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Here are descriptions of articles that have appeared in our newsletter regarding Marshall Music's School Service issues as they relate to music education and innovative programs developed by Marshall Music to meet the needs of music education and the educator.

Marshall Music adds Media Installation Specialist

 Marshall Music has expanded its services with the appointment of Steve Edwards as Director of Media and Installations. Marshall’s has seen a growth in live media requests from schools, churches and performance venues throughout the state. The sophisticated requirements of these growing venues made it obvious that we needed a respected and experienced specialist who could better serve customers’ sound amplification needs from the school jazz band to concert venues in the Wharton Center.

Marshall Music sponsors clinics by the Boston Brass and tubist, Deanna Swoboda

 Marshall Music sponsored over sixty clinics from performance to recruiting throughout the state in the spring of 2006.

 

American String Workshop & Foundation for Young Artists advances string education internationally

More than seventy string teachers from as far away as Spain and the Philippines, across the United States and as close as Ann Arbor gathered on the campus of Concordia University in Ann Arbor June 20-26 to exchange ideas and refine their teaching skills under the tutelage of an international faculty at the American String Workshop. In addition twenty-two 13-18 year old string players were in attendance at the Foundation for Young Artists Camp held in conjunction with the ASW at Concordia.

Marshall Music’s staff of former successful music educators is the key to our recruiting success

As we start the new year I took some time to reflect about the school service business. I thought about the directions we need to take to truly service the needs of the instrumental music teachers today as they face a myriad of problems including; limited budgets, scheduling problems, maintaining performance standards and the struggle to maintain ensembles and class enrollments.

Drummers, Steve Gadd and Simon Phillips, Visit Lansing

Marshall Music hosted two of the world’s most renowned ­drummers in April. Drumming legend, Steve Gadd, visited Marshall Music to meet fans and sign autographs and then presented a clinic for over 700 people at Holt High School on Wednesday, April 13th. One week later, Simon Phillips was in the Lansing store to sign autographs and present a clinic.

The Changing Instrument Manufacturer Scene
Insights from Marshall Music’s general manager, Bruce Woodhull.

The past ten years have seen some dramatic changes in the instrument manufacturing industry. The increasing competition from traditional off-shore manufacturers including Japan and Taiwan has been magnified by the addition of instrument manufacturers from Eastern Europe and China. Ten years ago parents bought their child’s instrument from the local school music dealer or found one in the classifieds and a few looked to catalogue distributors. Today instruments are being sold in big box department stores and the internet.

Band and Orchestra Repair Manager - Chris Roush

Marshall Music is pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Roush as manager of the Lansing instrument repair department.

The State of Instrument Manufacturing
From presentation by Steve West, president of West Music, Iowa

During the past ten years U.S. instrument quality has declined as costs escalated. Every aspect of the manufacturing process (materials, energy, government and environmental regulations and labor) has increased costs. At the same time, the emerging manufacturing markets in Eastern Europe and Asia started to produce band and string instruments at substantially lower costs. Unfortunately, these off-shore instruments were of inferior quality and found their way to the U.S. market through big box stores and the internet.

 

Detroit Symphony and Marshall Music combine to provide an “Instrument Experience” for the Max M. Fisher Music Center inaugural weekend
Marshall Music helped inaugurate the Max M. Fisher by providing instruments and staff to let visitors experience what it is like to hold and instrument and make a sound.

Marshall Music and Conn-Selmer sponsor
Boston Brass clinics

Marshall Music Company and Conn-Selmer brought the Boston Brass to Michigan for seven clinics throughout the estate.

Addressing the music teacher shortage
An article detailing Marshall Music's involvement to help insure new teacher success.

Excel Project
Marshall Music's exclusive comprehensive beginning band and orchestra recruiting and retention program to help maximize recruiting and retention potential.  This is a complete year long effort complete with newsletter articles, parent letters. advocacy articles posters and a time line for implementation.

Festival Step-up Instrument Program
Marshall Music has instituted an intermediate instrument step-up purchase program for the developing student musician. The Festival Program allows parents to trade in their child's beginning instrument for a series of quality intermediate line instruments of professional line quality and transfer 100% of their rent equity. This is the practical solution to high priced professional instruments.

Planning for a Successful First Year
This article reports on Marshall Music's efforts to help new teachers just out of student teaching cope successfully with the challenges of the first year of teaching.

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