The renovations to our shop in Maynard, Massachusetts are still in process, but we're almost done!
The Music Place Exhibit at the 35th Annual International Trumpet Guild Conference and Free Master Class With Peter Wood in Sydney
The Music Place is exhibiting Sonare trumpets at the 35th Annual International Trumpet Guild Conference in Sydney from July6th-10th! Test out a trumpet at the conference, and/or attend their Sydney location's open house on Wednesday July 7th (7:30pm), where there will also be a free master class with Sonare trumpet artist Peter Wood! Check out Peter's page on the Artists tab (http://sonarewinds.com/peterwood).
Blessing Brass Exhibits at the Jazz Education Network's 1st Annual Conference!
Earlier in May Blessing was proud to exhibit at the Jazz Education Network's first annual conference at the University of Missouri, St. Louis! Brent Sandy of the University of Iowa was impressed with the BTR-1580 trumpet & many other intermediate and student models he tried! See the Jazz Education Network's (JEN) website for information about next year's conference in January of 2011 -- www.jazzednet.org.
Maron Khoury Visits Powell!
Last Friday, Maron Khoury, flutist with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (NY), came to Powell to check out a piccolo and to play some flutes. Brother Hanna Khoury and David DiGiacobbe, director of Flute Studies at The College of New Jersey, came with him. Thanks to all three of you for coming, we hope you enjoyed Maynard!
Our Visit to Minnesota!
Stephanie Stathos and Steve Rorie recently had an opportunity to visit Minnesota and meet with Robert Dorer, trumpet with the Minnesota Orchestra. Check out these photos of Robert, Stephanie and Steve in front of a GIANT billboard of Robert!
E.K. Blessing featured on NPR!
National Public Radio recently did a story on the band instrument manufacturing in Elkhart, Indiana and our own Steve Rorie was interviewed! Check out the text and audio files on the NPR website!
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124583703&sc=emaf
Television:
Two Elkhart TV stations (CBS and NBC affiliates) visited the Blessing factory this past week and ran two stories on the news:
http://www.wndu.com/localnews/headlines/85427852.html#
The video of the story can be seen by clicking the <!--[if !vml]--> icon next to the title of the story.
http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/85845677.html
Click on the “watch the video” link on the left hand side to see the broadcast.
Press:
This story about our upcoming move of the Blessing shop also ran on the Elkhart local news site: