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Monthly newsletters, recital recaps, articles about events, and tips from our teachers.
July 23, 2018 · Events
Greetings from Robot Takeover Camp
When our Robot Takeover campers arrived on monday morning, all they had was a pile of wood, 16 servo motors, one controller, and a computer. Using their imaginations and some…
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July 2, 2018 · Events
So Mikey, What Are You Up To?
Over the past few months students and parents have been asking me “so what are you doing with your music?” I’ve spent the better part of two years focusing strictly on…
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May 24, 2018 · Events
Ernie's Pick of the Month - John Prine - Tree of Forgiveness
Ernie’s Pick of the Month John Prine - Tree of Forgiveness You would think after decades of using familiar chords and melodies–no matter how genuine and clever–things would begin…
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April 18, 2018 · Events
BurghSong Concert Continues with Kayla Schureman and Tim Grimm
Kayla’s debut album “Kiss the Ground” released in 2017 was a local focus on WYEP and got excellent reviews nationwide. Tim has been performing and touring for 15 years and had a 1…
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April 18, 2018 · Events
Getting Wired with the Sunburst Robot Takeover Camp
We are going to work together as a group to build a robot that will actually play music! Then we are going to compose pieces of music and learn how to program the robot to play…
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March 9, 2018 · Events
BurghSong Concert Series Returns this Month
This month’s show features local songwriting legend Brad Yoder. Brad has had a long career of writing and performing as well as hosting concerts and songwriting workshops in the…
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March 9, 2018 · Events
Ernie’s Pick of the month
TL;DR: it’s just dance music Key Tracks: oh baby, american dream
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January 4, 2018 · Events
Greetings from the Ableton Loop Festival
Each year, the German city of Berlin creates an amazing, scenic backdrop for an audio/visual festival put on by local music production software company, Ableton. At this eclectic…
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January 4, 2018 · Events
Group Program Recording Days
Some of the groups opted to recreate a favorite cover song from this season and others decided to cut new ground and write and record a new song in the same day. For all of the…
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December 12, 2017 · Events
Last Second Gifts for Musicians
The holiday season is closing in, but we’re sure you’ve already done all of your shopping, right? What’s that? Oh just a few more things to get? Still trying to figure out what to…
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December 12, 2017 · Events
WYEP Names The Buckle Down’s Hard Truths #1 Local Album of 2017
The band has had a monumental 2017 with high profile performances at the Three Rivers Arts Fest, Hartwood Acres, Light Up Night and WYEP Summer Music Festival. Hard Truths was…
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November 3, 2017 · Articles
Ernies (throwback) pick of the month
The Meters - Struttin’ Key Tracks: Chicken Strut, Hand Clapping Song, Witchita Lineman TL;DR: funk with soul
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