Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 through Saturday, March 13th at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, March 13th at 2:00 p.m., Mesa Community College's Act 1 Musical Productions will perform "Pippin" at MCC's Theatre Outback, 1833 W. Southern Ave., Mesa.
Saturday, March 13th, 2010, join the Chandler Children's Choir for their Hawaiian Luau Fundraiser at the Chandler Community Center, 125 E. Commonwealth Ave., Chandler. All proceeds will benefit the Chandler Children's Choir.
Saturday, March 13th, 2010 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Love of Christ Lutheran Church will be hosting a Haiti Relief Concert at 1525 N. Power Rd., Mesa.
Saturday, March 20th, 2010 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Salt River Brass will conduct a benefit concert for Dobson High School Band in support of Dobson's trip to the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, China. The concert will be held at the Dobson High School Auditorium, 1501 W. Guadalupe Rd., Mesa.
Saturday, March 27th, 2010 at 2:30 p.m., Symphony of the Southwest will present their "Space & Science Concert," at the Mesa Arts Center Ikeda Theater, 1 E. Main St., Mesa. The performance will feature Gustav Holst's masterpiece, The Planets, with synchronized video footage of space on a larger than life screen.
Thursday, April 8th, 2010 at 7:00 p.m., the Sun Lakes Chorale and Hamilton HS Musicians will present "Music Across the Ages" at the Hamilton High School Auditorium, 3700 S. Arizona Ave., Chandler.
Checkout The Music Store's Community Calendar for more information about these and other upcoming events. If you would like to add your group's events to our calendar, visit our submission page.
Music and Art Make You Happy
Academics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology assembled health profiles of that country's Scandinavian population. The Scientists found that people who enjoyed artistic pursuits, such as playing a musical instrument, tended to be happier overall. Regardless of the individual's socio-economic status, music helped stave off mental health problems, including depression. Music was also found to have a similar effect on those who did not play a musical instrument but enjoyed music through cultural activities.
Everyone's Irish on St. Paddy's Day!
Whether it a song sung in Gaelic, a fiddler's reel, or an air on the flute, if you're looking for Irish music for St. Paddy's day, we've got something for everyone!
Ocarina is the first true musical instrument created for the iPhone. To play, blow into your microphone and hold down combinations of holes to change pitch. You can also tilt your phone to change vibrato rate and depth. Advanced users can change keys and modes, including C-Major and the new Zeldarian mode. The app also allows you to manually or automatically record your melodies while you play, share with friends and family over email right from your phone, and display your music on your own "My Ocarina" web page. Check out the video below to see an Ocarina iPhone band play Stairway to Heaven!
The application can be purchased for $.99 through the iPhone App Store, or more information can be found at ocarina.smule.com.
The Mandolin
The mandolin plays a prominent role in Traditional Irish music, and is a welcome instrument at any Irish session. For the guitarist, a mandolin will expand your repertoire and make the fiddle tunes that are the backbone of Irish music more accessible to you.
In celebration of Saint Patrick's Day, we're giving our E-Club members an additional 10% off the sale price for all in-stock mandolins. To see the models we carry, check out our online store.
Woodwind players:
To increase the life of you reeds, rinse your reeds in clean water after playing. Then dry with a clean cloth, or by passing it between your thumb and index finger from the back of the reed to the tip. Store in reed case or reed guard.
Do you have a favorite music related You Tube Video that you would like to share?
E-mail your submissions to web@the-music-store.com.
Here is our favorite for this month. We hope you like it as much as we did.
Mike Hall
Mike has been with The Music Store for a number of years both as a staff member and as a private teacher. He is the Music Director at the Praise and Worship Center, the Apache Junction High School Marching Band Assistant Director, and plays tuba with the Bad Cactus Brass Band, all while completing his Music Ed Degree.
At The Music Store, Mike is our low brass expert, as well as one of our most knowledgeable guitar, bass guitar and amplifier guys. Stop in to chat with Mike about some of the new gear that has just arrived.
Encourage your musical friends to join our Free E-Club and get members-only coupons delivered to their mailbox every month! If they register and list your name as the club member who referred them, you and they will be automatically entered to win a $100 gift certificate to The Music Store. The drawing to select the winner will be held April 30, 2010, so don't wait until it's too late. It's good to be in the club!
Happy Birthday to the composers who were born in March!
| Kurt Weill | March 2nd, 1900 |
| Antonio Vivaldi | March 4th, 1678 |
| Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach | March 8th, 1714 |
| Georg Philipp Telemann | March 14th, 1681 |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | March 21st, 1685 |
| Modest Mussorgsky | March 21st, 1839 |
| Bela Bartok | March 25th, 1881 |
| Franz Joseph Haydn | March 31st, 1732 |
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