Long Beach School of Music

Congratulations to our students who’ve been invited to perform in the Improvisation Celebration and Composers Today Symposium at the 2022 Music Teachers Association of California State Convention this summer!

JUL 3, 2022
IMPROVISATION CELEBRATION RECITAL #1, Garden Room #3, 10am:
Alexander N. “Improvisatison on D Double Harmonic Major”
Leethen R. “Improvisation on C Major Pentatonic”
Jacob M. “Improvisation on D Double Harmonic Major”
Chidera O. “Improvsation on C Major Pentatonic”
Chinaza O. “Improvisation on G Lydian and E Dorian”
Benjamin F. “Autumn Leaves”

IMPROVISATION CELEBRATION RECITAL #2, Garden Room #3, 5pm:
Kara T. “E Major Country Blues (a Waltz)”
Hanson T. “Improvisation on E-flat Minor Pentatonic”

COMPOSERS TODAY SYMPOSIUM RECITAL #1, Garden Room #3, 3pm:
Leethen R. “A Boy and His Mountaingoat”
Chidera O. “A Joyful Journey”
Chinaza O. “The Forest Congregation”
Hanson T. “Parade”
Kara T. “Merry-Go-Round”

Million Licks

Million Licks

INTERVIEW: Why Is Quincy Jones Worried About Music's Future And The Distortion Of Sound?

INTERVIEW: Why Is Quincy Jones Worried About Music's Future And The Distortion Of Sound? The legendary producer speaks out against the declining sound quality in our music.

Honors Students and Special Events

Here are important worksheets to help organize practicing, plan and prepare for Music Development Program exams, Composers Today, and the Improvisation Festival.

Senior Solo Recital Program:
Goldberg Variations, Haydn Sonata, Ravel's Ondine, a Kapustin Concert Etude. Encores: Chopin nocturne, Shchedrin's Basso Ostinato

Congratulations Nicholas Echeverry, 2014 Advanced Panel Finals Awards for Piano! Hard work and dedication paying off!

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Hey Hey Hey if you haven't heard already THIS THURSDAY night from 9pm to close we have a special night of blues and jammin with Mark Fitchett and friends! FREE no cover live music with the GREAT South Bay Rock and Blues artist Mark Fitchett! BRING YOUR INSTRUMENTS, this is a jam baby! That's right, YOU get to jam with the greats for freeeeeeeeeeee! Lots of friends coming, don't miss this special night of jamming and fun at The Hermosa Saloon on November 21st. Bring those Instruments and jam with the greats! :-)

Junior Solo Recital - Long Beach School of Music Student Performs Mozart Liszt & Poulenc

Nicholas Echeverry Solo Recital Excerpts
http://youtu.be/Tu5TATpkHtw

Junior Solo Recital - Long Beach School of Music Student Performs Mozart Liszt & Poulenc Excerpts of a 17 year old student at Long Beach School of Music performing in his Junior Solo Recital at Trinity Lutheran Church in Hawthorne, California W.A...

10 Questions For Every Aspiring Jazz Musician | Michael Zilber

10 Questions For Every Aspiring Jazz Musician | Michael Zilber Here are some comments meant for any serious student of jazz, based on my years as a player and a teacher as well as drawing liberally from my talks with Dave Liebman.

Congratulations to Noah Lovold for winning First Place at the Sonata/Sonatina Festival!!

Fowler Out Loud: Ravindra Deo and Friends | Fowler Museum at UCLA

The uncle of one of our newest piano students is an accomplished tabla musician, and he's giving a FREE concert at UCLA's Fowler Museum this Thursday! The performance is all new original Indian Classical music, with an emphasis on tabla and music composed for dance. It is outdoors, free, suitable for kids and families, and part of the wonderful Fowler Out Loud series of world music. Come on down if you can!

http://www.fowler.ucla.edu/events/fowler-out-loud-ravindra-deo-and-friends

Fowler Out Loud: Ravindra Deo and Friends | Fowler Museum at UCLA Ravindra Deo returns to Fowler Out Loud for a solo concert on the Indian tabla, plus special guest appearances throughout the evening. Don’t miss this enchanting performance of Indian classical music.

Congratulations Certificate of Merit Honor Roll students:
Keren Brown 99%
Lucas Coriaty 99%
Alan Maedo 98%
Noah Lovold 98%
Stephen Kelman 94%
Katie Whipp 91%

Congratulations to student Collin Bachet for being selected as an Alternate Winner for his performance of Bartok's Allegro Barbaro at the 2013 MTAC Adult Performance Program!

Learn The 5 Positions of the E Minor Pentatonic Scale on the Guitar Related to CAGED Chords

http://guitarwizard.hubpages.com/hub/Learn-The-5-Positions-of-the-E-Minor-Pentatonic-Scale-on-the-Guitar

Learn The 5 Positions of the E Minor Pentatonic Scale on the Guitar Related to CAGED Chords The minor pentatonic scale on the guitar, and particularily the E minor pentatonic scale is a blues and rock guitar staple. There have been so many guitar driven songs in this key that one could easily make a case for E being the starting place to learn about blues and rock soloing.

Guitar School for the World

https://www.youtube.com/user/GuitarSchool1

Guitar School for the World Guitar School is the premier independent guitar education organization on the web. It was founded on the principles and philosophies set forth by its founder...

Mark Fitchett

https://www.youtube.com/user/GuitarFitch

Mark Fitchett This channel is a showcase of Mark Fitchett's performance and composition skills and in his own words he states, "I am passionate about improvisation in all ...

Congratulations local Bach Festival winners Stephen Kelman, Noah Lovold, and Nick Echeverry!

11 Questions (and Answers) Regarding Guitar Instruction

http://voices.yahoo.com/11-questions-answers-regarding-guitar-instruction-11923303.html

11 Questions (and Answers) Regarding Guitar Instruction A guide to beginning guitar lessons and answers to the most common questions and concerns that most beginners have.

Chopin Scherzo No. 3 Op. 39 Master Class Advanced Student Performance

For those of you who missed Nick and Collin's solo recital, here's a clip of Collin performing in a master class for USC Thornton School of Music faculty Norman Krieger at the Steinway Gallery in West Hollywood, CA: http://youtu.be/Y11lAW9uJyk

Chopin Scherzo No. 3 Op. 39 Master Class Advanced Student Performance Student of Long Beach School of Music owner Lisa Kato Fitchett performing in a piano master class for USC Thornton School of Music faculty Norman Krieger at ...

Here's the program that Nick Echeverry and Collin Bachet will present next weekend at Trinity Lutheran Church:

We are pleased to announce that advanced music students Nicholas Echeverry and Collin Bachet will perform solo piano recitals at Trinity Lutheran Church of Hawthorne on November 11, 2012 at 5:00 pm, in preparation for Music Teacher National Association competitions coming up in mid-November. RSVP to Lisa M. Kato by Nov. 9th so we can get a head count for the reception. Thank you to Pastor Lawrence Becker, Musical Director Brad Newsome, and Trinity Lutheran Church for allowing us to perform in such a wonderful acoustic space!

The state of the music industry - The Oatmeal

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/music_industry

The state of the music industry - The Oatmeal

Why Clara Schumann would still be one of today's sassiest musicians

Google pays tribute to Clara Schumann on the anniversary of her birthday: http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Tech-Culture/2012/0913/Why-Clara-Schumann-would-still-be-one-of-today-s-sassiest-musicians

Why Clara Schumann would still be one of today's sassiest musicians Why Clara Schumann, a Victorian pianist and composer, was way ahead of her time. Google paid tribute to Schumann on what would have been her 193rd birthday.

Beethoven Symphony 5, Peter Schickele

Gotta listen to this hilarious version of Beethoven's Fifth narrated by PDQ Bach!

Beethoven Symphony 5, Peter Schickele Beethoven's Fifth as a horse race, by PDQ Bach

The fact we are alive means we have a responsibility for the rest of humankind…simple, right!

The Open Goldberg Variations, by Kimiko Ishizaka

http://www.opengoldbergvariations.org/

The Open Goldberg Variations, by Kimiko Ishizaka NOTE: The 96k FLAC files previously released had a problem with track 28, Var. 27 (in some players, VCL in particular, it skips the last 2 seconds). Please replace the file you downloaded before June 6, 2012 with the following.

Long Beach Post: IN PRINT: The 10 Most Powerful People In Long Beach

Long Beach Post: IN PRINT: The 10 Most Powerful People In Long Beach This marks our fifth annual 10 Most Powerful People In Long Beach list where we highlight the people in Long Beach who are making a difference. There are thousands of people who impact Long Beach each day in powerful ways so narrowing the decision to the top ten is not an easy task.

Rhetoric Won't Raise The Dead

We've been following Mike Welly, one of the grads from our jazz and rock program...His band is called Solar Fever. Check out Mike's own blog here: http://psyckomyke.tumblr.com/

Rhetoric Won't Raise The Dead My name is Mike and I play drums for a band from California called Solar Fever I am a college student just trying to get through school, get through life, and experience the world. I will share things...

Winner in the Southwestern Youth Music Festival's Open Solo category

Congratulations to Nick Echeverry for winning in open competition at SYMF in the Young Pianist Category!

vladimir horowitz speaks on frustration

vladimir horowitz speaks on frustration wise words from vladimir horowitz on frustration and the human condition. 1970s. unreleased recording.

Ondine (mythology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Taking a break from the fury of Chopin's "Prelude Opus 28, No. 16" and moving to the watery mystery of Ravel's "Ondine". Here's a clip of Ashkenazy performing the piece at his recital in Japan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd0bup2PgJY

Ondine (mythology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ondines (Latin: Onda — a wave) are elementals, enumerated as the water elementals in works of alchemy by Paracelsus.[1] They also appear in European folklore as fairy-like creatures; the name may be used interchangeably with those of other water spirits.[2] Ondines are said to be able to gain a soul

Certificate of Merit News: Congratulations to Certificate of Merit Level 10 students Nick Echeverry (97%) and Justin Geffrey (96%) for testing so well as to be exempt from taking the theory exam next year!

The Daily Fitchett: Midlife Crisis at the Long Beach Aquarium

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The Daily Fitchett: Midlife Crisis at the Long Beach Aquarium