Come and learn about ukuleles at “Uke Can Do It” at Schmitt Music Minnetonka on Saturday, May 18th from 10am-2pm.
Sign up for the 6-week Group Ukulele Class taught by David Burk, starting Saturday, May 18 at 11am!
Get your chops in shape with 20 hours of seminars that include individual and ensemble coaching as well as special performances by Charles Lazarus and David Baldwin.
Friday, August 23 – Monday, August 26 – Schmitt Music Brooklyn Center
All participants will play in trumpet ensembles with each other and with Chuck & Dave. Everyone receives free CDs, sheet music and discounts on musical products, and you’ll get to explore Schmitt Music’s new Trumpet Shop! It’s the best selection of trumpets in the Midwest!
FEE: $199 (includes lunch daily & free parking)
The Trumpet Shop presents a Free Trumpet Masterclass featuring Manny Laureano, Principal Trumpet for the Minnesota Orchestra on Saturday, April 27th from 3PM – 5PM at Schmitt Music Brooklyn Center. All are welcome!
Seating is limited, so please RSVP to this event by contacting Schmitt Music Trumpet Specialist, Mark Bobnick: call 763-398-5018, email trumpetshop@schmittmusic.com, or click here today!
Learn more about our The Trumpet Shop here: schmittmusic.com/trumpetshop
Principal Trumpet Manny Laureano, who joined the Minnesota Orchestra in 1981, has performed solos in all the Orchestra’s concert series and served as an assistant conductor during the 2005-06 season. In 2003 he premiered Stephen Paulus’ Concerto for Two Trumpets and Orchestra, which was written for him and Doc Severinsen, who was then the Orchestra’s principal pops conductor. His other solos with the Orchestra have included Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto, Copland’s Quiet City, Clarke’s Southern Cross, Vizzutti’s Compadre, Hertel’s Concerto a cinque in D major, Bach’s Second Brandenburg Concerto, and concertos by Arutiunian and Tomasi.
Laureano is also in demand as a conductor. With his wife, Claudette, he serves as co-artistic director of the Minnesota Youth Symphonies. In 2006 he led a series of Minnesota Orchestra Young People’s Concerts, ¡Viva Latino!
Laureano, a native New Yorker, began playing trumpet in the public school system and later studied with James Smith while at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Arts and with William Vacchiano of the New York Philharmonic. After graduating from the Juilliard School of Music, Laureano served as principal trumpet of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.
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Come join us for an exciting afternoon of singing at Schmitt Music Burnsville with singer, actress and professor of voice, Wendy Zaro-Mullins.
Saturday, April 20th at 2:00 PM – FREE!
The television program “Glee” has had a tremendous response resulting in more students wanting to sing and communicate their feelings through song than ever in our history. This vocal workshop will be geared for the young singers, 14-18, who is excited and charged with wanting to let go more in song. Questions such as… How much do I move? How do I gain more control and become less nervous? How do I belt healthy? Students will work in group activities as well as individually. All styles of singing are welcome (classical art song, musical theater, jazz, etc). Topics include:
Please RSVP to this event: click here or call 952-435-2454.
Biography: Soprano Wendy Zaro has performed for audiences in Europe, Taiwan, and South and North America. At home on opera, music theatre, and concert stages, Zaro’s credits include San Francisco Opera, American Opera Center, and Eugene Opera. Zaro has performed: Fiordiligi (Cosi fan tutte), Susanna (Susanna), Mother (Amahl and the Night Visitors), Belinda (Dido and Aeneas), Mimi (La Boheme), Mrs. Nolan (The Medium), Pitti-sing (The Mikado), and Olga (The Merry Widow). Zaro’s concert work includes solo appearances with symphonies throughout the country and abroad: Verdi Requiem with the Wyoming Symphony and Chorus, Mahler’s Second Symphony with the Wichita Symphony and Chorus, Brahms’ German Requiem with the University of Missouri-Columbia Symphony and Chorus, Britten’s War Requiem with the St. Joseph Symphony and Chorus of Missouri, Verdi’s Requiem Mass, and Barber’s Summer of Knoxville, 1915, Mendelssohn’s Psalm 42 with the Paraguayan National Symphony and Orchestra.
Zaro premiered an American debut of Gorecki’s Symphony No. 3 with the University of Kansas Symphony Orchestra. Amongst the musical theatre roles she has played include Lady Thiang (The King and I), Maria and Antonia (The Man of La Mancha), and Iris (The Tempest) with the Eugene Musical Theatre, Sacramento Music Circus and Mark Taper Forum. Zaro earned bachelor and master degrees from the University of Southern California, and her doctorate from the University of Oregon in vocal performance. Zaro has done extensive research on the Jugendlieder of Alban Berg and has been the first to record all 48 songs of his youth. Zaro is currently an Associate Professor of Voice at the University of Minnesota and is on the faculty at Normandale College. As an engaged artist in the community, Zaro has created the Twin Cities Sacred Vocal Workshop where students from her voice studio and community members engage in mutual learning and understanding of the needs of Sacred Vocal Music in the greater Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Please click here for more info.
Join us for 2 days of Musical Fun, Education, and Entertainment at Schmitt Music Roseville, including a performance by Lowrey’s own Dennis Awe.
Wednesday, April 24th & Thursday, April 25th
You will enjoy:
Cost: $19.95 for a day pass, or $29.95 for both days! (Lunch included)
For more information, contact Schmitt Music Roseville at 651-636-5614.
Look for the Schmitt Music display at the Maple Grove Longevity Expo on April 20th at the Maple Grove Community Center. We will be giving away a Lowrey Quick Start Organ!
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Biography: To call Dennis Awe an ultimate entertainer is like saying Fred Astaire could dance! An organ Virtuoso whose musical strengths encompass every area of good musical entertainment, his performance credits read like those of at least half a dozen different performers rolled into one… and for good cause!
He served as a concert church organist at St. Paul’s Methodist Church in New York for over 12 years. At just 16 years, Dennis started his Broadway career by becoming the musical director for America’s premier road show producers; The Parris Touring Company. He conducted “The King and I”, “Carousel”, “Paint your Wagon”, “The Sound of Music”, “Gypsy”, “Bye, Bye,Birdie”, and “The Music Man”, During the 50s and 60s, Dennis played with five famous Big Bands; Guy Lombardo, Sammy Kaye, Lester Lanin, Bob Crosby and the Bobcats and Clyde McCoy. Dennis was musical director for five years on WFYI on New York’s largest, live weekly radio show, “The Ray Heatherton Breakfast Club”. At age twenty-two, Dennis returned to the concert stage and he continues to travel throughout the world, playing, entertaining and winning critics praises everywhere.
His extensive TV experience ranges from appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show”, “Today Show”, and “The Tonight Show”. He provided organ music for soap operas such as “Young Doctor Malone”, “From These Roots”, “Dark Shadows”, and games shows such as “Beat the Clock”, and “Who Do You Trust?”. Dennis also has had innumerable national television commercial credits to his name. Dennis is America’s #1 Organ Video and DVD Concert Artist.
Dennis has delighted Las Vegas audiences with his dazzling showmanship at the MGM Grand, Caesar’s Palace, The Showboat Hotel, The Imperial Palace Hotel and the Sahara Hotel. This musical dynamo was voted “Entertainer of the Year” by the readers of Keyboard World Magazine for two years in a row, and is still so much in demand that his concert appearances for several years have exceeded over 330 shows per year.
Join us at Schmitt Music Edina for Flute clinic presented by Dr. Huei-Mei Jhou. Each student will be given a breathing bag and taught how to ‘play’ or exhale phrases into the bag. We will also discuss best practices in breathing technique and perform breathing bag exercises.
Friday, April 5th at 6:30pm
The breathing bag is a useful modern practice performance tool, advocated and introduced by University of Minnesota Flute professor Immanuel Davis, and Mannes College, The New School for Music faculty Keith Underwood, respectively, to build the foundation for all skills which flute players need to master. This tool is a simple, but powerful self-teaching device for musicians.
Cost: $25 per person
Register in-store at Schmitt Music Edina or call 612-238-9930.
Biography:
Dr. Jhou completed her Doctorate of Music at the University of Minnesota, and Masters in Music at the University of Miami, Frost School of Music. Her principal teachers have included Immanuel Davis, Jim Walker, and the late Christine D. Nield-Capote. Her dissertation, Pedagogy of Influential Selected Works by Marcel Moyse: A Modern Perspective, focuses on flute pedagogy and thoughts behind selected works by Marcel Moyse, and how students could apply modern practice performance tools to master these exercises.
As educators we desire to bring out the very best in our students and help them develop a love affair with music. Join us as we explore how we can utilize traditional teaching techniques to inspire creativity, cultivate talent and enhance our students overall desire to make music. Learn how to motivate your students by incorporating variety in their repertoire all while utilizing technology tools to enhance their playing experience. Come see how these techniques can help us instill in each of our students a love of music and a desire to be a life-long player.
Learn more or RSVP to events: Denver and Twin Cities!!
Visit your Schmitt Music store during Roland Days for savings on Roland digital pianos, and attend great free concerts & clinics, and enter to win a Roland HPi-6F piano! Click here to learn more about Roland Days at Schmitt Music.
With today’s economy, resources are limited. Many teachers can afford only small investments, but need larger returns and high student retention. You can increase your teaching value and maintain contemporary teaching practices by shifting your settings to more effectively meet the needs of students. Experience how small investments can motivate student interest and results. Learn about new ways to use student interest to help you build and reinforce traditional keyboard skills, while creating students who are highly motivated to excel.
Learn more or RSVP to events: Twin Cities and Kansas City!
Visit your Schmitt Music store during Roland Days for savings on Roland digital pianos, and attend great free concerts & clinics, and enter to win a Roland HPi-6F piano! Click here to learn more about Roland Days at Schmitt Music.
Come and learn about ukuleles at the Ukulele Open House at Schmitt Music Minnetonka on Saturday, February 16th from 10am-12pm.
Sign up for the 6-week Group Ukulele Class taught by David Burk, starting Saturday, February 16 at 11am!
Discover the best new music for your spring recitals at this free workshop! Our presenters summarize and perform the best new music for your spring recitals. They’ll also present time savers, gifts and other merchandise for your studio. Two hours of valuable information and shopping convenience make this event a must!
All solo and duet sheet music showcased is available for purchase at each workshop. You can also place an order by contacting the Print Music Specialist at your Schmitt Music store – CLICK HERE.
