grammy Awards have scarcely ended and the music world mourns the loss of jazz pianist and legend, George Shearing. Recognized for orchestrated and inventive jazz, he created 300 compositions, but is most well-known for Lullaby of Birdland. Among…
Mandy Kubik | January 20, 2011
I know what you’re thinking. How can one scientifically analyze a concept that, by its very nature, is capricious and unpredictable? Dr. Charles Limb, a faculty member of the Peabody Conservatory of Music, has done a fascinating study on the…
Heidi Norris | October 15, 2010
Psst… spread the word! Enter your group for our Facebook sweepstakes called “Put Your Group on Canvas.” A few J.W. Pepper employees put their creative resources together to offer you a chance to display your music ensemble’s photograph on a top-quality, large canvas! The winning organization’s …
Kathy Fernandes | April 19, 2010
Did you ever get the feeling someone is talking about you? Well, this time of year you are being talked about plenty here at Pepper. For a span of about three months, our music editors sequester themselves amidst stacks of scores and read…
Tiffany Woods | April 15, 2010
Are you looking for interesting ways to keep your students interested in practicing over the summer? With the school year drawing to a close and the heat of summer already upon some of us, we’ve all noticed our students becoming…
Kathy Fernandes | March 5, 2010
Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band is a dynamic force in the jazz idiom. Here, courtesy of the ASCAP archives, you can hear the Grammy-winning artist himself, talking about the process of building a unique voice for the band that…
