Tower Of Power Horn Section Clinic - Wednesday, April 24th, 2013, 8:00PM

The Tower Of Power Horn Section is doing a clinic for Brass and Woodwind players on Wednesday, April 24th at the Randolph Performing Arts Center at The Music Den. Tickets are only $10.00! Get your tickets to this once in a lifetime clinic now, before they sell out!

Tower Of Power Horn Section Clinic
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 at 8:00PM

Where:The Randolph Performing Arts Center at The Music Den
Tickets: $10.00

Artist Information:

Tower of Power is an American R&B-based horn section and band, originating in Oakland, California, that has been performing for over 44 years. They are best known for their funky soul sound highlighted by a powerful horn section and precisely syncopated bass-guitar lines. Their biggest hits include "You're Still A Young Man", "So Very Hard To Go","Soul With a Capital S", "Soul Vaccination", "What Is Hip?", and "Don't Change Horses (In the Middle of a Stream)."

This clinic will include instruction related to working in a Horn Section, including: Rehearsal Techniques, Arranging for Horn Sections, Auditioning for Horn Sections, and also personal stories and history about the Tower Of Power band.

This event is sponsored by Yamaha band instruments, and will also include a section where attendees will be introduced to some of the new Yamaha custom Z Series II and 62 Series III horns.

The Music Den
1030 Route 10 West
Randolph, New Jersey 07869
973-927-5800


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New Group Music Classes and Clinics for March 2013 at The Music Den

We've got a lot of fantastic Group Music Classes and Clinics happening in the month of March at The Music Den! It's not too late to sign up! Check out the class offerings below: 

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Chuck Wood of Dhamaru - African Style Hand Drumming Workshop

Learn to play hand percussion drums with Chuck Wood of Dhamaru! A once in a lifetime opportunity to learn from a master of percussion!

Where: The Randolph Performing Arts Center at The Music Den
When: Once per week on Tuesday, at 6:45PM, for 8 weeks, starting March 12, 2013. Ending with a recital on April 30th, 2013.

Cost: $200.00 (10% off for Seniors)
Registration Fee: $25.00

Plus, sign up includes a gift certificate worth $10 towards the purchase of a percussion instrument!

Important Change: Students can now try out the first Chuck Wood class for FREE to see if they like the class before paying for the full class.

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Jazz Piano Fridays with Steve Borgfield - Jazz Piano Group Class

JAZZ Piano: Designed around small class instruction, students will meet once per week for 4 or 8 weeks with a recital performance for 8-week students. Participants will learn the techniques of jazz piano music making in each one-hour or 75-minute session. Each student will be provided with a keyboard and materials for use during the class.

4 Week Class for Ages 13-15 - Fridays at 5:00PM, Cost: $125.00
8 Week Class for Ages 16-Adult - Fridays at 6:15PM, Cost: $195.00

Classes start March 15th, 2013. Class size limited to 8. Sign up today!

There is a $25.00 Registration fee.

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Kids Keys Group Keyboard Class for Children
Group keyboard classes for children ages 3-4 and 5-6.

Fun with the Piano:
Designed around small class instruction, Children will experience the joy of music making in each 45-minute session. Each child will be provided with a keyboard for use during the class.

6 Weeks Ages 3-4 Class - Saturdays at 1:00PM, $125.00
6 Weeks Ages 5-6 Class - Saturdays at Noon, $125.00

Classes start March 16th, 2013. Class size limited to 6. Sign up today!

There is a $25.00 Registration fee.

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Jazz Ensemble Class featuring Matthew Schoenebaum

Working with various instruments; (guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, wind, and brass instruments) students will form a “Jazz-Band”. Learn the rudiments of jazz theory, chord progressions, listening, and ensemble skills.

4 Week Beginner Class - 5:00PM Wednesdays, Cost: $125.00
7 Week Intermediate Class - 6:15PM Wednesdays, Cost: $195.00
Classes start March 20th, 2013

There is a $25.00 Registration fee.

 

http://www.themusicden.com/t-Lessons-ClinicsAndGroupClasses.aspx

FREE Concert March 1st - Chamber Music Series Featuring Frank Pavese and Alan Weinstein

FREE Concert - Chamber Music Series Featuring Frank Pavese and Alan Weinstein
Friday, March 1st at 7:00PM
Cost: FREE, but donations are accepted

They will be playing works by Beethoven and Chopin.

Where:
The Randolph Performing Arts Center
The Music Den
1030 Route 10 West
Randolph, New Jersey 07869
973-927-5800

Artist Information:

Frank Pavese
FRANK PAVESE is originally from Ramsey, New Jersey. He is a graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan and the William Paterson University of New Jersey where he is a faculty member. He credits his studies with Bulgarian pianist Elka Gurova Kirkpatrick as having had the greatest influence upon him. His professional debut was at Carnegie Recital Hall in New York. The New York Times described him as a pianist with "Energy and Commitment" and called his playing "persuasive and especially sonorous." He first came to the attention of the European musical world after acclaimed concerts at London's Wigmore Hall and the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh. The press and public followed his career with great interest as he gave his Viennese debut in the Brahms-Saal of the Musikverein in 1990 and toured Hungary.

The following years have included return engagements to Vienna, a third tour of Hungary presented by the National Philharmonic, tours of France and Poland and appearances on Hungarian State Radio and Polish National Television. Orchestral appearances have included a tour of Poland where he performed Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Olsztyn Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Piotr Borkowski.

As founder and director of the Hindemithon festival (now in it's 10th season) at WPUNJ, celebrating the life and works of composer Paul Hindemith, Pavese received high critical acclaim for his performance of Ludus Tonalis. Classical New Jersey wrote- "Pavese played the enormous work with an ease which was in itself awesome, given the obvious difficulties of the music. Because the composer wrote fugue subjects which were easily identified through their contours and character, the pianist went for the music and not the didacticism, understanding well that there was no need to underline the obvious. Technical and musical difficulties abound in the course of the hour, and Pavese met them all with a full understanding of the score and what Hindemith had set out to accomplish. It was one of the most impressive solo piano performances of a single work I have heard in a long time."

In 2010, Pavese performed recitals of the works of Samuel Barber on tour in honor of the composer's centennial celebration. He concertizes every year in Europe and this year makes his first Pacific tour performing in Guam and Japan.

Alan Weinstein
Alan Weinstein, Assistant Professor of Cello and Bass at Virginia Tech, holds degrees in music performance from the New England Conservatory of Music and the Eastman School of Music. His principal teachers include Steven Doane, Robert Sylvester, Timothy Eddy and chamber music studies with the Cleveland Quartet, Menachem Pressler, Walter Trampler, and Eugene Lehner.

Mr. Weinstein is a founding member of the Kandinsky Trio, winner of national awards such as the Chamber Music America Residency Award. Mr. Weinstein has performed throughout North America and Europe in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Miller Theatre, Spivey Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Edinbrough Fringe Festival and the Arnoff Center. He frequently collaborates with internationally acclaimed artists including Dawn Upshaw, Ida Kavafian, Theodore Bikel and Gunther Schuller.

He has appeared on television and radio broadcasts throughout the United States and Canada, including the McNeil/Lehrer Report, WNYC, and Performance Today on National Public Radio. Mr. Weinstein has served as a faculty member at the Hindemith Institute in Blonay, Switzerland, InterHarmony International Music Festival in Arcidosso, Italy, and has given over 200 master classes at institutions including Penn State, the Interlochen Arts Academy, and Vanderbilt University. He has performed with the Portland String Quartet, the Rochester Philharmonic and served as principal cellist of the Eastman/Dryden Orchestra.

His dedication to new music has led him to premiere compositions by artists such as Mike Reid (“Tales of Appalachia” performed in over 150 cities), John D'Earth, Gunther Schuller, and Richard Danielpour. Along with the Kandinsky Trio, he is the recipient of an NEA Meet the Composer Award. His jazz collaborations have included performances with Larry Coryell, Kurt Rosenwinkle, Dave Samuels, and as a harmonica player with Ray Charles.

Virginia Tech has awarded Mr. Weinstein the Alumni Teaching Award and inducted him into the Academy of Teaching Excellence. He has also been the recipient of the Sturm Award for Faculty Excellence in the Creative Arts and the Certificate of Teaching Excellence Award. He has recorded for Arabesque Records, OmniTone and the Brioso labels and plays a cello attributed to Albani circa 1680.

Help local New Jersey artist Robin DeLorenzo win a chance to play Madison Square Garden!

Help local New Jersey artist Robin DeLorenzo win a chance to play Madison Square Garden!

The Music Den would like to show it's support for local New Jersey artist Robin DeLorenzo. Robin is trying to win the Ernie Ball "Play Crossroads" contest which would give her the opportunity to perform live on the Main Stage of the 2013 Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival at the world renowned Madison Square Garden.

HOW CAN YOU HELP ROBIN?

- Go to the link below and play Robin DeLorenzo's songs on her "Play Crossroads" band profile
- Leave your name in Robin DeLorenzo's "Play Crossroads" support window
- "Like" Robin DeLorenzo's Facebook Fan Page
- Tweet about Robin DeLorenzo on Twitter

All of these things will help to boost Robin's "Play Crossroads" rating. The Top 100 overall rated artists will be reviewed by a panel of industry professionals, Crossroads Guitar Festival Organizers, and by Ernie Ball Inc.

Let's help Robin DeLorenzo win this thing!

Here's the link to Robin DeLorenzo's "Play Crossroads" band profile:
http://www.playcrossroads.com/u/robindelorenzo

Here's the link to Robin DeLorenzo's Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/robindmusic

FREE Open Mic Night this Thursday, Feb 14th! $5 Gift Certificate to all performers!

FREE Open Mic Night this Thursday, Feb 14th! All performers will get a gift certificate worth $5.00 off their next The Music Den purchase!

Bring your guitar, bring your voice, and bring your friends! You're the STAR at Open Mic Nights at The Music Den!

Where: The Randolph Performing Arts Center at The Music Den
When: The 2nd Thursday of Every Month
Time: Signup 8:00PM, Show 8:30PM
Cost: FREE, plus get a $5.00 gift certificate!

The Music Den - Randolph Location
Randolph Performing Arts Center
1030 Route 10 West
Randolph, New Jersey 07869
Phone: 973.927.5800

www.themusicden.com

Piano Sale at The Music Den! Save up to $1000 on brand name new and used pianos!

We are having a Piano sale at The Music Den! Save up to $1000 on name brand, new and used pianos, including: Roland, Young Chang, Sohmer, Steinway, Yamaha, Kawai, J. Strauss, and more! Sale ends 2/28/2013.

$250 OFF Digital Pianos
$500 OFF Upright Pianos
$1000 OFF Grand Pianos

www.themusicden.com

Where:
The Music Den in Randolph
1030 Route 10 West
Randolph, New Jersey 07869
Phone: 973.927.5800

Big Changes for the Open Mic Night at The Randolph Performing Arts Center at The Music Den

Big Changes for the Open Mic Night at The Randolph Performing Arts Center at The Music Den

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT - Open Mic Night - This Thursday, January 10th! We're announcing a big change to our Open Mic Night at The Randolph Performing Arts Center at The Music Den. Tickets to the Open Mic are now FREE! And in addition to that, if you participate by performing that night, you will get a Certificate for $5.00 OFF your next The Music Den purchase! Wow!

Alright, we've eliminated all the excuses. Come out and play!

Bring your guitar, bring your voice, and bring your friends! You're the STAR at Open Mic Nights at The Music Den!

Where: The Randolph Performing Arts Center at The Music Den
When: The 2nd Thursday of Every Month
Time: Signup 8:00PM, Show 8:30PM
Cost: FREE, plus you get a $5.00 Gift Certificate

www.themusicden.com