Mandy Kubik | December 31, 2012
The world of popular music comprises some pretty volatile terrain. What seems fresh and exciting one moment is old news the next. We hear stories from music directors and private teachers about how students are begging to perform the latest hit…
Mandy Kubik | October 30, 2012
Halloween is the time of year where many of our fears and phobias come to life. Haunted houses, hay rides and corn mazes can be found in nearly every city. Horror movies dominate network TV. And let’s not forget to…
Colin MacCarthy | October 12, 2012
In the first part of this series we talked about the beginning of the KISS relationship with both myself and J.W. Pepper. Here’s more to the story.
KISS started as a folk band called Wicked Lester in New York…
Colin MacCarthy | October 2, 2012
Since 1876, Pepper has been providing music and service to musicians and teachers everywhere. A rather unique part of our history, which most are not aware, is with the rock group KISS. Here is the first of a three-part series…
Heidi Norris | February 8, 2011
A few months ago I came across a program on PBS called On Canvas: The Ahn Trio which presented a live performance from Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Three young ladies, Angella, Lucia, and Maria, are sisters…
Doug McComas | November 18, 2010
Recently, while watching an episode of Biography about the movie Jaws, my mind wandered back to the summer of my tenth year, to our family vacation in Florida and a visit to the theater where we saw, of all things,…
Jen Tolnay | November 4, 2010
When I was in college, one of my music theory professors would begin each class by sitting at the piano and singing a standard – one of the great songs by the Gershwins, Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hart, Jerome Kern,…
Heidi Norris | September 7, 2010
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow said “Music is the universal language of mankind.” So many music lovers from around the globe have enjoyed listening to albums, cassettes, CDs and digital downloads that many artists travel to foreign lands in order to share music in…
Doug McComas | August 19, 2010
For anyone who lived through the turmoil of the 1970s, songs like Close To You, Superstar, and Rainy Days and Mondays are a part of your history. Some people openly enjoyed the music of the Carpenters, others called them “cheesy”…
Crystal Desch | August 12, 2010
An unusual yet intriguing musical tour has been making its way around the globe since 2008, most recently popping up in New York City. “Play Me, I’m Yours” is a blank musical canvas created by British artist Luke Jerram.
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